NFLX Options History — April 2012

In April 2012, NFLX traded between $1.14 and $1.63. ATM implied volatility averaged 59.5%, placing in the 42.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 17.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 14.3% (HV 20d: 45.3%). Max pain ranged from $1.43 to $1.64. Net GEX was positive for 5 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.11.

Notable Days

  • 2012-04-23: Highest Volume — 15,334,550 contracts
  • 2012-04-24: Largest IV drop — 42.6% change
  • 2012-04-23: Highest IV Rank — 77.2%
  • 2012-04-23: Largest Expected Move — 24.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$1.44$1.14$1.63$1.63$1.14
Max Pain$1.54$1.43$1.64$1.64$1.43
ATM IV59.5%36.5%86.9%48.4%62.5%
Expected Move17.7%11.9%24.9%13.6%15.4%
HV 20d45.3%34.7%63.9%37.5%63.9%
HV 60d57.2%42.8%67.0%67.0%49.9%
IV Rank42.1%12.4%77.2%27.7%45.8%
IV Percentile52.3%9.5%90.1%31.3%59.5%
Term Structure-0.9%-16.3%23.6%18.1%-1.3%
VWIV61.9%42.5%82.0%48.1%55.6%
Skew 25d5.0%0.3%14.4%1.7%3.2%
Skew 10d8.8%0.5%23.7%2.1%4.9%
Call IV 25d59.6%42.7%76.1%47.8%54.1%
Put IV 25d64.5%43.0%90.5%49.5%57.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %7.193.9611.149.786.00
Gamma HHI0.120.060.240.060.09
Net GEX-5.0M-15.4M3.3M2.2M-5.2M
Net DEX167.6M-156.5M680.7M-156.5M457.1M
Net VEX-4.0M-4.6M-2.8M-4.6M-2.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.110.472.691.300.65
Total Volume4,984,178.51,779,68015,334,5502,419,0604,328,450
Total OI24,681,268.520,190,66031,390,03020,190,66026,019,070

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-04-02$1.63$1.6448.4%13.6%37.5%27.7%48.1%1.7%18.1%2.2M-156.5M-4.6M1.309.78N/AN/A1,053,4301,365,63010,885,4209,305,240
2012-04-03$1.61$1.6450.3%12.7%35.4%30.2%45.2%1.6%20.5%-18.7K-100.7M-4.5M1.0011.14N/AN/A2,209,9702,215,64011,123,5609,867,620
2012-04-04$1.58$1.5744.2%12.8%35.9%22.3%45.3%1.7%21.3%-6.6M-11.7M-4.5M1.237.28N/AN/A798,280981,40011,595,99010,575,530
2012-04-05$1.58$1.5736.5%11.9%34.7%12.4%42.5%0.3%23.6%-13.5M-39.1M-4.5M1.0810.77N/AN/A1,191,6801,290,38011,614,96010,609,830
2012-04-09$1.52$1.6450.1%19.8%36.8%29.9%69.2%6.0%-7.2%-6.1M87.4M-4.2M1.167.00N/AN/A1,065,6801,234,38011,192,58010,267,250
2012-04-10$1.46$1.6455.8%20.2%39.1%37.3%69.7%7.5%-6.9%-9.5M251.0M-4.0M0.965.78N/AN/A2,037,4201,954,54011,405,52010,532,340
2012-04-11$1.43$1.5749.2%20.2%39.6%28.8%70.6%6.8%-6.7%-9.0M281.1M-3.9M1.445.56N/AN/A2,122,6103,046,68011,776,52010,607,170
2012-04-12$1.49$1.5767.4%19.3%42.8%52.1%68.2%6.2%-6.8%-4.9M115.7M-4.1M1.014.42N/AN/A1,909,2501,934,24012,002,20010,826,690
2012-04-13$1.49$1.5769.4%19.9%39.2%54.7%69.8%5.0%-8.0%-4.9M117.9M-4.1M0.816.93N/AN/A1,760,7801,430,59012,216,12011,008,970
2012-04-16$1.44$1.5772.0%20.6%40.3%58.0%70.4%4.4%-9.2%-7.4M203.9M-3.9M0.475.99N/AN/A3,652,7401,699,67011,966,50010,576,580
2012-04-17$1.53$1.5072.4%20.8%43.2%58.6%72.5%6.1%-9.6%2.6M-115.3M-4.5M0.777.84N/AN/A2,298,8001,765,54014,246,96010,824,170
2012-04-18$1.53$1.5072.7%20.8%43.0%59.0%72.0%6.3%-9.9%500.4K-96.9M-4.5M0.798.60N/AN/A1,269,9401,003,17014,403,83011,155,480
2012-04-19$1.53$1.5074.4%21.3%39.4%61.2%73.4%5.3%-10.2%-96.7K-109.9M-4.4M0.787.50N/AN/A2,447,3401,918,49014,537,81011,257,680
2012-04-20$1.52$1.5075.6%21.7%39.4%62.7%76.7%6.1%-11.1%3.3M-114.8M-4.5M2.697.56N/AN/A1,584,1004,260,69015,154,79011,574,220
2012-04-23$1.45$1.5086.9%24.9%40.7%77.2%82.0%14.4%-16.3%285.6K72.0M-4.2M1.149.52N/AN/A7,179,6208,154,93012,658,66010,850,980
2012-04-24$1.25$1.5049.8%14.3%63.7%29.6%51.9%3.6%0.5%-15.4M680.7M-3.0M1.015.20N/AN/A5,907,6505,940,06016,150,47012,738,880
2012-04-25$1.23$1.4353.4%15.3%63.7%34.2%54.7%4.5%-0.5%-11.4M584.5M-3.1M1.323.96N/AN/A3,508,1904,623,92017,165,26012,669,230
2012-04-26$1.22$1.4350.1%14.4%63.7%29.9%50.8%4.3%0.7%-9.9M599.6M-3.1M1.045.79N/AN/A2,236,2202,333,38017,927,98012,943,280
2012-04-27$1.20$1.4349.9%14.0%63.4%29.7%49.0%4.2%1.4%-4.3M645.3M-2.9M1.577.13N/AN/A1,544,6202,423,47018,368,91013,021,120
2012-04-30$1.14$1.4362.5%15.4%63.9%45.8%55.6%3.2%-1.3%-5.2M457.1M-2.8M0.656.00N/AN/A2,618,4901,709,96015,774,29010,244,780