NFLX Options History — December 2010

In December 2010, NFLX traded between $2.51 and $2.86. ATM implied volatility averaged 48.1%, placing in the 43.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.0% (HV 20d: 48.1%). Max pain ranged from $2.29 to $2.57. Net GEX was positive for 10 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 22 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.98.

Notable Days

  • 2010-12-03: Highest Volume — 11,464,950 contracts
  • 2010-12-13: Largest IV spike — 29.7% change
  • 2010-12-13: Highest IV Rank — 69.0%
  • 2010-12-13: Largest Expected Move — 15.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$2.64$2.51$2.86$2.86$2.51
Max Pain$2.40$2.29$2.57$2.50$2.43
ATM IV48.1%40.1%59.5%57.0%42.4%
Expected Move13.7%11.8%15.0%15.0%13.0%
HV 20d48.1%41.1%53.6%42.7%41.1%
HV 60d50.1%47.8%52.3%48.6%47.8%
IV Rank43.2%25.1%69.0%63.3%30.4%
IV Percentile46.0%21.4%86.5%81.0%24.6%
Term Structure7.1%0.2%13.6%0.2%12.0%
VWIV48.4%42.2%53.0%53.0%45.8%
Skew 25d1.6%-0.5%5.1%-0.4%1.8%
Skew 10d3.4%-1.6%10.3%0.8%3.2%
Call IV 25d47.6%40.9%53.4%53.4%45.0%
Put IV 25d49.2%43.5%53.5%53.0%46.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %7.403.1417.187.504.28
Gamma HHI0.170.060.770.130.34
Net GEX-6.9M-121.6M64.6M13.8M-39.9M
Net DEX-755.1M-1.64B-207.7M-1.64B-207.7M
Net VEX-5.0M-5.2M-4.8M-4.9M-5.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.980.661.250.891.08
Total Volume6,269,823.6362,312,52011,464,9508,663,9003,832,990
Total OI25,211,855.45518,306,82030,138,57025,505,62023,268,140

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-12-01$2.86$2.5057.0%15.0%42.7%63.3%53.0%-0.4%0.2%13.8M-1.64B-4.9M0.897.50N/AN/A4,578,7004,085,20011,243,12014,262,500
2010-12-02$2.76$2.5750.9%14.3%45.1%49.6%51.2%0.9%0.6%-1.2M-1.20B-5.0M0.867.80N/AN/A4,312,9803,702,09011,573,03014,789,460
2010-12-03$2.65$2.5749.6%13.9%47.3%46.7%49.5%-0.5%2.0%-62.1M-777.1M-5.1M1.235.53N/AN/A5,130,6506,334,30012,012,28015,107,120
2010-12-06$2.76$2.2955.5%14.5%49.1%60.0%51.4%2.1%2.6%11.8M-1.33B-5.0M0.847.49N/AN/A3,275,3702,745,19011,322,71014,404,530
2010-12-07$2.71$2.2950.9%14.7%50.0%49.6%51.7%-0.0%3.3%8.3M-1.14B-5.0M0.907.54N/AN/A3,219,7902,891,00011,808,58015,016,400
2010-12-08$2.69$2.2950.4%14.9%50.2%48.5%52.6%1.0%2.6%1.1M-997.0M-5.1M1.138.37N/AN/A4,516,8205,102,23012,265,54015,686,720
2010-12-09$2.73$2.3646.6%14.5%49.0%39.8%51.4%0.7%4.8%15.7M-1.22B-5.1M1.169.33N/AN/A2,703,4703,129,63012,513,97016,215,640
2010-12-10$2.78$2.3645.9%14.3%48.9%38.3%50.3%-0.2%5.0%64.6M-1.46B-5.0M0.798.37N/AN/A6,122,5504,858,49012,658,17016,595,950
2010-12-13$2.63$2.3659.5%15.0%53.5%69.0%52.8%0.7%3.5%-3.7M-747.4M-5.1M1.0911.59N/AN/A3,834,3204,168,50012,368,44015,646,050
2010-12-14$2.55$2.3658.9%14.8%53.6%67.7%52.4%2.2%5.0%-21.2M-330.9M-5.0M1.188.46N/AN/A4,073,4404,824,96012,247,62016,230,340
2010-12-15$2.55$2.3648.7%14.0%53.1%44.6%49.7%3.7%6.4%-19.4M-379.2M-5.0M1.258.45N/AN/A2,412,2703,016,44012,709,62016,526,440
2010-12-16$2.59$2.3646.4%13.3%53.3%39.5%47.1%3.2%7.8%-4.7M-603.0M-4.9M0.947.90N/AN/A2,031,5401,907,43012,891,20016,821,280
2010-12-17$2.57$2.3648.7%14.0%53.5%44.6%48.5%0.2%5.7%-121.6M-510.0M-4.8M0.8317.18N/AN/A4,309,7603,560,97013,152,51016,986,060
2010-12-20$2.54$2.4344.1%12.7%52.9%34.3%45.2%5.1%10.3%-3.8M-346.0M-4.8M1.233.14N/AN/A2,265,3402,777,6707,862,54010,444,280
2010-12-21$2.66$2.4343.5%12.5%46.1%32.8%44.4%1.3%12.6%10.5M-694.2M-4.9M0.863.78N/AN/A3,433,0102,955,6808,220,17011,373,040
2010-12-22$2.65$2.4343.3%12.4%46.1%32.4%44.0%0.7%12.4%11.1M-681.1M-5.1M0.855.87N/AN/A2,521,4702,133,2509,111,06012,115,320
2010-12-23$2.64$2.4341.3%11.8%46.0%27.8%42.2%2.6%13.6%2.7M-568.1M-5.1M0.966.60N/AN/A2,240,9102,143,8209,450,84012,508,580
2010-12-27$2.57$2.4344.5%12.8%46.3%35.2%45.4%3.4%11.6%-4.4M-390.8M-5.1M1.018.51N/AN/A1,859,6201,878,4508,724,87011,654,720
2010-12-28$2.62$2.4344.6%12.8%44.8%35.5%45.6%3.8%11.2%4.9M-578.2M-5.1M0.665.18N/AN/A2,328,3401,547,8409,190,65012,263,650
2010-12-29$2.58$2.4344.8%12.8%42.7%35.8%45.4%1.8%11.8%-3.8M-423.4M-5.2M0.894.33N/AN/A1,514,3101,342,8109,820,09012,704,930
2010-12-30$2.57$2.4340.1%12.7%41.9%25.1%45.0%1.6%12.0%-9.6M-392.5M-5.2M0.985.60N/AN/A1,166,5501,145,9709,916,62012,976,040
2010-12-31$2.51$2.4342.4%13.0%41.1%30.4%45.8%1.8%12.0%-39.9M-207.7M-5.0M1.084.28N/AN/A1,839,8101,993,18010,094,42013,173,720