MSFT Options History — March 2025

In March 2025, MSFT traded between $374.73 and $400.34. ATM implied volatility averaged 25.8%, placing in the 53.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.0% (HV 20d: 22.9%). Max pain ranged from $397.50 to $410.00. Net GEX was positive for 10 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.65.

Notable Days

  • 2025-03-28: Highest Volume — 380,275 contracts
  • 2025-03-10: Largest IV spike — 18.5% change
  • 2025-03-10: Highest IV Rank — 86.5%
  • 2025-03-10: Largest Expected Move — 10.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$387.25$374.73$400.34$387.60$374.73
Max Pain$402.98$397.50$410.00$410.00$400.00
ATM IV25.8%21.4%31.9%27.2%29.7%
Expected Move8.2%7.2%10.8%8.2%8.4%
HV 20d22.9%14.7%28.1%14.7%27.8%
HV 60d25.7%24.4%26.8%24.4%26.8%
IV Rank53.6%29.5%86.5%60.9%74.8%
IV Percentile70.3%40.5%98.8%81.3%91.7%
Term Structure0.9%-0.9%4.8%-0.4%-0.3%
VWIV28.3%24.8%37.0%28.4%29.9%
Skew 25d4.6%3.4%6.8%5.1%4.2%
Skew 10d9.5%7.2%13.4%10.5%8.1%
Call IV 25d23.6%19.8%28.7%25.0%28.7%
Put IV 25d28.2%23.3%35.3%30.1%32.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.541.955.523.543.50
Gamma HHI0.040.030.050.040.04
Net GEX24.0M-234.3M339.0M-105.4M-128.8M
Net DEX-1.01B-5.26B3.04B919.7M2.16B
Net VEX-117.7M-125.8M-109.5M-121.3M-109.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.650.460.970.640.83
Total Volume252,297.952149,855380,275224,327285,545
Total OI2,143,373.3811,858,3622,278,7172,148,4041,937,933

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2025-03-03$387.60$410.0027.2%8.2%14.7%60.9%28.4%5.1%-0.4%-105.4M919.7M-121.3M0.643.54N/AN/A136,91187,4161,251,715896,689
2025-03-04$390.23$410.0026.1%8.0%15.1%55.2%27.7%4.6%-0.4%-67.9M-111.2M-121.3M0.663.68N/AN/A178,987118,0531,274,733908,782
2025-03-05$400.34$410.0025.1%7.6%18.1%49.3%26.8%4.1%-0.4%265.5M-5.04B-125.8M0.662.50N/AN/A175,697116,2791,294,878918,755
2025-03-06$395.33$410.0028.1%8.7%18.5%65.9%29.8%5.0%-0.7%109.4M-2.77B-125.8M0.562.70N/AN/A168,89294,3471,302,155931,487
2025-03-07$391.91$410.0026.9%8.2%18.4%59.3%28.1%5.0%-0.6%-31.8M-731.8M-122.9M0.622.62N/AN/A218,537135,8491,317,852944,288
2025-03-10$378.65$410.0031.9%10.8%21.4%86.5%37.0%6.8%-0.9%-139.3M3.04B-117.3M0.652.95N/AN/A184,672119,9631,248,342889,824
2025-03-11$382.50$405.0030.4%9.9%21.8%78.5%33.7%6.2%-0.8%-81.2M1.41B-119.5M0.492.79N/AN/A163,85780,4461,297,498906,893
2025-03-12$383.37$400.0027.7%8.8%21.8%63.8%30.5%5.6%-0.6%-70.4M932.3M-118.2M0.632.38N/AN/A159,879100,2241,318,985917,840
2025-03-13$377.96$400.0028.4%9.1%22.1%67.7%30.9%5.7%-0.6%-195.6M2.62B-115.5M0.962.29N/AN/A129,519124,6981,335,574923,072
2025-03-14$388.38$397.5024.4%7.3%24.6%45.5%25.2%4.7%-0.3%156.9M-2.10B-119.0M0.501.95N/AN/A206,393102,4531,355,076923,641
2025-03-17$391.36$400.0023.7%7.7%24.8%41.9%26.5%3.9%0.1%100.3M-3.00B-118.5M0.704.66N/AN/A113,66579,5421,294,781881,346
2025-03-18$382.96$400.0025.3%8.0%25.8%50.4%27.5%4.5%-0.1%-78.8M91.3M-115.3M0.694.62N/AN/A88,79561,0601,316,174894,788
2025-03-19$388.71$400.0022.9%7.5%25.6%37.3%26.3%3.8%0.6%83.4M-2.47B-115.6M0.585.52N/AN/A100,76558,7881,331,976901,729
2025-03-20$386.62$400.0023.7%7.7%25.5%41.8%26.0%4.0%0.8%19.4M-1.53B-114.8M0.974.61N/AN/A128,673125,4531,341,373908,665
2025-03-21$385.77$400.0022.9%7.6%25.0%37.4%26.6%3.7%0.5%-3.6M-1.32B-114.2M0.624.22N/AN/A155,26895,8861,356,955915,532
2025-03-24$392.36$400.0022.1%7.3%25.8%33.3%24.8%3.4%4.8%215.7M-4.23B-114.8M0.504.34N/AN/A171,32685,2631,049,117809,245
2025-03-25$394.48$400.0021.4%7.2%25.1%29.5%25.6%3.5%4.8%339.0M-5.26B-117.0M0.464.09N/AN/A136,27062,4701,092,916834,094
2025-03-26$389.50$400.0023.2%7.7%25.4%39.2%27.2%3.9%4.5%110.3M-2.53B-116.3M0.593.42N/AN/A115,52567,6621,113,218859,943
2025-03-27$391.79$400.0024.2%7.7%24.9%44.5%26.4%4.2%4.5%240.9M-3.58B-117.3M0.624.14N/AN/A113,16169,7931,128,269871,640
2025-03-28$377.67$400.0027.5%8.4%28.1%62.9%28.7%4.9%4.0%-234.3M2.23B-111.7M0.713.84N/AN/A222,057158,2181,135,465877,603
2025-03-31$374.73$400.0029.7%8.4%27.8%74.8%29.9%4.2%-0.3%-128.8M2.16B-109.5M0.833.50N/AN/A156,075129,4701,093,615844,318