NFLX Options History — February 2016

In February 2016, NFLX traded between $8.24 and $9.49. ATM implied volatility averaged 53.5%, placing in the 45.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 15.4%. IV traded below realized volatility by 4.8% (HV 20d: 58.3%). Max pain ranged from $10.00 to $10.80. Net GEX was positive for 9 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 1 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.92.

Notable Days

  • 2016-02-05: Highest Volume — 3,222,110 contracts
  • 2016-02-05: Largest IV spike — 17.9% change
  • 2016-02-08: Highest IV Rank — 60.0%
  • 2016-02-11: Largest Expected Move — 17.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$9.00$8.24$9.49$9.41$9.36
Max Pain$10.16$10.00$10.80$10.80$10.00
ATM IV53.5%48.0%63.2%50.4%48.0%
Expected Move15.4%14.2%17.7%14.6%14.5%
HV 20d58.3%53.2%65.0%65.0%53.2%
HV 60d51.6%49.3%53.3%50.9%52.1%
IV Rank45.1%36.7%60.0%40.5%36.7%
IV Percentile67.8%50.0%79.8%68.7%50.0%
Term Structure-0.7%-1.8%0.7%-0.1%-0.0%
VWIV54.3%49.9%62.3%51.8%51.1%
Skew 25d6.7%5.3%8.3%6.3%5.5%
Skew 10d13.0%10.3%16.0%12.1%10.3%
Call IV 25d51.2%45.7%59.8%48.2%45.7%
Put IV 25d57.9%51.2%67.8%54.5%51.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.903.048.465.184.33
Gamma HHI0.090.040.340.060.07
Net GEX841.5K-22.7M66.0M-3.5M14.1M
Net DEX368.8M-582.0M1.30B349.0M-251.6M
Net VEX-9.2M-10.2M-8.2M-9.4M-10.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.920.641.280.761.04
Total Volume1,748,9921,135,3403,222,1101,705,6601,135,340
Total OI8,015,9126,587,9808,949,5607,421,2407,143,970

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-02-01$9.41$10.8050.4%14.6%65.0%40.5%51.8%6.3%-0.1%-3.5M349.0M-9.4M0.765.18N/AN/A967,910737,7503,716,9503,704,290
2016-02-02$9.15$10.7052.8%15.9%64.3%44.0%55.0%6.4%-0.4%-9.9M584.0M-9.3M0.835.20N/AN/A827,200688,6003,933,2603,913,530
2016-02-03$9.09$10.7051.0%14.9%64.2%41.3%54.1%6.2%-0.2%-13.4M657.4M-9.1M0.985.75N/AN/A1,060,1001,036,8304,068,4404,050,330
2016-02-04$8.97$10.5051.5%14.6%53.8%42.1%51.1%5.8%-0.5%-15.3M736.2M-9.0M0.725.16N/AN/A968,000701,2704,185,9404,238,340
2016-02-05$8.24$10.5060.8%17.2%59.6%56.3%58.6%6.4%-1.2%-22.7M1.30B-8.2M1.285.73N/AN/A1,413,2801,808,8304,314,6804,311,740
2016-02-08$8.35$10.0063.2%17.4%60.1%60.0%62.3%7.7%-1.8%-14.3M919.1M-8.7M1.028.46N/AN/A802,360818,0604,033,4104,090,100
2016-02-09$8.63$10.0061.0%17.2%60.1%56.5%58.8%8.1%-0.8%-6.1M692.7M-9.0M1.055.23N/AN/A801,260841,2404,212,0104,130,420
2016-02-10$8.85$10.0058.0%16.3%60.9%52.0%57.4%7.7%-1.1%341.2K487.2M-9.3M1.045.66N/AN/A840,640877,5504,303,4204,200,020
2016-02-11$8.65$10.0062.6%17.7%54.1%59.1%61.5%8.3%-0.9%-10.2M725.7M-9.1M0.935.72N/AN/A878,720813,3204,404,5904,409,600
2016-02-12$8.74$10.0055.8%16.2%54.3%48.7%55.9%8.0%0.7%2.1M618.5M-8.9M1.135.11N/AN/A948,8701,068,1404,502,6804,446,880
2016-02-16$8.89$10.0053.8%15.4%54.7%45.5%54.1%7.8%-0.5%-5.1M528.5M-8.9M0.773.30N/AN/A804,780617,0804,065,6104,030,690
2016-02-17$9.47$10.0050.0%14.3%58.0%39.8%51.5%7.2%-0.7%13.9M-36.1M-9.3M0.963.12N/AN/A894,280859,0204,230,7704,126,580
2016-02-18$9.04$10.0052.8%15.2%59.7%44.0%53.6%7.2%-1.1%-5.0M432.9M-8.9M0.913.41N/AN/A839,760762,5604,332,3204,320,000
2016-02-19$8.92$10.0051.7%14.9%57.7%42.3%50.8%6.4%-0.7%-22.1M547.8M-8.9M1.033.04N/AN/A1,166,6201,204,6904,486,5104,392,930
2016-02-22$9.19$10.0048.5%14.2%58.8%37.4%51.7%6.0%-0.9%6.5M-16.2M-9.4M0.825.71N/AN/A714,070585,1003,316,9603,271,020
2016-02-23$8.92$10.0049.9%14.8%59.4%39.6%52.0%6.2%-0.8%1.8M190.8M-9.1M1.114.26N/AN/A565,450624,9703,474,3703,478,600
2016-02-24$9.15$10.0050.4%14.8%60.2%40.4%52.5%6.0%-1.1%10.8M-36.1M-9.5M0.743.93N/AN/A933,860688,1503,583,1503,604,760
2016-02-25$9.44$10.0049.3%14.4%55.3%38.7%52.0%5.9%-0.5%28.9M-468.9M-9.9M0.664.40N/AN/A1,069,470708,9303,760,1603,720,970
2016-02-26$9.49$10.0048.4%14.3%53.6%37.3%49.9%5.3%-0.8%66.0M-582.0M-10.2M0.645.26N/AN/A1,162,080743,7003,954,1603,854,080
2016-02-29$9.36$10.0048.0%14.5%53.2%36.7%51.1%5.5%-0.0%14.1M-251.6M-10.0M1.044.33N/AN/A557,590577,7503,724,5103,419,460