GOOGL Options History — March 2015

In March 2015, GOOGL traded between $27.65 and $29.09. ATM implied volatility averaged 21.6%, placing in the 18.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.4% (HV 20d: 20.2%). Max pain ranged from $26.50 to $27.75. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.75.

Notable Days

  • 2015-03-24: Highest Volume — 1,347,340 contracts
  • 2015-03-16: Largest IV spike — 10.4% change
  • 2015-03-31: Highest IV Rank — 28.4%
  • 2015-03-31: Largest Expected Move — 7.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$28.30$27.65$29.09$28.76$27.78
Max Pain$26.76$26.50$27.75$26.50$27.75
ATM IV21.6%18.2%24.9%18.2%24.9%
Expected Move6.7%5.2%7.6%5.4%7.6%
HV 20d20.2%17.2%22.1%19.4%19.5%
HV 60d23.6%22.4%24.5%24.5%23.2%
IV Rank18.3%8.1%28.4%8.1%28.4%
IV Percentile54.1%30.9%72.2%31.2%72.2%
Term Structure0.6%-1.1%4.6%-0.6%-0.6%
VWIV23.3%18.6%26.7%19.2%26.0%
Skew 25d2.1%1.4%2.7%1.7%2.2%
Skew 10d4.0%2.4%6.5%3.7%4.3%
Call IV 25d20.8%17.5%24.1%17.5%23.9%
Put IV 25d22.8%19.1%26.8%19.1%26.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %25.267.3541.687.3519.07
Gamma HHI0.080.040.460.050.04
Net GEX111.0M12.1M354.0M111.3M42.8M
Net DEX-1.95B-3.48B-530.9M-3.07B-769.7M
Net VEX-16.4M-17.8M-14.3M-14.3M-16.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.750.401.150.581.00
Total Volume715,339.091361,1601,347,3401,022,240543,860
Total OI4,306,755.4553,605,0004,718,1803,888,4004,380,720

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-03-02$28.76$26.5018.2%5.4%19.4%8.1%19.2%1.7%-0.6%111.3M-3.07B-14.3M0.587.35N/AN/A647,300374,9402,262,8401,625,560
2015-03-03$28.95$26.5018.4%5.2%18.3%8.7%18.6%1.4%-0.7%137.4M-3.30B-15.4M0.619.93N/AN/A606,400372,4402,417,9601,722,120
2015-03-04$28.91$26.5018.4%5.5%18.4%8.7%19.2%1.5%-0.3%143.1M-3.26B-15.5M0.529.69N/AN/A673,560353,2402,476,4001,771,580
2015-03-05$29.09$26.5018.3%6.4%17.2%8.2%22.6%1.8%-0.6%176.1M-3.48B-16.1M0.6726.41N/AN/A475,160320,1202,638,4001,820,320
2015-03-06$28.62$26.5018.7%6.6%18.8%9.5%22.8%1.9%-0.0%108.8M-2.82B-15.9M0.7822.74N/AN/A676,100530,6202,675,0601,860,080
2015-03-09$28.70$26.5018.3%6.5%18.7%8.2%22.8%1.6%4.5%108.6M-2.52B-16.3M0.8722.32N/AN/A193,120168,0402,321,8601,700,740
2015-03-10$27.99$26.5020.0%6.9%21.1%13.6%23.9%2.2%4.0%63.0M-1.61B-16.4M0.8526.52N/AN/A318,980270,1402,380,6801,757,420
2015-03-11$27.78$26.5020.2%7.0%20.4%14.2%24.9%1.4%4.4%50.4M-1.32B-16.5M0.8627.30N/AN/A270,600232,0402,449,2201,815,460
2015-03-12$28.06$26.5020.3%6.8%20.5%14.5%23.9%1.7%4.0%75.8M-1.71B-16.4M0.7325.75N/AN/A308,620225,6402,499,4801,870,700
2015-03-13$27.65$26.5020.5%6.7%20.7%14.9%23.8%1.7%4.6%12.1M-1.08B-16.2M1.1528.23N/AN/A451,760521,6402,573,7801,902,440
2015-03-16$28.08$26.5022.6%6.8%21.3%21.4%23.8%2.3%-0.5%104.8M-1.82B-17.0M0.7815.14N/AN/A270,740212,4802,436,0401,990,120
2015-03-17$27.88$26.5023.0%6.7%21.0%22.6%23.8%2.3%-0.2%80.5M-1.53B-16.6M0.8222.52N/AN/A261,320214,5002,466,9802,042,900
2015-03-18$28.31$26.5023.9%6.8%21.4%25.3%23.8%2.4%-0.6%147.0M-2.17B-17.1M0.6241.68N/AN/A384,500239,6802,523,0402,059,900
2015-03-19$28.18$26.5023.4%6.7%21.4%23.9%23.7%2.2%-0.6%146.5M-2.04B-16.9M0.6831.80N/AN/A282,140191,9002,555,3602,090,140
2015-03-20$28.25$26.5022.2%6.4%21.1%20.3%22.9%2.0%-0.1%354.0M-2.16B-16.6M0.4035.43N/AN/A416,780168,3402,605,9602,112,220
2015-03-23$28.27$26.5022.6%6.6%20.3%21.3%23.0%2.4%-0.6%121.0M-1.50B-16.5M0.6033.16N/AN/A319,160190,1802,007,6601,597,340
2015-03-24$28.88$26.5022.7%6.6%21.3%21.7%22.8%2.4%-0.6%189.1M-2.40B-16.3M0.6435.80N/AN/A820,320527,0202,153,0401,678,620
2015-03-25$28.35$27.5024.1%7.1%22.1%26.2%24.6%2.4%-0.6%94.5M-1.34B-17.8M0.5228.81N/AN/A530,220275,3802,325,2601,891,580
2015-03-26$28.22$27.5024.5%7.2%20.7%27.3%25.3%2.5%-0.5%87.9M-1.31B-16.9M0.8630.74N/AN/A449,140385,5802,599,3201,959,680
2015-03-27$27.88$27.7524.9%7.3%21.1%28.3%25.4%2.7%-1.1%19.5M-530.9M-17.1M0.9827.75N/AN/A298,780293,0002,444,9801,990,240
2015-03-30$28.05$27.7524.6%7.5%19.5%27.4%26.7%2.7%-0.7%67.1M-1.13B-16.5M0.9127.65N/AN/A246,620225,3602,423,9401,871,480
2015-03-31$27.78$27.7524.9%7.6%19.5%28.4%26.0%2.2%-0.6%42.8M-769.7M-16.4M1.0019.07N/AN/A272,040271,8202,471,9001,908,820