NFLX Options History — January 2012

In January 2012, NFLX traded between $1.03 and $1.79. ATM implied volatility averaged 80.0%, placing in the 68.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 22.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.3% (HV 20d: 79.8%). Max pain ranged from $1.04 to $1.43. Net GEX was positive for 18 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.85.

Notable Days

  • 2012-01-09: Highest Volume — 17,357,410 contracts
  • 2012-01-09: Largest IV spike — 42.5% change
  • 2012-01-09: Highest IV Rank — 95.0%
  • 2012-01-25: Largest Expected Move — 27.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$1.40$1.03$1.79$1.03$1.72
Max Pain$1.26$1.04$1.43$1.29$1.43
ATM IV80.0%60.4%100.8%62.1%69.8%
Expected Move22.7%16.9%27.4%18.2%18.3%
HV 20d79.8%56.7%103.5%56.7%103.5%
HV 60d100.6%72.5%113.9%107.5%83.5%
IV Rank68.4%43.1%95.0%45.4%55.2%
IV Percentile86.6%63.5%99.6%70.2%76.6%
Term Structure-3.9%-15.4%13.3%13.3%1.8%
VWIV80.0%60.5%96.0%64.3%64.9%
Skew 25d1.7%-2.9%6.9%5.5%-2.9%
Skew 10d3.0%-4.6%10.0%9.5%-3.6%
Call IV 25d79.2%58.7%93.6%61.1%66.8%
Put IV 25d80.9%61.0%98.7%66.6%63.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.953.408.313.686.96
Gamma HHI0.080.050.200.060.07
Net GEX6.5M-2.5M19.9M-968.9K10.0M
Net DEX-379.7M-1.31B315.7M315.7M-823.0M
Net VEX-4.2M-5.5M-2.6M-2.6M-5.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.850.521.210.661.09
Total Volume8,709,0362,288,02017,357,4102,288,0207,237,510
Total OI30,906,04321,505,47037,005,29027,301,05028,858,900

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-01-03$1.03$1.2962.1%18.2%56.7%45.4%64.3%5.5%13.3%-968.9K315.7M-2.6M0.663.68N/AN/A1,381,870906,15016,334,78010,966,270
2012-01-04$1.15$1.2587.1%19.4%65.4%77.4%69.4%1.1%11.1%3.0M97.6M-3.0M0.643.40N/AN/A5,685,2603,647,98016,770,46011,235,630
2012-01-05$1.13$1.2568.2%18.5%64.6%53.2%65.8%-1.6%12.2%3.5M96.4M-3.1M1.005.24N/AN/A3,596,3903,590,79018,340,56012,259,450
2012-01-06$1.23$1.0470.7%23.0%68.2%56.4%80.7%0.2%-6.8%4.3M-155.7M-3.5M0.834.41N/AN/A6,754,3705,621,00018,695,53012,942,510
2012-01-09$1.40$1.07100.8%26.2%78.2%95.0%91.8%-2.2%-11.0%7.3M-439.1M-4.2M0.644.18N/AN/A10,609,5506,747,86018,330,06012,485,270
2012-01-10$1.37$1.1484.5%24.7%79.6%74.2%86.9%0.6%-6.9%7.1M-375.8M-4.5M1.095.34N/AN/A5,575,2906,080,27020,635,30014,310,170
2012-01-11$1.32$1.1465.5%24.1%79.9%49.7%84.2%2.3%-6.6%2.0M-152.6M-4.2M1.214.63N/AN/A3,201,8703,880,17020,584,62015,044,750
2012-01-12$1.32$1.2183.4%23.9%77.6%72.8%84.2%3.5%-6.3%2.3M-159.7M-4.2M0.863.96N/AN/A3,173,3102,738,68021,106,40015,448,440
2012-01-13$1.35$1.2185.8%24.6%77.0%75.9%86.8%0.6%-6.5%6.1M-292.8M-4.3M0.764.99N/AN/A6,019,9304,576,32021,397,46015,607,830
2012-01-17$1.35$1.2590.2%25.9%76.1%81.5%91.1%0.5%-8.4%6.3M-259.1M-4.2M0.524.04N/AN/A4,186,2802,182,18020,276,20014,108,850
2012-01-18$1.41$1.2587.7%25.1%76.4%78.3%88.5%1.7%-7.6%10.8M-438.8M-4.4M0.614.38N/AN/A3,169,8101,937,25020,972,56014,394,170
2012-01-19$1.48$1.2989.0%25.5%74.2%79.9%90.0%5.7%-10.0%14.2M-632.5M-4.5M0.773.96N/AN/A4,577,5103,545,08021,083,16014,613,270
2012-01-20$1.43$1.2988.1%25.3%74.9%78.8%88.8%2.2%-9.1%-2.5M-472.7M-4.4M0.753.40N/AN/A3,513,6502,622,69021,272,44015,457,960
2012-01-23$1.34$1.2987.3%25.0%80.0%77.8%87.9%3.9%-10.6%3.6M-164.6M-4.1M1.176.55N/AN/A2,440,2702,861,81012,967,0108,538,460
2012-01-24$1.32$1.3689.3%25.6%80.0%80.3%90.0%3.4%-11.2%2.4M-115.8M-4.2M1.177.22N/AN/A1,380,0501,617,21013,625,9909,625,420
2012-01-25$1.36$1.3695.5%27.4%79.4%88.3%96.0%6.9%-15.4%3.9M-191.5M-4.3M1.078.31N/AN/A5,116,1605,496,05014,091,77010,121,230
2012-01-26$1.66$1.3260.4%17.3%101.6%43.1%61.8%2.1%0.2%19.9M-1.05B-4.7M0.934.60N/AN/A8,812,3708,174,46015,885,66012,322,380
2012-01-27$1.77$1.3661.2%16.9%101.1%44.2%60.5%2.3%0.4%12.1M-1.31B-5.1M0.593.99N/AN/A7,604,5204,459,56016,426,27014,173,390
2012-01-30$1.79$1.3973.6%18.6%100.7%60.2%65.8%-1.9%-0.3%13.7M-1.07B-5.4M0.695.76N/AN/A5,604,0603,855,18014,921,34011,888,940
2012-01-31$1.72$1.4369.8%18.3%103.5%55.2%64.9%-2.9%1.8%10.0M-823.0M-5.5M1.096.96N/AN/A3,463,4603,774,05015,940,82012,918,080