GOOGL Options History — March 2026

In March 2026, GOOGL traded between $272.74 and $310.82. ATM implied volatility averaged 33.1%, placing in the 23.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 9.6% (HV 20d: 23.5%). Max pain ranged from $290.00 to $305.00. Net GEX was positive for 15 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.73.

Notable Days

  • 2026-03-26: Highest Volume — 496,628 contracts
  • 2026-03-24: Largest IV spike — 8.8% change
  • 2026-03-30: Highest IV Rank — 40.8%
  • 2026-03-30: Largest Expected Move — 11.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$298.29$272.74$310.82$305.49$286.85
Max Pain$300.23$290.00$305.00$290.00$295.00
ATM IV33.1%28.3%39.1%33.6%38.0%
Expected Move9.2%1.4%11.2%9.9%10.9%
HV 20d23.5%19.3%33.3%23.9%33.3%
HV 60d22.3%20.8%26.4%22.9%26.4%
IV Rank23.0%8.7%40.8%24.4%37.6%
IV Percentile55.8%16.7%84.5%61.5%81.7%
Term Structure1.1%-0.8%4.5%-0.2%-0.8%
VWIV32.6%28.4%36.4%35.0%31.3%
Skew 25d6.3%4.4%8.0%4.5%6.9%
Skew 10d12.1%9.2%15.3%9.7%13.4%
Call IV 25d30.3%25.8%36.7%31.9%34.8%
Put IV 25d36.6%31.3%44.4%36.4%41.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %12.612.5333.1313.935.56
Gamma HHI0.040.030.060.030.03
Net GEX104.2M-181.0M387.0M132.3M200.8M
Net DEX-9.69B-15.09B-1.78B-11.89B-7.56B
Net VEX-119.5M-122.9M-113.8M-121.6M-119.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.730.421.910.760.55
Total Volume344,621.318268,554496,628324,416358,718
Total OI2,888,347.1362,538,5653,077,8672,830,2192,800,084

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2026-03-02$305.49$290.0033.6%9.9%23.9%24.4%35.0%4.5%-0.2%132.3M-11.89B-121.6M0.7613.93N/AN/A184,382140,0341,530,7261,299,493
2026-03-03$302.46$290.0034.3%10.0%22.7%26.4%35.2%5.2%-0.5%84.5M-10.63B-121.0M0.6510.52N/AN/A203,340133,0221,550,6151,326,576
2026-03-04$303.01$290.0032.4%9.5%22.8%20.8%33.6%4.4%-0.1%138.9M-11.07B-121.5M0.5213.92N/AN/A213,657111,2991,577,3671,360,063
2026-03-05$299.28$300.0033.1%9.6%22.3%23.0%34.5%5.5%-0.2%36.5M-9.53B-121.2M0.6327.76N/AN/A222,049139,4241,604,0981,364,989
2026-03-06$298.56$300.0034.5%9.9%22.3%27.1%36.4%8.0%-0.5%-20.4M-9.13B-122.9M0.8722.78N/AN/A183,686159,6961,639,9231,391,979
2026-03-09$305.06$300.0032.9%9.4%23.2%22.2%34.1%6.0%0.2%242.5M-12.15B-122.0M0.6429.30N/AN/A217,397138,4701,560,2221,378,186
2026-03-10$307.16$305.0031.9%9.2%23.4%19.4%32.6%6.2%0.3%270.6M-13.11B-121.0M0.6533.08N/AN/A163,075105,4791,562,8441,370,756
2026-03-11$308.08$305.0031.1%9.0%23.2%16.9%33.0%6.0%0.5%324.8M-13.74B-121.1M0.6633.13N/AN/A162,919107,1481,593,1271,376,775
2026-03-12$304.33$305.0032.3%9.8%21.4%20.5%32.7%6.4%0.5%240.6M-11.77B-121.3M0.805.65N/AN/A160,443128,9141,603,8261,380,543
2026-03-13$301.26$305.0033.2%1.4%21.5%23.2%32.8%6.8%0.3%7.2M-10.66B-121.0M0.435.10N/AN/A269,500114,7511,621,8191,388,927
2026-03-16$305.29$305.0030.3%8.7%21.8%14.6%30.6%5.9%0.7%242.5M-12.54B-118.1M0.8213.63N/AN/A158,755130,4981,589,0711,368,486
2026-03-17$310.82$305.0028.3%8.1%22.2%8.7%28.6%5.5%1.0%387.0M-15.09B-119.3M1.055.26N/AN/A141,806149,3821,601,2361,377,166
2026-03-18$307.19$305.0030.4%8.7%22.7%14.9%30.8%6.3%0.7%246.3M-13.40B-120.0M0.908.09N/AN/A150,335134,9861,625,8861,398,309
2026-03-19$307.08$305.0030.2%8.7%22.7%14.2%28.4%6.5%1.1%292.4M-13.16B-119.7M1.9112.45N/AN/A132,672253,9991,626,9551,393,965
2026-03-20$298.79$305.0032.0%9.1%19.3%19.7%31.8%7.4%1.3%-77.7M-8.94B-118.3M0.583.93N/AN/A233,742134,6941,655,9151,421,952
2026-03-23$303.22$300.0030.9%8.8%19.7%16.3%30.2%6.5%4.5%124.6M-10.13B-118.7M0.422.53N/AN/A220,39693,1221,367,2651,171,300
2026-03-24$290.99$300.0033.6%9.6%24.2%24.4%32.8%6.6%4.2%-51.8M-6.24B-117.6M0.513.22N/AN/A254,104128,8701,432,2251,177,068
2026-03-25$290.24$300.0033.1%9.5%24.1%22.9%30.8%6.7%4.4%-71.0M-5.93B-118.1M0.433.25N/AN/A269,812117,2941,488,8471,214,384
2026-03-26$280.29$300.0036.0%10.3%26.2%31.5%33.0%6.2%3.7%-121.8M-3.00B-115.8M0.729.63N/AN/A288,868207,7601,520,2801,217,507
2026-03-27$274.25$300.0037.5%10.8%26.8%36.2%34.9%6.5%3.6%-181.0M-1.78B-115.0M0.8611.44N/AN/A245,457210,2461,602,9091,232,312
2026-03-30$272.74$295.0039.1%11.2%26.8%40.8%34.6%7.7%-0.5%-154.7M-1.82B-113.8M0.753.17N/AN/A176,025131,4431,539,4521,238,209
2026-03-31$286.85$295.0038.0%10.9%33.3%37.6%31.3%6.9%-0.8%200.8M-7.56B-119.5M0.555.56N/AN/A230,789127,9291,553,5001,246,584