NFLX Options History — September 2011

In September 2011, NFLX traded between $1.62 and $3.33. ATM implied volatility averaged 69.1%, placing in the 70.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 20.0%. IV traded below realized volatility by 12.0% (HV 20d: 81.1%). Max pain ranged from $2.14 to $3.43. Net GEX was positive for 1 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.05.

Notable Days

  • 2011-09-20: Highest Volume — 19,208,000 contracts
  • 2011-09-15: Largest IV spike — 43.7% change
  • 2011-09-20: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2011-09-20: Largest Expected Move — 25.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$2.40$1.62$3.33$3.33$1.62
Max Pain$2.74$2.14$3.43$3.43$2.14
ATM IV69.1%45.4%90.0%48.0%89.1%
Expected Move20.0%13.9%25.8%13.9%24.5%
HV 20d81.1%59.5%101.0%59.5%95.3%
HV 60d61.2%46.3%71.3%46.3%71.2%
IV Rank70.7%33.3%100.0%38.0%98.6%
IV Percentile89.3%48.4%100.0%59.9%99.6%
Term Structure1.5%-2.9%4.7%3.8%1.1%
VWIV70.1%49.4%88.3%49.4%87.6%
Skew 25d10.4%5.8%13.6%7.1%11.4%
Skew 10d19.4%9.4%26.4%15.1%22.0%
Call IV 25d65.0%46.2%84.3%46.2%81.4%
Put IV 25d75.4%53.3%95.9%53.3%92.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %8.485.8113.487.216.47
Gamma HHI0.080.030.370.030.06
Net GEX-9.4M-26.3M2.7M2.7M-4.0M
Net DEX935.1M-39.4M1.83B-39.4M1.12B
Net VEX-7.5M-10.5M-4.7M-10.5M-5.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.050.661.560.910.99
Total Volume8,052,726.6672,156,70019,208,0002,496,06010,814,930
Total OI28,290,816.66721,630,49033,218,78025,953,27033,218,780

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-09-01$3.33$3.4348.0%13.9%59.5%38.0%49.4%7.1%3.8%2.7M-39.4M-10.5M0.917.21N/AN/A1,303,6801,192,38011,673,83014,279,440
2011-09-02$3.04$3.4353.0%15.1%67.0%47.0%54.3%11.6%2.0%-13.0M884.5M-9.4M1.186.26N/AN/A4,567,9205,401,20011,836,86014,513,660
2011-09-06$3.13$3.1468.2%16.6%64.5%74.1%59.6%12.3%1.0%-8.3M451.0M-10.1M1.148.97N/AN/A1,522,9901,732,78011,931,71014,263,200
2011-09-07$3.09$3.1456.3%16.5%61.9%52.8%59.5%11.4%1.5%-10.6M565.2M-10.0M1.296.64N/AN/A1,649,4102,127,44012,225,99014,701,260
2011-09-08$3.02$3.1455.2%16.9%61.9%50.8%59.0%11.3%0.8%-20.0M768.5M-9.5M1.276.82N/AN/A1,552,5301,973,86012,484,99015,166,550
2011-09-09$2.91$3.1457.5%17.4%59.8%54.9%61.2%12.3%1.2%-15.5M1.10B-9.2M1.567.46N/AN/A2,151,2403,350,69012,713,12015,533,490
2011-09-12$3.00$3.0755.8%17.2%61.2%51.9%61.3%12.9%1.2%-12.5M737.3M-9.3M1.215.81N/AN/A1,479,8701,794,24012,323,78014,717,710
2011-09-13$2.98$3.1449.6%15.8%60.9%40.7%55.8%11.6%3.4%-10.5M775.6M-9.1M1.1910.22N/AN/A1,125,3201,341,55012,595,66014,796,110
2011-09-14$2.98$3.0745.4%15.1%60.4%33.3%52.9%11.9%4.0%-9.9M785.1M-8.9M0.9011.20N/AN/A1,135,1901,021,51012,767,09014,995,890
2011-09-15$2.42$3.0765.2%18.7%93.9%68.8%63.6%10.9%-1.2%-24.6M1.74B-6.5M1.067.45N/AN/A7,768,8808,239,21012,765,97014,986,160
2011-09-16$2.22$2.8670.6%20.2%95.7%78.4%69.8%12.0%-0.7%-26.3M1.83B-6.3M1.1810.00N/AN/A6,829,8308,057,00015,272,46015,599,920
2011-09-19$2.05$2.7179.1%22.7%96.9%93.8%77.8%8.9%0.7%-8.1M1.05B-5.8M1.0912.87N/AN/A5,371,3105,879,37010,325,00011,305,490
2011-09-20$1.86$2.5790.0%25.8%101.0%100.0%88.3%13.4%-2.9%-9.7M1.20B-5.4M0.979.43N/AN/A9,731,9609,476,04011,954,39012,785,640
2011-09-21$1.84$2.2985.4%24.5%95.3%92.7%85.4%7.5%0.2%-7.3M1.07B-6.3M0.6913.48N/AN/A7,990,9905,543,44015,055,46014,455,980
2011-09-22$1.84$2.2186.7%24.9%95.7%94.9%86.8%5.8%-0.4%-6.1M969.6M-6.7M0.759.88N/AN/A5,915,2804,414,97016,756,11015,042,930
2011-09-23$1.85$2.2183.1%23.8%96.0%89.1%83.7%6.5%2.4%-848.7K933.7M-6.7M0.968.15N/AN/A4,177,6703,995,11017,507,14015,096,200
2011-09-26$1.89$2.2179.6%22.8%95.6%83.6%80.0%6.7%3.1%-271.7K755.0M-6.7M0.669.32N/AN/A2,854,1801,885,73014,952,07013,397,860
2011-09-27$1.82$2.2177.9%22.3%94.5%80.9%78.1%9.8%3.3%-1.4M878.5M-6.1M0.907.59N/AN/A2,263,3802,034,69015,658,37013,702,990
2011-09-28$1.82$2.1475.7%21.7%90.6%77.4%76.5%9.2%4.7%-2.5M881.6M-6.0M0.987.05N/AN/A2,292,6402,243,57016,019,29014,052,430
2011-09-29$1.62$2.1479.6%22.8%94.9%83.5%81.8%13.6%2.9%-9.4M1.20B-4.7M1.245.84N/AN/A6,655,1808,248,10016,342,90014,333,270
2011-09-30$1.62$2.1489.1%24.5%95.3%98.6%87.6%11.4%1.1%-4.0M1.12B-5.0M0.996.47N/AN/A5,446,6305,368,30017,992,24015,226,540