GOOG Options History — September 2014

In September 2014, GOOG traded between $28.66 and $29.80. ATM implied volatility averaged 20.6%, placing in the 17.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 7.1% (HV 20d: 13.5%). Max pain ranged from $28.25 to $29.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.71.

Notable Days

  • 2014-09-19: Highest Volume — 992,700 contracts
  • 2014-09-15: Largest IV spike — 20.0% change
  • 2014-09-30: Highest IV Rank — 33.5%
  • 2014-09-30: Largest Expected Move — 6.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$29.09$28.66$29.80$28.87$28.87
Max Pain$28.87$28.25$29.00$28.25$28.75
ATM IV20.6%15.9%25.4%16.8%25.4%
Expected Move6.2%5.9%6.5%6.1%6.5%
HV 20d13.5%11.5%16.2%14.0%15.8%
HV 60d17.2%16.4%17.5%17.5%17.4%
IV Rank17.7%2.2%33.5%5.1%33.5%
IV Percentile45.0%5.6%77.8%14.3%77.8%
Term Structure1.3%-1.1%6.8%0.0%-1.0%
VWIV21.7%20.4%23.3%21.3%22.9%
Skew 25d2.6%1.6%3.6%1.6%3.1%
Skew 10d4.1%2.6%6.2%2.9%4.3%
Call IV 25d19.6%15.0%24.0%16.2%23.9%
Put IV 25d22.2%16.9%27.7%17.9%27.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %28.6123.0439.6226.8124.54
Gamma HHI0.100.040.410.060.04
Net GEX90.8M-242.5M278.4M90.6M59.2M
Net DEX-906.2M-2.25B-89.8M-824.2M-531.7M
Net VEX-9.6M-10.1M-9.1M-9.9M-10.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.710.361.120.630.43
Total Volume455,889.524260,360992,700360,240330,860
Total OI3,227,173.3332,486,9403,727,2803,148,2602,926,660

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-09-02$28.87$28.2516.8%6.1%14.0%5.1%21.3%1.6%0.0%90.6M-824.2M-9.9M0.6326.81220,980139,2601,776,4601,371,800
2014-09-03$28.90$28.2516.7%6.1%12.9%4.8%21.4%1.9%0.2%117.9M-905.4M-9.7M0.7126.86181,320128,7401,832,2601,429,580
2014-09-04$29.10$28.5015.9%6.1%13.1%2.2%20.5%1.8%0.5%175.9M-1.17B-9.7M0.8128.62251,600203,0001,869,2801,463,620
2014-09-05$29.30$29.0016.0%6.1%13.0%2.4%21.1%2.1%0.4%143.8M-1.46B-9.7M0.6527.85297,760192,4201,898,0201,504,740
2014-09-08$29.49$29.0016.2%6.1%12.7%3.2%20.4%1.7%6.1%155.9M-1.44B-9.6M0.9829.13173,200169,1601,794,6201,386,000
2014-09-09$29.05$29.0017.0%6.1%14.0%5.8%22.5%1.9%6.0%67.6M-856.1M-9.6M0.8027.45144,400115,9601,841,3201,462,880
2014-09-10$29.16$29.0016.6%6.1%13.5%4.6%21.4%2.1%5.9%80.4M-976.9M-9.6M0.9623.04137,640131,7601,873,8601,492,160
2014-09-11$29.07$29.0017.3%6.1%11.5%6.7%21.7%2.2%6.8%46.3M-842.8M-9.4M0.4727.58227,460106,4801,896,9001,532,280
2014-09-12$28.78$29.0018.4%6.1%12.1%10.4%21.8%1.9%6.2%23.4M-474.2M-9.4M0.4926.18338,720166,3001,983,1601,552,720
2014-09-15$28.66$29.0022.1%6.2%12.1%22.6%22.0%2.4%0.4%45.0M-473.5M-9.4M1.0227.34164,540167,8001,924,3001,449,600
2014-09-16$29.00$29.0022.4%6.2%11.7%23.6%21.6%2.8%0.1%120.2M-942.9M-9.4M0.7524.97228,560172,4201,973,9201,490,280
2014-09-17$29.24$29.0022.5%6.1%11.7%24.0%21.7%2.9%0.1%190.3M-1.37B-9.5M0.6728.98310,680208,3202,028,0801,551,900
2014-09-18$29.46$29.0022.3%6.0%11.9%23.2%21.6%2.9%0.3%278.4M-1.76B-9.3M0.8727.76229,100199,9602,057,9801,576,720
2014-09-19$29.80$29.0021.6%5.9%12.5%21.0%20.4%3.5%0.4%267.0M-2.25B-9.1M0.5138.12658,140334,5602,082,7601,644,520
2014-09-22$29.37$29.0022.6%6.0%13.7%24.3%22.0%3.3%-0.8%90.9M-734.2M-9.1M0.6839.62334,500228,6401,332,0401,154,900
2014-09-23$29.06$29.0023.4%6.1%14.2%26.8%21.2%2.9%-1.0%41.1M-431.4M-9.2M0.6429.86285,480183,2401,438,2801,248,700
2014-09-24$29.40$29.0023.8%6.1%14.7%28.3%21.2%2.9%-0.8%139.0M-881.9M-9.6M0.3630.01458,920164,5601,527,9201,327,100
2014-09-25$28.75$29.0025.3%6.3%16.2%33.1%22.3%3.2%-1.1%-26.0M-89.8M-9.8M0.6528.89455,940294,4401,638,4401,389,700
2014-09-26$28.86$28.7525.1%6.4%16.2%32.6%23.3%3.6%-1.0%-242.5M-179.3M-10.0M1.1228.17239,740268,3001,753,1601,498,380
2014-09-29$28.82$28.7525.3%6.4%16.2%33.0%22.8%2.9%-0.7%42.0M-444.7M-9.9M0.6128.95204,520124,3001,502,6001,291,040
2014-09-30$28.87$28.7525.4%6.5%15.8%33.5%22.9%3.1%-1.0%59.2M-531.7M-10.1M0.4324.54230,840100,0201,576,4201,350,240