AMZN Options History — April 2018

In April 2018, AMZN traded between $68.43 and $78.77. ATM implied volatility averaged 40.0%, placing in the 67.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.4% (HV 20d: 41.4%). Max pain ranged from $70.75 to $75.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 1 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.78.

Notable Days

  • 2018-04-27: Highest Volume — 8,733,240 contracts
  • 2018-04-27: Largest IV drop — 28.8% change
  • 2018-04-02: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2018-04-02: Largest Expected Move — 13.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$73.43$68.43$78.77$68.43$78.72
Max Pain$72.68$70.75$75.00$72.50$75.00
ATM IV40.0%26.2%51.3%51.3%26.2%
Expected Move11.1%7.5%13.4%13.4%7.5%
HV 20d41.4%36.8%44.9%38.0%36.8%
HV 60d33.3%31.5%36.3%31.5%35.5%
IV Rank67.9%28.6%100.0%100.0%28.6%
IV Percentile90.7%52.8%100.0%100.0%52.8%
Term Structure-1.9%-3.5%0.2%-3.5%0.2%
VWIV38.7%26.9%45.7%45.7%26.9%
Skew 25d4.8%2.9%6.8%6.8%2.9%
Skew 10d8.7%6.2%11.8%11.2%6.2%
Call IV 25d37.2%24.7%46.9%46.9%24.7%
Put IV 25d42.0%27.6%53.7%53.7%27.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %33.3217.1148.1732.0437.70
Gamma HHI0.030.020.070.020.05
Net GEX359.3M30.8M1.05B30.8M568.2M
Net DEX-13.76B-30.04B-944.3M-944.3M-23.39B
Net VEX-119.4M-124.9M-111.0M-119.4M-119.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.780.590.930.810.83
Total Volume3,357,113.3331,758,5208,733,2403,618,8402,729,180
Total OI15,292,735.23813,409,34017,025,22014,137,74014,723,300

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-04-02$68.43$72.5051.3%13.4%38.0%100.0%45.7%6.8%-3.5%30.8M-944.3M-119.4M0.8132.04N/AN/A2,000,7201,618,1206,724,2607,413,480
2018-04-03$69.53$72.5046.9%11.6%38.0%87.5%40.1%6.2%-2.8%124.0M-3.32B-120.7M0.7135.48N/AN/A1,935,0401,366,8007,251,7207,826,180
2018-04-04$70.75$72.5043.9%10.6%38.6%78.9%37.9%6.1%-2.1%311.6M-6.90B-122.8M0.8148.17N/AN/A1,327,2801,072,9007,586,4008,041,680
2018-04-05$72.71$70.7542.6%11.2%40.0%75.3%39.2%5.8%-2.1%655.1M-13.96B-123.9M0.7921.11N/AN/A1,975,0201,562,0007,730,6808,132,360
2018-04-06$70.43$71.0044.6%11.9%41.2%81.0%41.1%5.7%-2.0%110.1M-5.13B-123.1M0.8022.43N/AN/A2,325,7601,850,8007,959,9808,505,080
2018-04-09$70.60$70.7545.1%12.2%40.5%82.2%41.9%6.3%-2.0%188.9M-6.62B-120.2M0.7817.11N/AN/A1,032,740808,8807,143,2007,776,780
2018-04-10$71.78$70.7543.2%11.8%40.6%76.9%40.1%5.9%-1.9%322.0M-9.87B-119.0M0.8423.93N/AN/A1,114,820936,0607,287,2007,914,940
2018-04-11$71.45$72.0042.4%11.6%40.6%74.7%39.8%6.0%-2.0%300.0M-8.86B-119.7M0.7931.11N/AN/A1,048,320826,6807,435,1408,073,560
2018-04-12$72.54$72.5039.9%10.9%41.1%67.5%37.8%5.2%-2.3%456.6M-12.20B-117.6M0.9330.26N/AN/A993,420921,4807,384,9008,208,520
2018-04-13$71.48$72.5040.1%11.1%41.3%68.1%38.6%5.1%-2.3%85.5M-8.22B-115.7M0.8236.33N/AN/A1,908,5401,557,7807,492,1608,326,180
2018-04-16$71.98$72.5037.6%10.6%41.5%61.0%36.6%4.8%-1.9%198.5M-9.60B-112.0M0.9139.52N/AN/A992,660905,3206,839,8007,869,680
2018-04-17$75.25$72.5035.4%10.1%44.7%54.8%35.7%4.3%-1.5%574.7M-20.84B-111.0M0.8340.39N/AN/A2,143,3801,776,1007,059,6608,098,460
2018-04-18$76.40$72.5035.9%10.3%44.0%56.3%36.4%4.0%-1.6%726.4M-24.90B-112.5M0.7237.75N/AN/A2,259,7801,635,0407,289,9208,393,800
2018-04-19$77.93$72.5039.1%11.3%44.5%65.1%39.5%3.6%-1.7%960.1M-30.04B-116.2M0.6437.38N/AN/A3,022,3801,948,9607,536,8808,705,800
2018-04-20$76.23$73.7539.5%11.5%44.9%66.3%39.9%3.8%-2.2%136.3M-22.05B-120.9M0.6036.32N/AN/A3,482,7802,092,1007,931,5409,093,680
2018-04-23$75.75$74.0039.6%11.9%43.5%66.7%41.2%3.9%-1.9%247.2M-16.38B-122.4M0.8630.84N/AN/A943,060815,4606,152,1807,257,160
2018-04-24$72.55$74.0041.9%12.7%43.8%73.3%43.5%4.0%-2.0%85.3M-8.96B-123.6M0.7833.35N/AN/A1,485,0201,157,2606,405,9407,525,340
2018-04-25$72.85$74.0040.0%12.3%41.8%67.9%42.2%3.4%-2.1%87.9M-9.41B-124.9M0.8435.05N/AN/A1,139,360961,4806,726,5807,838,840
2018-04-26$75.97$73.8838.0%11.7%41.1%62.2%40.4%4.3%-1.7%325.4M-18.19B-124.6M0.5937.24N/AN/A2,573,6601,520,0006,938,6608,119,620
2018-04-27$78.77$74.0027.1%7.8%42.7%31.1%27.9%3.2%-0.6%1.05B-29.20B-117.6M0.6636.31N/AN/A5,250,6803,482,5607,743,7008,682,500
2018-04-30$78.72$75.0026.2%7.5%36.8%28.6%26.9%2.9%0.2%568.2M-23.39B-119.7M0.8337.70N/AN/A1,492,1201,237,0606,766,0807,957,220