GOOGL Options History — January 2019

In January 2019, GOOGL traded between $51.35 and $56.20. ATM implied volatility averaged 31.6%, placing in the 62.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.3% (HV 20d: 32.9%). Max pain ranged from $52.50 to $55.00. Net GEX was positive for 18 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 1 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.75.

Notable Days

  • 2019-01-18: Highest Volume — 906,020 contracts
  • 2019-01-04: Largest IV drop — 19.5% change
  • 2019-01-03: Highest IV Rank — 92.2%
  • 2019-01-03: Largest Expected Move — 10.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$54.00$51.35$56.20$52.48$56.20
Max Pain$54.12$52.50$55.00$52.50$55.00
ATM IV31.6%28.6%38.6%37.5%30.3%
Expected Move9.3%8.1%10.6%9.2%8.1%
HV 20d32.9%26.6%36.8%35.4%29.9%
HV 60d36.1%31.7%38.4%37.0%32.3%
IV Rank62.5%49.7%92.2%87.6%56.8%
IV Percentile77.2%61.1%98.0%96.8%70.2%
Term Structure-1.0%-2.2%3.6%-1.7%-1.2%
VWIV32.4%28.3%37.1%33.0%28.3%
Skew 25d4.9%3.6%6.3%6.3%3.6%
Skew 10d9.4%7.4%12.9%12.6%7.4%
Call IV 25d29.2%26.0%36.2%34.5%28.7%
Put IV 25d34.0%31.0%42.3%40.8%32.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %26.1014.8745.4845.4827.16
Gamma HHI0.070.020.380.030.04
Net GEX120.7M-52.6M579.3M-8.0M164.0M
Net DEX-1.08B-3.66B938.7M74.0M-1.97B
Net VEX-22.4M-23.4M-21.6M-23.4M-22.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.750.421.821.350.44
Total Volume509,782.857114,420906,020453,040715,840
Total OI3,839,603.812,673,2204,701,9204,083,3203,054,740

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-01-02$52.48$52.5037.5%9.2%35.4%87.6%33.0%6.3%-1.7%-8.0M74.0M-23.4M1.3545.48N/AN/A192,940260,1002,007,1802,076,140
2019-01-03$51.35$53.7538.6%10.6%32.4%92.2%37.1%6.1%-1.2%-52.6M938.7M-23.0M0.8229.03N/AN/A329,480269,4802,053,0202,124,940
2019-01-04$53.78$53.7531.1%9.3%36.6%60.1%33.2%6.3%3.6%139.6M-1.61B-23.2M0.9634.94N/AN/A449,920433,5202,161,1402,166,340
2019-01-07$53.78$53.7532.4%9.4%36.3%65.9%32.5%6.2%-0.6%34.1M-1.03B-22.8M0.7932.01N/AN/A107,10084,7402,029,8002,104,360
2019-01-08$54.21$53.7532.1%9.1%35.7%64.5%32.0%5.3%-1.2%78.8M-1.56B-22.7M0.4232.19N/AN/A420,200177,4402,112,8202,169,160
2019-01-09$54.08$54.0032.2%9.0%35.7%65.1%32.0%5.6%-1.2%105.0M-1.49B-22.4M0.6235.24N/AN/A393,880243,8402,207,8402,203,760
2019-01-10$53.90$54.0032.7%8.9%35.5%67.1%32.2%5.3%-2.2%129.9M-1.50B-23.0M0.5935.22N/AN/A351,060206,3602,371,2002,236,020
2019-01-11$53.27$54.0031.4%8.8%35.5%61.3%31.3%5.4%-1.0%21.7M-871.7M-22.4M0.6220.51N/AN/A378,900234,8602,448,7202,253,200
2019-01-14$52.52$54.0031.8%9.0%35.7%63.1%31.1%5.0%-1.4%-10.3M-30.6M-21.6M0.6924.45N/AN/A157,040107,7002,264,8002,104,460
2019-01-15$54.24$53.7530.2%8.6%36.8%56.4%30.1%4.9%-1.5%189.2M-1.96B-21.8M0.5630.75N/AN/A374,040209,8002,302,4602,139,880
2019-01-16$54.51$54.0029.9%8.6%34.6%55.0%29.1%4.6%-1.4%264.8M-2.33B-22.0M0.5422.96N/AN/A412,920223,5002,359,0602,160,240
2019-01-17$54.80$54.2530.0%8.7%32.9%55.4%30.8%4.5%-1.5%358.4M-2.75B-22.0M0.7924.38N/AN/A285,560226,3402,441,0602,194,800
2019-01-18$55.34$54.2528.6%8.4%32.2%49.7%28.6%4.4%-1.6%579.3M-3.66B-21.8M0.5022.95N/AN/A602,960303,0602,450,7602,241,520
2019-01-22$53.78$54.5031.3%9.6%33.9%61.2%33.2%4.4%-1.1%18.5M-124.3M-21.7M0.6023.09N/AN/A280,640167,3601,311,9001,361,320
2019-01-23$54.16$54.5031.4%9.7%30.7%61.7%33.9%4.5%-1.2%42.6M-346.4M-22.3M0.7918.31N/AN/A236,960187,8201,392,3601,437,760
2019-01-24$54.12$54.5030.6%9.6%30.8%58.3%32.5%4.0%-1.1%37.0M-308.8M-22.3M0.7418.81N/AN/A239,180177,7601,443,9801,498,000
2019-01-25$55.01$54.5029.2%9.2%26.6%52.0%31.8%3.8%-1.1%342.3M-1.14B-22.4M0.6818.70N/AN/A316,840214,6401,508,9401,543,800
2019-01-28$54.05$54.5031.1%10.2%27.5%60.4%35.9%4.2%-0.8%26.6M-315.1M-21.9M1.8216.70N/AN/A40,60073,8201,372,0801,434,800
2019-01-29$53.51$54.5031.5%10.5%27.9%62.1%36.9%3.8%-1.2%3.4M50.1M-22.2M0.9114.87N/AN/A113,860103,3201,417,7001,499,060
2019-01-30$54.84$54.7530.1%10.3%29.0%56.1%35.8%3.8%-1.2%71.0M-831.0M-22.4M0.5620.26N/AN/A256,880143,1801,440,4001,530,160
2019-01-31$56.20$55.0030.3%8.1%29.9%56.8%28.3%3.6%-1.2%164.0M-1.97B-22.7M0.4427.16N/AN/A497,720218,1201,490,7601,563,980