GOOG Options History — October 2015

In October 2015, GOOG traded between $30.38 and $35.85. ATM implied volatility averaged 30.6%, placing in the 63.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.9% (HV 20d: 27.7%). Max pain ranged from $31.00 to $32.75. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.93.

Notable Days

  • 2015-10-23: Highest Volume — 2,094,840 contracts
  • 2015-10-23: Largest IV drop — 37.5% change
  • 2015-10-07: Highest IV Rank — 93.7%
  • 2015-10-01: Largest Expected Move — 11.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$33.16$30.38$35.85$30.38$35.61
Max Pain$31.52$31.00$32.75$31.75$32.50
ATM IV30.6%18.4%38.5%37.5%18.5%
Expected Move8.5%5.5%11.4%11.4%5.5%
HV 20d27.7%24.1%35.6%24.5%32.7%
HV 60d34.8%28.2%44.0%43.5%32.9%
IV Rank63.3%16.5%93.7%90.0%17.0%
IV Percentile77.2%24.6%98.8%98.4%27.4%
Term Structure-1.5%-2.9%0.7%-2.0%0.7%
VWIV29.7%18.9%38.8%38.8%19.4%
Skew 25d4.3%2.2%5.8%5.1%2.5%
Skew 10d8.2%4.4%11.4%10.5%4.9%
Call IV 25d28.8%17.3%36.8%35.3%17.4%
Put IV 25d33.1%19.9%41.9%40.3%19.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %39.4515.2263.9250.7860.90
Gamma HHI0.070.030.200.030.07
Net GEX87.2M28.8M196.0M35.8M52.8M
Net DEX-1.98B-4.10B-114.4M-114.4M-2.79B
Net VEX-12.2M-13.3M-10.3M-12.7M-11.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.930.641.521.331.16
Total Volume645,700388,5202,094,840433,980734,620
Total OI3,494,751.8182,795,9603,825,5803,668,2203,745,240

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-10-01$30.38$31.7537.5%11.4%24.5%90.0%38.8%5.1%-2.0%35.8M-114.4M-12.7M1.3350.78186,320247,6601,998,7001,669,520
2015-10-02$31.30$31.7535.7%10.3%26.5%83.0%36.1%5.3%-1.3%144.5M-1.26B-13.1M0.8743.40472,040412,8802,049,6601,703,800
2015-10-05$32.07$31.0034.5%8.9%27.4%78.4%32.0%4.8%-1.7%75.5M-1.51B-12.9M0.7431.33277,220205,2801,719,6601,413,000
2015-10-06$32.25$31.0036.8%9.5%26.6%86.9%33.4%5.3%-2.3%66.3M-1.65B-13.3M0.9021.77300,260269,5201,843,0201,699,180
2015-10-07$32.05$31.0038.5%10.0%26.5%93.7%34.6%5.0%-1.8%48.1M-1.45B-13.2M0.9818.40297,580292,4401,891,6001,761,360
2015-10-08$31.96$31.0038.3%9.9%25.9%93.0%34.7%5.1%-1.9%28.8M-1.36B-13.1M0.7623.94357,500273,0201,934,3801,809,800
2015-10-09$32.19$31.0036.9%9.6%26.0%87.5%33.8%5.8%-2.5%93.9M-1.77B-12.8M1.0218.25287,920294,7601,975,3001,842,840
2015-10-12$32.30$31.0035.4%9.3%26.0%81.8%32.9%5.6%-2.3%80.3M-1.56B-12.4M0.9715.22196,880191,6401,826,0801,584,500
2015-10-13$32.61$31.0034.0%9.1%25.2%76.5%32.2%5.0%-2.1%100.2M-1.93B-12.3M1.1527.61244,320281,3401,863,5801,642,440
2015-10-14$32.51$31.0033.7%9.0%25.2%75.1%31.4%4.6%-2.6%83.0M-1.82B-12.4M0.8234.33249,400205,7601,919,9801,732,780
2015-10-15$33.08$31.0032.1%8.7%25.6%69.1%30.9%4.8%-2.1%148.9M-2.54B-12.0M0.7935.01302,820240,6201,985,2001,769,400
2015-10-16$33.10$31.2532.1%8.8%24.2%69.2%31.4%4.2%-2.2%82.4M-2.60B-11.9M0.7630.11355,540270,1202,000,3001,825,280
2015-10-19$33.27$31.2531.5%8.8%24.1%66.9%31.3%5.0%-2.1%57.1M-1.69B-11.7M0.7937.62219,020173,2601,510,6201,285,340
2015-10-20$32.31$31.2534.5%9.8%24.5%78.1%34.3%4.2%-2.3%41.4M-1.16B-12.0M0.8934.50230,460205,1601,617,9801,362,440
2015-10-21$32.10$31.5034.0%9.7%24.6%76.2%33.7%3.3%-2.9%37.5M-1.03B-12.0M1.0438.39226,900236,5601,688,2201,400,000
2015-10-22$32.55$31.5032.9%9.5%24.9%71.9%32.9%4.6%-2.5%46.8M-1.31B-12.2M0.6454.27656,300418,9601,742,2001,464,860
2015-10-23$35.25$31.7520.5%5.9%35.6%24.7%21.6%2.8%-0.7%180.4M-4.10B-10.3M0.7748.621,185,760909,0801,985,8601,639,180
2015-10-26$35.65$32.2519.5%5.7%33.2%20.8%20.3%2.2%0.3%109.2M-3.19B-11.4M0.8657.59329,720282,5401,724,1601,617,420
2015-10-27$35.44$32.5019.2%5.8%33.5%19.6%19.8%2.6%0.4%82.2M-2.68B-11.5M0.8959.27321,780287,3201,712,2401,687,880
2015-10-28$35.60$32.7518.6%5.6%33.4%17.4%18.9%3.2%0.6%128.4M-2.86B-11.6M0.8663.92296,640255,1201,820,8201,734,820
2015-10-29$35.85$32.5018.4%5.5%33.3%16.5%19.9%2.9%0.4%196.0M-3.12B-11.9M1.5262.73207,360316,0001,879,9401,803,960
2015-10-30$35.61$32.5018.5%5.5%32.7%17.0%19.4%2.5%0.7%52.8M-2.79B-11.8M1.1660.90339,520395,1001,910,8601,834,380