META Options History — October 2021

In October 2021, META traded between $13.85 and $15.29. ATM implied volatility averaged 60.0%. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 36.6% (HV 20d: 23.4%). Max pain ranged from $13.00 to $15.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.49.

Notable Days

  • 2021-10-28: Highest Volume — 12,029 contracts
  • 2021-10-07: Largest IV spike — 140.1% change
  • 2021-10-01: Largest Expected Move — 18.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$14.67$13.85$15.29$14.21$15.28
Max Pain$13.14$13.00$15.00$15.00$14.00
ATM IV60.0%20.9%177.2%63.5%31.6%
Expected Move9.4%6.0%18.2%18.2%9.0%
HV 20d23.4%20.1%26.7%21.6%20.5%
HV 60d19.6%18.8%20.0%18.8%19.9%
Term Structure1.3%-45.7%39.1%-45.7%1.8%
VWIV33.8%24.9%61.9%30.7%36.1%
Skew 25d4.7%-22.3%52.9%28.4%0.6%
Skew 10d27.6%-15.7%78.0%52.1%2.8%
Call IV 25d31.5%21.0%44.7%21.0%36.5%
Put IV 25d36.2%19.0%89.5%49.4%37.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %118.8034.04145.34145.3448.67
Gamma HHI0.430.260.530.430.26
Net GEX84.1K46.4K442.1K47.7K442.1K
Net DEX-1.5M-6.2M-781.0K-947.6K-6.2M
Net VEX-7.4K-26.4K-5.0K-5.6K-26.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.490.005.290.000.05
Total Volume1,244.286212,029139,378
Total OI3,187.7142,23114,8022,30814,802

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2021-10-01$14.21$15.0063.5%18.2%21.6%0.0%0.0%28.4%-45.7%47.7K-947.6K-5.6K0.00145.341302,27731
2021-10-04$13.85$13.0067.4%8.4%22.5%0.0%30.7%22.6%-2.4%46.5K-781.0K-5.0K0.00117.533602,28331
2021-10-05$14.05$13.0067.6%8.0%23.3%0.0%28.8%20.6%-0.7%46.4K-826.5K-5.1K0.00134.091602,29331
2021-10-06$14.04$13.0049.8%7.9%23.0%0.0%0.0%3.3%0.0%48.0K-835.8K-5.2K0.01100.199712,32231
2021-10-07$14.39$13.00119.6%8.4%25.2%0.0%29.8%2.5%-2.1%49.0K-996.6K-5.6K0.00127.641002,33431
2021-10-08$14.28$13.00125.3%8.3%25.2%0.0%0.0%52.9%-3.1%52.3K-1.0M-5.8K0.00126.2610502,42432
2021-10-11$14.24$13.00155.4%6.8%25.2%0.0%61.9%7.1%3.4%54.8K-926.4K-5.2K0.75130.65105792,42332
2021-10-12$14.20$13.00177.2%7.2%25.2%0.0%0.0%11.8%2.2%57.7K-988.0K-5.8K0.00139.02202,52732
2021-10-13$14.40$13.0027.1%7.8%25.8%0.0%0.0%10.3%1.5%61.2K-1.1M-6.2K0.05131.09230122,50152
2021-10-14$14.62$13.0031.8%9.1%26.5%0.0%26.2%2.3%39.1%71.0K-1.3M-6.9K0.44129.8832142,50152
2021-10-15$14.77$13.0034.0%9.7%26.7%0.0%30.1%-2.7%35.1%56.9K-1.1M-5.9K0.94130.4734322,30054
2021-10-18$14.91$13.0028.2%8.1%22.7%0.0%29.9%-2.0%6.6%59.1K-1.2M-6.1K5.29127.20281482,19635
2021-10-19$15.14$13.0032.7%9.4%22.7%0.0%32.6%-5.3%34.1%68.4K-1.2M-5.9K0.33139.902792,20642
2021-10-20$15.10$13.0056.3%16.1%22.5%0.0%38.9%-22.3%-21.9%63.5K-1.3M-6.2K0.93128.211481372,22257
2021-10-21$15.29$13.0056.3%16.1%22.6%0.0%40.9%-9.6%-12.6%71.5K-1.4M-6.4K0.33134.744221392,34156
2021-10-22$14.94$13.0030.3%8.7%24.2%0.0%29.5%-0.7%-0.1%84.4K-1.4M-7.3K0.34104.704031362,67156
2021-10-25$15.05$13.0021.1%6.1%24.2%0.0%24.9%-0.8%4.9%87.9K-1.4M-6.9K0.49116.822961442,75856
2021-10-26$15.07$13.0020.9%6.0%20.3%0.0%26.5%-10.3%1.3%90.3K-1.7M-8.2K0.22138.666621452,96761
2021-10-27$14.97$13.0026.0%7.5%20.1%0.0%28.3%-4.3%-3.5%93.8K-1.8M-8.8K0.17109.619071543,52463
2021-10-28$15.19$13.0037.7%10.8%20.5%0.0%45.4%-4.7%-11.0%113.4K-2.4M-10.9K0.0134.0411,8761534,15184
2021-10-29$15.28$14.0031.6%9.0%20.5%0.0%36.1%0.6%1.8%442.1K-6.2M-26.4K0.0548.678,96541314,642160