AMZN Options History — August 2020

In August 2020, AMZN traded between $154.59 and $173.47. ATM implied volatility averaged 36.0%, placing in the 40.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.8% (HV 20d: 33.2%). Max pain ranged from $141.00 to $152.50. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.54.

Notable Days

  • 2020-08-18: Highest Volume — 6,862,860 contracts
  • 2020-08-18: Largest IV spike — 14.1% change
  • 2020-08-27: Highest IV Rank — 50.8%
  • 2020-08-26: Largest Expected Move — 11.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$162.59$154.59$173.47$155.93$173.47
Max Pain$146.79$141.00$152.50$141.00$152.50
ATM IV36.0%32.1%41.1%34.9%40.2%
Expected Move10.2%9.2%11.6%9.6%10.3%
HV 20d33.2%26.4%40.3%40.1%26.4%
HV 60d32.4%31.4%33.3%31.5%33.3%
IV Rank40.4%32.2%50.8%38.0%48.9%
IV Percentile70.9%62.7%78.2%71.0%75.8%
Term Structure0.4%-0.4%1.4%-0.4%1.1%
VWIV36.5%33.3%41.6%33.4%37.7%
Skew 25d-0.5%-1.8%0.9%-0.4%0.9%
Skew 10d-1.1%-4.0%3.5%0.8%3.5%
Call IV 25d37.0%32.3%42.8%35.4%40.6%
Put IV 25d36.6%33.0%41.6%35.0%41.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %36.5127.1756.5653.3444.95
Gamma HHI0.050.020.340.020.03
Net GEX1.25B-178.4M4.26B489.6M1.43B
Net DEX-57.16B-77.27B-37.27B-41.78B-72.24B
Net VEX-202.0M-239.4M-170.0M-170.0M-231.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.540.330.770.770.47
Total Volume4,305,409.5242,618,2206,862,8603,092,3004,214,380
Total OI14,212,691.42911,914,68016,098,90011,914,68013,818,000

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2020-08-03$155.93$141.0034.9%9.6%40.1%38.0%33.4%-0.4%-0.4%489.6M-41.78B-170.0M0.7753.34N/AN/A1,749,0801,343,2206,069,6205,845,060
2020-08-04$156.22$141.0035.4%9.6%39.8%39.0%34.3%-0.4%-0.3%363.8M-42.94B-178.0M0.5855.41N/AN/A1,945,0001,132,6806,480,8206,323,860
2020-08-05$160.37$141.2534.9%9.5%40.3%38.1%33.8%-1.8%-0.2%1.13B-54.63B-180.8M0.5456.56N/AN/A2,948,5001,597,0806,777,8806,632,040
2020-08-06$161.80$145.0034.3%10.0%38.3%36.7%35.3%-1.7%-0.1%1.69B-59.51B-184.5M0.5436.10N/AN/A2,848,9201,531,6207,267,1606,832,400
2020-08-07$158.32$145.0034.5%10.1%39.0%37.2%36.1%-0.7%-0.0%-125.5M-46.73B-190.9M0.7535.37N/AN/A3,487,6602,613,8207,518,3407,038,200
2020-08-10$156.90$145.0035.7%10.4%38.2%39.5%36.7%-0.1%0.8%483.8M-42.88B-191.2M0.6627.17N/AN/A1,574,4601,043,7606,794,6206,394,860
2020-08-11$154.59$145.0035.1%10.2%37.7%38.4%36.3%0.5%0.4%164.7M-37.27B-196.5M0.6428.24N/AN/A1,860,1401,194,1607,172,2006,740,100
2020-08-12$158.08$145.0032.4%9.4%38.2%32.9%33.6%-0.6%0.5%739.8M-48.24B-192.7M0.6130.39N/AN/A1,951,3401,190,7007,395,8607,011,680
2020-08-13$158.63$145.0033.6%9.8%38.1%35.2%35.0%0.0%0.6%907.9M-49.63B-193.6M0.6428.26N/AN/A2,497,8401,592,7007,523,8807,137,360
2020-08-14$156.70$145.0032.4%9.4%37.9%32.8%33.6%0.9%0.4%-178.4M-41.89B-190.8M0.6529.81N/AN/A2,948,9601,905,7807,744,7407,292,100
2020-08-17$159.49$145.0032.1%9.2%28.6%32.2%33.3%0.3%0.4%1.07B-52.13B-183.8M0.4931.70N/AN/A1,764,560856,3606,973,6606,478,620
2020-08-18$165.75$146.0036.6%10.5%31.2%41.5%37.3%-1.4%-0.1%1.75B-70.69B-192.6M0.3329.25N/AN/A5,157,4601,705,4007,454,0206,668,640
2020-08-19$163.49$147.2535.9%10.3%31.2%39.9%36.8%-0.3%0.6%1.72B-62.54B-203.2M0.4528.94N/AN/A3,238,3401,445,3808,014,8607,064,700
2020-08-20$165.39$148.5034.4%9.8%28.0%37.0%35.7%-0.7%1.0%2.17B-70.18B-208.2M0.4830.75N/AN/A2,732,6001,319,0408,294,5407,345,840
2020-08-21$163.98$149.7535.7%10.2%28.4%39.7%36.7%-0.7%0.9%736.1M-65.88B-213.6M0.5330.30N/AN/A3,251,3801,715,1008,591,9207,506,980
2020-08-24$165.31$150.0037.8%10.7%27.7%44.0%39.0%-0.8%0.9%1.27B-57.61B-219.1M0.4234.78N/AN/A3,409,8801,431,1806,967,3805,932,460
2020-08-25$167.19$150.7538.7%10.9%26.6%45.8%39.5%-1.1%0.8%1.61B-62.40B-225.0M0.4238.47N/AN/A2,790,4801,179,4407,456,8006,384,100
2020-08-26$171.93$151.0041.0%11.6%27.8%50.6%41.6%-1.7%0.1%2.24B-77.27B-223.9M0.3838.98N/AN/A4,739,0001,783,6607,859,9406,733,200
2020-08-27$170.70$151.2541.1%11.4%28.1%50.8%41.0%-0.6%0.6%2.26B-72.98B-233.3M0.5638.19N/AN/A2,771,0801,548,3408,220,5806,915,260
2020-08-28$170.09$152.2540.3%10.8%26.6%49.0%39.4%0.4%1.4%4.26B-71.00B-239.4M0.5539.72N/AN/A2,844,8001,558,3208,553,6807,238,560
2020-08-31$173.47$152.5040.2%10.3%26.4%48.9%37.7%0.9%1.1%1.43B-72.24B-231.7M0.4744.95N/AN/A2,869,2601,345,1207,454,6606,363,340