NFLX Options History — July 2010

In July 2010, NFLX traded between $1.40 and $1.76. ATM implied volatility averaged 52.4%, placing in the 53.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 16.0%. IV traded below realized volatility by 5.5% (HV 20d: 58.0%). Max pain ranged from $1.57 to $1.71. Net GEX was positive for 11 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.11.

Notable Days

  • 2010-07-22: Highest Volume — 6,566,350 contracts
  • 2010-07-15: Largest IV spike — 36.6% change
  • 2010-07-19: Highest IV Rank — 79.1%
  • 2010-07-06: Largest Expected Move — 18.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$1.60$1.40$1.76$1.57$1.46
Max Pain$1.65$1.57$1.71$1.71$1.57
ATM IV52.4%44.2%64.0%56.9%45.5%
Expected Move16.0%13.0%18.6%16.3%13.0%
HV 20d58.0%45.3%73.5%45.3%73.5%
HV 60d63.7%57.2%66.1%63.1%64.2%
IV Rank53.0%34.5%79.1%63.2%37.4%
IV Percentile79.1%65.9%96.0%89.3%65.9%
Term Structure-1.2%-5.7%9.0%6.8%0.3%
VWIV56.3%46.5%64.3%57.9%46.7%
Skew 25d7.0%3.3%12.2%8.4%3.7%
Skew 10d13.7%6.0%24.9%17.6%6.7%
Call IV 25d52.7%43.8%61.1%53.7%44.7%
Put IV 25d59.6%48.3%69.5%62.1%48.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %6.034.978.094.975.07
Gamma HHI0.100.080.130.080.11
Net GEX-180.3K-5.0M4.9M-3.1M-2.3M
Net DEX-136.7M-371.5M109.2M-35.4M-4.8M
Net VEX-2.2M-2.3M-2.0M-2.2M-2.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.110.722.091.440.80
Total Volume1,882,400803,1106,566,3501,573,3201,470,140
Total OI12,709,72010,362,73014,870,03011,744,39014,870,030

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-07-01$1.57$1.7156.9%16.3%45.3%63.2%57.9%8.4%6.8%-3.1M-35.4M-2.2M1.444.97N/AN/A643,930929,3905,130,1606,614,230
2010-07-02$1.53$1.7154.5%15.6%45.6%57.8%53.1%6.8%9.0%-3.6M8.4M-2.1M0.725.36N/AN/A473,900341,7405,210,8006,631,240
2010-07-06$1.53$1.6459.2%18.6%45.6%68.4%63.7%11.4%-2.9%-3.3M-4.4M-2.1M1.045.72N/AN/A462,770483,1405,363,5406,600,370
2010-07-07$1.69$1.6449.7%16.5%57.8%46.9%60.3%12.2%-1.8%965.7K-239.7M-2.1M0.855.75N/AN/A1,055,670893,1305,408,0606,643,700
2010-07-08$1.67$1.6450.3%17.0%55.9%48.2%59.5%11.8%-2.6%766.1K-208.0M-2.1M1.056.59N/AN/A905,660951,8605,598,4606,826,330
2010-07-09$1.68$1.6444.2%16.2%55.0%34.5%59.1%11.9%-1.8%267.8K-208.4M-2.1M1.197.84N/AN/A406,000482,0905,682,4606,912,500
2010-07-12$1.71$1.6450.8%16.6%55.0%49.3%59.9%12.0%-2.2%1.5M-253.4M-2.0M1.366.08N/AN/A482,160658,0005,703,6007,011,200
2010-07-13$1.73$1.6448.7%17.5%52.0%44.6%58.2%9.5%-3.8%1.8M-294.7M-2.0M0.875.55N/AN/A938,490817,8105,743,9907,108,290
2010-07-14$1.76$1.6445.9%18.0%51.6%38.2%61.7%8.1%-4.6%4.9M-371.5M-2.1M0.765.70N/AN/A1,032,500788,8306,054,5107,151,690
2010-07-15$1.73$1.7162.7%18.0%51.8%76.2%63.0%6.2%-4.6%1.0M-318.5M-2.1M1.477.91N/AN/A1,037,3301,526,5606,379,5907,276,220
2010-07-16$1.69$1.7162.2%17.8%52.1%75.2%62.6%4.3%-4.1%1.9M-220.2M-2.3M0.986.63N/AN/A763,280745,5006,527,0807,570,500
2010-07-19$1.70$1.7164.0%18.3%52.1%79.1%64.3%5.9%-5.7%2.9M-260.8M-2.3M1.226.15N/AN/A360,990442,1204,852,8205,509,910
2010-07-20$1.72$1.7159.6%17.1%47.7%69.1%60.6%4.9%-4.6%3.3M-282.1M-2.3M2.096.73N/AN/A308,350645,7504,976,7905,696,670
2010-07-21$1.71$1.7159.0%16.9%47.1%67.8%58.9%5.5%-4.8%2.9M-263.5M-2.3M1.108.09N/AN/A1,244,2501,374,5905,068,7705,960,780
2010-07-22$1.48$1.7150.1%14.4%69.7%47.8%50.0%3.7%0.7%-2.6M34.5M-2.2M0.844.98N/AN/A3,574,9702,991,3805,567,8006,455,050
2010-07-23$1.54$1.6445.3%13.0%71.3%36.8%46.5%5.1%2.3%-231.1K-78.5M-2.2M0.765.29N/AN/A1,612,5201,228,5706,027,8406,692,770
2010-07-26$1.47$1.5749.6%14.2%72.1%46.6%50.6%3.8%-0.5%-1.6M511.3K-2.3M1.035.19N/AN/A867,510892,1506,508,1107,045,010
2010-07-27$1.49$1.5749.0%14.0%72.4%45.3%49.4%3.7%-0.7%-988.7K-29.4M-2.3M1.056.44N/AN/A537,810566,0906,653,1507,138,250
2010-07-28$1.43$1.5747.9%13.7%72.0%42.8%48.4%3.3%0.3%-3.1M49.7M-2.3M1.475.45N/AN/A948,4301,389,4306,807,1507,264,320
2010-07-29$1.40$1.5746.0%13.2%71.5%38.4%46.9%3.8%0.8%-5.0M109.2M-2.2M1.175.19N/AN/A1,037,2601,218,3506,993,4207,666,960
2010-07-30$1.46$1.5745.5%13.0%73.5%37.4%46.7%3.7%0.3%-2.3M-4.8M-2.3M0.805.07N/AN/A817,950652,1907,074,8307,795,200