GOOG Options History — December 2014

In December 2014, GOOG traded between $24.84 and $26.87. ATM implied volatility averaged 22.7%, placing in the 23.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.0% (HV 20d: 17.7%). Max pain ranged from $26.00 to $27.00. Net GEX was positive for 13 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.87.

Notable Days

  • 2014-12-16: Highest Volume — 1,063,480 contracts
  • 2014-12-15: Largest IV spike — 13.2% change
  • 2014-12-31: Highest IV Rank — 42.7%
  • 2014-12-16: Largest Expected Move — 8.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$26.23$24.84$26.87$26.69$26.32
Max Pain$26.31$26.00$27.00$27.00$26.25
ATM IV22.7%16.6%28.4%17.2%28.4%
Expected Move7.2%6.3%8.6%6.4%7.3%
HV 20d17.7%11.5%23.1%11.7%22.6%
HV 60d21.1%19.8%22.0%20.1%21.8%
IV Rank23.8%4.0%42.7%5.7%42.7%
IV Percentile56.2%8.7%86.9%15.5%86.9%
Term Structure1.3%-1.1%4.5%0.8%-1.1%
VWIV25.4%21.7%29.5%21.9%25.8%
Skew 25d2.8%1.4%4.2%2.1%4.0%
Skew 10d5.4%2.8%8.1%3.4%7.6%
Call IV 25d21.9%16.1%27.6%16.6%26.9%
Put IV 25d24.7%18.1%30.9%18.7%30.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %20.195.3752.536.9652.53
Gamma HHI0.060.040.210.040.07
Net GEX10.1M-125.3M125.7M-7.6M-51.0M
Net DEX470.4M-625.1M1.95B500.0M221.5M
Net VEX-9.8M-10.4M-8.7M-8.7M-10.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.870.511.190.561.06
Total Volume664,883.636270,7401,063,480653,640390,920
Total OI4,272,303.6363,592,8604,952,7603,714,6003,984,780

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-12-01$26.69$27.0017.2%6.4%11.7%5.7%21.9%2.1%0.8%-7.6M500.0M-8.7M0.566.96419,360234,2802,007,7601,706,840
2014-12-02$26.66$27.0016.8%6.3%11.6%4.4%22.2%2.4%0.7%4.1M475.2M-9.0M0.726.96270,300195,1802,192,4601,771,040
2014-12-03$26.55$27.0016.6%6.4%11.7%4.0%21.7%2.0%1.0%-16.5M617.0M-8.9M0.637.06336,400210,9602,260,0201,821,140
2014-12-04$26.87$26.5017.0%6.5%11.5%5.2%23.3%2.2%1.0%96.7M4.2M-9.9M0.515.85382,640193,8402,408,6001,869,880
2014-12-05$26.25$26.5017.6%6.6%13.8%7.1%23.3%1.4%0.8%-125.3M944.8M-9.3M0.895.37482,180427,8602,510,2201,927,520
2014-12-08$26.32$26.5018.9%6.8%13.9%11.5%24.6%2.9%1.1%-2.4M643.6M-9.7M0.806.02328,300263,2602,434,4401,849,680
2014-12-09$26.64$26.5018.4%6.8%14.0%9.9%24.4%2.9%1.0%55.5M201.9M-10.1M0.725.94391,360281,6402,523,8801,911,700
2014-12-10$26.29$26.2520.6%7.1%14.4%17.0%25.8%2.2%1.0%30.3M545.1M-10.2M1.097.35296,140323,8602,631,0401,936,860
2014-12-11$26.38$26.2520.3%7.1%14.5%15.7%25.7%1.8%0.8%28.5M482.6M-10.4M0.917.40282,900256,8402,675,1802,028,980
2014-12-12$25.95$26.5022.3%7.5%15.3%22.4%27.3%2.4%1.2%-95.3M1.19B-10.0M0.876.49456,600398,4802,678,5202,058,080
2014-12-15$25.76$26.2525.2%8.0%15.4%32.2%28.4%3.3%3.7%-46.7M1.13B-9.9M0.878.42369,560320,2002,535,4601,920,120
2014-12-16$24.84$26.2528.3%8.6%19.1%42.5%29.5%3.4%2.8%-71.6M1.95B-9.4M1.107.83506,840556,6402,659,0801,999,400
2014-12-17$25.30$26.0026.6%8.3%20.6%36.6%29.5%2.8%3.7%-28.6M1.36B-10.1M0.908.90364,260328,9802,845,1002,014,500
2014-12-18$25.48$26.0024.3%7.8%20.7%29.2%27.3%2.7%3.9%15.5M1.09B-9.9M0.8510.31401,200341,4602,871,6002,002,740
2014-12-19$25.82$26.0023.3%7.5%21.4%25.7%25.3%3.0%4.5%52.2M515.9M-9.9M0.5411.93601,440323,2402,922,6202,030,140
2014-12-22$26.21$26.0025.0%7.2%22.1%31.4%26.5%3.1%0.8%63.9M-13.1M-10.0M0.9648.57394,620377,6201,984,2001,608,660
2014-12-23$26.57$26.0024.8%7.0%22.7%30.7%25.0%3.0%0.9%87.8M-439.7M-10.2M1.0046.46411,160410,7602,064,6401,721,420
2014-12-24$26.44$26.0026.0%7.1%22.7%34.9%25.8%2.6%0.8%48.2M-267.9M-10.3M1.0446.99260,220269,8802,138,8401,798,840
2014-12-26$26.70$26.0026.2%7.0%23.0%35.4%25.4%2.9%0.9%125.7M-625.1M-10.3M0.7842.59420,000325,9402,186,5401,842,480
2014-12-29$26.52$26.0027.6%7.1%23.1%40.0%25.5%3.6%-0.9%45.7M-101.2M-9.9M1.1545.45255,980293,4002,052,7401,705,920
2014-12-30$26.52$26.0027.2%7.1%22.5%38.7%24.8%4.2%-0.6%13.8M-72.0M-9.9M1.1948.86123,500147,2402,097,2201,799,800
2014-12-31$26.32$26.2528.4%7.3%22.6%42.7%25.8%4.0%-1.1%-51.0M221.5M-10.0M1.0652.53189,600201,3202,125,0801,859,700