AMZN Options History — January 2021

In January 2021, AMZN traded between $154.97 and $166.73. ATM implied volatility averaged 39.8%, placing in the 41.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 14.4% (HV 20d: 25.4%). Max pain ranged from $155.00 to $157.50. Net GEX was positive for 14 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 0 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.65.

Notable Days

  • 2021-01-21: Highest Volume — 10,762,360 contracts
  • 2021-01-27: Largest IV spike — 16.7% change
  • 2021-01-27: Highest IV Rank — 57.2%
  • 2021-01-27: Largest Expected Move — 14.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$160.25$154.97$166.73$159.41$160.56
Max Pain$156.75$155.00$157.50$157.50$156.75
ATM IV39.8%37.2%46.5%40.7%43.0%
Expected Move11.3%10.5%14.0%11.2%12.9%
HV 20d25.4%22.4%28.3%23.0%28.1%
HV 60d31.2%28.5%32.9%32.9%28.5%
IV Rank41.8%35.6%57.2%43.8%49.2%
IV Percentile56.4%48.8%73.4%59.5%63.5%
Term Structure-1.1%-1.9%-0.5%-1.1%-1.2%
VWIV40.0%37.2%49.7%39.5%45.7%
Skew 25d0.6%0.0%1.1%0.5%1.0%
Skew 10d1.7%0.1%4.2%0.7%4.2%
Call IV 25d40.1%37.0%46.5%41.4%43.1%
Put IV 25d40.7%38.1%47.0%41.9%44.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %18.3212.9128.4012.9122.42
Gamma HHI0.040.020.230.030.04
Net GEX305.7M-9.61B3.35B892.2M-1.14B
Net DEX-31.38B-56.90B-7.28B-35.03B-17.65B
Net VEX-299.2M-314.3M-287.2M-299.8M-304.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.650.450.940.830.70
Total Volume6,713,056.8424,355,88010,762,3606,458,1808,897,420
Total OI19,059,112.63214,994,28023,093,84019,199,04017,813,320

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2021-01-04$159.41$157.5040.7%11.2%23.0%43.8%39.5%0.5%-1.1%892.2M-35.03B-299.8M0.8312.91N/AN/A3,531,6602,926,52010,638,9408,560,100
2021-01-05$160.54$157.5039.1%10.8%22.9%39.9%38.3%0.4%-0.7%1.09B-39.63B-302.5M0.6614.52N/AN/A2,624,6401,731,24011,180,6809,263,700
2021-01-06$157.25$157.5039.9%10.9%24.1%41.9%38.4%0.6%-1.0%-449.5M-20.49B-297.7M0.7215.79N/AN/A3,611,7202,609,50011,434,7209,638,260
2021-01-07$159.21$157.5038.2%10.5%24.3%38.1%37.2%0.2%-0.8%381.8M-32.69B-300.2M0.5514.01N/AN/A3,891,6802,123,48011,812,40010,080,300
2021-01-08$159.20$157.5038.4%10.5%22.4%38.4%37.2%0.4%-1.1%1.47B-31.95B-294.4M0.7514.90N/AN/A4,645,1803,494,36012,124,02010,155,240
2021-01-11$155.78$157.5041.5%11.3%23.8%45.6%40.0%1.1%-1.5%72.4M-18.75B-288.8M0.9113.11N/AN/A2,843,3202,578,08010,744,3009,111,680
2021-01-12$156.22$157.5040.5%11.1%23.8%43.3%39.1%1.1%-1.5%-749.4M-18.84B-296.0M0.6513.37N/AN/A3,332,3802,151,72011,305,74010,202,760
2021-01-13$158.86$157.5038.6%10.7%23.9%38.9%37.8%0.8%-1.3%536.0M-36.19B-298.0M0.5916.53N/AN/A4,035,6802,401,16011,619,42010,540,200
2021-01-14$156.71$157.5039.7%11.0%24.4%41.5%38.9%0.8%-1.6%-545.9M-24.71B-293.4M0.8014.56N/AN/A3,384,5802,699,88011,930,06010,384,760
2021-01-15$154.97$157.5038.8%10.8%22.6%39.3%37.8%1.1%-1.7%-9.61B-7.28B-287.2M0.9414.83N/AN/A5,153,9804,837,04012,030,62011,063,220
2021-01-19$156.38$155.2537.2%10.6%22.9%35.6%37.6%1.1%-0.5%503.4M-16.01B-288.3M0.6216.87N/AN/A2,929,2801,826,6608,189,5806,804,700
2021-01-20$163.59$155.0037.8%10.8%28.0%37.1%38.4%0.7%-0.8%2.43B-48.43B-296.1M0.4819.35N/AN/A6,992,8203,322,5808,677,7607,125,460
2021-01-21$165.71$155.2537.6%10.8%28.3%36.6%38.6%0.4%-0.8%3.35B-56.90B-302.2M0.4520.61N/AN/A7,402,0803,360,2809,215,8807,374,440
2021-01-22$165.07$156.0038.4%11.1%28.3%38.4%39.4%0.1%-1.1%2.82B-50.00B-304.4M0.5420.40N/AN/A4,890,4602,630,3409,813,4007,761,120
2021-01-25$165.02$156.0039.5%11.6%28.3%40.9%41.0%0.2%-0.7%1.64B-41.74B-301.9M0.5822.61N/AN/A3,586,8802,096,3408,501,8006,717,440
2021-01-26$166.73$156.0039.9%11.8%28.3%41.8%42.1%0.0%-0.8%1.86B-47.56B-306.7M0.4627.78N/AN/A3,101,9801,438,4208,931,7207,251,200
2021-01-27$161.14$156.2546.5%14.0%28.1%57.2%49.7%0.5%-1.9%600.9M-24.38B-314.3M0.6528.40N/AN/A3,036,7601,964,5609,216,7207,490,040
2021-01-28$162.33$156.7541.8%12.5%28.0%46.4%44.1%0.2%-1.0%650.2M-28.00B-309.1M0.5525.20N/AN/A3,526,5001,936,9209,524,2007,893,240
2021-01-29$160.56$156.7543.0%12.9%28.1%49.2%45.7%1.0%-1.2%-1.14B-17.65B-304.4M0.7022.42N/AN/A5,246,3203,651,1009,709,2008,104,120