NFLX Options History — January 2016

In January 2016, NFLX traded between $9.08 and $11.75. ATM implied volatility averaged 64.8%, placing in the 62.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 17.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 11.8% (HV 20d: 53.0%). Max pain ranged from $10.00 to $11.50. Net GEX was positive for 6 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 0 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.89.

Notable Days

  • 2016-01-20: Highest Volume — 3,522,870 contracts
  • 2016-01-20: Largest IV drop — 22.6% change
  • 2016-01-13: Highest IV Rank — 83.2%
  • 2016-01-19: Largest Expected Move — 21.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$10.55$9.08$11.75$10.99$9.23
Max Pain$11.18$10.00$11.50$11.50$10.00
ATM IV64.8%50.1%78.4%66.3%50.1%
Expected Move17.8%14.4%21.5%16.9%14.4%
HV 20d53.0%33.6%64.1%36.3%64.1%
HV 60d47.9%43.5%51.1%45.1%51.1%
IV Rank62.4%40.0%83.2%64.8%40.0%
IV Percentile83.7%67.1%94.0%86.9%67.1%
Term Structure-2.9%-5.7%-0.3%-3.3%-1.4%
VWIV62.4%49.4%75.9%60.3%49.4%
Skew 25d7.9%6.7%9.1%8.9%6.7%
Skew 10d15.1%12.1%17.8%16.1%12.1%
Call IV 25d61.6%48.1%75.8%61.2%48.1%
Put IV 25d69.5%54.8%83.5%70.1%54.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %11.934.7338.1810.1610.94
Gamma HHI0.060.030.200.040.12
Net GEX-636.1K-29.8M29.3M-5.7M-2.2M
Net DEX-646.7M-2.28B767.5M-1.01B63.9M
Net VEX-9.8M-10.9M-149.4K-9.9M-149.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.890.661.221.001.22
Total Volume2,153,318.94795,2503,522,8701,769,59095,250
Total OI9,607,580.526530,10013,110,79011,161,430530,100

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-01-04$10.99$11.5066.3%16.9%36.3%64.8%60.3%8.9%-3.3%-5.7M-1.01B-9.9M1.0010.16N/AN/A883,310886,2804,995,0306,166,400
2016-01-05$10.79$11.5068.1%17.2%33.6%67.4%60.6%8.9%-4.0%-2.3M-844.4M-10.0M0.889.76N/AN/A751,380660,3705,247,7106,366,590
2016-01-06$11.75$11.5068.1%17.7%45.5%67.4%62.0%8.2%-3.8%28.7M-2.28B-10.7M0.7115.07N/AN/A1,642,5301,168,8105,379,4706,457,650
2016-01-07$11.53$11.5072.0%18.6%45.3%73.3%65.3%9.1%-4.4%26.1M-2.01B-10.9M0.6619.09N/AN/A1,753,9001,151,7305,632,6006,669,110
2016-01-08$11.12$11.5070.4%18.5%46.1%71.0%64.3%8.8%-4.5%-16.1M-1.20B-10.6M0.8612.86N/AN/A1,082,970927,0005,802,2406,812,540
2016-01-11$11.49$11.5070.4%18.7%47.9%71.0%63.7%9.0%-3.9%14.5M-1.77B-10.5M0.689.07N/AN/A1,141,880774,2205,353,3006,442,690
2016-01-12$11.66$11.5068.3%18.5%47.1%67.7%65.0%8.6%-3.3%29.3M-2.07B-10.7M0.8511.16N/AN/A700,200592,7505,682,8706,609,020
2016-01-13$10.66$11.5078.4%21.3%56.3%83.2%74.0%8.2%-4.2%-8.2M-704.0M-10.3M0.8938.18N/AN/A1,292,5401,153,3905,764,0606,674,840
2016-01-14$10.70$11.5074.5%20.3%56.3%77.2%70.8%7.4%-4.6%-13.0M-733.1M-10.2M0.9715.25N/AN/A1,165,5001,126,0906,029,2306,850,600
2016-01-15$10.40$11.0077.2%21.0%54.9%81.3%72.6%7.7%-5.7%-11.1M-291.7M-9.9M1.1814.76N/AN/A1,394,2301,648,9206,151,8206,958,970
2016-01-19$10.82$11.0075.9%21.5%57.4%79.3%75.9%7.9%-4.8%9.3M-604.6M-10.6M0.9714.40N/AN/A1,540,9001,498,0203,205,3902,908,820
2016-01-20$10.79$11.0058.7%16.8%56.4%53.0%60.3%7.2%-0.7%8.7M-498.8M-10.8M0.877.99N/AN/A1,880,2801,642,5903,836,8003,594,570
2016-01-21$10.26$11.0059.1%17.0%58.6%53.6%60.6%8.1%-1.8%-6.8M-66.2M-10.5M1.065.54N/AN/A1,138,7501,210,4304,102,4003,779,420
2016-01-22$10.06$11.0055.2%15.9%58.7%47.7%56.2%6.7%-1.1%-29.8M181.2M-10.3M0.847.91N/AN/A1,500,2501,255,9704,276,3004,022,160
2016-01-25$9.92$11.0056.3%16.4%58.0%49.3%57.4%7.3%-0.3%-2.7M78.9M-10.2M0.674.73N/AN/A840,570560,4203,575,4303,362,900
2016-01-26$9.77$11.0053.7%15.6%58.0%45.5%55.1%7.0%-0.6%-4.8M229.1M-10.1M0.846.02N/AN/A1,003,590841,9103,848,9203,519,000
2016-01-27$9.08$11.0056.8%16.8%62.2%50.2%58.3%7.8%-1.2%-18.0M767.5M-9.2M0.816.91N/AN/A1,142,410930,7904,008,9303,771,470
2016-01-28$9.45$11.0051.7%15.1%64.1%42.4%54.0%7.2%-0.7%-8.0M489.5M-9.7M0.876.96N/AN/A1,032,980899,9504,179,5403,975,140
2016-01-29$9.23$10.0050.1%14.4%64.1%40.0%49.4%6.7%-1.4%-2.2M63.9M-149.4K1.2210.94N/AN/A42,99052,260222,040308,060