GOOGL Options History — July 2018

In July 2018, GOOGL traded between $55.81 and $64.14. ATM implied volatility averaged 25.7%, placing in the 47.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.2% (HV 20d: 20.4%). Max pain ranged from $55.00 to $58.75. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 2 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.67.

Notable Days

  • 2018-07-24: Highest Volume — 3,131,860 contracts
  • 2018-07-24: Largest IV drop — 30.9% change
  • 2018-07-03: Highest IV Rank — 71.6%
  • 2018-07-05: Largest Expected Move — 8.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$60.07$55.81$64.14$56.88$61.56
Max Pain$56.14$55.00$58.75$55.75$58.75
ATM IV25.7%17.3%31.8%29.7%22.6%
Expected Move7.0%4.8%8.1%6.4%6.4%
HV 20d20.4%16.8%23.9%16.8%23.9%
HV 60d22.2%19.2%24.2%23.7%21.0%
IV Rank47.4%14.4%71.6%63.3%35.3%
IV Percentile73.0%25.0%94.8%90.1%58.3%
Term Structure-0.9%-1.7%0.2%-0.4%-0.4%
VWIV24.7%16.9%28.3%22.3%22.4%
Skew 25d2.5%0.8%3.5%3.0%2.3%
Skew 10d4.9%1.2%6.7%5.7%5.4%
Call IV 25d24.5%17.0%29.8%27.9%22.0%
Put IV 25d27.0%18.5%33.3%30.9%24.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %28.7015.4846.7331.0032.36
Gamma HHI0.090.040.280.060.05
Net GEX447.0M123.0M869.3M224.7M145.9M
Net DEX-6.82B-10.91B-2.08B-3.63B-4.90B
Net VEX-28.9M-32.5M-24.6M-32.5M-30.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.670.470.900.670.87
Total Volume1,345,664.762596,9403,131,860723,1801,154,100
Total OI5,056,185.7144,170,8405,825,3804,624,1605,172,340

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-07-02$56.88$55.7529.7%6.4%16.8%63.3%22.3%3.0%-0.4%224.7M-3.63B-32.5M0.6731.00N/AN/A433,900289,2802,545,2002,078,960
2018-07-03$55.81$55.7531.8%7.0%18.0%71.6%24.0%3.5%-1.1%123.0M-2.08B-32.4M0.6841.55N/AN/A355,500241,4402,604,3402,158,820
2018-07-05$57.04$55.0030.1%8.1%19.7%65.1%28.3%3.1%-1.4%317.4M-4.03B-32.2M0.8815.48N/AN/A421,540371,1602,661,4202,211,360
2018-07-06$57.74$55.0028.8%7.8%19.9%59.8%27.3%2.8%-1.3%476.0M-5.37B-31.4M0.6620.74N/AN/A600,580396,5202,703,5402,290,960
2018-07-09$58.25$55.0028.0%7.6%20.1%56.7%27.0%3.0%-1.1%416.6M-5.65B-30.3M0.7021.17N/AN/A406,320285,5002,556,2202,142,880
2018-07-10$58.27$55.0028.0%7.7%20.0%56.6%27.5%2.6%-1.0%449.2M-5.72B-30.2M0.5925.93N/AN/A462,780272,1002,628,3002,186,320
2018-07-11$58.80$55.0028.4%7.8%20.2%58.1%27.8%3.1%-1.2%507.3M-6.57B-30.1M0.6319.49N/AN/A555,920347,6202,657,3202,241,640
2018-07-12$60.02$55.0026.9%7.4%21.3%52.3%26.3%3.0%-1.4%600.7M-8.98B-28.6M0.4723.56N/AN/A1,053,020499,9002,725,1402,300,860
2018-07-13$60.25$55.0026.5%7.4%21.2%50.7%26.2%3.0%-1.2%869.3M-8.89B-28.0M0.5521.03N/AN/A1,015,360561,2802,726,4202,413,660
2018-07-16$59.91$55.2526.9%7.6%21.3%52.4%27.1%3.1%-1.0%404.8M-7.24B-28.0M0.6226.78N/AN/A617,120385,1602,514,5002,271,880
2018-07-17$60.73$55.2527.2%7.7%20.6%53.4%27.3%2.8%-1.1%470.6M-8.70B-27.4M0.5328.96N/AN/A1,003,920532,1202,626,4402,371,020
2018-07-18$60.81$55.7526.7%7.6%20.5%51.4%27.6%2.5%-1.3%638.6M-9.21B-27.9M0.5827.34N/AN/A807,980469,1002,831,4202,495,280
2018-07-19$60.06$56.0027.5%7.9%20.9%54.6%28.1%2.6%-1.1%579.3M-7.36B-28.4M0.6330.56N/AN/A813,660512,7802,881,9402,589,740
2018-07-20$59.97$56.0026.2%7.6%19.4%49.4%26.8%2.3%-1.5%770.3M-7.29B-27.3M0.5329.57N/AN/A925,300494,1602,944,4802,614,820
2018-07-23$60.46$56.2526.2%7.9%19.5%49.6%27.6%2.1%-1.0%195.9M-5.37B-27.4M0.7727.53N/AN/A1,039,660800,2402,139,4802,031,360
2018-07-24$62.80$56.7518.1%5.1%20.0%17.6%18.1%1.9%-0.1%540.8M-9.10B-24.6M0.7426.77N/AN/A1,797,7801,334,0802,543,9002,371,500
2018-07-25$63.80$57.5017.3%4.8%20.3%14.4%16.9%1.6%-0.0%670.7M-10.55B-25.1M0.7546.73N/AN/A916,880686,2602,850,4202,657,260
2018-07-26$64.14$58.0017.9%5.1%19.7%16.9%17.8%0.8%0.1%710.2M-10.91B-26.3M0.6531.91N/AN/A1,016,180662,4202,890,4402,800,480
2018-07-27$62.67$58.2520.4%5.7%22.3%26.8%19.9%1.8%0.2%152.1M-6.88B-28.9M0.6242.91N/AN/A1,510,120932,0202,926,6602,898,720
2018-07-30$61.51$58.7523.6%6.6%23.8%39.2%23.2%2.5%-1.7%124.7M-4.76B-29.5M0.9031.40N/AN/A674,000604,2002,507,2202,415,240
2018-07-31$61.56$58.7522.6%6.4%23.9%35.3%22.4%2.3%-0.4%145.9M-4.90B-30.3M0.8732.36N/AN/A615,840538,2602,635,7002,536,640