AMZN Options History — December 2020

In December 2020, AMZN traded between $155.05 and $166.17. ATM implied volatility averaged 32.4%, placing in the 31.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 10.7% (HV 20d: 21.7%). Max pain ranged from $138.00 to $155.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.58.

Notable Days

  • 2020-12-28: Highest Volume — 12,301,360 contracts
  • 2020-12-28: Largest IV spike — 16.0% change
  • 2020-12-09: Highest IV Rank — 35.4%
  • 2020-12-09: Largest Expected Move — 9.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$159.82$155.05$166.17$160.50$162.18
Max Pain$147.50$138.00$155.00$155.00$152.25
ATM IV32.4%29.7%35.5%30.9%34.8%
Expected Move9.0%7.8%9.7%9.1%7.8%
HV 20d21.7%16.0%35.3%35.3%22.2%
HV 60d36.1%33.2%40.5%40.5%33.2%
IV Rank31.0%20.5%35.4%29.7%30.3%
IV Percentile36.5%23.8%47.2%33.3%43.7%
Term Structure1.9%-0.1%6.3%1.8%2.7%
VWIV32.6%28.5%35.3%32.7%28.5%
Skew 25d-0.5%-1.4%0.4%-0.6%-0.4%
Skew 10d-1.2%-3.2%1.1%-1.7%-0.4%
Call IV 25d33.4%30.1%37.9%31.8%35.2%
Put IV 25d32.9%29.7%37.4%31.2%34.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %29.8321.4743.1922.3143.19
Gamma HHI0.030.020.050.030.05
Net GEX1.87B326.0M4.10B1.71B2.37B
Net DEX-47.85B-78.41B-28.05B-49.19B-46.50B
Net VEX-304.5M-318.6M-285.1M-285.1M-305.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.580.440.730.460.69
Total Volume6,519,721.8183,436,12012,301,3606,885,8408,111,900
Total OI20,514,888.18217,977,90022,681,56017,977,90022,460,000

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2020-12-01$160.50$155.0030.9%9.1%35.3%29.7%32.7%-0.6%1.8%1.71B-49.19B-285.1M0.4622.31N/AN/A4,715,9202,169,9209,696,0208,281,880
2020-12-02$160.10$155.0031.3%9.2%34.4%30.7%33.2%-0.9%1.7%1.82B-48.13B-289.8M0.5321.47N/AN/A2,735,8401,444,28010,186,4608,474,640
2020-12-03$159.53$138.0030.9%9.3%28.6%29.7%33.1%-0.9%1.8%1.83B-45.82B-289.8M0.5327.88N/AN/A3,335,4801,760,64010,699,7208,747,880
2020-12-04$157.99$140.0030.2%9.1%26.9%28.4%32.6%-0.7%2.0%935.4M-36.42B-289.1M0.6723.55N/AN/A3,964,5202,672,26011,087,7009,051,540
2020-12-07$157.58$140.0031.4%9.2%26.9%30.7%33.6%-0.9%0.5%1.22B-36.99B-286.9M0.4926.43N/AN/A2,299,3201,136,80010,171,8408,214,220
2020-12-08$159.03$140.0032.1%9.4%22.5%32.2%33.9%-1.4%0.4%1.80B-45.30B-298.6M0.4729.98N/AN/A3,746,3001,768,10010,834,8208,607,160
2020-12-09$155.05$143.0033.6%9.7%19.1%35.4%35.3%-1.2%0.0%681.0M-28.05B-307.4M0.5826.29N/AN/A3,350,7201,935,02011,793,4008,931,340
2020-12-10$155.61$144.0032.9%9.5%16.3%33.9%34.6%-0.9%0.2%528.7M-30.82B-310.5M0.5825.44N/AN/A3,126,4201,817,26012,287,2609,284,160
2020-12-11$155.51$145.0033.0%9.6%16.0%34.1%34.4%0.1%0.7%344.0M-29.73B-309.6M0.7128.07N/AN/A4,310,2203,063,48012,670,6209,440,240
2020-12-14$158.03$145.0032.9%9.5%16.8%33.9%34.0%-0.2%0.2%1.91B-45.16B-310.2M0.5726.79N/AN/A3,477,3601,997,32011,483,7408,620,280
2020-12-15$158.08$148.0032.7%9.4%16.8%33.6%33.9%-0.7%-0.0%2.04B-45.02B-311.9M0.5427.81N/AN/A3,075,1001,649,96011,940,0808,857,120
2020-12-16$162.17$149.0033.1%9.5%19.0%34.3%34.1%-0.5%-0.1%3.26B-66.24B-318.6M0.4629.31N/AN/A5,622,7802,570,96012,254,4809,273,780
2020-12-17$161.31$149.0031.4%9.0%18.7%30.9%32.4%-0.5%0.2%3.02B-60.22B-313.8M0.5830.09N/AN/A4,010,6602,327,06012,564,1609,486,740
2020-12-18$159.67$150.0032.6%9.4%19.2%33.1%33.6%0.4%0.1%1.25B-46.52B-316.4M0.6727.93N/AN/A5,700,5803,813,66012,812,5609,869,000
2020-12-21$159.76$150.0032.1%9.1%19.1%31.9%33.1%0.1%5.6%2.09B-47.78B-312.1M0.6128.35N/AN/A3,241,9601,982,04010,974,1808,135,980
2020-12-22$160.26$150.0031.4%8.9%19.1%30.5%32.4%0.1%5.7%2.14B-49.65B-311.4M0.5728.37N/AN/A3,285,0601,886,90011,367,7408,671,400
2020-12-23$159.69$150.0029.7%8.3%19.1%26.5%30.4%0.1%6.1%1.95B-45.24B-308.4M0.6432.45N/AN/A3,140,7602,008,10011,820,2809,079,000
2020-12-24$158.59$150.0030.6%8.3%17.5%20.5%30.2%0.2%6.3%326.0M-37.23B-306.1M0.7333.32N/AN/A2,935,7202,138,96012,203,6609,217,440
2020-12-28$164.48$150.0035.5%8.7%21.9%31.8%31.6%-0.5%1.6%3.13B-67.68B-304.0M0.4438.58N/AN/A8,548,8803,752,48011,025,9208,394,000
2020-12-29$166.17$150.0035.0%8.3%21.6%30.5%29.9%-0.4%2.0%4.10B-78.41B-307.0M0.4838.51N/AN/A7,539,6803,627,52011,756,4808,852,360
2020-12-30$164.69$151.7534.5%7.9%21.4%29.5%29.1%-0.5%2.8%2.67B-66.62B-306.9M0.7240.22N/AN/A4,446,8203,189,16012,003,1609,743,100
2020-12-31$162.18$152.2534.8%7.8%22.2%30.3%28.5%-0.4%2.7%2.37B-46.50B-305.3M0.6943.19N/AN/A4,792,2203,319,68012,429,90010,030,100