GOOGL Options History — August 2020

In August 2020, GOOGL traded between $73.51 and $82.09. ATM implied volatility averaged 28.3%, placing in the 22.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.3% (HV 20d: 22.9%). Max pain ranged from $70.75 to $73.75. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.60.

Notable Days

  • 2020-08-07: Highest Volume — 1,128,280 contracts
  • 2020-08-12: Largest IV drop — 9.3% change
  • 2020-08-28: Highest IV Rank — 33.7%
  • 2020-08-28: Largest Expected Move — 9.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$77.27$73.51$82.09$74.27$81.71
Max Pain$72.90$70.75$73.75$70.75$73.75
ATM IV28.3%25.3%35.0%29.3%34.7%
Expected Move8.0%7.1%9.7%8.1%9.3%
HV 20d22.9%16.6%25.0%23.9%16.9%
HV 60d24.1%23.4%25.1%25.1%23.9%
IV Rank22.9%18.2%33.7%24.6%33.2%
IV Percentile58.7%43.7%77.4%67.1%76.6%
Term Structure0.5%-0.3%1.1%-0.3%0.8%
VWIV28.7%25.3%34.1%29.2%33.0%
Skew 25d3.3%1.6%4.2%3.1%3.4%
Skew 10d6.3%1.9%8.6%5.4%6.0%
Call IV 25d26.8%23.9%33.7%28.3%32.9%
Put IV 25d30.2%27.3%36.4%31.5%36.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %54.6248.9966.9761.5157.35
Gamma HHI0.050.020.180.020.03
Net GEX220.5M40.3M481.8M74.3M169.5M
Net DEX-6.16B-9.29B-2.99B-3.74B-7.70B
Net VEX-42.0M-44.9M-39.9M-39.9M-44.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.600.371.050.781.05
Total Volume655,330.476355,7001,128,280645,800385,280
Total OI4,545,496.193,978,5804,938,3604,201,3804,231,560

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2020-08-03$74.27$70.7529.3%8.1%23.9%24.6%29.2%3.1%-0.3%74.3M-3.74B-39.9M0.7861.51N/AN/A362,220283,5802,138,8002,062,580
2020-08-04$73.51$71.0026.9%7.5%24.2%20.8%27.1%3.4%0.1%40.3M-2.99B-41.1M0.6964.92N/AN/A339,600232,6402,264,8202,181,200
2020-08-05$73.80$71.0026.0%7.1%24.2%19.2%25.3%3.5%0.2%111.3M-3.41B-41.2M0.6166.97N/AN/A271,140166,0202,356,1002,239,040
2020-08-06$75.11$71.0025.7%7.5%24.5%18.8%26.6%3.8%-0.2%322.5M-5.15B-41.3M0.5049.89N/AN/A475,020236,5202,411,2002,277,860
2020-08-07$74.93$71.2527.4%7.9%24.2%21.5%27.7%3.7%-0.2%372.0M-4.85B-42.1M0.5948.99N/AN/A707,420420,8602,474,5802,315,660
2020-08-10$74.57$72.5027.4%8.0%24.1%21.6%27.3%4.1%0.9%104.2M-4.09B-41.6M0.7753.27N/AN/A275,020211,6002,219,9602,165,140
2020-08-11$74.26$73.5027.9%8.2%24.1%22.4%28.9%4.0%0.7%74.1M-3.90B-42.3M1.0054.34N/AN/A285,840286,1402,280,1002,224,380
2020-08-12$75.41$73.5025.3%7.5%24.7%18.2%26.9%3.6%0.7%135.8M-5.05B-41.5M0.5350.77N/AN/A273,300144,0802,316,9002,336,600
2020-08-13$75.89$73.5026.6%7.7%24.8%20.2%27.6%4.2%0.8%222.0M-5.71B-41.7M0.4650.08N/AN/A535,120244,0202,382,8202,351,640
2020-08-14$75.16$73.5025.6%7.5%25.0%18.7%26.0%3.5%0.9%121.3M-4.85B-41.8M0.7152.26N/AN/A329,320233,7602,491,4402,409,060
2020-08-17$76.03$73.5025.6%7.4%22.7%18.7%26.8%4.1%1.0%157.8M-5.59B-40.6M0.6753.32N/AN/A212,520143,1802,323,2002,231,840
2020-08-18$77.71$73.5025.4%7.3%24.2%18.4%27.3%3.3%0.3%285.9M-7.36B-40.5M0.3751.40N/AN/A765,540282,9802,344,5602,264,520
2020-08-19$77.38$73.5026.1%7.5%24.2%19.5%27.0%4.2%0.6%306.2M-6.88B-41.6M0.4556.20N/AN/A532,900240,3402,450,4602,358,480
2020-08-20$78.89$73.5026.2%7.5%22.8%19.6%27.1%3.7%0.7%473.2M-8.67B-42.0M0.4852.93N/AN/A349,240168,9802,518,3602,395,180
2020-08-21$78.76$73.5027.6%7.8%22.6%21.9%28.2%3.1%1.1%481.8M-8.47B-42.3M0.3854.06N/AN/A647,560245,9802,522,9602,415,400
2020-08-24$79.19$73.5029.3%8.3%22.0%24.6%30.3%2.8%0.8%203.7M-6.59B-42.3M0.6050.80N/AN/A324,900194,4002,032,9801,945,600
2020-08-25$80.24$73.5029.4%8.4%21.4%24.8%29.7%2.1%0.5%256.9M-7.56B-41.8M0.4952.85N/AN/A453,660223,0202,099,6602,042,600
2020-08-26$82.09$73.7531.8%9.0%22.3%28.5%32.3%1.6%0.5%312.5M-9.29B-42.0M0.3953.83N/AN/A754,540296,9802,188,9002,131,080
2020-08-27$81.81$73.7534.5%9.6%22.4%32.9%34.1%2.1%0.2%289.0M-8.58B-44.0M0.5154.23N/AN/A449,240230,0402,224,9202,215,760
2020-08-28$82.02$73.7535.0%9.7%16.6%33.7%34.1%2.5%0.4%117.1M-9.03B-44.9M0.5657.00N/AN/A350,840196,6002,308,5802,308,940
2020-08-31$81.71$73.7534.7%9.3%16.9%33.2%33.0%3.4%0.8%169.5M-7.70B-44.7M1.0557.35N/AN/A187,820197,4602,121,6602,109,900