GOOG Options History — April 2010

In April 2010, GOOG traded between $13.13 and $14.87. ATM implied volatility averaged 31.0%, placing in the 25.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.2% (HV 20d: 24.8%). Max pain ranged from $13.74 to $14.24. Net GEX was positive for 17 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.63.

Notable Days

  • 2010-04-16: Highest Volume — 10,865,500 contracts
  • 2010-04-15: Largest IV drop — 50.8% change
  • 2010-04-14: Highest IV Rank — 73.9%
  • 2010-04-01: Largest Expected Move — 9.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$13.91$13.13$14.87$14.21$13.13
Max Pain$13.90$13.74$14.24$13.99$13.74
ATM IV31.0%20.3%57.6%32.3%24.6%
Expected Move7.1%5.8%9.3%9.3%7.0%
HV 20d24.8%14.5%32.6%19.2%32.6%
HV 60d23.1%21.0%26.7%22.4%24.0%
IV Rank25.2%5.6%73.9%27.6%13.4%
IV Percentile56.7%10.7%97.6%71.8%42.5%
Term Structure-0.3%-6.3%1.7%-6.3%1.6%
VWIV25.3%20.7%32.9%32.9%25.3%
Skew 25d0.5%-1.2%2.3%-1.2%1.2%
Skew 10d0.8%-2.1%4.8%-2.1%2.5%
Call IV 25d25.0%20.4%33.3%33.3%24.8%
Put IV 25d25.4%20.8%32.2%32.2%26.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %12.839.6717.8010.3417.80
Gamma HHI0.090.060.130.090.06
Net GEX108.0M-186.6M372.2M156.5M-6.6M
Net DEX-1.46B-5.52B1.64B-2.43B640.2M
Net VEX-23.6M-24.7M-21.5M-24.3M-24.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.630.490.840.580.52
Total Volume2,807,299.0481,110,32010,865,5001,410,6201,592,020
Total OI15,503,312.38112,488,04019,928,76014,506,44016,187,520

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-04-01$14.21$13.9932.3%9.3%19.2%27.6%32.9%-1.2%-6.3%156.5M-2.43B-24.3M0.5810.34894,780515,8408,275,7006,230,740
2010-04-05$14.26$13.7435.4%7.3%18.3%33.2%25.8%0.7%-1.0%176.2M-2.57B-23.1M0.7512.62827,900624,4208,396,5006,329,640
2010-04-06$14.19$13.7435.8%7.1%18.4%34.0%25.1%0.3%-1.1%165.8M-2.36B-23.4M0.6012.79844,600506,1808,608,2006,499,180
2010-04-07$14.07$13.7436.2%7.2%18.6%34.7%25.6%0.3%-1.0%145.1M-1.94B-23.0M0.6210.03832,160519,0008,950,6206,705,380
2010-04-08$14.17$13.7436.7%7.1%15.6%35.6%25.0%0.4%-1.1%175.4M-2.34B-22.5M0.5610.951,050,840587,1808,950,6206,705,380
2010-04-09$14.14$13.7436.8%7.1%15.2%35.8%25.3%-0.1%-1.2%166.4M-2.17B-23.4M0.5912.28928,880547,0609,294,3207,008,760
2010-04-12$14.30$13.9947.8%7.6%15.9%55.9%26.8%0.1%-1.5%222.0M-2.92B-23.0M0.7611.181,159,240880,9209,454,5207,102,340
2010-04-13$14.65$13.9950.5%7.6%14.5%60.8%26.9%0.3%-1.3%328.0M-4.46B-23.6M0.849.672,477,7202,082,8809,645,8007,284,680
2010-04-14$14.71$13.9957.6%8.0%14.5%73.9%28.2%0.6%-2.1%319.7M-4.60B-23.9M0.5510.362,345,3001,294,5009,834,7807,666,420
2010-04-15$14.87$14.2428.3%8.1%14.8%20.3%28.4%0.5%-3.0%372.2M-5.52B-23.8M0.6211.125,398,8803,365,48010,218,1207,760,520
2010-04-16$13.74$14.2423.4%6.7%32.5%11.3%24.1%-0.3%1.0%-186.6M1.64B-21.5M0.5712.966,922,4003,943,10011,126,8808,801,880
2010-04-19$13.74$13.9922.8%6.5%32.3%10.1%23.6%0.1%1.3%39.5M-640.8M-23.5M0.6212.531,640,0401,013,0607,201,2405,286,800
2010-04-20$13.86$13.9920.6%5.9%32.4%6.1%21.3%0.2%1.5%62.1M-1.02B-24.1M0.6116.861,080,320663,9407,636,9805,607,440
2010-04-21$13.84$13.9920.3%5.8%32.0%5.6%20.7%0.4%1.7%62.2M-959.7M-24.3M0.4915.91945,860467,8207,880,8005,738,580
2010-04-22$13.66$13.9921.4%6.1%31.8%7.6%22.0%0.5%1.3%39.9M-470.0M-24.2M0.5714.041,075,240609,2808,104,5805,834,660
2010-04-23$13.61$13.9921.5%6.2%31.6%7.7%21.9%0.2%1.7%33.7M-404.0M-24.1M0.6413.69677,720432,6008,284,6405,998,360
2010-04-26$13.28$13.9924.0%6.9%32.6%12.3%24.6%0.7%0.6%-11.0M557.1M-22.9M0.6912.771,986,6201,361,8008,284,6405,998,360
2010-04-27$13.21$13.7426.3%7.5%32.6%16.6%27.1%1.6%0.2%286.8K522.4M-24.3M0.7516.001,441,7601,084,7208,809,2806,345,940
2010-04-28$13.22$13.7424.7%7.1%32.4%13.7%25.4%2.3%0.9%-7.1M505.6M-24.0M0.6312.281,453,140916,6409,037,9006,531,120
2010-04-29$13.29$13.7424.4%7.0%32.5%13.1%25.0%1.0%0.8%13.8M226.9M-24.7M0.5613.171,254,980706,4609,300,3406,649,400
2010-04-30$13.13$13.7424.6%7.0%32.6%13.4%25.3%1.2%1.6%-6.6M640.2M-24.5M0.5217.801,044,360547,6609,478,5806,708,940