NFLX Options History — February 2012

In February 2012, NFLX traded between $1.56 and $1.85. ATM implied volatility averaged 60.3%, placing in the 43.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 16.7%. IV traded below realized volatility by 19.5% (HV 20d: 79.8%). Max pain ranged from $1.43 to $1.57. Net GEX was positive for 18 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.98.

Notable Days

  • 2012-02-22: Highest Volume — 9,849,000 contracts
  • 2012-02-06: Largest IV spike — 30.1% change
  • 2012-02-01: Highest IV Rank — 54.6%
  • 2012-02-22: Largest Expected Move — 18.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$1.71$1.56$1.85$1.76$1.58
Max Pain$1.49$1.43$1.57$1.43$1.57
ATM IV60.3%52.8%69.3%69.3%61.7%
Expected Move16.7%15.9%18.1%17.7%16.4%
HV 20d79.8%39.0%103.4%103.4%39.4%
HV 60d78.6%73.6%81.2%81.2%73.6%
IV Rank43.0%33.4%54.6%54.6%44.9%
IV Percentile61.5%50.0%75.8%75.8%61.9%
Term Structure2.8%-2.7%6.4%2.3%1.9%
VWIV59.4%55.9%64.2%63.0%58.5%
Skew 25d4.0%0.1%8.8%0.1%5.0%
Skew 10d7.1%0.6%15.5%0.6%7.9%
Call IV 25d57.3%53.3%63.3%63.3%56.3%
Put IV 25d61.3%56.4%67.8%63.4%61.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %5.743.987.393.986.19
Gamma HHI0.080.050.110.080.07
Net GEX7.8M-520.6K16.9M13.1M143.5K
Net DEX-631.0M-1.15B-67.2M-939.3M-130.1M
Net VEX-5.2M-5.8M-4.6M-5.8M-4.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.980.561.700.690.67
Total Volume4,939,2352,987,5309,849,0004,450,3203,202,570
Total OI29,028,26522,502,13032,135,25030,042,39027,198,780

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-02-01$1.76$1.4369.3%17.7%103.4%54.6%63.0%0.1%2.3%13.1M-939.3M-5.8M0.693.98N/AN/A2,641,1701,809,15016,384,13013,658,260
2012-02-02$1.77$1.4357.2%15.9%99.0%39.0%56.4%0.5%3.8%16.9M-990.6M-5.6M0.854.70N/AN/A2,188,5501,852,55016,589,23013,722,730
2012-02-03$1.81$1.4352.8%16.5%98.1%33.4%59.0%3.7%6.1%14.0M-1.14B-5.6M0.986.88N/AN/A2,543,3802,504,88016,837,73013,939,240
2012-02-06$1.85$1.4368.7%17.4%95.4%53.8%61.4%1.8%3.7%15.3M-1.15B-5.7M0.637.39N/AN/A4,447,8002,795,31015,841,00013,053,740
2012-02-07$1.83$1.4364.7%17.2%86.7%48.7%60.6%1.3%2.9%15.3M-1.08B-5.7M0.785.97N/AN/A4,436,1803,474,87016,608,13013,791,190
2012-02-08$1.77$1.4356.9%16.9%87.1%38.7%59.2%2.9%3.2%8.8M-852.5M-5.8M0.906.23N/AN/A3,070,3402,765,56017,264,59014,445,060
2012-02-09$1.78$1.4357.8%16.6%85.0%39.8%58.6%3.1%5.2%10.1M-875.0M-5.5M0.875.06N/AN/A2,001,1601,735,44017,293,29014,772,590
2012-02-10$1.77$1.4358.2%16.7%85.2%40.4%58.9%3.6%5.5%10.9M-794.6M-5.4M1.197.33N/AN/A2,156,2102,571,73017,282,23014,853,020
2012-02-13$1.69$1.4359.1%16.9%87.8%41.4%60.1%4.5%4.0%6.0M-601.0M-5.1M0.874.70N/AN/A2,424,5202,117,92016,269,54013,986,280
2012-02-14$1.76$1.5058.4%16.7%88.3%40.6%59.4%4.2%3.8%12.2M-813.0M-5.2M0.565.98N/AN/A2,682,6101,489,46016,598,05014,218,890
2012-02-15$1.74$1.5058.1%16.7%88.1%40.3%58.3%3.6%5.3%10.2M-760.1M-5.1M0.715.50N/AN/A1,747,3401,240,19016,648,80014,388,360
2012-02-16$1.74$1.5056.3%16.1%87.0%37.9%57.0%1.7%6.1%8.5M-748.5M-5.0M0.785.97N/AN/A1,763,5101,371,02016,605,89014,495,810
2012-02-17$1.74$1.5055.8%16.0%85.8%37.2%56.6%1.7%6.4%5.1M-760.7M-5.0M0.835.72N/AN/A1,999,8301,654,52016,672,95014,595,210
2012-02-21$1.68$1.5059.4%17.0%83.1%41.9%59.9%4.5%-1.6%5.0M-327.6M-4.8M1.034.82N/AN/A3,592,9603,693,90013,033,1609,468,970
2012-02-22$1.61$1.5763.3%18.1%85.0%46.9%64.2%8.2%-2.7%-148.1K-134.4M-4.8M1.474.45N/AN/A3,991,2605,857,74013,970,18010,352,930
2012-02-23$1.61$1.5757.8%16.6%84.8%39.8%61.0%6.8%-0.8%1.6M-162.0M-4.9M1.436.13N/AN/A2,194,4303,145,52014,715,68011,535,090
2012-02-24$1.60$1.5758.5%15.9%46.0%40.7%55.9%5.7%1.0%1.3M-92.7M-4.9M1.495.76N/AN/A1,335,8101,985,76015,002,96012,415,340
2012-02-27$1.56$1.5768.8%16.6%39.0%54.0%60.4%8.8%-0.7%-520.6K-67.2M-4.6M1.706.41N/AN/A1,687,9802,875,18014,034,58011,420,780
2012-02-28$1.62$1.5762.9%16.1%41.2%46.3%58.9%7.6%0.8%2.2M-200.9M-4.9M1.105.67N/AN/A1,777,2301,959,16014,393,96012,206,950
2012-02-29$1.58$1.5761.7%16.4%39.4%44.9%58.5%5.0%1.9%143.5K-130.1M-4.8M0.676.19N/AN/A1,914,6401,287,93014,726,25012,472,530