NFLX Options History — October 2013

In October 2013, NFLX traded between $4.12 and $5.07. ATM implied volatility averaged 59.3%, placing in the 36.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 17.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.3% (HV 20d: 53.0%). Max pain ranged from $4.29 to $4.86. Net GEX was positive for 17 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.91.

Notable Days

  • 2013-10-22: Highest Volume — 30,570,680 contracts
  • 2013-10-22: Largest IV drop — 21.4% change
  • 2013-10-09: Highest IV Rank — 64.0%
  • 2013-10-09: Largest Expected Move — 22.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$4.60$4.12$5.07$4.64$4.61
Max Pain$4.54$4.29$4.86$4.43$4.57
ATM IV59.3%40.7%78.0%64.0%40.7%
Expected Move17.0%11.6%22.4%18.2%11.6%
HV 20d53.0%37.7%67.4%37.7%66.7%
HV 60d41.2%34.6%47.9%36.6%47.5%
IV Rank36.4%9.0%64.0%43.4%9.0%
IV Percentile57.9%16.7%90.9%70.6%16.7%
Term Structure-5.4%-11.6%1.5%-7.8%1.5%
VWIV59.5%40.8%77.7%64.0%40.8%
Skew 25d3.5%1.8%6.7%3.5%1.8%
Skew 10d7.4%3.7%14.3%7.0%4.4%
Call IV 25d57.7%40.3%74.9%61.8%40.3%
Put IV 25d61.3%42.2%81.6%65.3%42.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %10.423.5236.823.5214.37
Gamma HHI0.090.040.360.090.07
Net GEX19.2M-45.7M82.2M42.4M14.5M
Net DEX-1.57B-2.53B-249.5M-2.07B-1.17B
Net VEX-7.2M-8.9M-6.3M-6.3M-7.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.910.591.241.000.99
Total Volume8,114,296.5222,955,05030,570,6806,254,0104,507,230
Total OI23,155,455.21717,892,14031,121,58018,449,06025,726,680

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-10-01$4.64$4.4364.0%18.2%37.7%43.4%64.0%3.5%-7.8%42.4M-2.07B-6.3M1.003.52N/AN/A3,131,8703,122,1408,317,40010,131,660
2013-10-02$4.72$4.5063.9%18.3%37.9%43.2%64.6%3.4%-7.6%58.8M-2.33B-6.5M0.813.70N/AN/A4,328,1703,496,2209,009,84010,921,260
2013-10-03$4.60$4.5065.0%18.6%39.8%44.8%65.7%2.2%-7.9%15.1M-1.76B-6.8M0.984.86N/AN/A2,945,8802,874,2009,773,89011,672,010
2013-10-04$4.68$4.6464.9%18.6%39.5%44.7%65.1%2.7%-8.1%30.6M-2.10B-6.7M0.743.81N/AN/A2,949,7302,192,1209,961,42011,810,050
2013-10-07$4.55$4.6469.1%19.8%41.3%50.9%69.1%2.7%-10.0%12.9M-1.58B-6.7M1.064.35N/AN/A1,432,0601,522,9908,990,66010,530,450
2013-10-08$4.32$4.5772.7%20.8%39.6%56.2%73.0%4.0%-10.5%-15.0M-825.5M-6.9M0.983.54N/AN/A3,614,7303,531,0109,341,64010,971,240
2013-10-09$4.12$4.4378.0%22.4%42.5%64.0%77.7%6.7%-11.6%-20.6M-249.5M-7.0M1.0010.09N/AN/A5,429,4105,424,3009,833,04011,292,330
2013-10-10$4.34$0.0069.0%20.0%46.2%50.7%69.7%5.4%-4.7%18.2M-1.23B-7.2M0.877.19N/AN/A4,203,2203,653,86010,736,11011,698,190
2013-10-11$4.30$4.4368.7%20.1%46.1%50.2%69.6%5.3%-5.2%-45.7M-1.08B-7.3M0.976.35N/AN/A2,649,3602,582,09011,487,07012,441,870
2013-10-14$4.63$4.2968.1%19.0%53.1%49.4%66.8%5.4%-10.9%36.5M-2.16B-7.0M0.688.23N/AN/A4,535,8603,098,1309,745,05010,842,440
2013-10-15$4.60$4.2966.3%18.6%53.1%46.8%65.2%4.7%-9.9%29.5M-1.97B-7.2M0.896.27N/AN/A2,273,6702,016,14010,293,57011,666,830
2013-10-16$4.61$4.2961.5%17.4%52.6%39.6%61.4%4.2%-9.3%33.1M-2.04B-6.9M0.596.48N/AN/A2,314,2701,368,43010,559,57012,091,940
2013-10-17$4.72$4.3660.8%17.4%52.9%38.6%60.9%4.2%-2.3%73.1M-2.38B-6.5M0.834.40N/AN/A2,762,9002,298,87011,062,87012,075,560
2013-10-18$4.76$4.3660.4%17.5%52.3%38.0%61.4%4.1%-2.4%82.2M-2.53B-6.6M0.666.10N/AN/A3,909,7802,571,10011,471,74012,647,040
2013-10-21$5.07$4.7966.9%18.8%53.9%47.6%66.4%3.4%-10.9%29.9M-2.53B-6.7M0.8810.48N/AN/A8,427,5807,453,4608,623,1609,268,980
2013-10-22$4.61$4.7952.6%15.1%65.3%26.5%52.5%1.9%-4.4%3.9M-1.30B-7.9M0.7836.82N/AN/A17,137,33013,433,35011,903,78012,673,080
2013-10-23$4.72$4.8649.9%14.3%65.7%22.6%50.5%3.3%-1.9%19.2M-1.35B-8.9M1.1223.03N/AN/A5,761,0006,468,84015,026,06014,694,890
2013-10-24$4.73$4.7147.8%13.8%65.4%19.4%48.5%2.7%-1.4%27.6M-1.36B-8.2M0.8933.05N/AN/A4,697,5604,194,47014,608,93015,284,500
2013-10-25$4.69$4.7144.3%12.8%65.5%14.2%45.4%2.6%-0.9%-3.2M-1.12B-8.0M1.2416.30N/AN/A3,418,7304,236,82015,232,63015,888,950
2013-10-28$4.49$4.5744.8%12.7%67.4%15.0%45.4%2.6%0.3%-9.3M-747.3M-7.7M1.058.21N/AN/A3,923,2204,110,33010,658,76012,185,320
2013-10-29$4.68$4.5742.9%12.3%66.8%12.2%43.7%2.5%0.7%16.5M-1.37B-7.7M1.059.44N/AN/A3,544,4503,719,94011,286,59012,813,570
2013-10-30$4.54$4.5741.2%11.8%67.2%9.7%41.3%1.9%0.8%-7.6M-911.7M-7.6M0.938.96N/AN/A2,773,7502,588,25011,944,80013,378,050
2013-10-31$4.61$4.5740.7%11.6%66.7%9.0%40.8%1.8%1.5%14.5M-1.17B-7.5M0.9914.37N/AN/A2,261,5602,245,67012,169,01013,557,670