META Options History — December 2022

In December 2022, META traded between $113.76 and $123.19. ATM implied volatility averaged 46.2%, placing in the 16.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 5.2% (HV 20d: 51.4%). Max pain ranged from $100.00 to $120.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.13.

Notable Days

  • 2022-12-16: Highest Volume — 876,999 contracts
  • 2022-12-27: Largest IV spike — 7.9% change
  • 2022-12-30: Highest IV Rank — 21.5%
  • 2022-12-12: Largest Expected Move — 13.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$117.95$113.76$123.19$120.59$119.66
Max Pain$117.52$100.00$120.00$100.00$119.00
ATM IV46.2%41.9%54.5%42.3%54.5%
Expected Move13.1%12.5%13.5%13.0%13.1%
HV 20d51.4%42.2%56.9%53.6%49.5%
HV 60d77.5%76.1%78.5%78.1%77.9%
IV Rank16.2%13.4%21.5%13.7%21.5%
IV Percentile50.0%34.9%72.2%35.3%72.2%
Term Structure3.3%-1.5%15.3%0.1%15.3%
VWIV45.4%42.5%46.8%46.5%45.8%
Skew 25d3.8%2.8%4.8%3.7%4.3%
Skew 10d7.2%5.2%8.7%6.5%8.1%
Call IV 25d44.5%41.1%48.3%41.2%47.3%
Put IV 25d48.3%43.9%52.2%44.9%51.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %1.020.721.301.271.18
Gamma HHI0.060.030.210.070.14
Net GEX106.0M46.1M200.2M179.9M128.7M
Net DEX-4.10B-7.51B-2.06B-6.35B-3.79B
Net VEX-52.9M-56.0M-50.5M-54.2M-51.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.130.512.730.950.70
Total Volume450,075.952188,668876,999689,588295,102
Total OI3,704,6383,339,5574,007,3803,843,3843,486,004

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2022-12-01$120.59$100.0042.3%13.0%53.6%13.7%46.5%3.7%0.1%179.9M-6.35B-54.2M0.951.27353,568336,0202,574,2651,269,119
2022-12-02$123.19$100.0041.9%12.8%51.9%13.4%46.0%2.8%0.4%200.2M-7.51B-56.0M0.911.27367,669334,5302,637,0271,330,686
2022-12-05$122.03$120.0043.4%12.8%52.7%14.4%45.0%3.4%1.1%135.8M-6.29B-55.3M0.690.88219,926151,0692,549,0491,248,366
2022-12-06$114.63$120.0045.6%13.2%56.6%15.8%46.8%3.8%0.9%68.1M-3.40B-52.6M1.201.02240,050288,2192,588,8451,289,369
2022-12-07$113.76$120.0046.2%13.4%56.9%16.2%45.1%4.2%1.2%54.3M-3.05B-52.1M2.730.95152,557416,3582,605,2031,314,614
2022-12-08$115.57$120.0045.7%13.3%55.0%15.8%46.2%4.4%1.1%81.8M-3.82B-52.7M1.360.96193,198261,9692,630,0551,332,689
2022-12-09$116.13$120.0045.5%13.2%42.2%15.7%44.4%4.5%1.4%96.6M-4.09B-52.9M1.140.86190,691216,7862,651,8841,355,496
2022-12-12$114.41$115.0048.1%13.5%42.6%17.4%46.6%4.8%-1.5%73.1M-3.41B-51.6M0.920.7698,27790,3912,505,5581,232,455
2022-12-13$120.59$115.0044.8%12.8%46.2%15.3%44.9%4.3%-0.5%119.1M-5.59B-54.2M0.730.72268,586197,2622,529,8451,257,461
2022-12-14$121.64$120.0043.9%12.6%45.9%14.7%42.5%3.4%-0.0%129.3M-5.97B-54.4M1.570.90245,687386,3832,575,1861,305,400
2022-12-15$115.10$120.0045.5%12.9%48.7%15.7%45.4%3.8%-0.5%60.8M-3.27B-52.0M0.770.85220,772170,6912,620,4701,336,788
2022-12-16$120.03$120.0045.7%13.0%50.4%15.9%45.4%3.0%-0.6%182.7M-5.63B-54.8M1.110.95414,864462,1352,647,1281,349,069
2022-12-19$114.65$120.0046.3%13.3%53.3%16.3%46.5%3.7%2.5%46.1M-2.06B-51.6M0.821.02190,323155,7072,259,8231,079,734
2022-12-20$117.16$120.0045.8%13.1%53.2%16.0%46.5%3.4%2.5%85.1M-2.95B-53.0M0.681.13214,207146,4912,314,6121,119,356
2022-12-21$119.63$120.0043.7%12.5%53.4%14.6%42.7%3.2%2.7%138.8M-3.93B-53.9M1.911.00158,425303,2482,364,4981,149,114
2022-12-22$116.47$120.0046.6%13.2%54.5%16.4%45.9%3.8%1.8%48.6M-2.49B-52.1M1.151.30176,134201,8352,378,0671,169,721
2022-12-23$117.85$120.0045.1%12.6%54.5%15.5%43.9%3.6%3.5%117.9M-3.08B-52.3M0.691.05171,040118,0792,390,0131,175,345
2022-12-27$117.29$120.0048.6%13.2%53.7%17.7%46.3%3.9%10.4%69.6M-2.82B-51.0M0.511.13142,39773,2892,267,3991,078,122
2022-12-28$115.84$120.0049.6%13.4%54.0%18.3%45.6%3.9%13.5%60.7M-2.43B-50.5M2.271.06124,429282,6172,305,5131,092,103
2022-12-29$120.72$119.0051.1%13.2%50.3%19.3%45.7%3.8%14.2%149.1M-4.25B-52.5M0.921.11219,560201,0542,332,6141,099,333
2022-12-30$119.66$119.0054.5%13.1%49.5%21.5%45.8%4.3%15.3%128.7M-3.79B-51.9M0.701.18174,025121,0772,362,2361,123,768