NFLX Options History — October 2014

In October 2014, NFLX traded between $5.10 and $6.67. ATM implied volatility averaged 36.2%, placing in the 25.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 20.1% (HV 20d: 56.3%). Max pain ranged from $6.00 to $6.50. Net GEX was positive for 15 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.98.

Notable Days

  • 2014-10-17: Highest Volume — 18,660,670 contracts
  • 2014-10-13: Largest IV spike — 20.4% change
  • 2014-10-13: Highest IV Rank — 46.8%
  • 2014-10-17: Largest Expected Move — 11.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$5.89$5.10$6.67$6.27$5.61
Max Pain$6.27$6.00$6.50$6.43$6.00
ATM IV36.2%27.1%45.3%41.3%27.1%
Expected Move10.1%9.2%11.1%9.6%10.0%
HV 20d56.3%24.0%83.1%24.0%83.0%
HV 60d38.6%24.4%51.1%24.4%50.7%
IV Rank25.5%7.0%46.8%32.3%7.0%
IV Percentile42.8%10.7%72.2%63.1%10.7%
Term Structure-1.1%-3.1%0.9%-2.0%0.6%
VWIV35.2%32.6%38.3%33.5%34.7%
Skew 25d5.2%2.7%8.5%5.2%4.1%
Skew 10d10.2%6.8%18.1%7.1%7.9%
Call IV 25d33.8%25.4%40.6%39.0%25.4%
Put IV 25d39.1%29.5%47.5%44.2%29.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %41.7738.4148.9539.5641.11
Gamma HHI0.100.030.630.050.23
Net GEX35.5M-97.1M470.9M-80.2M84.9M
Net DEX-87.7M-1.78B2.65B349.3M-675.0M
Net VEX-9.3M-10.6M-6.5M-10.1M-8.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.980.791.241.090.79
Total Volume7,160,026.0872,485,07018,660,6706,353,9708,149,050
Total OI20,310,576.08717,206,70024,306,17019,193,51022,132,530

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-10-01$6.27$6.4341.3%9.6%24.0%32.3%33.5%5.2%-2.0%-80.2M349.3M-10.1M1.0939.56N/AN/A3,042,5503,311,4209,185,26010,008,250
2014-10-02$6.43$6.4340.4%9.5%26.1%30.5%33.4%5.8%-2.1%95.7M-722.7M-10.5M1.0940.83N/AN/A2,705,7102,948,8909,851,10010,224,130
2014-10-03$6.56$6.4339.4%9.4%27.2%28.6%33.3%6.8%-2.4%470.9M-1.76B-10.5M0.8139.28N/AN/A4,225,9003,434,2709,960,58010,559,080
2014-10-06$6.62$6.4338.0%9.3%27.2%26.2%33.8%4.3%-0.5%84.6M-1.46B-10.4M0.9740.83N/AN/A2,766,8902,672,5308,557,9909,286,060
2014-10-07$6.52$6.4339.1%9.4%27.7%28.1%33.9%4.7%-2.0%8.5M-793.5M-10.6M1.1439.65N/AN/A2,445,6602,797,0609,084,04010,092,180
2014-10-08$6.67$6.4336.5%9.2%28.8%23.3%32.6%6.2%-1.7%120.7M-1.78B-10.3M0.9839.58N/AN/A3,817,0303,729,6709,319,03010,398,500
2014-10-09$6.59$6.4338.0%9.4%29.0%26.1%32.8%4.9%-1.8%55.8M-1.23B-10.3M1.0741.50N/AN/A2,927,7503,123,6109,669,10010,749,270
2014-10-10$6.46$6.5037.6%9.4%29.6%30.0%33.2%3.2%-1.6%-97.1M-66.7M-9.9M0.9944.48N/AN/A3,270,4003,222,9409,973,04010,974,040
2014-10-13$6.27$6.4345.3%10.1%28.1%46.8%36.1%6.9%-2.6%-9.0M-70.9M-9.8M1.2444.85N/AN/A1,657,4602,056,8108,202,3909,004,310
2014-10-14$6.42$6.4340.4%9.7%29.6%36.1%34.3%8.0%-2.5%3.6M-488.6M-10.1M0.9444.26N/AN/A1,282,7501,202,3208,514,2409,432,990
2014-10-15$6.41$6.4340.1%10.0%29.5%35.5%35.5%8.5%-3.1%7.1M-468.5M-10.3M0.9643.40N/AN/A4,181,8004,000,9209,154,5309,837,030
2014-10-16$5.17$6.4339.8%11.0%81.5%34.9%37.5%5.8%-2.1%-37.7M2.65B-6.5M0.9941.95N/AN/A8,433,9508,313,4809,932,23010,369,940
2014-10-17$5.10$6.2938.9%11.1%81.4%33.0%38.3%7.6%-1.8%-11.8M2.26B-7.4M0.9648.95N/AN/A9,534,2109,126,46012,392,59011,913,580
2014-10-20$5.13$6.2136.7%10.9%81.3%28.0%37.7%5.0%-0.5%-775.0K932.3M-7.8M0.9839.75N/AN/A3,635,2403,573,5709,182,6009,401,210
2014-10-21$5.24$6.2134.3%10.8%81.9%22.8%36.8%5.3%0.1%3.6M695.4M-8.4M1.0638.41N/AN/A2,618,8402,781,31010,076,99010,274,040
2014-10-22$5.35$6.1434.5%10.7%82.2%23.2%36.5%4.6%-1.2%26.1M178.1M-8.6M0.9542.06N/AN/A5,310,8305,059,95010,421,46010,595,480
2014-10-23$5.47$6.0733.0%10.5%82.9%20.1%36.7%4.8%-0.7%39.5M-275.0M-9.2M0.9941.82N/AN/A4,248,1604,221,77011,182,78011,496,800
2014-10-24$5.50$6.0731.7%10.4%82.7%17.1%36.0%3.9%0.4%66.9M-383.2M-9.2M0.9641.86N/AN/A3,748,8503,608,99011,536,63012,106,990
2014-10-27$5.42$6.0732.3%10.6%82.7%18.5%36.2%4.3%0.3%1.3M274.1M-8.9M0.8841.13N/AN/A2,452,5902,147,2509,555,0009,733,150
2014-10-28$5.52$6.0029.3%10.2%83.1%11.8%36.2%4.4%0.7%21.2M-23.1M-9.0M1.0041.02N/AN/A1,691,7601,692,95010,056,27010,285,870
2014-10-29$5.41$6.0030.5%10.4%82.9%14.5%35.5%2.7%-0.6%-20.8M445.1M-8.8M0.9542.31N/AN/A2,577,4002,442,30010,250,03010,614,940
2014-10-30$5.42$6.0029.3%10.4%82.1%11.9%35.6%3.5%0.9%-16.0M394.8M-8.7M0.8342.16N/AN/A2,457,1402,030,21010,658,55010,936,450
2014-10-31$5.61$6.0027.1%10.0%83.0%7.0%34.7%4.1%0.6%84.9M-675.0M-8.8M0.7941.11N/AN/A4,550,2103,598,84011,059,09011,073,440