GOOG Options History — August 2016

In August 2016, GOOG traded between $38.40 and $39.31. ATM implied volatility averaged 14.0%, placing in the 2.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.1% (HV 20d: 12.9%). Max pain ranged from $36.25 to $38.00. Net GEX was positive for 15 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 21 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.11.

Notable Days

  • 2016-08-05: Highest Volume — 804,400 contracts
  • 2016-08-22: Largest IV spike — 9.5% change
  • 2016-08-30: Highest IV Rank — 6.5%
  • 2016-08-04: Largest Expected Move — 4.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$38.79$38.40$39.31$38.69$38.40
Max Pain$37.59$36.25$38.00$36.75$38.00
ATM IV14.0%12.4%15.6%14.8%14.0%
Expected Move3.9%3.5%4.5%4.1%3.7%
HV 20d12.9%7.1%15.7%15.7%7.1%
HV 60d16.8%15.8%17.9%17.9%15.8%
IV Rank2.8%0.0%6.5%1.0%5.6%
IV Percentile1.7%0.0%6.0%0.4%5.6%
Term Structure0.4%-0.2%1.5%-0.1%0.3%
VWIV14.3%12.2%17.4%15.1%13.4%
Skew 25d2.4%1.2%3.3%2.1%2.6%
Skew 10d4.8%4.0%6.1%5.5%5.3%
Call IV 25d13.0%11.1%14.7%14.3%12.8%
Put IV 25d15.4%13.4%17.1%16.4%15.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %64.3054.2977.6357.2775.34
Gamma HHI0.100.050.550.050.07
Net GEX55.5M-444.0M376.3M140.6M-45.8M
Net DEX-1.96B-3.80B-857.4M-3.03B-858.6M
Net VEX-17.9M-18.5M-17.5M-17.5M-17.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.110.702.121.061.08
Total Volume446,014.783209,720804,400571,360286,280
Total OI3,971,103.4783,478,5604,323,7803,910,7003,794,520

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-08-01$38.69$36.7514.8%4.1%15.7%1.0%15.1%2.1%-0.1%140.6M-3.03B-17.5M1.0657.27277,580293,7802,015,3001,895,400
2016-08-02$38.55$36.7515.5%4.3%15.1%3.6%15.1%2.3%0.0%112.3M-2.80B-17.9M0.9460.83278,540262,1402,067,4201,989,060
2016-08-03$38.62$36.7515.6%4.3%15.2%4.0%15.2%2.4%0.0%142.1M-2.89B-18.1M0.9954.29187,320185,8802,150,9402,040,000
2016-08-04$38.56$36.2515.0%4.5%14.9%1.5%16.1%2.1%0.1%132.8M-2.87B-17.8M0.8755.15219,020191,2402,177,2602,069,780
2016-08-05$39.11$36.2514.9%4.4%14.8%1.3%16.6%1.9%0.1%376.3M-3.80B-17.7M0.7357.73463,820340,5802,214,2802,109,500
2016-08-08$39.06$36.2514.5%4.3%14.5%0.0%17.4%2.3%0.5%154.2M-2.50B-18.0M2.1258.37222,460471,5401,871,2601,945,100
2016-08-09$39.22$37.5013.9%4.1%14.5%0.0%15.7%2.2%0.6%164.0M-2.55B-18.4M1.4357.21231,960330,8801,901,0402,055,240
2016-08-10$39.22$38.0013.9%4.1%14.2%0.3%15.2%2.6%0.2%121.3M-2.42B-18.5M1.3160.35184,920241,9601,933,1202,158,120
2016-08-11$39.31$38.0012.8%4.0%14.2%0.0%14.5%3.2%1.5%158.9M-2.54B-18.4M1.2662.77200,720252,7201,954,2202,193,400
2016-08-12$39.15$38.0013.2%3.8%14.4%1.4%13.8%1.2%-0.2%57.2M-2.29B-18.4M0.9762.61248,320241,0401,983,1602,246,560
2016-08-15$39.13$38.0013.5%3.9%13.1%2.5%14.4%2.3%0.5%92.6M-2.22B-18.2M1.2665.65157,760198,8201,902,1802,115,060
2016-08-16$38.88$38.0013.8%4.0%13.5%3.5%14.5%2.3%0.8%14.7M-1.89B-18.0M0.9964.22188,740187,0801,936,2802,167,780
2016-08-17$39.00$38.0013.6%3.9%13.3%3.0%14.3%2.4%0.9%58.8M-2.01B-18.1M1.0067.50104,620105,1001,986,1402,186,380
2016-08-18$38.88$38.0013.4%3.8%13.3%2.1%13.8%2.2%0.7%-11.4M-1.90B-17.8M0.7068.14154,820108,3802,002,5602,217,560
2016-08-19$38.76$38.0012.4%3.5%13.4%0.0%12.2%2.3%0.9%-444.0M-1.70B-17.5M0.8469.25320,040268,2602,025,3602,252,780
2016-08-22$38.55$38.0013.6%3.7%13.5%4.2%13.5%3.3%0.4%-1.5M-1.03B-17.5M1.0968.57188,180205,8001,631,8201,846,740
2016-08-23$38.59$38.0013.5%3.6%13.4%3.8%13.1%2.3%0.5%27.7M-1.13B-17.6M1.2758.68138,400176,0001,716,6001,916,240
2016-08-24$38.48$38.0014.0%3.8%13.5%5.7%13.4%2.7%0.3%-7.4M-933.4M-17.7M1.2173.07148,540179,1001,744,6201,944,080
2016-08-25$38.46$38.0014.0%3.8%13.4%5.5%13.1%2.7%0.4%-5.4M-903.2M-17.9M0.9957.65251,680248,4001,782,5801,976,520
2016-08-26$38.50$38.0013.7%3.6%7.1%4.4%13.2%3.1%0.3%88.6M-960.1M-18.0M1.0872.51301,980326,1601,830,3802,030,240
2016-08-29$38.61$38.0013.6%3.6%7.1%4.3%12.7%2.2%0.4%-5.8M-1.09B-17.5M1.2574.13159,180199,6401,675,0601,959,220
2016-08-30$38.44$38.0014.2%3.8%7.1%6.5%13.2%2.5%0.3%-45.6M-857.4M-17.6M1.1077.63156,400172,5601,716,0202,008,500
2016-08-31$38.40$38.0014.0%3.7%7.1%5.6%13.4%2.6%0.3%-45.8M-858.6M-17.5M1.0875.34137,740148,5401,764,9802,029,540