NFLX Options History — September 2010

In September 2010, NFLX traded between $1.93 and $2.44. ATM implied volatility averaged 53.7%, placing in the 55.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 15.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 8.1% (HV 20d: 45.6%). Max pain ranged from $1.71 to $2.14. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.94.

Notable Days

  • 2010-09-23: Highest Volume — 9,639,000 contracts
  • 2010-09-07: Largest IV spike — 41.5% change
  • 2010-09-29: Highest IV Rank — 87.1%
  • 2010-09-09: Largest Expected Move — 16.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$2.14$1.93$2.44$1.93$2.32
Max Pain$1.98$1.71$2.14$1.71$2.14
ATM IV53.7%45.0%67.5%49.9%56.5%
Expected Move15.1%13.6%16.7%14.3%15.5%
HV 20d45.6%39.0%58.4%58.4%42.1%
HV 60d58.4%56.2%60.4%60.4%56.2%
IV Rank55.8%36.1%87.1%47.3%62.2%
IV Percentile75.8%57.1%97.6%69.8%84.1%
Term Structure3.9%-0.8%8.8%4.3%8.8%
VWIV53.3%47.8%59.1%51.1%55.0%
Skew 25d3.5%0.6%7.4%4.8%1.5%
Skew 10d6.9%1.3%15.8%9.7%3.3%
Call IV 25d51.3%46.4%56.4%48.6%54.4%
Put IV 25d54.8%48.7%60.4%53.4%55.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %6.894.149.635.645.87
Gamma HHI0.140.080.200.120.08
Net GEX14.5M4.9M26.3M9.3M4.9M
Net DEX-906.9M-1.24B-451.0M-662.6M-840.0M
Net VEX-3.4M-4.4M-2.8M-2.8M-4.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.940.661.480.780.94
Total Volume4,195,486.6671,778,6309,639,0004,082,4007,617,680
Total OI19,110,26013,100,15022,575,84015,551,06021,472,500

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-09-01$1.93$1.7149.9%14.3%58.4%47.3%51.1%4.8%4.3%9.3M-662.6M-2.8M0.785.64N/AN/A2,294,6001,787,8007,396,0608,155,000
2010-09-02$1.97$1.7149.5%13.9%58.4%46.4%50.0%6.0%4.2%10.4M-745.9M-2.9M0.664.39N/AN/A2,051,9801,353,4507,802,2708,727,180
2010-09-03$1.98$1.7945.0%14.7%54.4%36.1%52.1%7.3%3.6%14.3M-810.0M-3.1M0.909.63N/AN/A1,421,6301,284,7108,535,8009,123,310
2010-09-07$2.03$1.7963.6%16.1%54.1%78.3%55.8%7.4%0.5%14.6M-904.4M-3.0M0.798.00N/AN/A2,173,4301,722,8408,657,1109,567,320
2010-09-08$2.09$1.8652.8%16.2%50.3%53.8%56.4%7.4%-0.4%20.7M-1.12B-3.1M0.846.44N/AN/A3,077,2002,584,7509,521,12010,154,760
2010-09-09$2.08$2.0058.3%16.7%50.4%66.4%59.1%4.0%-0.8%23.4M-1.12B-3.5M1.208.03N/AN/A1,606,5701,926,61010,643,01011,054,890
2010-09-10$2.09$2.0056.0%16.1%47.7%61.2%56.6%2.8%0.2%23.1M-1.13B-3.4M1.348.75N/AN/A1,046,2901,405,95010,783,43011,486,020
2010-09-13$2.11$2.0055.3%15.9%47.6%59.6%56.0%2.4%-0.0%26.0M-1.16B-3.2M1.486.34N/AN/A938,5601,385,23010,312,33010,972,290
2010-09-14$2.09$2.0054.1%15.5%46.4%56.9%54.2%2.3%0.9%26.3M-1.09B-3.2M0.978.80N/AN/A903,910874,72010,519,88011,377,870
2010-09-15$2.04$2.0052.8%15.1%45.7%53.9%52.9%1.0%1.5%20.8M-887.2M-3.2M1.076.52N/AN/A1,287,7901,373,12010,641,89011,490,710
2010-09-16$2.01$2.0050.6%14.5%40.9%48.8%50.7%0.6%3.2%15.0M-730.3M-3.1M1.199.05N/AN/A1,403,9901,664,53010,678,85011,621,890
2010-09-17$2.01$2.0047.8%13.7%40.6%42.5%48.2%1.2%6.0%13.7M-713.7M-3.2M0.986.79N/AN/A1,394,8201,370,32010,710,35011,865,490
2010-09-20$2.04$2.0047.3%13.6%40.7%41.5%47.9%2.0%7.9%5.5M-451.0M-3.0M1.008.17N/AN/A1,138,6201,142,6806,344,5206,755,630
2010-09-21$2.10$2.0047.6%13.7%40.2%42.2%47.8%2.5%7.5%8.4M-590.6M-3.1M0.778.15N/AN/A1,944,6701,490,3006,688,7107,105,420
2010-09-22$2.24$2.0049.8%14.3%39.9%47.2%50.2%2.2%5.9%13.3M-911.3M-3.1M0.684.14N/AN/A4,445,1403,020,7107,153,4407,669,900
2010-09-23$2.29$2.0753.4%15.3%39.8%55.3%54.0%3.4%4.9%14.4M-1.01B-3.4M0.785.75N/AN/A5,402,2504,236,7508,045,4508,637,090
2010-09-24$2.32$2.1454.6%15.2%39.8%57.9%53.6%3.1%5.9%9.3M-1.05B-4.0M0.846.55N/AN/A4,268,3903,601,9909,226,91010,244,430
2010-09-27$2.36$2.1459.4%15.4%39.6%68.8%54.7%2.8%6.0%10.4M-1.02B-4.2M0.885.06N/AN/A1,984,5701,741,8809,126,74010,238,830
2010-09-28$2.31$2.1454.9%15.4%39.0%58.7%54.4%3.5%6.6%7.6M-854.5M-4.3M0.845.91N/AN/A1,589,4901,337,2109,420,60010,795,820
2010-09-29$2.44$2.1467.5%16.2%41.4%87.1%58.0%4.6%5.9%14.1M-1.24B-4.2M0.836.66N/AN/A2,633,0502,175,0409,625,56010,965,080
2010-09-30$2.32$2.1456.5%15.5%42.1%62.2%55.0%1.5%8.8%4.9M-840.0M-4.4M0.945.87N/AN/A3,932,9503,684,7309,995,44011,477,060