GOOGL Options History — November 2015

In November 2015, GOOGL traded between $37.05 and $38.87. ATM implied volatility averaged 19.0%, placing in the 12.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 4.4% (HV 20d: 23.4%). Max pain ranged from $33.25 to $35.75. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.86.

Notable Days

  • 2015-11-20: Highest Volume — 1,593,740 contracts
  • 2015-11-13: Largest IV spike — 10.0% change
  • 2015-11-13: Highest IV Rank — 22.2%
  • 2015-11-13: Largest Expected Move — 6.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$37.99$37.05$38.87$37.37$38.14
Max Pain$34.50$33.25$35.75$34.25$35.75
ATM IV19.0%17.3%21.3%18.2%18.4%
Expected Move5.5%5.0%6.2%5.3%5.4%
HV 20d23.4%15.8%28.1%26.8%16.4%
HV 60d27.4%23.4%30.6%30.6%23.5%
IV Rank12.8%6.2%22.2%9.7%10.6%
IV Percentile26.6%8.3%45.2%20.2%19.4%
Term Structure0.3%-0.3%0.8%0.5%0.3%
VWIV19.7%17.3%21.3%19.7%19.1%
Skew 25d2.7%2.2%3.4%2.7%2.9%
Skew 10d5.4%4.4%6.5%5.5%5.3%
Call IV 25d17.9%16.3%19.6%17.4%17.0%
Put IV 25d20.6%18.5%22.8%20.1%19.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %56.7442.1867.0462.4565.23
Gamma HHI0.090.060.200.090.06
Net GEX199.2M31.7M307.8M204.8M129.6M
Net DEX-5.36B-6.92B-4.53B-5.14B-4.53B
Net VEX-12.3M-13.1M-11.7M-12.7M-11.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.860.521.500.760.71
Total Volume665,297297,8401,593,740594,160482,360
Total OI5,110,1014,427,2205,549,6204,960,8404,627,140

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-11-02$37.37$34.2518.2%5.3%26.8%9.7%19.7%2.7%0.5%204.8M-5.14B-12.7M0.7662.45N/AN/A337,760256,4002,564,6802,396,160
2015-11-03$37.58$34.5018.5%5.4%26.7%10.8%19.3%2.6%0.6%233.1M-5.46B-12.3M0.6167.04N/AN/A334,220203,3602,627,7402,468,540
2015-11-04$37.75$34.5018.5%5.5%26.5%11.0%19.4%2.3%0.5%265.2M-5.60B-13.1M0.5264.58N/AN/A557,800289,2002,695,8602,540,000
2015-11-05$38.07$33.2518.7%5.6%26.3%11.7%19.7%2.3%0.2%293.6M-6.29B-11.9M0.6242.18N/AN/A519,040321,2402,711,4402,598,640
2015-11-06$38.08$33.5017.9%5.4%26.4%8.4%19.3%2.3%0.0%307.8M-6.13B-12.3M0.6951.68N/AN/A272,580187,8802,493,9402,579,840
2015-11-09$37.74$33.5019.1%5.6%27.0%13.3%20.4%2.5%0.8%163.2M-5.42B-12.4M0.9350.61N/AN/A154,560143,2802,344,6602,409,380
2015-11-10$37.89$34.0018.9%5.5%26.9%12.3%20.2%2.5%0.5%177.2M-5.29B-12.5M1.0244.46N/AN/A259,740264,4202,578,8802,534,300
2015-11-11$38.05$34.0018.5%5.6%26.7%10.8%20.1%2.8%0.8%210.0M-5.60B-12.1M1.1660.35N/AN/A191,800223,2202,654,2202,601,900
2015-11-12$37.83$34.0019.3%5.7%26.5%14.3%20.1%2.6%0.7%171.1M-5.26B-12.4M0.7851.63N/AN/A372,100291,4202,719,6202,649,800
2015-11-13$37.05$34.5021.3%6.2%28.0%22.2%21.0%3.4%0.5%31.7M-4.65B-12.9M1.1851.75N/AN/A421,520497,7802,797,5602,698,760
2015-11-16$37.52$34.5020.6%5.9%28.1%19.4%21.3%3.3%0.0%139.5M-5.00B-12.6M0.7155.32N/AN/A229,720162,5002,402,0002,534,740
2015-11-17$37.37$34.5020.9%6.0%24.9%20.7%21.2%3.2%-0.2%142.5M-4.59B-12.7M0.8256.69N/AN/A282,000230,5402,669,2402,637,880
2015-11-18$38.04$34.5020.2%5.8%24.8%17.8%20.5%2.9%-0.3%237.9M-5.61B-12.7M0.6058.03N/AN/A367,260219,6202,717,6802,675,440
2015-11-19$38.01$34.5019.6%5.6%24.8%15.3%19.6%3.0%-0.0%297.2M-5.65B-12.0M0.6858.49N/AN/A385,340263,3002,767,9202,712,880
2015-11-20$38.87$35.0019.0%5.5%16.2%13.1%19.2%2.8%-0.0%280.2M-6.92B-11.9M0.5258.07N/AN/A1,051,640542,1002,805,8602,743,760
2015-11-23$38.84$35.0018.1%5.2%15.8%9.2%18.4%2.5%0.1%175.9M-5.35B-11.8M0.7857.35N/AN/A291,720227,8002,166,4202,260,800
2015-11-24$38.48$35.0018.8%5.5%16.4%12.2%19.5%2.9%0.1%140.5M-4.90B-12.2M1.1160.51N/AN/A412,220456,0202,248,3802,349,560
2015-11-25$38.51$35.5017.8%5.1%16.4%7.9%19.1%2.7%0.4%162.0M-4.82B-12.0M1.4858.28N/AN/A333,840493,5402,541,1002,499,840
2015-11-27$38.60$35.7517.3%5.0%16.0%6.2%17.3%2.2%0.1%221.5M-4.98B-11.7M1.5060.02N/AN/A309,700465,4002,625,2002,550,260
2015-11-30$38.14$35.7518.4%5.4%16.4%10.6%19.1%2.9%0.3%129.6M-4.53B-11.9M0.7165.23N/AN/A282,300200,0602,244,4602,382,680