AMZN Options History — January 2019

In January 2019, AMZN traded between $75.15 and $85.45. ATM implied volatility averaged 41.9%, placing in the 65.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.2%. IV traded below realized volatility by 5.9% (HV 20d: 47.8%). Max pain ranged from $75.00 to $82.75. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 0 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.80.

Notable Days

  • 2019-01-04: Highest Volume — 6,793,560 contracts
  • 2019-01-22: Largest IV spike — 13.9% change
  • 2019-01-03: Highest IV Rank — 89.2%
  • 2019-01-03: Largest Expected Move — 13.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$81.96$75.15$85.45$76.87$85.45
Max Pain$81.75$75.00$82.75$75.00$80.50
ATM IV41.9%37.0%50.6%47.8%37.5%
Expected Move12.2%10.1%13.7%12.3%10.1%
HV 20d47.8%31.6%56.1%54.3%37.2%
HV 60d53.2%47.0%56.5%55.5%47.7%
IV Rank65.7%52.2%89.2%81.6%53.7%
IV Percentile79.3%63.5%98.4%96.8%63.9%
Term Structure-1.6%-1.9%-0.9%-0.9%-1.4%
VWIV42.4%35.5%47.3%43.4%35.5%
Skew 25d5.1%3.5%6.9%6.4%3.5%
Skew 10d9.3%6.0%13.6%11.9%6.0%
Call IV 25d39.3%35.0%47.3%44.7%35.9%
Put IV 25d44.3%39.3%54.2%51.2%39.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %29.1320.4839.7139.7124.96
Gamma HHI0.040.010.290.020.02
Net GEX356.9M-11.6M1.36B275.4M373.4M
Net DEX-11.74B-24.82B160.7M-5.26B-13.37B
Net VEX-147.4M-153.4M-139.0M-140.0M-149.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.800.631.110.890.68
Total Volume3,451,275.238500,4006,793,5604,158,0005,278,920
Total OI16,415,908.57112,273,14019,739,38017,581,58013,543,580

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-01-02$76.87$75.0047.8%12.3%54.3%81.6%43.4%6.4%-0.9%275.4M-5.26B-140.0M0.8939.71N/AN/A2,199,9201,958,0808,968,1808,613,400
2019-01-03$75.15$81.7550.6%13.7%51.5%89.2%47.3%6.9%-1.4%29.8M153.1M-139.0M1.0329.01N/AN/A1,870,3401,922,9209,195,7608,950,600
2019-01-04$78.59$81.5045.2%12.4%54.4%74.5%43.5%5.8%-1.0%676.5M-10.92B-142.0M0.7824.65N/AN/A3,806,1402,987,4209,400,0009,131,520
2019-01-07$81.67$81.5046.0%12.6%56.1%76.8%44.5%5.8%-1.6%333.2M-14.38B-146.6M0.6725.73N/AN/A836,100562,9408,522,9808,589,540
2019-01-08$82.74$81.5045.1%12.4%55.8%74.2%43.6%5.2%-1.6%453.0M-17.89B-149.2M0.8221.69N/AN/A2,447,4202,007,8208,883,9608,963,420
2019-01-09$82.87$81.7544.0%12.2%55.7%71.4%42.3%5.3%-1.6%423.2M-17.72B-153.4M1.1126.86N/AN/A1,489,0201,645,7409,220,8009,451,080
2019-01-10$82.93$82.0044.0%12.2%55.7%71.2%43.0%5.5%-1.8%390.4M-17.98B-151.7M0.9229.98N/AN/A2,274,3202,090,0809,394,1609,677,240
2019-01-11$82.12$82.0043.1%12.0%55.5%68.8%42.6%5.3%-1.6%140.9M-14.33B-151.2M0.9130.12N/AN/A2,283,7202,077,8609,600,8609,827,580
2019-01-14$81.03$82.0042.7%12.1%55.5%67.8%41.5%5.6%-1.9%136.1M-10.50B-146.9M0.8135.96N/AN/A1,405,2201,142,7208,830,7008,925,020
2019-01-15$83.57$82.2540.4%11.5%54.5%61.5%40.7%5.1%-1.8%497.8M-19.43B-148.1M0.6334.57N/AN/A2,182,1601,370,9009,107,1409,178,840
2019-01-16$84.21$82.2539.1%11.2%50.7%58.2%39.7%4.9%-1.9%745.1M-22.54B-148.4M0.7530.31N/AN/A2,374,5001,771,1009,450,3009,368,460
2019-01-17$84.69$82.5038.5%11.1%49.8%56.4%39.0%4.8%-1.9%811.0M-24.31B-149.6M0.7232.77N/AN/A1,684,4801,209,3609,751,3409,664,460
2019-01-18$84.81$82.5037.0%10.8%47.4%52.2%37.9%4.4%-1.9%1.36B-24.82B-148.3M0.6625.42N/AN/A3,073,0202,039,3409,921,8609,817,520
2019-01-22$81.43$82.7542.1%12.8%48.9%66.1%44.3%4.7%-1.7%15.7M-3.01B-146.7M0.8532.31N/AN/A1,755,4001,491,7006,154,5206,124,640
2019-01-23$81.98$82.5041.8%12.8%43.1%65.5%44.3%5.1%-1.7%21.7M-4.02B-149.7M0.7626.81N/AN/A1,568,9601,194,9206,540,0006,525,920
2019-01-24$82.54$82.5039.7%12.3%41.4%59.7%42.3%4.6%-1.6%116.9M-5.65B-149.8M0.8620.48N/AN/A1,207,9801,035,3406,764,5406,736,340
2019-01-25$83.53$82.5037.4%11.7%31.6%53.4%40.3%4.4%-1.4%426.3M-8.86B-147.4M0.7431.29N/AN/A2,179,4201,611,3806,902,5806,893,780
2019-01-28$81.84$82.5040.1%13.1%32.9%60.8%45.5%4.5%-1.3%69.4M-3.91B-146.7M0.8422.84N/AN/A272,380228,0206,067,6606,205,480
2019-01-29$79.78$82.5040.8%13.6%34.5%62.7%46.4%4.6%-1.4%-11.6M160.7M-144.9M0.7233.02N/AN/A981,360708,2606,313,6606,461,700
2019-01-30$83.41$82.5037.7%12.6%37.2%54.2%43.8%4.4%-1.3%210.9M-8.04B-147.0M0.7433.30N/AN/A1,291,920958,1806,500,5206,592,440
2019-01-31$85.45$80.5037.5%10.1%37.2%53.7%35.5%3.5%-1.4%373.4M-13.37B-149.4M0.6824.96N/AN/A3,149,4202,129,5006,741,3006,802,280