GOOGL Options History — November 2018

In November 2018, GOOGL traded between $51.26 and $55.36. ATM implied volatility averaged 29.2%, placing in the 60.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 13.3% (HV 20d: 42.5%). Max pain ranged from $55.00 to $56.50. Net GEX was positive for 4 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.97.

Notable Days

  • 2018-11-02: Highest Volume — 971,300 contracts
  • 2018-11-19: Largest IV spike — 15.3% change
  • 2018-11-20: Highest IV Rank — 79.1%
  • 2018-11-20: Largest Expected Move — 9.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$53.24$51.26$55.36$54.28$54.80
Max Pain$55.83$55.00$56.50$56.25$55.00
ATM IV29.2%25.1%33.8%28.3%26.9%
Expected Move8.5%7.1%9.7%8.9%8.2%
HV 20d42.5%32.1%46.5%43.4%32.1%
HV 60d30.6%28.4%32.5%28.4%32.4%
IV Rank60.8%44.7%79.1%57.5%51.8%
IV Percentile77.1%62.7%92.9%77.0%64.3%
Term Structure-0.5%-1.4%0.1%-0.6%-0.3%
VWIV29.5%25.1%33.5%31.0%28.2%
Skew 25d4.6%3.5%5.5%4.5%3.6%
Skew 10d9.2%6.6%10.9%8.9%7.2%
Call IV 25d27.0%22.7%31.2%26.4%25.3%
Put IV 25d31.6%27.6%36.7%30.9%28.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %23.8714.4541.3739.3931.75
Gamma HHI0.030.020.080.020.06
Net GEX-42.0M-153.1M113.0M-4.3M113.0M
Net DEX1.09B-1.12B2.42B644.7M-1.11B
Net VEX-28.3M-30.2M-26.8M-30.2M-27.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.970.781.160.860.83
Total Volume675,948.571490,720971,300649,740745,480
Total OI4,976,879.0484,288,6805,496,4605,364,3804,798,720

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-11-01$54.28$56.2528.3%8.9%43.4%57.5%31.0%4.5%-0.6%-4.3M644.7M-30.2M0.8639.39N/AN/A348,800300,9402,783,3402,581,040
2018-11-02$53.54$56.2529.3%9.2%43.5%61.5%32.2%5.1%-0.3%-95.1M1.51B-29.6M0.8341.37N/AN/A532,200439,1002,837,6002,621,940
2018-11-05$52.43$56.5030.7%8.4%43.9%66.9%28.8%5.1%-0.8%-76.9M2.42B-28.7M1.0019.63N/AN/A337,320337,1602,598,6802,440,800
2018-11-06$53.36$56.2529.2%8.1%44.6%60.9%27.6%4.7%-0.5%-47.7M1.54B-29.7M0.9817.25N/AN/A297,220292,0402,666,2202,503,300
2018-11-07$55.36$56.2525.1%7.1%44.6%44.7%25.1%4.9%0.0%47.0M-679.0M-29.7M0.8414.45N/AN/A459,120386,2402,697,8802,535,260
2018-11-08$54.34$56.2525.4%7.3%45.1%46.0%25.4%4.6%0.0%-14.2M531.5M-28.7M0.7822.54N/AN/A434,620339,1402,765,5002,596,460
2018-11-09$53.86$56.2527.0%7.7%44.8%52.1%27.3%4.7%0.0%-153.1M1.19B-28.9M1.0415.82N/AN/A395,120411,3202,830,6202,665,840
2018-11-12$52.48$56.0030.3%8.5%45.5%65.3%30.3%5.2%-0.5%-107.9M2.31B-27.8M1.0416.75N/AN/A288,400299,5002,658,5002,504,500
2018-11-13$52.38$56.0030.3%8.6%44.5%65.4%29.8%5.0%-0.4%-117.3M2.37B-27.9M0.9817.10N/AN/A294,820287,8002,699,1802,556,960
2018-11-14$52.99$56.0030.7%8.7%44.9%66.7%29.8%5.1%-0.3%-81.6M1.77B-28.7M0.9419.02N/AN/A310,540292,9602,737,8802,570,320
2018-11-15$53.43$56.0030.6%8.6%44.2%66.4%30.0%5.3%-0.5%-47.9M1.24B-29.0M0.8521.68N/AN/A395,640334,7802,784,5002,608,780
2018-11-16$53.52$56.0028.7%8.2%44.1%58.8%29.0%4.8%-0.2%-23.9M1.03B-28.6M0.9021.40N/AN/A349,260313,2602,850,1602,626,380
2018-11-19$51.26$56.0033.1%9.4%46.3%76.0%32.5%4.8%-1.3%-79.5M2.18B-26.9M1.0623.36N/AN/A313,460331,1602,120,3402,168,340
2018-11-20$51.67$55.7533.8%9.7%46.5%79.1%33.5%5.5%-1.2%-81.8M1.94B-28.1M1.1417.60N/AN/A338,880384,7002,183,5802,260,960
2018-11-21$52.26$55.5030.9%8.8%44.9%67.4%31.1%4.6%-0.8%-47.2M1.39B-28.2M1.0720.15N/AN/A296,580318,1402,260,6202,297,580
2018-11-23$51.51$55.5031.7%9.2%42.4%70.6%32.2%4.7%-1.4%-75.8M2.11B-27.1M1.1627.02N/AN/A227,060263,6602,284,3002,338,940
2018-11-26$52.65$55.5028.4%8.4%41.7%57.8%30.3%3.9%0.1%-55.4M1.10B-26.8M1.0525.87N/AN/A245,000256,7002,116,5002,223,880
2018-11-27$52.50$55.2528.1%8.4%35.9%56.5%28.8%3.7%-0.2%-52.6M1.20B-26.9M1.0630.47N/AN/A259,000275,4402,176,5402,278,020
2018-11-28$54.48$55.0026.9%8.2%36.7%52.1%28.8%3.7%-0.2%45.3M-698.8M-27.7M1.0524.27N/AN/A391,460411,5202,237,1802,325,740
2018-11-29$54.85$55.0027.0%8.2%32.4%52.3%28.8%3.5%-0.3%74.3M-1.12B-28.2M0.9534.36N/AN/A337,640321,7402,302,3202,419,260
2018-11-30$54.80$55.0026.9%8.2%32.1%51.8%28.2%3.6%-0.3%113.0M-1.11B-27.7M0.8331.75N/AN/A407,500337,9802,341,3402,457,380