GOOGL Options History — August 2018

In August 2018, GOOGL traded between $60.85 and $63.38. ATM implied volatility averaged 18.7%, placing in the 19.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.8% (HV 20d: 19.4%). Max pain ranged from $57.50 to $59.50. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.76.

Notable Days

  • 2018-08-31: Highest Volume — 1,723,700 contracts
  • 2018-08-15: Largest IV spike — 22.5% change
  • 2018-08-01: Highest IV Rank — 32.4%
  • 2018-08-01: Largest Expected Move — 6.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$62.08$60.85$63.38$61.81$61.51
Max Pain$58.37$57.50$59.50$58.75$59.50
ATM IV18.7%17.0%21.9%21.9%19.6%
Expected Move5.3%5.0%6.2%6.2%5.5%
HV 20d19.4%14.2%22.6%22.3%17.1%
HV 60d19.9%18.8%20.9%20.9%19.4%
IV Rank19.7%13.0%32.4%32.4%23.4%
IV Percentile34.4%19.4%53.6%53.6%44.0%
Term Structure0.1%-1.1%0.4%-0.3%0.1%
VWIV19.0%17.8%22.1%22.1%19.5%
Skew 25d2.1%1.3%2.8%2.3%1.7%
Skew 10d4.2%0.5%7.1%5.0%3.5%
Call IV 25d17.9%16.2%21.3%21.3%19.0%
Put IV 25d20.0%18.0%23.7%23.7%20.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %33.4721.7946.1933.9342.97
Gamma HHI0.050.030.100.040.06
Net GEX261.7M-74.8M637.2M199.6M25.7M
Net DEX-5.75B-8.75B-3.59B-5.48B-3.59B
Net VEX-28.3M-29.9M-26.7M-29.9M-29.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.760.441.010.830.89
Total Volume1,128,360792,0801,723,7001,076,1801,723,700
Total OI5,077,046.9574,272,7405,640,3805,345,5005,268,560

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-08-01$61.81$58.7521.9%6.2%22.3%32.4%22.1%2.3%-0.3%199.6M-5.48B-29.9M0.8333.93N/AN/A588,080488,1002,734,2002,611,300
2018-08-02$62.07$58.7520.4%5.7%21.4%26.6%20.2%2.3%-0.1%253.4M-6.08B-29.5M0.6530.72N/AN/A768,280499,0002,794,8202,657,420
2018-08-03$61.74$58.7519.2%5.3%21.5%21.9%18.4%2.1%-0.3%80.3M-5.49B-29.0M0.9634.37N/AN/A592,900566,4602,886,1602,691,240
2018-08-06$61.88$57.5017.8%5.2%21.4%16.4%18.3%1.7%0.3%238.1M-5.93B-27.5M0.9231.77N/AN/A412,340379,7402,529,1202,424,440
2018-08-07$62.85$57.5018.6%5.4%21.8%19.5%18.8%1.8%-0.1%426.3M-7.67B-27.6M0.5833.04N/AN/A900,460524,9202,622,2402,479,480
2018-08-08$63.38$57.5017.5%5.1%21.8%15.3%18.4%1.8%0.3%612.6M-8.75B-27.5M0.6631.32N/AN/A654,900431,9402,763,2002,532,500
2018-08-09$63.38$57.5017.0%5.0%20.9%13.0%17.9%1.8%0.3%637.2M-8.62B-27.4M0.6435.70N/AN/A667,560426,9002,794,8602,583,080
2018-08-10$62.53$57.5017.6%5.2%21.7%15.7%18.0%2.0%0.3%318.3M-6.56B-27.7M0.8738.31N/AN/A691,120604,6402,922,4602,643,060
2018-08-13$62.59$57.7517.6%5.1%21.5%15.7%18.1%2.0%0.1%308.1M-6.77B-27.2M0.7137.08N/AN/A543,220387,0002,630,8602,439,100
2018-08-14$63.00$58.0017.3%5.1%21.1%14.5%18.1%1.8%0.3%421.5M-7.57B-26.7M0.7430.07N/AN/A520,720383,9802,721,3002,510,340
2018-08-15$61.70$58.2521.3%5.9%22.6%30.0%20.8%2.5%-1.1%144.4M-5.13B-27.8M0.8246.19N/AN/A643,520525,6002,784,3602,557,980
2018-08-16$61.34$58.2519.4%5.5%22.2%22.6%19.0%2.8%-0.4%61.3M-4.44B-28.7M0.8925.47N/AN/A563,560498,9402,867,4402,626,180
2018-08-17$60.85$58.2518.7%5.4%22.4%20.0%19.2%2.8%0.4%-74.8M-3.73B-28.9M1.0134.82N/AN/A770,320774,8002,972,8602,667,520
2018-08-20$61.20$58.2518.9%5.4%22.3%20.8%19.8%2.6%0.2%117.7M-3.82B-28.2M0.8527.95N/AN/A441,140374,3402,167,7402,105,000
2018-08-21$61.01$58.5018.7%5.3%17.5%19.8%19.0%2.4%0.1%127.1M-3.67B-28.4M0.7030.73N/AN/A495,140345,7802,273,5602,181,300
2018-08-22$61.20$58.7518.4%5.3%16.4%18.9%19.8%2.5%0.2%153.8M-3.71B-29.0M0.9137.07N/AN/A449,100408,8002,343,5002,249,700
2018-08-23$61.15$58.7518.3%5.2%16.1%18.2%18.7%2.3%0.2%175.5M-3.94B-28.7M0.8229.14N/AN/A571,940468,3802,426,5002,324,440
2018-08-24$61.78$58.7518.1%5.2%14.7%17.4%18.7%2.3%0.2%328.3M-5.19B-29.0M0.6927.75N/AN/A671,240462,1002,500,8602,379,460
2018-08-27$62.76$58.7517.9%5.1%14.2%16.7%18.4%1.7%0.3%314.9M-6.43B-27.5M0.5728.73N/AN/A759,520431,9802,295,5802,193,520
2018-08-28$62.28$59.0017.9%5.0%14.5%16.6%17.8%1.8%0.3%278.5M-5.74B-27.9M0.7240.89N/AN/A569,160407,9602,428,5802,275,720
2018-08-29$63.29$59.0018.0%5.1%15.5%17.1%18.1%1.7%0.0%494.5M-7.61B-27.5M0.4421.79N/AN/A901,340393,1602,494,6802,348,400
2018-08-30$62.60$59.0018.8%5.3%16.0%20.2%19.1%1.3%0.1%377.1M-6.31B-28.8M0.7040.07N/AN/A746,980521,5202,654,9002,412,560
2018-08-31$61.51$59.5019.6%5.5%17.1%23.4%19.5%1.7%0.1%25.7M-3.59B-29.6M0.8942.97N/AN/A913,140810,5602,721,5202,547,040