NFLX Options History — January 2011

In January 2011, NFLX traded between $2.54 and $3.11. ATM implied volatility averaged 49.5%, placing in the 46.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 15.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 12.9% (HV 20d: 36.7%). Max pain ranged from $2.43 to $2.79. Net GEX was positive for 15 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.08.

Notable Days

  • 2011-01-27: Highest Volume — 21,465,010 contracts
  • 2011-01-13: Largest IV spike — 42.6% change
  • 2011-01-26: Highest IV Rank — 76.8%
  • 2011-01-26: Largest Expected Move — 18.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$2.71$2.54$3.11$2.55$3.06
Max Pain$2.58$2.43$2.79$2.43$2.79
ATM IV49.5%38.2%62.9%43.5%44.0%
Expected Move15.0%11.5%18.0%12.8%12.2%
HV 20d36.7%29.2%58.1%39.2%57.7%
HV 60d45.3%39.5%48.7%47.9%48.7%
IV Rank46.5%20.8%76.8%33.0%34.0%
IV Percentile50.7%18.7%92.5%26.6%28.6%
Term Structure-1.1%-9.4%12.7%9.7%0.5%
VWIV53.0%41.6%63.6%45.5%44.2%
Skew 25d3.3%-0.4%6.1%2.1%5.1%
Skew 10d6.9%-0.5%13.2%3.3%9.6%
Call IV 25d50.8%38.2%59.9%44.4%40.7%
Put IV 25d54.2%42.8%66.0%46.5%45.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %8.203.7018.485.0718.48
Gamma HHI0.110.050.280.070.08
Net GEX10.6M-22.1M64.6M-3.8M17.9M
Net DEX-737.2M-1.93B-210.7M-368.0M-1.15B
Net VEX-5.1M-7.0M-4.6M-5.0M-7.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.080.841.391.031.28
Total Volume6,281,7373,264,94021,465,0104,548,1805,873,280
Total OI23,399,28514,331,17026,547,50021,859,67022,764,280

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-01-03$2.55$2.4343.5%12.8%39.2%33.0%45.5%2.1%9.7%-3.8M-368.0M-5.0M1.035.07N/AN/A2,236,2202,311,9609,392,53012,467,140
2011-01-04$2.59$2.4341.7%12.5%36.3%28.8%43.9%1.3%10.8%8.0M-530.1M-5.0M0.915.07N/AN/A2,255,0502,044,07010,158,33013,274,520
2011-01-05$2.57$2.4341.6%12.6%35.9%28.6%44.7%1.1%11.7%3.5M-434.0M-5.1M1.145.36N/AN/A1,537,1301,753,29010,467,10013,701,520
2011-01-06$2.54$2.4343.3%12.3%35.9%32.5%43.5%-0.4%12.7%-6.7M-332.7M-5.0M1.073.70N/AN/A1,902,9502,040,99010,675,00014,071,470
2011-01-07$2.56$2.5741.5%15.8%35.5%28.3%55.8%2.8%-2.3%-4.7M-370.7M-5.0M1.257.60N/AN/A1,860,1102,322,18010,806,95014,427,490
2011-01-10$2.68$2.5747.0%16.0%39.1%40.8%57.0%5.2%-3.2%10.9M-814.8M-5.0M0.8410.35N/AN/A3,409,7002,861,39010,101,98013,613,600
2011-01-11$2.67$2.5742.0%16.0%33.2%29.5%56.2%2.2%-2.7%16.1M-763.8M-5.0M0.934.46N/AN/A2,662,3802,473,66010,693,97014,274,610
2011-01-12$2.70$2.5738.2%15.5%31.4%20.8%54.4%2.9%-2.6%19.9M-868.4M-5.0M1.0612.11N/AN/A1,589,9101,677,62010,936,52014,518,140
2011-01-13$2.74$2.5754.4%15.6%31.6%57.5%55.3%3.4%-3.3%38.1M-1.05B-4.9M0.8511.14N/AN/A2,910,0402,463,23011,120,27014,825,860
2011-01-14$2.74$2.5753.6%15.4%31.2%55.6%54.4%3.6%-3.1%18.6M-1.02B-4.9M1.1413.20N/AN/A2,424,0302,766,75011,280,64015,184,820
2011-01-18$2.77$2.5754.5%15.6%31.0%57.7%55.0%1.8%-5.1%27.3M-1.04B-4.7M0.858.80N/AN/A2,336,2501,976,10010,370,29014,360,920
2011-01-19$2.73$2.5755.3%15.8%31.3%59.4%55.6%2.6%-5.2%16.4M-864.9M-4.6M1.1111.81N/AN/A1,550,0101,714,93010,629,08014,496,510
2011-01-20$2.64$2.6458.9%16.9%29.5%67.6%58.9%2.5%-7.2%-22.1M-451.7M-4.6M1.395.07N/AN/A3,025,7504,219,32010,610,32014,941,360
2011-01-21$2.60$2.6459.7%17.1%30.0%69.4%59.8%3.7%-7.5%-21.2M-358.4M-4.7M1.394.43N/AN/A2,198,9103,059,84011,279,24015,268,260
2011-01-24$2.63$2.6462.3%17.9%30.2%75.4%62.9%5.7%-9.0%1.6M-210.7M-4.8M0.964.74N/AN/A2,764,3002,643,6206,423,2007,907,970
2011-01-25$2.67$2.6462.7%18.0%29.2%76.3%62.7%6.1%-9.4%5.3M-319.6M-5.2M1.036.71N/AN/A1,954,8202,008,5807,526,3308,839,950
2011-01-26$2.61$2.6462.9%18.0%29.3%76.8%63.6%6.1%-9.3%3.2M-217.0M-5.3M1.1314.18N/AN/A5,429,0606,126,2608,375,0809,505,160
2011-01-27$3.01$2.6440.0%11.5%57.5%24.9%41.6%4.6%2.0%64.6M-1.64B-5.3M1.034.23N/AN/A10,570,07010,894,94010,534,86011,748,240
2011-01-28$3.11$2.7143.7%12.0%58.1%33.4%44.4%4.3%1.2%19.0M-1.93B-6.6M1.327.49N/AN/A5,069,6106,716,43011,884,25014,527,940
2011-01-31$3.06$2.7944.0%12.2%57.7%34.0%44.2%5.1%0.5%17.9M-1.15B-7.0M1.2818.48N/AN/A2,580,6903,292,5909,864,96012,899,320