MSFT Options History — October 2021

In October 2021, MSFT traded between $282.90 and $330.26. ATM implied volatility averaged 22.2%, placing in the 25.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.0% (HV 20d: 23.2%). Max pain ranged from $290.00 to $300.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.60.

Notable Days

  • 2021-10-27: Highest Volume — 1,170,924 contracts
  • 2021-10-04: Largest IV spike — 13.4% change
  • 2021-10-04: Highest IV Rank — 54.9%
  • 2021-10-04: Largest Expected Move — 8.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$303.39$282.90$330.26$288.99$330.26
Max Pain$292.62$290.00$300.00$290.00$300.00
ATM IV22.2%17.7%29.5%26.0%18.4%
Expected Move6.3%5.2%8.1%6.5%5.4%
HV 20d23.2%17.2%25.6%21.8%21.8%
HV 60d18.1%17.1%20.1%17.1%20.1%
IV Rank25.8%8.0%54.9%40.9%11.7%
IV Percentile37.0%10.3%82.1%61.5%14.3%
Term Structure-0.1%-0.8%1.6%-0.1%0.7%
VWIV23.1%19.5%29.5%24.5%19.7%
Skew 25d4.3%1.6%7.3%6.6%1.6%
Skew 10d9.7%2.9%15.7%13.7%2.9%
Call IV 25d20.8%17.2%27.3%24.2%18.2%
Put IV 25d25.1%19.8%34.6%30.9%19.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.791.896.792.336.79
Gamma HHI0.120.050.320.070.32
Net GEX621.9M123.4M1.28B370.3M1.28B
Net DEX-14.47B-25.66B-5.32B-8.27B-25.66B
Net VEX-105.7M-109.2M-99.2M-108.4M-107.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.600.350.890.570.38
Total Volume336,171.905138,2241,170,924323,909777,113
Total OI2,590,688.7142,334,9012,750,2722,685,4052,750,272

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2021-10-01$288.99$290.0026.0%6.5%21.8%40.9%24.5%6.6%-0.1%370.3M-8.27B-108.4M0.572.33N/AN/A206,150117,7591,380,9191,304,486
2021-10-04$282.90$290.0029.5%8.1%22.8%54.9%29.5%7.3%-0.8%123.4M-5.32B-109.2M0.702.59N/AN/A141,12998,2671,283,8551,262,405
2021-10-05$289.26$290.0026.3%7.3%24.5%42.2%27.4%6.2%-0.6%268.7M-8.34B-107.8M0.682.77N/AN/A152,142102,7911,301,7751,281,605
2021-10-06$292.17$290.0026.9%7.5%24.9%44.6%26.4%5.7%-0.6%400.8M-10.46B-107.4M0.582.49N/AN/A151,55387,1971,322,4291,306,897
2021-10-07$295.08$290.0024.5%6.9%25.1%35.0%25.4%5.3%-0.5%545.4M-12.14B-108.6M0.542.41N/AN/A193,028104,9221,333,1211,328,827
2021-10-08$294.67$290.0023.8%6.8%25.1%32.0%24.9%4.8%-0.3%880.7M-11.80B-107.4M0.772.28N/AN/A134,541103,0591,345,4401,347,948
2021-10-11$294.94$290.0024.2%6.9%25.1%34.0%23.7%5.1%-0.1%386.9M-11.19B-106.9M0.832.42N/AN/A118,31798,7531,294,3631,296,391
2021-10-12$292.56$290.0024.3%6.9%24.8%34.2%26.1%5.9%-0.1%284.8M-9.59B-107.5M0.852.02N/AN/A74,56963,6551,313,7691,315,155
2021-10-13$296.13$290.0023.2%6.6%24.4%29.8%23.9%5.1%-0.1%481.1M-11.91B-104.6M0.672.88N/AN/A103,61669,1521,340,9741,340,438
2021-10-14$302.37$290.0021.5%6.2%25.6%22.9%23.2%3.8%0.1%841.5M-16.42B-102.8M0.671.92N/AN/A204,833137,1811,351,4611,352,983
2021-10-15$303.66$290.0019.5%5.6%25.0%14.9%20.8%3.5%0.0%639.1M-17.35B-103.5M0.572.46N/AN/A213,678121,5011,366,0591,362,804
2021-10-18$306.90$290.0020.4%5.8%23.0%18.8%21.2%3.6%-0.1%587.2M-15.32B-102.0M0.502.17N/AN/A232,605115,4451,170,2191,164,682
2021-10-19$308.10$290.0020.3%5.8%22.8%18.0%21.5%3.3%-0.8%654.3M-15.89B-105.4M0.442.24N/AN/A167,77473,3891,201,4191,197,953
2021-10-20$307.31$295.0020.4%5.9%22.5%18.6%21.2%3.7%-0.3%706.2M-15.32B-105.9M0.652.20N/AN/A147,48696,4171,242,3981,250,813
2021-10-21$310.31$295.0019.9%5.7%22.7%16.6%21.3%3.6%-0.6%894.2M-17.13B-104.4M0.541.89N/AN/A154,31883,4091,254,9091,266,228
2021-10-22$309.32$295.0020.4%5.9%22.8%18.7%21.9%3.7%-0.8%1.03B-16.08B-106.8M0.512.36N/AN/A182,46193,3881,262,0901,279,974
2021-10-25$308.23$295.0020.7%6.2%21.8%19.6%22.5%3.7%0.2%484.6M-14.65B-105.0M0.892.31N/AN/A89,67680,0571,196,3731,239,409
2021-10-26$310.36$295.0020.1%6.0%17.2%17.4%21.6%3.0%1.6%560.4M-15.88B-102.5M0.596.75N/AN/A225,839133,6201,219,6771,263,490
2021-10-27$324.24$300.0017.7%5.2%22.0%8.0%19.5%2.5%0.3%798.9M-23.23B-99.2M0.382.60N/AN/A848,969321,9551,274,9291,310,837
2021-10-28$323.36$300.0018.0%5.2%21.8%9.2%19.8%2.8%0.6%843.8M-21.93B-106.2M0.352.75N/AN/A323,459114,4371,359,6131,365,074
2021-10-29$330.26$300.0018.4%5.4%21.8%11.7%19.7%1.6%0.7%1.28B-25.66B-107.7M0.386.79N/AN/A562,451214,6621,371,9071,378,365