NFLX Options History — March 2013

In March 2013, NFLX traded between $2.58 and $2.75. ATM implied volatility averaged 51.8%, placing in the 23.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 14.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 12.0% (HV 20d: 39.8%). Max pain ranged from $2.57 to $2.86. Net GEX was positive for 18 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.90.

Notable Days

  • 2013-03-13: Highest Volume — 11,074,210 contracts
  • 2013-03-25: Largest IV spike — 27.7% change
  • 2013-03-27: Highest IV Rank — 57.5%
  • 2013-03-27: Largest Expected Move — 21.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$2.64$2.58$2.75$2.71$2.70
Max Pain$2.65$2.57$2.86$2.71$2.64
ATM IV51.8%43.8%74.4%49.3%73.1%
Expected Move14.9%12.4%21.3%14.2%21.2%
HV 20d39.8%33.8%47.8%44.3%37.0%
HV 60d83.6%82.8%86.3%86.3%83.7%
IV Rank23.3%11.1%57.5%19.5%55.5%
IV Percentile27.3%2.0%89.7%18.3%88.1%
Term Structure4.2%-10.8%27.0%-0.9%-4.5%
VWIV52.3%43.7%73.8%50.0%73.7%
Skew 25d2.9%0.4%6.6%3.1%5.1%
Skew 10d5.9%1.2%10.6%6.7%9.4%
Call IV 25d50.8%42.8%70.8%48.4%70.8%
Put IV 25d53.7%44.4%76.3%51.5%75.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %13.244.3425.5819.8517.02
Gamma HHI0.140.070.590.270.08
Net GEX11.3M-42.0M90.0M32.8M13.7M
Net DEX-881.8M-1.42B-584.6M-1.23B-820.7M
Net VEX-4.7M-5.0M-4.4M-4.7M-4.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.900.691.150.690.90
Total Volume5,045,8451,863,89011,074,2104,661,4404,971,050
Total OI22,807,12716,708,65028,038,22026,416,95022,026,200

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-03-01$2.71$2.7149.3%14.2%44.3%19.5%50.0%3.1%-0.9%32.8M-1.23B-4.7M0.6919.85N/AN/A2,762,4101,899,03011,434,50014,982,450
2013-03-04$2.59$2.7150.3%14.4%47.8%21.0%50.8%2.8%1.0%1.1M-841.4M-4.5M0.9216.75N/AN/A3,462,9003,169,81010,082,10013,505,730
2013-03-05$2.60$2.7149.6%14.2%43.3%19.9%49.2%3.4%1.3%4.1M-885.7M-4.6M1.0425.58N/AN/A2,291,8702,381,05010,775,94013,938,190
2013-03-06$2.61$2.7148.0%13.8%43.3%17.6%48.2%2.7%1.5%5.9M-954.2M-4.7M0.9724.71N/AN/A1,572,2001,529,15011,217,01014,372,820
2013-03-07$2.59$2.7148.2%13.8%38.5%17.7%48.3%2.0%2.0%3.1M-884.3M-4.6M0.9119.09N/AN/A3,131,2402,844,94011,435,55014,496,930
2013-03-08$2.64$2.6447.7%13.7%38.7%17.1%48.2%2.1%2.1%90.0M-1.08B-4.6M0.8621.79N/AN/A2,783,4802,401,28011,882,01014,789,810
2013-03-11$2.58$2.6446.8%13.4%39.6%15.6%47.5%1.9%2.5%3.8M-852.8M-4.4M1.0217.18N/AN/A1,907,6401,950,41010,708,04013,725,460
2013-03-12$2.60$2.6444.4%12.7%39.2%12.1%44.5%1.6%2.7%5.7M-900.5M-4.4M1.1520.06N/AN/A1,802,0802,070,04010,995,67014,115,430
2013-03-13$2.75$2.6446.5%13.3%43.6%15.2%47.1%0.4%1.6%32.5M-1.42B-4.5M0.8617.72N/AN/A5,966,9405,107,27011,358,69014,411,740
2013-03-14$2.69$0.0045.0%12.8%41.5%12.9%45.0%1.2%1.2%11.5M-1.09B-4.7M0.867.55N/AN/A3,428,3202,956,17012,101,46015,452,850
2013-03-15$2.64$2.8643.8%12.4%42.0%11.1%43.7%1.5%2.1%-42.0M-835.6M-4.6M1.0212.76N/AN/A2,401,7702,453,36012,434,59015,603,630
2013-03-18$2.65$2.5745.4%13.2%41.8%13.5%46.5%2.7%15.9%5.5M-707.1M-4.5M0.815.79N/AN/A1,753,3601,420,5108,128,0508,580,600
2013-03-19$2.59$2.5745.9%13.3%40.0%14.3%46.4%2.7%15.6%970.4K-584.6M-4.6M0.934.97N/AN/A1,859,8301,724,8708,718,5009,048,550
2013-03-20$2.61$2.5746.1%13.3%36.6%14.7%47.3%3.3%15.9%7.3M-682.0M-4.8M0.815.04N/AN/A1,028,720835,1709,363,7609,467,150
2013-03-21$2.60$2.5745.3%13.0%36.6%13.4%45.4%2.6%26.2%2.2M-643.9M-4.8M0.864.34N/AN/A1,960,2101,678,6009,580,2709,695,630
2013-03-22$2.59$2.5751.3%12.9%33.8%22.5%45.1%1.8%27.0%-3.9M-617.0M-4.8M0.995.69N/AN/A1,729,2101,703,7309,958,76010,033,940
2013-03-25$2.58$2.6465.5%20.8%33.8%44.0%73.1%4.0%-9.4%3.7M-626.0M-4.7M0.995.07N/AN/A1,430,6601,418,4808,959,9309,075,570
2013-03-26$2.72$2.5770.2%21.1%37.6%51.1%73.1%6.6%-10.0%23.7M-1.02B-4.7M0.744.34N/AN/A4,979,7303,692,0109,301,7409,441,740
2013-03-27$2.72$2.5774.4%21.3%37.6%57.5%73.8%5.6%-10.8%25.1M-963.8M-5.0M0.729.56N/AN/A4,907,7003,549,70010,365,04010,576,510
2013-03-28$2.70$2.6473.1%21.2%37.0%55.5%73.7%5.1%-4.5%13.7M-820.7M-4.9M0.9017.02N/AN/A2,618,4902,352,56010,970,26011,055,940