AMZN Options History — November 2018

In November 2018, AMZN traded between $75.10 and $87.43. ATM implied volatility averaged 37.9%, placing in the 60.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.0%. IV traded below realized volatility by 23.1% (HV 20d: 61.0%). Max pain ranged from $83.75 to $90.00. Net GEX was positive for 9 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 2 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.86.

Notable Days

  • 2018-11-09: Highest Volume — 5,973,640 contracts
  • 2018-11-12: Largest IV spike — 11.4% change
  • 2018-11-20: Highest IV Rank — 82.9%
  • 2018-11-20: Largest Expected Move — 13.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$81.31$75.10$87.43$82.99$84.78
Max Pain$87.39$83.75$90.00$88.50$83.75
ATM IV37.9%32.2%45.5%35.6%34.0%
Expected Move11.0%9.2%13.0%11.0%10.5%
HV 20d61.0%47.7%65.7%62.8%47.7%
HV 60d43.7%40.1%47.3%40.1%47.1%
IV Rank60.6%43.9%82.9%54.0%49.2%
IV Percentile78.6%63.5%96.8%77.0%63.9%
Term Structure-0.6%-2.1%0.1%-0.2%0.1%
VWIV38.5%33.2%44.6%38.6%37.0%
Skew 25d4.5%3.3%5.2%5.1%3.5%
Skew 10d8.3%6.2%9.7%9.6%6.3%
Call IV 25d35.9%30.6%42.8%33.4%32.4%
Put IV 25d40.4%34.4%47.8%38.5%35.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %26.3315.1937.3427.6536.08
Gamma HHI0.030.010.150.020.15
Net GEX89.0M-365.4M1.10B301.8M1.10B
Net DEX-2.37B-20.51B9.07B-3.37B-20.51B
Net VEX-158.5M-168.0M-146.0M-164.3M-164.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.860.681.040.870.86
Total Volume4,385,527.6192,571,4405,973,6404,882,1204,899,100
Total OI18,753,846.66716,595,02020,873,46019,582,84019,330,760

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-11-01$82.99$88.5035.6%11.0%62.8%54.0%38.6%5.1%-0.2%301.8M-3.37B-164.3M0.8727.65N/AN/A2,610,8202,271,3009,824,4409,758,400
2018-11-02$83.26$88.2536.6%11.5%62.9%56.8%40.5%5.0%-0.1%377.0M-4.31B-165.2M1.0428.09N/AN/A2,711,1202,806,68010,001,68010,068,520
2018-11-05$81.30$90.0037.4%10.4%63.2%59.1%36.0%5.0%-0.6%-145.4M3.09B-157.9M0.9916.97N/AN/A1,468,3201,452,0808,661,1209,130,660
2018-11-06$81.95$89.7536.2%10.2%63.4%55.7%35.4%4.8%-0.4%-41.7M590.9M-157.7M0.9017.39N/AN/A1,353,6001,217,8409,042,6009,354,960
2018-11-07$87.43$89.5032.2%9.2%65.3%43.9%33.2%3.8%-0.1%487.1M-17.63B-166.1M0.8916.02N/AN/A3,027,9002,697,5809,225,7409,470,380
2018-11-08$87.26$89.5033.7%9.6%64.5%48.4%33.9%3.9%-0.0%432.9M-16.61B-167.7M0.8116.60N/AN/A3,009,9202,437,0209,468,9009,910,020
2018-11-09$85.93$89.5035.6%10.1%63.3%53.9%35.3%4.1%-0.1%-39.4M-10.66B-168.0M0.9916.29N/AN/A2,998,1602,975,4809,837,46010,271,800
2018-11-12$82.07$89.5039.6%11.1%65.2%65.8%39.1%4.5%-0.7%-142.9M1.60B-159.3M0.9515.19N/AN/A1,932,9201,838,2009,063,8809,253,940
2018-11-13$81.42$88.7540.3%11.3%64.3%67.6%39.7%4.7%-0.8%-192.8M3.67B-159.4M0.8427.48N/AN/A1,875,2801,571,4609,542,5809,595,360
2018-11-14$80.19$88.5041.4%11.7%64.3%70.8%40.2%4.4%-0.7%-297.9M6.86B-155.9M0.8730.76N/AN/A2,152,3801,867,9809,785,4209,730,120
2018-11-15$80.81$88.2540.5%11.4%63.9%68.1%40.2%5.2%-0.8%-231.0M4.52B-159.5M0.8027.66N/AN/A3,236,9002,592,20010,241,7809,939,800
2018-11-16$80.00$87.5039.5%11.2%63.9%65.4%39.1%4.8%-0.6%-365.4M6.02B-157.4M0.7618.97N/AN/A3,085,0802,331,72010,791,12010,082,340
2018-11-19$75.56$87.5043.7%12.4%65.7%77.7%43.4%5.0%-2.0%-180.5M9.00B-146.0M0.8124.90N/AN/A2,254,6401,832,1008,171,9208,423,100
2018-11-20$75.23$86.2545.5%13.0%65.7%82.9%44.6%5.0%-2.1%-176.0M9.07B-148.8M0.7630.55N/AN/A2,789,0202,132,4608,793,4008,808,500
2018-11-21$75.99$85.2541.0%11.8%65.0%69.7%40.9%4.9%-1.8%-61.8M6.86B-150.7M0.8330.19N/AN/A1,898,0601,575,5209,255,8009,067,320
2018-11-23$75.10$85.0041.6%12.1%61.9%71.3%41.9%4.9%-1.8%-361.2M9.06B-147.6M0.9537.34N/AN/A1,570,6601,485,9009,487,1609,257,860
2018-11-26$79.07$85.0037.1%11.0%57.8%58.3%38.8%4.4%-0.3%78.3M-840.6M-153.6M0.8132.79N/AN/A1,892,8801,535,9008,320,8208,528,800
2018-11-27$79.15$85.0035.8%10.7%48.8%54.4%37.5%4.1%-0.3%180.1M-1.83B-153.4M0.8034.74N/AN/A1,598,9201,271,7208,758,8208,850,380
2018-11-28$83.83$85.0034.3%10.4%52.5%49.9%37.1%3.3%-0.0%541.8M-16.74B-162.0M0.6831.51N/AN/A3,320,0202,258,8208,977,8408,995,000
2018-11-29$84.16$85.0034.2%10.4%49.0%49.8%36.9%3.7%0.1%610.3M-17.68B-164.0M0.7835.66N/AN/A2,390,0401,868,3809,265,7209,484,560
2018-11-30$84.78$83.7534.0%10.5%47.7%49.2%37.0%3.5%0.1%1.10B-20.51B-164.2M0.8636.08N/AN/A2,626,9802,272,1209,573,6009,757,160