META Options History — August 2021

In August 2021, META traded between $14.25 and $15.10. ATM implied volatility averaged 63.3%. The 30-day expected move averaged 18.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 46.8% (HV 20d: 16.4%). Max pain ranged from $15.00 to $18.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.03.

Notable Days

  • 2021-08-05: Highest Volume — 532 contracts
  • 2021-08-17: Largest IV spike — 64.4% change
  • 2021-08-03: Largest Expected Move — 33.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$14.70$14.25$15.10$14.62$15.10
Max Pain$16.50$15.00$18.00$15.00$15.00
ATM IV63.3%24.5%119.5%107.9%29.1%
Expected Move18.0%7.0%33.1%30.9%8.3%
HV 20d16.4%15.0%18.3%17.0%16.2%
Term Structure-15.9%-86.6%84.7%-38.1%10.8%
VWIV41.7%17.9%98.1%98.1%34.9%
Skew 25d2.6%-57.1%91.1%-14.9%-0.8%
Skew 10d18.0%-4.3%61.6%27.1%-2.5%
Call IV 25d95.1%25.0%144.9%139.2%29.4%
Put IV 25d97.7%28.6%191.3%124.3%28.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %153.93132.33178.92178.01138.62
Gamma HHI0.610.460.760.760.46
Net GEX31.9K17.6K46.1K17.8K46.1K
Net DEX-764.8K-1.1M-468.3K-473.7K-1.1M
Net VEX-4.5K-5.9K-2.9K-2.9K-5.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.030.000.430.000.00
Total Volume83.636105322670
Total OI1,422.5917851,8867851,671

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2021-08-02$14.62$15.00107.9%30.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%-14.9%-38.1%17.8K-473.7K-2.9K0.00178.012607832
2021-08-03$14.57$15.00115.5%33.1%0.0%0.0%98.1%-13.2%-41.3%17.6K-468.3K-2.9K0.43177.45737832
2021-08-04$14.70$15.00111.6%32.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%-52.0%-40.5%18.3K-499.1K-3.0K0.00178.922308022
2021-08-05$14.68$18.00105.7%20.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.5%-32.4%18.6K-489.7K-2.9K0.00154.7253208075
2021-08-06$14.65$18.00119.5%22.5%17.0%0.0%0.0%2.8%-44.1%19.6K-493.6K-3.0K0.00154.892408275
2021-08-09$14.82$18.0050.1%31.2%16.9%0.0%0.0%7.1%-60.0%30.6K-737.7K-4.5K0.00154.401401,3525
2021-08-10$14.68$18.0050.6%17.1%17.0%0.0%42.0%2.9%-82.0%28.5K-733.3K-4.4K0.07152.284431,3695
2021-08-11$14.68$18.0063.3%18.2%16.5%0.0%0.0%2.4%-40.2%30.1K-725.7K-4.5K0.00152.372501,3825
2021-08-12$14.74$18.0077.1%22.1%16.1%0.0%0.0%1.9%-38.5%33.3K-728.7K-4.5K0.00153.062501,4066
2021-08-13$14.71$18.0077.5%22.2%15.7%0.0%0.0%2.5%-39.1%32.2K-739.2K-4.5K0.00152.914001,4166
2021-08-16$14.54$18.0039.3%11.3%16.2%0.0%0.0%-57.1%-12.5%31.7K-718.4K-4.5K0.00147.506001,4286
2021-08-17$14.29$18.0064.7%18.5%16.6%0.0%0.0%21.7%-2.7%30.9K-668.5K-4.6K0.00151.598901,5546
2021-08-18$14.34$18.0061.9%17.8%16.1%0.0%31.0%-49.4%-86.6%32.2K-722.1K-4.8K0.02150.926011,6139
2021-08-19$14.25$18.0082.5%23.7%16.0%0.0%0.0%3.1%-5.2%32.0K-724.1K-4.9K0.00152.695201,6679
2021-08-20$14.43$15.0060.0%17.2%16.7%0.0%0.0%2.7%1.5%33.9K-799.6K-5.1K0.04153.222311,72010
2021-08-23$14.75$15.0033.7%9.7%18.3%0.0%31.3%26.1%28.0%35.8K-890.7K-5.5K0.00151.825601,7099
2021-08-24$14.91$15.0024.5%7.0%16.6%0.0%0.0%91.1%84.7%38.7K-935.4K-5.4K0.00152.564001,7319
2021-08-25$15.03$15.0024.9%7.1%15.0%0.0%17.9%54.4%26.4%45.1K-1.0M-5.5K0.06152.268151,7859
2021-08-26$14.80$15.0029.9%8.6%16.1%0.0%0.0%-13.3%27.0%42.0K-990.4K-5.4K0.00151.4037601,8269
2021-08-27$14.96$15.0028.8%8.2%16.2%0.0%0.0%1.3%-2.5%43.8K-1.0M-5.4K0.00132.331601,87214
2021-08-30$15.05$15.0033.5%9.6%16.3%0.0%36.5%36.5%37.2%43.1K-1.1M-5.5K0.08142.44133111,64714
2021-08-31$15.10$15.0029.1%8.3%16.2%0.0%34.9%-0.8%10.8%46.1K-1.1M-5.9K0.00138.627001,65714