AMZN Options History — March 2021

In March 2021, AMZN traded between $148.68 and $157.58. ATM implied volatility averaged 29.0%, placing in the 12.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.2% (HV 20d: 25.8%). Max pain ranged from $152.50 to $160.00. Net GEX was positive for 12 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.72.

Notable Days

  • 2021-03-05: Highest Volume — 9,145,660 contracts
  • 2021-03-18: Largest IV spike — 15.0% change
  • 2021-03-08: Highest IV Rank — 23.0%
  • 2021-03-08: Largest Expected Move — 9.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$153.66$148.68$157.58$157.25$154.81
Max Pain$154.78$152.50$160.00$160.00$152.50
ATM IV29.0%25.8%33.5%27.7%29.2%
Expected Move8.1%6.5%9.6%7.8%6.5%
HV 20d25.8%20.5%29.4%25.1%25.7%
HV 60d26.1%24.7%27.5%24.7%26.3%
IV Rank12.3%4.5%23.0%8.8%13.6%
IV Percentile12.6%0.8%32.5%4.0%16.3%
Term Structure1.2%-0.9%4.9%0.3%0.1%
VWIV28.7%24.1%33.5%29.0%24.1%
Skew 25d4.2%3.2%6.6%3.6%3.3%
Skew 10d10.0%7.5%16.7%9.1%7.6%
Call IV 25d27.6%24.7%31.5%26.6%28.1%
Put IV 25d31.7%28.2%37.6%30.2%31.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %18.006.7231.159.9331.15
Gamma HHI0.020.020.050.020.03
Net GEX48.2M-1.35B1.29B-329.6M1.03B
Net DEX-1.91B-22.32B21.88B-5.18B-14.38B
Net VEX-279.2M-289.2M-269.1M-283.7M-277.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.720.610.880.760.79
Total Volume4,949,855.6522,753,6809,145,6603,883,2404,440,500
Total OI15,788,444.34813,672,58017,586,76015,017,70015,160,900

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2021-03-01$157.25$160.0027.7%7.8%25.1%8.8%29.0%3.6%0.3%-329.6M-5.18B-283.7M0.769.93N/AN/A2,204,1401,679,1007,731,4207,286,280
2021-03-02$155.40$160.0027.7%7.9%20.5%8.8%28.4%3.8%0.0%-649.0M2.02B-279.7M0.8213.52N/AN/A1,870,4601,535,5008,046,8407,491,700
2021-03-03$150.98$160.0031.8%9.4%21.3%18.8%32.8%5.5%-0.9%-1.35B19.52B-269.1M0.8519.35N/AN/A3,219,7002,723,1408,271,3407,790,440
2021-03-04$149.43$155.0033.2%9.3%21.0%22.1%32.5%6.6%-0.8%-1.20B21.88B-272.1M0.887.31N/AN/A3,874,9203,426,0208,711,9608,074,060
2021-03-05$149.92$155.0031.1%8.9%21.2%17.1%31.1%5.5%-0.4%-1.06B18.67B-273.9M0.758.89N/AN/A5,221,1403,924,5209,113,1208,237,480
2021-03-08$148.68$155.0033.5%9.6%20.7%23.0%33.5%5.4%0.1%-386.5M13.36B-271.7M0.676.72N/AN/A2,598,1201,752,1208,124,6807,257,720
2021-03-09$153.85$155.0029.8%8.6%25.1%13.9%30.7%4.6%0.3%267.6M-2.94B-288.0M0.628.06N/AN/A2,717,5401,672,7008,593,0207,625,300
2021-03-10$153.08$155.0029.4%8.6%25.1%13.1%30.0%4.6%0.4%142.4M774.8M-284.7M0.659.45N/AN/A2,327,9601,505,8808,819,1007,755,020
2021-03-11$155.81$155.0027.7%8.1%26.1%8.8%28.6%4.2%0.5%758.7M-9.76B-289.2M0.6112.05N/AN/A2,911,5601,769,5009,012,6407,958,140
2021-03-12$154.58$155.0028.7%8.4%26.1%11.3%29.5%3.9%0.7%815.0M-4.52B-286.7M0.7012.12N/AN/A3,514,4402,471,8209,342,3808,102,500
2021-03-15$153.47$155.0028.9%8.3%26.0%11.8%29.5%3.9%0.8%-77.3M-688.7M-277.3M0.7013.61N/AN/A1,903,1401,328,5608,126,8807,162,680
2021-03-16$154.67$155.0027.2%7.8%26.3%7.7%28.0%3.6%0.8%346.6M-6.40B-278.9M0.7317.52N/AN/A2,458,9801,788,2608,550,7807,442,900
2021-03-17$157.58$155.0027.1%7.8%26.9%7.5%28.3%3.2%0.9%1.05B-18.50B-284.6M0.6418.29N/AN/A2,963,6601,889,2608,779,1607,690,020
2021-03-18$151.72$155.0031.1%8.9%29.4%17.6%31.2%4.6%0.5%-290.3M6.45B-282.3M0.6715.35N/AN/A3,477,0602,339,0409,085,5007,863,320
2021-03-19$152.90$155.0027.5%7.8%28.8%9.0%27.5%4.1%1.0%-279.0M2.00B-277.7M0.6918.46N/AN/A4,228,2802,930,6209,447,8208,138,940
2021-03-22$156.10$152.5025.8%7.2%29.0%4.5%26.1%3.7%4.7%827.5M-16.90B-280.9M0.6528.43N/AN/A1,995,5601,289,8207,293,6606,378,920
2021-03-23$157.35$152.5025.9%7.2%29.1%4.8%26.1%3.4%4.7%1.29B-22.32B-282.8M0.6823.55N/AN/A3,088,4002,114,9807,644,1406,547,340
2021-03-24$154.89$152.5026.8%7.6%29.2%7.3%26.9%3.7%4.7%353.1M-10.52B-279.6M0.6728.00N/AN/A2,642,0001,772,3007,862,3406,840,840
2021-03-25$152.98$152.5028.2%7.7%28.0%10.8%27.3%3.7%4.7%-270.9M-2.05B-276.7M0.7626.19N/AN/A2,963,7002,246,3408,110,0407,137,960
2021-03-26$151.76$152.5028.7%7.6%27.6%12.2%26.7%3.8%4.9%-682.1M2.09B-270.2M0.8327.95N/AN/A3,714,0203,080,4808,353,8007,346,700
2021-03-29$153.87$152.5029.9%7.3%27.8%15.3%26.3%3.8%-0.4%437.9M-9.31B-278.9M0.7127.88N/AN/A2,061,5601,456,2007,432,2806,688,500
2021-03-30$153.04$152.5030.0%7.1%27.5%15.7%25.6%3.7%-0.2%360.1M-7.19B-276.2M0.8130.26N/AN/A1,525,5401,228,1407,774,2606,929,400
2021-03-31$154.81$152.5029.2%6.5%25.7%13.6%24.1%3.3%0.1%1.03B-14.38B-277.3M0.7931.15N/AN/A2,484,6001,955,9007,936,7807,224,120