NFLX Options History — October 2012

In October 2012, NFLX traded between $0.80 and $1.13. ATM implied volatility averaged 69.1%, placing in the 50.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 19.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 5.9% (HV 20d: 75.0%). Max pain ranged from $0.82 to $0.93. Net GEX was positive for 16 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.86.

Notable Days

  • 2012-10-26: Highest Volume — 15,639,190 contracts
  • 2012-10-26: Largest IV spike — 57.2% change
  • 2012-10-31: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2012-10-22: Largest Expected Move — 24.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$0.94$0.80$1.13$0.80$1.13
Max Pain$0.88$0.82$0.93$0.82$0.93
ATM IV69.1%47.3%102.4%53.4%102.4%
Expected Move19.5%11.9%24.0%14.7%18.9%
HV 20d75.0%43.0%107.0%48.8%107.0%
HV 60d71.7%56.0%82.1%71.8%71.0%
IV Rank50.0%15.9%100.0%24.8%100.0%
IV Percentile65.6%11.1%100.0%30.2%100.0%
Term Structure-4.9%-19.2%25.6%17.4%-6.5%
VWIV68.3%41.9%83.4%51.6%67.0%
Skew 25d4.0%-4.5%8.6%3.4%-0.9%
Skew 10d6.3%-9.1%14.3%6.3%-3.3%
Call IV 25d65.9%40.4%79.9%49.5%67.4%
Put IV 25d70.0%43.3%85.8%52.9%66.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %6.113.299.485.757.15
Gamma HHI0.080.060.140.070.11
Net GEX2.3M-6.0M10.5M-826.9K10.5M
Net DEX-35.4M-561.4M285.1M189.1M-561.4M
Net VEX-2.5M-2.9M-1.8M-1.8M-2.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.860.421.290.630.85
Total Volume5,901,9102,068,64015,639,1902,178,61011,820,620
Total OI26,890,586.66721,017,22030,819,11021,017,22029,284,220

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-10-01$0.80$0.8253.4%14.7%48.8%24.8%51.6%3.4%17.4%-826.9K189.1M-1.8M0.635.75N/AN/A1,338,750839,86011,905,9509,111,270
2012-10-02$0.81$0.8247.3%11.9%43.0%15.9%41.9%2.9%25.6%-232.6K176.0M-1.8M0.865.15N/AN/A1,225,3501,055,25012,333,2309,338,490
2012-10-03$0.89$0.8262.6%13.8%55.7%38.3%48.6%-1.4%21.2%3.2M-4.6M-2.1M0.425.43N/AN/A5,329,3102,230,34012,646,1309,613,940
2012-10-04$0.95$0.8653.9%14.9%58.7%25.6%52.5%0.3%19.2%5.7M-158.0M-2.4M0.554.67N/AN/A6,103,3003,386,88013,516,23010,462,410
2012-10-05$0.95$0.8652.3%20.3%58.7%23.2%70.7%5.5%-10.2%4.1M-143.0M-2.5M0.789.48N/AN/A3,325,8402,599,94014,630,98011,541,600
2012-10-08$1.05$0.8667.9%21.6%66.4%46.2%76.0%2.9%-11.0%6.7M-333.9M-2.7M0.584.38N/AN/A5,913,1803,433,78014,085,05010,936,100
2012-10-09$0.94$0.8673.9%21.9%80.5%54.9%76.2%4.2%-11.1%1.2M-1.7M-2.6M1.025.84N/AN/A4,032,2804,131,19015,090,32012,053,510
2012-10-10$0.94$0.8953.0%21.8%80.5%25.8%76.2%5.1%-10.2%572.5K5.5M-2.7M1.024.99N/AN/A2,137,8702,186,17015,602,02012,640,390
2012-10-11$0.94$0.8975.9%21.8%80.5%61.3%76.3%5.4%-11.1%1.5M-21.0M-2.7M0.895.30N/AN/A1,096,830971,81016,169,72012,983,180
2012-10-12$0.92$0.8975.9%21.8%80.0%61.4%75.7%6.7%-10.9%1.4M63.5M-2.6M0.976.13N/AN/A1,567,0201,517,53016,262,68013,043,590
2012-10-15$0.93$0.8977.7%22.3%76.5%64.1%77.6%7.1%-12.8%2.2M14.2M-2.6M1.215.35N/AN/A1,107,1201,344,70015,273,79012,369,840
2012-10-16$0.94$0.8976.8%22.0%76.1%62.7%76.2%7.4%-12.5%3.8M-38.3M-2.6M1.025.89N/AN/A1,345,6101,376,62015,498,91012,515,930
2012-10-17$0.98$0.8975.7%21.7%76.8%61.0%75.9%7.7%-12.6%6.9M-144.3M-2.7M0.658.85N/AN/A1,857,1001,203,02015,694,14012,502,910
2012-10-18$0.96$0.8976.8%22.0%76.9%62.7%77.0%6.3%-13.7%4.3M-76.3M-2.5M0.817.61N/AN/A1,981,0701,607,55015,351,00012,423,810
2012-10-19$0.93$0.8978.5%22.5%78.0%65.4%77.8%4.2%-14.7%-101.3K31.0M-2.4M1.026.77N/AN/A1,813,1401,857,38015,542,38012,727,190
2012-10-22$0.97$0.8983.8%24.0%78.2%73.7%83.4%5.9%-19.2%2.0M-27.3M-2.6M0.856.67N/AN/A2,654,8902,257,01013,703,34010,583,230
2012-10-23$0.97$0.9381.8%23.5%75.4%70.5%80.9%8.6%-18.5%2.3M-30.7M-2.7M0.728.41N/AN/A4,609,0103,340,40014,721,98011,578,280
2012-10-24$0.86$0.9352.7%15.1%89.7%25.2%53.7%3.8%-2.2%-6.0M285.1M-2.1M1.293.47N/AN/A4,470,0605,783,40016,615,41012,959,940
2012-10-25$0.88$0.9350.4%14.5%90.0%21.7%51.5%4.3%-0.2%-3.9M206.5M-2.3M1.243.29N/AN/A1,539,7901,909,95016,929,64013,640,480
2012-10-26$0.99$0.9379.2%18.9%98.6%66.5%66.8%-4.5%-7.8%3.7M-173.3M-2.7M0.557.74N/AN/A10,080,0705,559,12017,163,72013,655,390
2012-10-31$1.13$0.93102.4%18.9%107.0%100.0%67.0%-0.9%-6.5%10.5M-561.4M-2.9M0.857.15N/AN/A6,398,2105,422,41016,495,36012,788,860