NFLX Options History — January 2015

In January 2015, NFLX traded between $4.56 and $6.49. ATM implied volatility averaged 47.4%, placing in the 51.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.7%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.9% (HV 20d: 48.3%). Max pain ranged from $4.93 to $5.71. Net GEX was positive for 11 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.95.

Notable Days

  • 2015-01-23: Highest Volume — 11,651,500 contracts
  • 2015-01-21: Largest IV drop — 44.7% change
  • 2015-01-20: Highest IV Rank — 79.0%
  • 2015-01-20: Largest Expected Move — 17.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$5.34$4.56$6.49$4.99$6.32
Max Pain$5.15$4.93$5.71$5.00$5.71
ATM IV47.4%30.9%60.0%52.7%33.4%
Expected Move12.7%8.9%17.0%13.0%9.3%
HV 20d48.3%32.6%67.5%32.6%67.4%
HV 60d45.2%31.0%53.6%52.9%46.5%
IV Rank51.4%15.3%79.0%63.1%20.8%
IV Percentile67.7%26.2%93.3%84.9%39.3%
Term Structure-2.5%-5.3%0.3%-3.9%-0.2%
VWIV44.5%31.7%58.9%45.4%32.7%
Skew 25d5.4%1.5%10.9%6.8%2.0%
Skew 10d9.9%1.5%16.2%14.4%3.2%
Call IV 25d44.9%29.8%55.9%50.2%32.5%
Put IV 25d50.3%32.7%64.0%56.9%34.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %26.3117.6443.7320.1443.73
Gamma HHI0.110.030.570.550.08
Net GEX17.1M-28.1M111.8M111.8M-2.8M
Net DEX-521.3M-2.96B932.5M-183.9M-1.44B
Net VEX-7.2M-9.8M-5.7M-6.5M-9.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.950.711.110.760.95
Total Volume6,062,780.52,989,98011,651,5005,569,2706,181,280
Total OI16,983,935.510,719,52019,231,03017,111,36018,684,400

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-01-02$4.99$5.0052.7%13.0%32.6%63.1%45.4%6.8%-3.9%111.8M-183.9M-6.5M0.7620.14N/AN/A3,172,9602,396,3108,127,4908,983,870
2015-01-05$4.73$5.0057.9%14.8%37.4%74.5%51.1%6.4%-3.5%-22.5M644.8M-6.1M0.8819.43N/AN/A2,315,7402,029,0907,260,4708,346,730
2015-01-06$4.65$5.0059.5%15.1%37.8%77.9%52.3%7.4%-3.9%-20.1M821.6M-6.2M1.1120.92N/AN/A1,840,7202,040,8508,084,0908,887,760
2015-01-07$4.67$5.0058.2%15.0%36.3%75.1%51.6%6.6%-3.8%-11.2M732.7M-6.3M0.7623.21N/AN/A1,694,4901,295,4908,483,7909,053,940
2015-01-08$4.77$5.0057.0%14.5%36.8%72.4%50.0%7.3%-3.9%11.7M462.8M-6.3M1.0020.58N/AN/A1,781,2901,775,0608,643,6709,288,650
2015-01-09$4.71$5.0056.4%14.6%35.9%71.3%51.1%6.4%-3.8%-18.9M709.5M-6.1M1.0017.64N/AN/A2,041,6202,049,7408,766,8009,536,590
2015-01-12$4.56$5.0059.0%15.5%37.7%77.0%53.7%6.4%-3.6%-28.1M932.5M-5.7M1.0018.16N/AN/A2,342,8302,349,5507,852,4608,789,690
2015-01-13$4.62$5.0057.2%15.1%38.2%72.9%52.5%6.1%-3.9%-14.3M754.5M-6.2M0.9223.00N/AN/A2,076,7601,914,9208,558,0609,235,800
2015-01-14$4.63$5.0056.4%15.1%37.7%71.1%52.5%5.9%-4.1%-10.3M673.1M-6.2M0.9322.83N/AN/A2,453,0802,282,2808,802,8509,343,250
2015-01-15$4.63$5.0056.0%15.2%35.1%70.3%52.8%5.7%-3.6%1.0M613.4M-6.1M1.0723.01N/AN/A1,874,9502,012,4309,096,9209,390,430
2015-01-16$4.82$5.0055.1%15.0%32.6%68.3%52.7%6.7%-4.6%70.8M-69.7M-6.3M0.7123.04N/AN/A3,168,0602,235,8009,248,2609,525,460
2015-01-20$4.98$4.9360.0%17.0%34.6%79.0%58.9%10.9%-5.3%2.8M-30.3M-6.7M1.1129.25N/AN/A4,185,9304,663,1205,078,1505,641,370
2015-01-21$5.85$4.9333.2%9.5%65.7%20.3%33.7%3.8%-0.3%56.2M-2.02B-6.8M1.0230.36N/AN/A5,593,0705,704,3706,854,1207,899,360
2015-01-22$6.11$5.0731.9%9.2%66.3%17.6%32.9%3.3%-0.5%90.3M-2.51B-7.6M1.0122.19N/AN/A5,144,2305,173,5607,675,2909,808,120
2015-01-23$6.25$5.2130.9%8.9%66.3%15.3%31.7%2.8%-0.3%33.0M-2.96B-7.9M1.0128.15N/AN/A5,797,5405,853,9608,175,93011,055,100
2015-01-26$6.38$5.3632.4%9.4%66.4%18.6%33.2%4.3%-0.5%39.4M-2.00B-8.3M0.8329.41N/AN/A3,266,6902,696,4006,332,8307,841,050
2015-01-27$6.49$5.5033.4%9.8%66.1%20.9%35.0%3.1%0.2%56.6M-2.33B-8.9M1.0034.36N/AN/A3,206,7003,205,7907,128,3108,817,060
2015-01-28$6.33$5.6433.5%9.4%67.4%21.0%33.1%1.5%0.1%-3.3M-1.62B-9.6M0.9035.57N/AN/A3,975,7903,588,9707,542,6409,748,690
2015-01-29$6.34$5.6433.7%9.6%67.5%21.4%34.0%4.7%0.3%3.7K-1.60B-9.7M1.0641.16N/AN/A2,856,0703,018,1207,994,98010,094,280
2015-01-30$6.32$5.7133.4%9.3%67.4%20.8%32.7%2.0%-0.2%-2.8M-1.44B-9.8M0.9543.73N/AN/A3,176,6003,004,6808,068,20010,616,200