NFLX Options History — January 2009

In January 2009, NFLX traded between $0.42 and $0.53. ATM implied volatility averaged 68.5%, placing in the 42.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 20.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 14.9% (HV 20d: 53.6%). Max pain ranged from $0.39 to $0.50. Net GEX was positive for 13 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.97.

Notable Days

  • 2009-01-29: Highest Volume — 1,820,000 contracts
  • 2009-01-27: Largest IV drop — 37.8% change
  • 2009-01-20: Highest IV Rank — 60.4%
  • 2009-01-20: Largest Expected Move — 23.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$0.46$0.42$0.53$0.43$0.52
Max Pain$0.47$0.39$0.50$0.43$0.50
ATM IV68.5%51.3%82.9%61.3%65.1%
Expected Move20.8%14.7%23.8%17.6%18.7%
HV 20d53.6%37.8%72.2%53.4%71.9%
HV 60d85.4%77.4%90.3%89.2%79.2%
IV Rank42.7%21.6%60.4%33.9%38.6%
IV Percentile70.9%42.9%93.3%57.9%61.9%
Term Structure-4.0%-10.3%10.4%10.4%0.6%
VWIV73.4%51.3%83.0%63.1%73.4%
Skew 25d12.9%7.5%15.9%11.6%13.9%
Skew 10d22.9%15.5%28.8%25.3%28.8%
Call IV 25d66.2%47.5%77.2%56.2%57.1%
Put IV 25d79.1%55.4%89.4%67.8%71.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %15.3511.8018.9017.7418.90
Gamma HHI0.220.130.300.170.13
Net GEX82.5K-234.3K518.5K155.2K518.5K
Net DEX-17.5M-36.3M2.6M-13.3M-36.3M
Net VEX-170.1K-334.6K-142.7K-147.1K-334.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.970.192.620.351.39
Total Volume396,69035,9101,820,00035,9101,102,990
Total OI3,548,5102,159,4304,928,6303,838,5904,928,630

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-01-02$0.43$0.4361.3%17.6%53.4%33.9%63.1%11.6%10.4%155.2K-13.3M-147.1K0.3517.74N/AN/A26,6709,2401,822,1702,016,420
2009-01-05$0.46$0.3962.0%20.0%54.9%34.8%72.5%15.2%-5.9%265.8K-26.7M-143.7K0.2412.83N/AN/A215,74052,4301,836,3802,017,120
2009-01-06$0.47$0.4361.4%20.5%48.5%34.0%70.4%15.7%-6.1%328.2K-32.8M-142.7K0.7015.37N/AN/A68,18047,8801,839,6702,051,770
2009-01-07$0.47$0.4362.0%21.4%49.1%34.7%79.1%14.9%-4.1%275.5K-29.6M-148.4K2.0318.41N/AN/A64,610131,3901,848,5602,084,040
2009-01-08$0.47$0.4362.7%21.6%37.8%35.6%70.5%15.9%-6.3%272.6K-31.3M-152.2K0.4917.99N/AN/A62,30030,6601,863,2602,150,400
2009-01-09$0.46$0.4361.8%21.4%39.7%34.6%72.7%13.3%-5.8%235.6K-28.1M-152.0K1.4816.01N/AN/A26,88039,7601,897,0002,163,210
2009-01-12$0.45$0.4374.3%23.4%41.7%49.9%78.0%14.9%-6.6%123.3K-21.7M-142.9K2.6117.56N/AN/A142,450371,8401,902,0402,176,720
2009-01-13$0.44$0.5072.0%23.1%41.8%47.0%80.1%14.6%-7.2%-131.4K-11.0M-155.4K1.3716.45N/AN/A59,43081,2701,910,4402,499,490
2009-01-14$0.42$0.5069.8%23.7%45.5%44.4%81.4%13.2%-5.5%-234.3K2.6M-149.9K0.9111.93N/AN/A278,600254,5201,859,6902,504,880
2009-01-15$0.45$0.5078.4%22.5%51.2%55.0%80.7%13.1%-6.9%-61.3K-20.1M-164.5K0.6515.40N/AN/A131,74085,7502,047,2202,595,040
2009-01-16$0.45$0.5075.2%21.6%51.6%51.0%76.3%13.2%-5.8%-127.6K-21.4M-159.1K0.6016.39N/AN/A53,55031,9902,112,4602,623,390
2009-01-20$0.43$0.5082.9%23.8%54.1%60.4%83.0%12.2%-8.2%-24.8K2.5M-150.3K2.6215.76N/AN/A17,08044,7301,006,7401,152,690
2009-01-21$0.44$0.5080.0%22.9%54.1%56.9%82.0%12.0%-7.8%-34.9K556.2K-153.1K0.1916.98N/AN/A107,45020,8601,016,1901,180,410
2009-01-22$0.44$0.5081.0%23.2%54.1%58.1%79.7%13.2%-6.4%1.5K-1.8M-165.0K0.4011.80N/AN/A31,78012,6001,112,5801,193,010
2009-01-23$0.43$0.5078.0%22.4%53.2%54.5%77.3%12.3%-6.3%4.0K-439.1K-162.3K0.3813.01N/AN/A49,98019,0401,124,8301,196,720
2009-01-26$0.43$0.4682.5%23.6%53.4%59.9%81.5%13.6%-10.3%20.8K327.8K-158.3K1.0511.83N/AN/A234,710246,8201,150,5901,203,090
2009-01-27$0.50$0.4651.3%14.7%72.2%21.6%54.0%9.9%2.0%-5.6K-21.3M-174.7K0.5611.98N/AN/A766,430432,1801,234,4501,365,980
2009-01-28$0.52$0.5051.3%14.7%72.0%21.6%51.3%7.9%2.9%40.3K-28.4M-194.3K1.1412.92N/AN/A355,460404,8101,393,9101,478,260
2009-01-29$0.53$0.5056.0%16.0%71.8%27.3%60.3%7.5%3.7%27.5K-32.3M-251.7K0.2717.71N/AN/A1,435,630384,3701,600,1301,810,620
2009-01-30$0.52$0.5065.1%18.7%71.9%38.6%73.4%13.9%0.6%518.5K-36.3M-334.6K1.3918.90N/AN/A460,740642,2502,852,5702,076,060