GOOGL Options History — August 2023

In August 2023, GOOGL traded between $127.45 and $137.06. ATM implied volatility averaged 26.1%, placing in the 11.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.4%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.9% (HV 20d: 28.0%). Max pain ranged from $115.00 to $120.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.64.

Notable Days

  • 2023-08-29: Highest Volume — 492,072 contracts
  • 2023-08-02: Largest IV spike — 11.0% change
  • 2023-08-18: Highest IV Rank — 18.3%
  • 2023-08-17: Largest Expected Move — 8.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$130.63$127.45$137.06$131.81$137.06
Max Pain$117.61$115.00$120.00$120.00$117.50
ATM IV26.1%23.0%27.9%24.1%23.0%
Expected Move7.4%6.2%8.0%6.7%6.2%
HV 20d28.0%20.9%35.1%33.9%21.2%
HV 60d27.9%26.4%30.0%29.4%27.7%
IV Rank11.0%0.0%18.3%2.3%0.0%
IV Percentile11.4%0.0%20.6%2.4%0.0%
Term Structure0.1%-0.6%0.9%-0.3%0.8%
VWIV26.3%22.1%28.0%24.0%22.1%
Skew 25d2.9%1.2%4.4%1.2%2.1%
Skew 10d5.8%2.8%7.8%2.8%3.8%
Call IV 25d25.0%22.1%26.3%24.0%22.1%
Put IV 25d27.9%24.2%30.1%25.2%24.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.311.543.591.831.54
Gamma HHI0.060.050.130.070.06
Net GEX257.5M80.2M504.7M392.9M504.7M
Net DEX-9.22B-12.61B-7.19B-10.80B-12.61B
Net VEX-58.6M-60.6M-56.8M-58.9M-58.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.640.340.910.840.43
Total Volume244,315.261114,165492,072194,912287,039
Total OI3,563,759.5223,237,3423,753,4313,615,2803,582,773

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2023-08-01$131.81$120.0024.1%6.7%33.9%2.3%24.0%1.2%-0.3%392.9M-10.80B-58.9M0.841.83N/AN/A105,95088,9622,003,8711,611,409
2023-08-02$128.44$120.0026.7%7.5%35.1%13.4%26.3%1.8%-0.6%215.2M-8.44B-60.1M0.572.11N/AN/A154,47488,4152,026,0021,638,397
2023-08-03$128.49$115.0026.8%7.6%34.3%13.9%27.7%2.1%-0.6%220.7M-8.49B-60.0M0.782.40N/AN/A93,28772,4802,043,5791,648,229
2023-08-04$128.12$117.5026.3%7.6%34.4%11.8%26.7%2.6%-0.2%136.5M-8.10B-60.6M0.582.60N/AN/A219,228128,1232,061,5451,669,547
2023-08-07$131.22$117.5025.9%7.5%32.8%10.2%26.9%2.7%0.4%285.1M-10.01B-59.4M0.713.59N/AN/A130,28991,9261,945,9391,612,171
2023-08-08$131.37$117.5026.3%7.5%32.8%11.5%26.6%3.0%-0.0%323.2M-10.13B-59.6M0.853.46N/AN/A91,65478,3101,983,8591,639,588
2023-08-09$130.09$117.5026.6%7.7%33.0%12.7%26.9%3.0%0.2%280.4M-9.32B-59.2M0.742.11N/AN/A98,21972,2192,002,3961,656,394
2023-08-10$129.63$117.5026.4%7.6%29.2%11.9%27.6%3.2%0.2%241.8M-8.94B-59.1M0.912.69N/AN/A124,772114,0162,008,4251,668,619
2023-08-11$129.72$117.5025.4%7.3%29.2%7.9%26.6%3.4%0.3%187.2M-8.97B-58.6M0.713.30N/AN/A141,49299,9642,033,1941,680,773
2023-08-14$131.06$117.5025.5%7.3%29.2%8.2%25.2%3.1%-0.0%250.7M-9.86B-58.0M0.562.21N/AN/A80,06045,0851,959,6691,655,737
2023-08-15$129.53$117.5026.4%7.6%29.5%11.9%27.4%3.4%0.2%202.8M-8.96B-58.1M0.592.08N/AN/A71,99142,1741,985,0301,669,791
2023-08-16$128.91$117.5026.3%7.5%29.2%11.8%26.6%3.4%0.5%171.1M-8.60B-57.8M0.512.31N/AN/A90,35846,2621,999,7581,681,701
2023-08-17$129.63$117.5027.8%8.0%26.6%18.0%27.9%3.9%0.2%214.6M-9.06B-58.8M0.782.74N/AN/A183,865144,0612,012,9661,690,635
2023-08-18$127.45$117.5027.9%7.9%27.6%18.3%28.0%3.6%0.5%80.2M-7.68B-57.9M0.582.92N/AN/A232,228135,3002,044,0461,709,385
2023-08-21$128.50$117.5027.2%7.8%27.4%15.5%27.9%3.6%0.0%168.9M-7.19B-56.8M0.492.10N/AN/A122,99860,2001,761,5551,475,787
2023-08-22$128.81$117.5027.4%7.8%27.3%16.5%27.1%4.4%0.9%202.2M-7.50B-57.4M0.641.96N/AN/A125,03379,9341,797,1161,498,316
2023-08-23$132.75$117.5026.7%7.7%22.2%13.5%27.1%3.0%0.1%283.7M-9.76B-57.2M0.741.63N/AN/A180,234133,5041,823,4421,516,559
2023-08-24$130.28$117.5027.3%7.8%23.3%15.9%27.1%3.2%0.0%234.2M-8.17B-58.1M0.771.91N/AN/A146,388113,1131,852,7521,545,657
2023-08-25$129.94$117.5025.8%7.2%20.9%9.5%25.5%3.0%0.3%292.7M-7.95B-58.0M0.602.51N/AN/A194,367116,4471,879,8031,567,303
2023-08-28$131.12$117.5026.1%7.4%21.2%10.7%25.9%2.7%0.1%226.8M-8.68B-58.0M0.341.74N/AN/A192,87966,0901,817,1161,512,958
2023-08-29$134.81$117.5024.9%7.0%23.4%5.8%24.7%2.2%0.1%380.5M-11.11B-58.8M0.381.75N/AN/A355,979136,0931,914,2701,536,818
2023-08-30$135.75$117.5023.7%6.4%21.1%0.8%22.8%2.2%0.4%426.7M-11.65B-59.3M0.501.54N/AN/A162,45381,3361,965,1911,576,398
2023-08-31$137.06$117.5023.0%6.2%21.2%0.0%22.1%2.1%0.8%504.7M-12.61B-58.5M0.431.54N/AN/A200,75186,2881,990,3481,592,425