GOOGL Options History — January 2017

In January 2017, GOOGL traded between $40.32 and $42.89. ATM implied volatility averaged 23.2%, placing in the 38.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 9.5% (HV 20d: 13.7%). Max pain ranged from $38.50 to $41.00. Net GEX was positive for 18 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.84.

Notable Days

  • 2017-01-27: Highest Volume — 2,073,180 contracts
  • 2017-01-27: Largest IV drop — 32.5% change
  • 2017-01-03: Highest IV Rank — 54.3%
  • 2017-01-26: Largest Expected Move — 7.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$41.50$40.32$42.89$40.32$41.00
Max Pain$39.96$38.50$41.00$38.50$40.75
ATM IV23.2%15.3%27.8%27.8%17.2%
Expected Move6.3%4.4%7.2%5.1%5.0%
HV 20d13.7%11.5%17.6%16.1%16.9%
HV 60d19.5%18.9%20.2%19.8%19.7%
IV Rank38.7%10.9%54.3%54.3%18.4%
IV Percentile53.6%11.9%76.2%76.2%22.2%
Term Structure-1.2%-1.6%0.2%-1.5%0.2%
VWIV22.7%15.5%25.7%18.6%17.7%
Skew 25d3.5%1.8%4.7%3.9%2.3%
Skew 10d7.1%3.7%9.0%6.6%5.1%
Call IV 25d21.7%14.6%25.7%25.7%16.3%
Put IV 25d25.3%16.3%29.6%29.6%18.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %46.0031.7567.4463.7159.44
Gamma HHI0.060.030.090.040.04
Net GEX165.6M-50.6M353.7M116.2M-50.6M
Net DEX-2.35B-3.43B-192.5M-1.82B-192.5M
Net VEX-16.4M-18.2M-15.0M-16.8M-18.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.840.501.200.661.08
Total Volume778,476383,5402,073,180611,580786,820
Total OI4,190,7752,767,8804,870,4204,223,4603,744,460

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-01-03$40.32$38.5027.8%5.1%16.1%54.3%18.6%3.9%-1.5%116.2M-1.82B-16.8M0.6663.71N/AN/A368,240243,3402,125,3802,098,080
2017-01-04$40.35$38.5027.0%4.7%14.7%51.5%17.8%3.5%-1.5%138.9M-1.87B-16.9M0.9267.44N/AN/A200,080183,4602,226,4802,165,520
2017-01-05$40.65$40.0026.8%7.0%14.6%50.8%24.6%3.9%-1.5%194.9M-2.26B-17.0M0.9732.26N/AN/A251,200243,4002,255,2602,204,420
2017-01-06$41.36$40.0025.7%6.8%14.4%47.0%23.9%4.0%-1.6%234.9M-3.43B-16.7M0.5036.92N/AN/A706,460351,5002,324,5802,270,920
2017-01-09$41.41$40.0026.2%6.9%14.4%48.6%25.1%4.1%-1.4%221.9M-2.93B-16.6M0.6931.75N/AN/A327,140226,3602,201,1602,194,460
2017-01-10$41.31$40.0026.1%7.0%13.2%48.4%25.3%4.2%-1.4%243.1M-2.83B-16.6M1.1235.02N/AN/A223,560251,2602,274,0202,254,640
2017-01-11$41.46$40.0025.1%6.8%13.1%44.9%25.1%4.3%-1.4%254.8M-3.04B-16.2M0.8237.56N/AN/A296,560242,8602,300,7402,321,100
2017-01-12$41.44$40.0025.5%7.0%12.1%46.3%24.8%4.7%-1.5%286.0M-3.06B-16.4M0.7738.43N/AN/A362,840278,5402,363,7202,368,180
2017-01-13$41.57$40.0024.7%6.8%12.1%43.3%24.3%4.0%-1.3%353.7M-3.35B-16.3M0.5438.19N/AN/A589,100316,7002,443,3802,427,040
2017-01-17$41.33$40.0024.6%7.0%12.0%43.1%25.7%4.0%-1.5%227.5M-2.71B-15.7M1.2040.56N/AN/A267,840320,4602,282,2802,281,560
2017-01-18$41.40$40.0022.9%6.6%11.5%37.1%24.0%3.8%-1.3%198.4M-2.74B-15.6M1.0040.44N/AN/A203,040202,8802,321,2202,414,140
2017-01-19$41.25$40.0023.3%6.8%11.6%38.4%24.2%4.2%-1.6%141.3M-2.53B-15.4M0.7240.44N/AN/A307,640222,4802,343,8202,446,760
2017-01-20$41.35$40.0021.2%6.2%11.5%32.0%22.1%3.9%-1.6%123.5M-2.73B-15.0M0.8446.04N/AN/A329,380277,8202,370,4202,473,700
2017-01-23$42.24$40.0021.6%6.6%13.5%34.6%23.8%3.5%-1.1%117.4M-1.94B-15.1M0.8446.05N/AN/A470,440394,4201,457,7201,310,160
2017-01-24$42.50$40.0020.9%6.4%13.4%31.7%23.4%2.6%-1.0%142.4M-2.23B-15.9M0.9846.30N/AN/A333,300325,6201,615,4801,489,220
2017-01-25$42.89$40.0021.3%6.7%13.5%33.1%23.9%2.9%-1.1%158.7M-2.60B-16.4M0.6452.04N/AN/A531,520338,9401,711,3601,596,320
2017-01-26$42.82$40.0022.6%7.2%13.6%38.1%25.0%2.7%-1.4%163.8M-2.56B-17.0M0.6952.58N/AN/A884,680614,4801,870,8201,722,800
2017-01-27$42.22$40.5015.3%4.4%14.2%10.9%15.5%1.8%0.0%48.8M-1.81B-16.5M0.9254.23N/AN/A1,077,940995,2402,193,7801,981,880
2017-01-30$41.11$41.0017.7%5.2%17.6%20.3%18.4%2.4%0.1%-4.8M-369.5M-17.3M0.9860.59N/AN/A515,700506,2801,749,0201,619,500
2017-01-31$41.00$40.7517.2%5.0%16.9%18.4%17.7%2.3%0.2%-50.6M-192.5M-18.2M1.0859.44N/AN/A377,860408,9601,913,1801,831,280