GOOG Options History — July 2012

In July 2012, GOOG traded between $14.25 and $15.86. ATM implied volatility averaged 26.1%, placing in the 13.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.5% (HV 20d: 21.6%). Max pain ranged from $14.24 to $14.99. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.80.

Notable Days

  • 2012-07-19: Highest Volume — 9,954,940 contracts
  • 2012-07-11: Largest IV spike — 94.2% change
  • 2012-07-11: Highest IV Rank — 45.0%
  • 2012-07-05: Largest Expected Move — 11.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$14.89$14.25$15.86$14.50$15.81
Max Pain$14.50$14.24$14.99$14.24$14.99
ATM IV26.1%16.9%51.7%17.7%24.5%
Expected Move8.0%5.3%11.1%10.2%5.8%
HV 20d21.6%20.4%23.2%21.8%22.0%
HV 60d23.3%22.1%24.7%24.4%23.7%
IV Rank13.2%1.9%45.0%2.9%11.2%
IV Percentile39.6%2.4%94.8%2.4%37.3%
Term Structure-2.7%-9.8%2.1%-7.3%0.7%
VWIV28.3%19.3%38.9%35.4%21.3%
Skew 25d2.7%0.8%3.7%2.0%2.6%
Skew 10d5.0%1.2%7.0%3.1%5.0%
Call IV 25d26.8%18.0%37.6%34.1%19.6%
Put IV 25d29.4%19.9%39.6%36.2%22.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %23.0514.4734.1822.8321.36
Gamma HHI0.070.030.410.030.06
Net GEX181.6M-9.0M764.7M107.9M269.3M
Net DEX-1.89B-4.88B100.7M-1.03B-3.84B
Net VEX-25.4M-27.5M-24.2M-25.0M-26.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.800.480.990.790.84
Total Volume3,053,216.191,129,7009,954,9401,307,5801,636,380
Total OI15,356,341.90513,314,42019,560,82013,746,92014,648,820

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-07-02$14.50$14.2417.7%10.2%21.8%2.9%35.4%2.0%-7.3%107.9M-1.03B-25.0M0.7922.83730,000577,5807,575,0406,171,880
2012-07-03$14.68$14.3616.9%10.2%21.5%1.9%35.4%2.5%-7.7%151.4M-1.59B-25.4M0.6221.58696,780432,9207,699,3006,328,400
2012-07-05$14.88$14.3627.4%11.1%21.2%14.9%38.9%2.0%-9.8%185.4M-2.36B-25.6M0.7018.901,740,4601,210,2807,817,3206,419,100
2012-07-06$14.63$14.2421.3%8.7%22.1%7.3%30.4%2.4%-3.7%126.7M-1.30B-25.4M0.7423.891,746,6201,295,6208,133,6006,748,620
2012-07-09$14.64$14.2428.0%9.0%22.1%15.6%31.4%2.2%-4.2%95.6M-1.21B-25.2M0.8523.59873,360744,2607,985,4606,526,880
2012-07-10$14.53$14.2426.7%9.2%20.8%13.9%32.2%2.4%-4.1%71.3M-837.5M-25.0M0.7221.101,212,540871,5608,232,0206,761,800
2012-07-11$14.27$14.2451.7%9.6%21.8%45.0%33.3%3.3%-4.2%-9.0M100.7M-24.3M0.8423.502,318,3601,947,4208,428,6606,919,120
2012-07-12$14.25$14.2433.9%9.7%21.6%22.9%34.2%3.4%-4.2%7.0M45.2M-25.1M0.7721.141,467,9801,136,1009,046,7607,399,520
2012-07-13$14.40$14.2432.5%9.3%21.8%21.2%32.3%3.7%-4.2%70.2M-664.9M-25.2M0.8021.651,559,0001,254,3809,337,1207,575,480
2012-07-16$14.36$14.2433.7%9.7%21.7%22.6%33.7%3.5%-5.4%59.3M-490.7M-24.5M0.9321.71876,880818,8608,669,1807,247,880
2012-07-17$14.40$14.2431.9%9.2%21.3%20.5%31.9%3.0%-4.9%66.7M-606.6M-24.4M0.7929.741,135,820901,3408,962,0407,533,720
2012-07-18$14.50$14.3631.7%9.1%20.4%20.1%31.5%2.8%-5.2%90.4M-1.01B-24.4M0.8628.291,317,2001,133,2609,187,7807,739,020
2012-07-19$14.81$14.3629.2%8.4%21.5%17.0%28.8%0.8%-3.5%163.5M-2.30B-24.3M0.7934.185,551,5404,403,4009,316,9807,977,920
2012-07-20$15.26$14.4918.4%5.3%22.0%3.7%19.3%1.9%1.8%546.1M-4.88B-24.2M0.7022.935,216,1003,630,78010,564,6008,996,220
2012-07-23$15.37$14.7420.0%5.7%21.9%5.7%21.2%2.8%1.2%211.1M-2.65B-25.2M0.8919.741,739,8201,555,2407,710,7405,603,680
2012-07-24$15.17$14.9919.7%5.7%21.1%5.4%20.7%2.6%1.9%151.0M-1.93B-25.7M0.9528.491,042,000989,7008,070,8606,105,380
2012-07-25$15.18$14.8619.9%5.7%21.1%5.6%20.9%2.8%1.9%173.4M-2.02B-26.1M0.7418.351,139,140839,0808,280,4406,216,740
2012-07-26$15.32$14.9918.8%5.4%21.1%4.2%20.1%3.2%2.1%253.8M-2.50B-26.7M0.9327.28999,560930,2808,477,5806,445,320
2012-07-27$15.86$14.9919.5%5.5%23.2%5.1%20.3%2.9%1.5%764.7M-4.82B-27.5M0.4819.272,935,1001,397,2008,580,2606,694,360
2012-07-30$15.79$14.9924.6%6.0%22.0%11.4%21.6%2.8%0.6%256.9M-3.77B-27.3M0.9914.471,059,7801,053,8608,121,2406,226,340
2012-07-31$15.81$14.9924.5%5.8%22.0%11.2%21.3%2.6%0.7%269.3M-3.84B-26.6M0.8421.36890,760745,6208,258,0006,390,820