NFLX Options History — December 2012

In December 2012, NFLX traded between $1.09 and $1.37. ATM implied volatility averaged 56.0%, placing in the 29.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 15.6%. IV traded below realized volatility by 4.0% (HV 20d: 60.0%). Max pain ranged from $1.07 to $1.25. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.76.

Notable Days

  • 2012-12-04: Highest Volume — 10,257,660 contracts
  • 2012-12-04: Largest IV spike — 27.1% change
  • 2012-12-04: Highest IV Rank — 67.9%
  • 2012-12-04: Largest Expected Move — 17.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$1.28$1.09$1.37$1.09$1.32
Max Pain$1.20$1.07$1.25$1.07$1.25
ATM IV56.0%46.4%81.3%63.9%47.4%
Expected Move15.6%13.9%17.0%15.2%15.0%
HV 20d60.0%34.8%63.8%34.8%63.8%
HV 60d73.6%69.7%75.1%69.7%72.8%
IV Rank29.6%15.0%67.9%41.6%16.5%
IV Percentile40.7%8.7%92.9%68.3%11.9%
Term Structure10.8%-2.8%18.4%-0.1%16.9%
VWIV55.2%49.6%60.6%53.5%53.1%
Skew 25d-1.0%-3.0%2.7%2.7%-2.9%
Skew 10d-2.6%-7.1%5.0%5.0%-6.8%
Call IV 25d55.9%50.3%61.6%52.4%55.4%
Put IV 25d54.9%49.3%59.8%55.1%52.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %7.593.8852.136.564.05
Gamma HHI0.100.050.170.050.10
Net GEX8.9M1.7M16.2M1.7M6.6M
Net DEX-456.4M-790.3M-20.5M-20.5M-325.7M
Net VEX-2.6M-2.9M-2.4M-2.5M-2.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.760.551.131.130.67
Total Volume3,651,371.5874,44010,257,6604,204,1301,611,120
Total OI27,483,872.521,022,89031,048,92026,624,85021,506,940

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-12-03$1.09$1.0763.9%15.2%34.8%41.6%53.5%2.7%-0.1%1.7M-20.5M-2.5M1.136.56N/AN/A1,971,3402,232,79014,400,82012,224,030
2012-12-04$1.24$1.0781.3%17.0%58.2%67.9%59.7%-2.2%-2.8%8.6M-457.1M-2.7M0.708.01N/AN/A6,023,3604,234,30014,750,12012,817,980
2012-12-05$1.19$1.0767.6%16.9%59.3%47.3%60.6%-2.3%-0.1%8.2M-336.8M-2.8M0.586.18N/AN/A4,104,9402,387,21015,843,87013,395,130
2012-12-06$1.23$1.0760.1%16.3%60.1%35.8%58.4%-2.0%2.0%11.8M-463.5M-2.9M0.585.15N/AN/A3,508,8202,047,92016,270,80013,670,930
2012-12-07$1.23$1.1855.2%16.0%59.3%28.4%56.5%-0.7%7.3%8.2M-449.3M-2.8M0.595.02N/AN/A3,302,4601,939,84016,485,63013,992,860
2012-12-10$1.21$1.2152.7%15.5%59.2%24.6%54.8%-0.3%8.4%7.1M-341.5M-2.7M0.784.48N/AN/A810,950633,43015,350,44013,184,920
2012-12-11$1.23$1.2156.6%15.8%59.3%30.6%55.3%0.6%8.0%7.8M-389.4M-2.7M1.134.53N/AN/A1,102,2901,244,88015,380,40013,337,380
2012-12-12$1.30$1.2158.0%16.5%61.6%32.7%57.5%1.8%5.3%12.5M-601.7M-2.7M0.554.66N/AN/A4,861,5702,669,94015,545,46013,585,600
2012-12-13$1.32$1.2159.0%16.9%61.8%34.2%59.9%-0.3%12.0%14.2M-698.0M-2.9M0.634.40N/AN/A2,573,2701,633,52016,242,38014,191,380
2012-12-14$1.33$1.2156.8%16.3%61.5%30.8%57.1%-1.0%12.6%12.8M-752.0M-2.9M0.734.81N/AN/A2,014,9501,465,10016,555,28014,493,640
2012-12-17$1.35$1.2155.7%16.0%61.4%29.2%56.7%-0.6%13.8%14.9M-761.3M-2.7M0.8852.13N/AN/A1,393,0001,225,21015,866,90013,874,350
2012-12-18$1.37$1.2151.1%14.7%61.4%22.3%52.2%-0.5%17.2%16.2M-790.3M-2.7M0.654.44N/AN/A2,195,3401,423,10015,849,33014,103,880
2012-12-19$1.34$1.2150.6%14.5%62.0%21.5%51.5%-1.2%18.4%13.6M-673.6M-2.7M0.865.15N/AN/A1,934,4501,664,18015,723,12014,413,210
2012-12-20$1.34$1.2550.9%14.6%62.1%21.9%52.0%-0.7%16.7%11.2M-603.3M-2.6M1.034.97N/AN/A983,7801,014,44015,542,03014,651,770
2012-12-21$1.30$1.2548.4%13.9%63.0%18.1%49.6%-1.0%17.7%3.6M-485.1M-2.5M0.899.44N/AN/A1,316,0701,168,44015,531,67014,784,560
2012-12-24$1.29$1.2549.4%14.1%63.0%19.5%50.4%-0.6%17.7%4.5M-244.3M-2.4M0.853.88N/AN/A471,660402,78011,689,7909,333,100
2012-12-26$1.29$1.2554.7%15.7%63.0%27.7%55.8%-2.7%14.4%4.7M-263.6M-2.4M0.564.65N/AN/A1,375,080766,64011,812,1509,456,580
2012-12-27$1.29$1.2554.2%15.5%62.8%26.8%55.2%-2.8%15.4%4.8M-256.7M-2.4M0.714.76N/AN/A1,149,190816,69012,154,5909,604,560
2012-12-28$1.28$1.2546.4%15.5%62.9%15.0%55.0%-3.0%15.7%4.5M-214.2M-2.4M0.794.55N/AN/A757,890595,49012,291,3009,768,570
2012-12-31$1.32$1.2547.4%15.0%63.8%16.5%53.1%-2.9%16.9%6.6M-325.7M-2.4M0.674.05N/AN/A962,500648,62011,966,4309,540,510