GOOG Options History — December 2013

In December 2013, GOOG traded between $26.31 and $27.99. ATM implied volatility averaged 18.5%, placing in the 20.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.4% (HV 20d: 12.1%). Max pain ranged from $25.72 to $25.97. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.83.

Notable Days

  • 2013-12-20: Highest Volume — 4,958,360 contracts
  • 2013-12-23: Largest IV spike — 13.9% change
  • 2013-12-31: Highest IV Rank — 50.8%
  • 2013-12-12: Largest Expected Move — 7.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$27.08$26.31$27.99$26.34$27.99
Max Pain$25.77$25.72$25.97$25.72$25.97
ATM IV18.5%15.4%24.1%16.3%24.1%
Expected Move7.3%7.0%7.5%7.3%7.0%
HV 20d12.1%10.7%13.0%13.0%12.2%
HV 60d29.9%29.6%30.1%30.1%29.6%
IV Rank20.9%4.6%50.8%9.4%50.8%
IV Percentile35.1%2.0%70.2%11.9%70.2%
Term Structure2.1%-2.3%7.1%1.8%-2.3%
VWIV25.7%24.5%27.9%25.7%24.8%
Skew 25d1.2%0.3%1.8%0.5%1.8%
Skew 10d2.4%0.5%4.3%1.4%2.7%
Call IV 25d18.3%15.6%23.4%16.6%23.4%
Put IV 25d19.5%16.0%25.3%17.1%25.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.382.296.052.295.67
Gamma HHI0.120.050.700.060.10
Net GEX483.1M-100.5M2.33B227.4M559.1M
Net DEX-11.16B-14.43B-8.31B-9.56B-11.65B
Net VEX-29.5M-31.6M-27.5M-27.5M-29.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.830.491.051.020.69
Total Volume2,593,373.3331,242,1204,958,3601,836,1002,032,320
Total OI15,680,479.04813,360,92017,368,92014,147,42014,708,020

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-12-02$26.34$25.7216.3%7.3%13.0%9.4%25.7%0.5%1.8%227.4M-9.56B-27.5M1.022.29909,900926,2007,198,5206,948,900
2013-12-03$26.31$25.7216.4%7.3%13.0%10.0%26.2%0.6%1.7%146.3M-9.25B-28.1M0.822.581,069,580879,2807,399,4407,336,360
2013-12-04$26.43$25.7216.9%7.4%12.9%12.4%25.7%1.1%1.7%264.4M-9.86B-29.9M1.035.081,143,2601,181,2607,706,6207,673,460
2013-12-05$26.41$25.7217.7%7.4%12.9%16.7%25.5%0.9%1.8%192.4M-9.83B-31.6M0.694.90904,340627,7408,009,2808,277,340
2013-12-06$26.72$25.7216.9%7.4%11.9%12.3%27.9%0.9%1.9%2.33B-11.75B-30.4M0.644.142,015,1801,284,1208,161,4008,425,140
2013-12-09$26.93$25.7216.1%7.4%11.8%8.4%25.8%0.6%2.0%466.0M-11.87B-29.4M0.913.261,366,8401,240,4007,586,6607,527,640
2013-12-10$27.09$25.7215.4%7.4%11.5%4.6%26.2%0.3%2.4%491.6M-12.59B-28.7M0.813.941,887,3601,533,9007,901,6607,951,780
2013-12-11$26.91$25.7215.6%7.5%12.0%5.3%26.3%0.6%2.4%285.8M-11.15B-29.8M1.053.841,185,3801,240,9208,012,3208,321,080
2013-12-12$26.72$25.7217.0%7.5%10.7%12.8%26.2%0.8%1.1%-28.7M-9.78B-29.8M0.673.961,630,0601,093,0208,183,2208,710,020
2013-12-13$26.49$25.7217.2%7.4%11.3%14.0%26.0%1.3%1.4%-100.5M-8.31B-30.3M0.984.342,153,3202,118,0808,443,2408,860,580
2013-12-16$26.80$25.7218.3%7.4%11.8%19.9%25.6%1.3%4.2%318.3M-10.66B-31.4M0.813.661,211,980984,3007,815,1208,197,340
2013-12-17$26.72$25.7218.5%7.4%11.8%20.9%25.6%1.7%4.5%300.6M-10.39B-31.0M1.054.96892,940933,7008,121,3608,553,060
2013-12-18$27.09$25.7218.0%7.4%12.2%18.5%25.6%1.7%4.9%533.5M-12.34B-30.6M0.724.341,570,1601,129,4008,316,1408,765,400
2013-12-19$27.13$25.7217.3%7.3%12.0%14.8%25.9%1.5%7.1%775.8M-12.31B-29.1M0.794.631,609,7601,271,7608,166,2408,810,120
2013-12-20$27.49$25.7218.5%7.3%12.2%21.2%25.4%1.8%6.9%954.8M-14.43B-28.7M0.614.663,082,2001,876,1608,369,6008,999,320
2013-12-23$27.85$25.7221.1%7.2%12.5%35.0%25.4%1.7%-0.7%509.9M-11.70B-28.9M0.884.611,411,8601,248,8806,682,2806,678,640
2013-12-24$27.77$25.7221.2%7.2%12.2%35.6%24.5%1.1%-0.5%532.3M-11.59B-28.9M0.784.81698,580543,5407,032,5007,292,840
2013-12-26$27.91$25.9721.8%7.1%11.8%38.9%25.0%1.5%1.1%602.4M-12.39B-28.7M1.005.111,090,2801,085,8807,280,7607,492,440
2013-12-27$27.93$25.9721.2%7.1%11.8%35.7%24.8%1.7%1.4%447.0M-12.59B-28.5M0.496.052,343,7001,156,7207,493,8407,852,440
2013-12-30$27.71$25.9722.3%7.0%12.2%41.6%25.7%1.5%-1.7%336.8M-10.39B-28.9M0.955.13974,260922,3206,999,8407,028,100
2013-12-31$27.99$25.9724.1%7.0%12.2%50.8%24.8%1.8%-2.3%559.1M-11.65B-29.6M0.695.671,199,760832,5607,270,4607,437,560