NFLX Options History — May 2008

In May 2008, NFLX traded between $0.43 and $0.46. ATM implied volatility averaged 44.9%, placing in the 22.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.2%. IV traded below realized volatility by 35.5% (HV 20d: 80.4%). Max pain ranged from $0.43 to $0.54. Net GEX was positive for 8 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.11.

Notable Days

  • 2008-05-16: Highest Volume — 1,726,410 contracts
  • 2008-05-16: Largest IV spike — 20.6% change
  • 2008-05-16: Highest IV Rank — 41.4%
  • 2008-05-16: Largest Expected Move — 15.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$0.44$0.43$0.46$0.44$0.43
Max Pain$0.46$0.43$0.54$0.54$0.43
ATM IV44.9%37.5%54.5%45.9%42.5%
Expected Move13.2%12.2%15.6%13.1%12.2%
HV 20d80.4%32.1%110.6%110.6%32.1%
HV 60d75.1%72.7%76.7%76.1%73.0%
IV Rank22.9%8.7%41.4%24.7%18.3%
IV Percentile39.0%9.5%70.6%47.2%22.2%
Term Structure4.5%-1.1%8.5%2.3%4.0%
VWIV45.7%42.6%54.7%44.0%43.6%
Skew 25d2.3%-1.6%6.0%-1.6%-0.5%
Skew 10d3.8%-2.4%9.4%-0.2%0.2%
Call IV 25d45.4%42.3%54.8%47.6%44.9%
Put IV 25d47.7%44.4%54.6%45.9%44.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %13.369.6218.699.6210.87
Gamma HHI0.290.200.590.250.20
Net GEX-446.7K-1.1M433.7K-1.1M57.1K
Net DEX34.8M-14.0M74.1M55.7M16.0M
Net VEX-464.7K-522.6K-410.5K-481.2K-468.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.110.133.681.402.64
Total Volume459,403.33374,6901,726,410808,570359,380
Total OI9,907,986.6678,239,63010,934,21010,044,2309,350,740

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-05-01$0.44$0.5445.9%13.1%110.6%24.7%44.0%-1.6%2.3%-1.1M55.7M-481.2K1.409.62N/AN/A337,400471,1704,456,4105,587,820
2008-05-02$0.44$0.5444.5%12.8%110.4%22.1%44.4%-0.3%1.8%-1.0M50.5M-482.7K0.6211.23N/AN/A97,65060,9704,677,2605,670,140
2008-05-05$0.44$0.4645.0%13.3%110.4%23.1%46.4%4.6%8.3%-1.0M53.3M-473.7K0.9815.83N/AN/A61,53060,0604,711,6305,684,840
2008-05-06$0.44$0.4643.9%13.1%109.6%21.0%44.3%4.5%7.3%-1.0M57.7M-456.8K1.0515.14N/AN/A52,99055,5804,619,6505,676,090
2008-05-07$0.43$0.4643.2%13.2%109.8%19.6%46.1%3.0%7.6%-1.0M67.9M-444.4K0.9014.88N/AN/A53,27048,1604,641,1405,691,420
2008-05-08$0.43$0.4642.3%12.9%109.7%17.8%44.8%3.2%7.6%-950.8K67.5M-441.6K0.9416.05N/AN/A242,480228,8304,649,9605,667,550
2008-05-09$0.44$0.4637.5%12.8%109.9%8.7%44.3%4.9%7.9%-962.8K64.8M-446.6K1.1315.22N/AN/A49,35055,8604,857,5105,824,980
2008-05-12$0.44$0.4642.7%13.2%109.8%18.6%46.7%3.4%6.3%-1.0M65.3M-441.9K0.3416.16N/AN/A315,210106,5404,878,3705,831,420
2008-05-13$0.44$0.4343.8%12.9%109.4%20.7%43.4%4.8%8.5%-845.9K60.3M-436.8K1.6218.69N/AN/A47,18076,6505,071,5705,862,640
2008-05-14$0.43$0.4341.3%13.0%105.8%15.9%44.8%6.0%8.2%-979.5K66.7M-431.2K0.5211.03N/AN/A49,07025,6204,991,3505,851,160
2008-05-15$0.43$0.4345.2%13.0%103.7%23.5%42.6%4.3%7.9%-1.1M74.1M-410.5K2.2313.12N/AN/A68,740153,3005,002,0605,854,030
2008-05-16$0.45$0.4654.5%15.6%105.6%41.4%54.7%-0.2%-0.7%-613.0K45.4M-439.8K0.1311.31N/AN/A1,528,940197,4705,013,0505,879,930
2008-05-19$0.44$0.4650.8%14.6%105.1%34.3%50.4%1.1%-1.1%123.4K647.5K-465.1K0.6615.70N/AN/A374,360247,6603,901,1004,338,530
2008-05-20$0.45$0.4644.7%12.8%41.8%22.5%44.8%1.5%2.2%249.4K-8.5M-466.7K0.2818.46N/AN/A1,191,610329,7704,091,0804,457,250
2008-05-21$0.45$0.4645.4%13.0%39.3%23.9%46.1%-0.0%3.3%407.6K-14.0M-495.8K0.4315.47N/AN/A105,21044,7304,459,6304,555,670
2008-05-22$0.45$0.4645.4%13.0%33.7%23.8%45.8%2.9%1.8%433.7K-10.7M-488.5K0.349.68N/AN/A130,20044,8704,430,3004,550,700
2008-05-23$0.45$0.4645.5%13.0%32.1%24.0%43.3%2.4%5.0%404.1K-2.0M-483.5K3.6810.42N/AN/A293,5801,080,5904,450,1804,566,380
2008-05-27$0.46$0.4347.0%13.5%32.6%26.9%47.1%0.7%1.9%329.9K-5.7M-522.6K0.179.68N/AN/A342,65057,9604,447,4504,883,200
2008-05-28$0.44$0.4345.8%13.1%32.8%24.6%45.8%2.6%2.6%235.5K6.7M-509.1K0.7911.84N/AN/A134,190106,4704,568,2004,870,110
2008-05-29$0.43$0.4346.2%13.2%33.8%25.3%46.3%1.8%1.6%-5.7K19.8M-472.0K2.4110.14N/AN/A105,560254,6604,586,8204,908,400
2008-05-30$0.43$0.4342.5%12.2%32.1%18.3%43.6%-0.5%4.0%57.1K16.0M-468.8K2.6410.87N/AN/A98,840260,5404,573,1004,777,640