GOOG Options History — December 2009

In December 2009, GOOG traded between $14.61 and $15.56. ATM implied volatility averaged 20.1%, placing in the 2.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 8.8% (HV 20d: 11.3%). Max pain ranged from $11.49 to $13.99. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 22 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.71.

Notable Days

  • 2009-12-28: Highest Volume — 2,565,000 contracts
  • 2009-12-10: Largest IV spike — 15.2% change
  • 2009-12-10: Highest IV Rank — 5.4%
  • 2009-12-04: Largest Expected Move — 6.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$14.97$14.61$15.56$14.73$15.48
Max Pain$12.73$11.49$13.99$13.49$13.99
ATM IV20.1%18.8%21.7%20.2%19.5%
Expected Move5.9%5.5%6.6%5.8%5.6%
HV 20d11.3%8.6%13.8%13.2%9.7%
HV 60d18.0%17.1%18.5%18.5%17.1%
IV Rank2.2%0.0%5.4%1.1%1.3%
IV Percentile4.2%0.0%12.3%0.8%2.0%
Term Structure4.4%1.9%5.9%1.9%5.9%
VWIV21.3%19.6%23.1%20.8%19.9%
Skew 25d1.3%-0.4%2.0%1.4%-0.4%
Skew 10d2.7%-1.5%4.4%3.1%-1.3%
Call IV 25d20.5%19.0%22.5%19.9%20.0%
Put IV 25d21.8%19.7%24.2%21.3%19.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %14.615.5522.8822.625.55
Gamma HHI0.180.090.450.130.10
Net GEX185.9M111.8M325.9M188.1M162.5M
Net DEX-5.40B-6.11B-4.17B-5.58B-5.50B
Net VEX-16.0M-16.8M-15.2M-16.4M-16.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.710.451.020.590.84
Total Volume1,612,107.273984,0602,565,0001,520,680984,060
Total OI16,632,538.18212,904,44019,366,02016,769,48015,424,760

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-12-01$14.73$13.4920.2%5.8%13.2%1.1%20.8%1.4%1.9%188.1M-5.58B-16.4M0.5922.62953,400567,2808,241,5208,527,960
2009-12-02$14.67$13.7419.6%5.6%13.6%0.2%20.1%1.2%2.4%177.8M-5.33B-16.5M0.5812.70685,560398,4008,298,2408,623,940
2009-12-03$14.63$13.7419.3%5.5%13.8%0.0%19.6%1.4%2.9%178.6M-5.27B-16.4M0.5021.59701,300353,8808,495,9208,718,220
2009-12-04$14.61$11.4919.3%6.6%13.3%0.1%23.1%1.6%3.2%172.1M-5.17B-16.8M0.7021.161,155,080805,0408,522,0808,845,000
2009-12-07$14.64$11.4919.3%6.4%13.3%0.0%23.0%1.7%3.5%186.4M-5.26B-16.4M0.8022.88651,340520,9608,673,7408,928,880
2009-12-08$14.66$11.4918.9%6.3%11.6%0.0%22.9%2.0%3.8%192.3M-5.34B-16.0M0.9821.89671,000657,5808,704,4208,990,220
2009-12-09$14.71$11.7418.8%6.4%11.4%0.0%23.0%1.9%4.1%192.1M-5.36B-16.3M1.0218.91729,280745,9008,743,3409,084,400
2009-12-10$14.77$11.7421.7%6.2%11.3%5.4%22.2%2.0%4.2%219.5M-5.62B-16.3M1.0217.52748,580763,5208,838,8809,233,980
2009-12-11$14.75$11.9921.2%6.1%11.1%4.6%21.6%1.8%5.0%196.0M-5.43B-16.0M0.7619.64776,740591,3608,874,8609,300,020
2009-12-14$14.88$11.9921.1%6.0%11.2%4.3%21.7%1.9%4.7%284.8M-6.01B-15.2M0.6416.231,191,440763,7208,935,6409,304,900
2009-12-15$14.81$12.2421.3%6.1%11.2%4.6%21.5%1.8%4.5%226.0M-5.57B-15.3M0.5413.12855,860459,2209,009,5609,418,960
2009-12-16$14.93$12.2420.9%6.0%11.5%3.9%21.3%1.6%4.7%325.9M-6.11B-15.2M0.4513.191,727,320771,4609,099,3009,476,380
2009-12-17$14.83$12.2421.3%6.1%11.8%4.8%21.7%1.5%4.8%201.5M-5.49B-15.4M0.7013.291,238,440862,1809,183,7809,597,300
2009-12-18$14.90$12.4920.1%5.8%11.4%2.5%20.7%1.9%5.2%171.7M-6.00B-15.2M0.6314.741,487,560933,8609,474,5409,891,480
2009-12-21$14.95$12.4919.6%5.6%11.1%1.6%20.7%1.7%4.8%111.8M-4.17B-15.3M1.0010.95698,980701,6206,588,1806,316,260
2009-12-22$15.01$13.2419.8%5.7%8.6%1.9%20.4%1.4%4.7%117.9M-4.34B-15.8M0.5910.11724,240427,3806,884,0806,648,440
2009-12-23$15.28$13.4920.4%5.8%10.3%3.0%20.9%1.4%4.8%147.7M-5.11B-16.0M0.545.841,585,700850,2007,139,1406,862,860
2009-12-24$15.45$13.4920.2%5.8%10.7%2.5%21.1%1.2%5.1%150.2M-5.32B-16.6M0.6315.79841,840527,4007,237,1807,095,080
2009-12-28$15.56$13.7420.7%5.9%9.6%3.5%21.5%0.3%5.4%168.8M-5.71B-15.8M0.768.481,460,3401,104,6607,344,0207,170,040
2009-12-29$15.47$13.7419.5%5.6%10.1%1.3%20.0%-0.4%5.7%156.3M-5.49B-16.1M0.787.31867,380673,5207,494,9207,422,140
2009-12-30$15.55$13.7419.8%5.7%9.6%1.8%20.1%0.0%5.3%161.4M-5.59B-16.5M0.667.98754,080497,7007,622,6207,628,660
2009-12-31$15.48$13.9919.5%5.6%9.7%1.3%19.9%-0.4%5.9%162.5M-5.50B-16.4M0.845.55533,660450,4007,730,0007,694,760