AMZN Options History — August 2023

In August 2023, AMZN traded between $128.22 and $141.78. ATM implied volatility averaged 30.4%, placing in the 12.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.8%. IV traded below realized volatility by 6.1% (HV 20d: 36.5%). Max pain ranged from $105.00 to $125.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.61.

Notable Days

  • 2023-08-04: Highest Volume — 2,692,668 contracts
  • 2023-08-04: Largest IV drop — 29.9% change
  • 2023-08-02: Highest IV Rank — 51.8%
  • 2023-08-02: Largest Expected Move — 15.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$135.49$128.22$141.78$131.81$138.39
Max Pain$109.67$105.00$125.00$125.00$110.00
ATM IV30.4%25.2%43.5%40.8%25.2%
Expected Move8.8%6.9%15.0%13.7%6.9%
HV 20d36.5%26.8%40.6%26.8%35.6%
HV 60d30.7%27.6%32.7%27.6%30.5%
IV Rank12.8%0.0%51.8%43.6%0.0%
IV Percentile13.9%0.0%71.4%51.2%0.0%
Term Structure-0.2%-2.7%0.6%-2.1%0.4%
VWIV30.9%24.4%53.0%48.0%24.4%
Skew 25d2.7%-0.1%3.8%-0.1%2.3%
Skew 10d5.6%0.9%7.5%0.9%4.0%
Call IV 25d29.2%24.0%43.8%40.8%24.0%
Put IV 25d32.0%26.3%44.1%40.6%26.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %1.651.292.881.361.37
Gamma HHI0.070.040.310.050.08
Net GEX338.6M153.6M1.08B286.0M657.0M
Net DEX-18.40B-26.86B-13.21B-16.22B-20.74B
Net VEX-105.9M-111.0M-102.5M-108.9M-102.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.610.340.840.590.34
Total Volume665,002.957300,6362,692,668357,7161,179,552
Total OI6,392,682.7835,971,3636,796,7206,056,0466,371,928

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2023-08-01$131.81$125.0040.8%13.7%26.8%43.6%48.0%-0.1%-2.1%286.0M-16.22B-108.9M0.591.36N/AN/A224,406133,3103,362,7622,693,284
2023-08-02$128.22$125.0043.5%15.0%28.6%51.8%53.0%0.3%-2.7%217.6M-13.21B-111.0M0.681.33N/AN/A312,293212,9773,436,9672,741,538
2023-08-03$128.84$105.0042.8%11.2%28.0%49.7%39.5%1.5%-2.6%242.0M-13.78B-110.0M0.662.88N/AN/A745,864493,4733,512,3992,795,204
2023-08-04$140.06$105.0030.0%8.6%40.6%11.4%30.3%1.6%-0.7%1.08B-26.86B-104.7M0.542.39N/AN/A1,754,183938,4853,776,9043,019,816
2023-08-07$141.78$105.0029.0%8.3%39.3%8.4%29.7%2.4%0.2%510.2M-25.31B-104.9M0.611.90N/AN/A517,782314,9023,507,1852,916,555
2023-08-08$139.72$105.0029.6%8.5%39.8%10.2%30.8%2.9%0.2%384.9M-22.72B-107.0M0.841.99N/AN/A360,684301,6053,522,0373,015,870
2023-08-09$138.16$105.0029.8%8.6%39.8%10.8%30.4%3.1%0.3%362.1M-21.28B-108.0M0.731.68N/AN/A303,432221,7773,577,9003,049,055
2023-08-10$138.09$105.0029.1%8.4%38.8%8.5%29.0%3.3%0.3%346.6M-21.25B-105.7M0.591.65N/AN/A407,699240,1723,590,9113,074,978
2023-08-11$138.34$107.5027.9%8.1%38.8%5.2%27.7%3.2%0.5%304.6M-21.59B-105.7M0.741.64N/AN/A341,554253,2793,644,8873,122,991
2023-08-14$139.97$107.5027.7%8.0%38.8%4.3%28.1%3.0%0.3%432.0M-22.87B-103.1M0.601.40N/AN/A280,345168,6573,439,4442,988,199
2023-08-15$137.53$107.5029.4%8.4%39.4%9.5%29.9%3.1%-0.1%329.8M-20.52B-103.8M0.601.51N/AN/A306,749184,0153,500,3483,024,782
2023-08-16$135.55$110.0029.7%8.5%39.4%10.4%29.4%3.3%-0.1%262.0M-18.47B-106.5M0.571.52N/AN/A376,650214,9753,551,1743,052,223
2023-08-17$133.69$110.0030.8%8.8%37.2%13.6%30.5%3.5%-0.3%206.8M-16.69B-107.9M0.591.73N/AN/A387,512227,0523,639,1803,075,198
2023-08-18$133.64$110.0030.2%8.7%37.0%12.0%29.9%3.6%-0.2%153.6M-16.67B-108.0M0.711.86N/AN/A382,825272,2813,680,3883,090,275
2023-08-21$134.59$110.0028.8%8.2%37.0%7.9%29.1%3.8%0.3%237.0M-15.86B-106.0M0.491.33N/AN/A246,796120,7623,221,2892,750,074
2023-08-22$133.82$110.0029.6%8.4%37.1%10.2%29.4%3.5%0.0%243.0M-15.34B-106.3M0.661.62N/AN/A180,636120,0003,287,2492,791,316
2023-08-23$135.09$110.0028.5%8.1%37.0%7.0%28.2%3.3%0.3%302.1M-16.56B-105.2M0.581.57N/AN/A236,894137,0073,319,3262,823,890
2023-08-24$132.38$110.0029.8%8.4%37.9%10.8%29.6%3.4%0.1%171.7M-13.90B-106.3M0.551.42N/AN/A293,302160,3613,351,7132,852,409
2023-08-25$133.50$110.0027.6%7.7%36.4%4.3%27.0%3.1%0.5%190.7M-14.91B-105.3M0.781.75N/AN/A285,822221,5803,402,6322,881,547
2023-08-28$133.09$110.0027.8%7.7%36.2%4.7%27.2%3.3%0.4%186.6M-14.76B-103.3M0.511.32N/AN/A221,003112,4883,272,6362,830,921
2023-08-29$134.97$110.0026.3%7.3%36.3%0.4%25.8%2.9%0.6%299.2M-16.74B-102.9M0.491.44N/AN/A311,681153,5513,328,5192,858,445
2023-08-30$134.97$110.0025.8%7.1%34.7%0.0%24.8%2.4%0.5%386.9M-16.92B-102.6M0.661.29N/AN/A261,510173,1853,407,7622,877,594
2023-08-31$138.39$110.0025.2%6.9%35.6%0.0%24.4%2.3%0.4%657.0M-20.74B-102.5M0.341.37N/AN/A881,268298,2843,459,9522,911,976