NFLX Options History — April 2016

In April 2016, NFLX traded between $9.00 and $11.15. ATM implied volatility averaged 51.0%, placing in the 41.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 10.2% (HV 20d: 40.8%). Max pain ranged from $10.00 to $11.00. Net GEX was positive for 13 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 1 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.84.

Notable Days

  • 2016-04-19: Highest Volume — 4,191,860 contracts
  • 2016-04-19: Largest IV drop — 30.6% change
  • 2016-04-05: Highest IV Rank — 62.5%
  • 2016-04-07: Largest Expected Move — 16.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$10.08$9.00$11.15$10.56$9.00
Max Pain$10.17$10.00$11.00$10.00$10.00
ATM IV51.0%35.6%64.9%64.2%36.8%
Expected Move13.5%10.0%16.5%10.0%10.6%
HV 20d40.8%22.7%60.6%35.2%57.1%
HV 60d48.7%43.7%52.7%52.5%49.7%
IV Rank41.2%17.8%62.5%61.4%19.6%
IV Percentile50.7%18.7%79.8%79.0%18.7%
Term Structure-2.1%-4.4%0.1%-4.4%-0.3%
VWIV48.1%36.0%59.2%36.0%38.1%
Skew 25d4.7%1.8%8.0%8.0%3.0%
Skew 10d8.5%2.9%14.3%14.3%6.0%
Call IV 25d49.0%35.4%61.7%61.7%36.2%
Put IV 25d53.7%37.6%69.6%69.6%39.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %5.151.109.674.202.84
Gamma HHI0.100.050.440.150.44
Net GEX14.0M-70.5M68.8M68.8M-70.5M
Net DEX-576.2M-2.23B880.4M-1.64B880.4M
Net VEX-9.6M-10.3M-8.5M-10.2M-8.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.840.521.250.521.25
Total Volume1,715,833.333880,7104,191,8601,705,3701,562,840
Total OI7,890,273.816,569,0509,515,8107,590,7008,564,250

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-04-01$10.56$10.0064.2%10.0%35.2%61.4%36.0%8.0%-4.4%68.8M-1.64B-10.2M0.524.20N/AN/A1,125,680579,6903,897,3803,693,320
2016-04-04$10.43$10.0064.7%16.4%33.0%62.3%58.9%7.4%-3.2%38.4M-1.19B-10.2M0.957.65N/AN/A504,570479,9603,602,3003,327,430
2016-04-05$10.49$10.0064.9%16.5%23.0%62.5%59.2%7.3%-3.9%40.6M-1.28B-10.2M0.847.07N/AN/A570,260478,9403,716,7803,452,740
2016-04-06$10.49$10.0063.8%16.3%23.1%60.9%58.8%7.5%-3.8%41.9M-1.28B-10.3M0.707.30N/AN/A518,700362,0103,813,0303,593,870
2016-04-07$10.45$10.0063.9%16.5%22.7%61.0%58.1%7.1%-4.0%42.5M-1.22B-10.3M0.725.45N/AN/A688,250498,4903,892,0803,684,050
2016-04-08$10.38$10.0063.0%16.3%22.8%59.7%59.0%6.6%-4.3%30.0M-1.08B-10.2M0.996.63N/AN/A602,950597,2203,968,7003,805,690
2016-04-11$10.28$10.0060.7%15.9%23.2%56.1%55.5%6.5%-4.0%27.9M-906.9M-9.9M0.815.67N/AN/A538,300437,8603,690,3003,611,440
2016-04-12$10.71$10.0060.0%16.2%26.8%55.1%57.0%6.3%-2.9%39.4M-1.56B-9.8M0.674.58N/AN/A760,380506,0603,827,8703,757,950
2016-04-13$10.97$10.0058.7%15.9%27.5%53.1%55.5%5.5%-3.1%48.1M-1.97B-9.7M0.636.11N/AN/A1,204,020760,5103,923,6103,857,790
2016-04-14$11.06$10.0056.3%15.5%27.3%49.4%55.6%5.9%-2.0%55.7M-2.05B-9.8M0.675.63N/AN/A819,130547,6504,083,7303,995,850
2016-04-15$11.15$10.0054.2%15.1%27.3%46.2%52.0%5.5%-2.6%46.0M-2.23B-9.6M0.614.45N/AN/A1,394,670846,4004,179,5604,122,720
2016-04-18$10.88$10.5058.2%16.3%29.4%52.3%58.0%4.7%-3.3%21.8M-1.05B-9.8M1.029.67N/AN/A1,766,4401,797,0903,409,6703,159,380
2016-04-19$9.44$11.0040.4%11.6%59.6%25.0%41.1%2.1%-0.3%-36.4M774.9M-8.5M0.911.10N/AN/A2,199,8601,992,0004,037,0403,953,970
2016-04-20$9.68$10.5037.4%10.7%60.3%20.6%38.4%2.1%-0.1%-15.8M341.9M-9.4M0.895.13N/AN/A1,167,0601,035,6804,605,7304,290,690
2016-04-21$9.50$10.5038.7%11.1%60.6%22.5%39.5%1.8%-0.3%-25.2M588.4M-9.5M0.853.63N/AN/A874,330747,1504,847,4504,448,670
2016-04-22$9.59$10.3035.6%10.2%60.6%17.8%36.6%2.0%0.1%31.8M379.2M-9.3M0.934.48N/AN/A1,137,5001,055,9204,987,6904,528,120
2016-04-25$9.34$10.2038.3%11.1%60.1%21.9%39.1%2.3%-0.6%-13.6M354.2M-9.3M1.084.26N/AN/A681,270734,0903,645,1303,657,880
2016-04-26$9.25$10.0037.5%10.8%58.9%20.6%39.0%2.0%-0.6%-18.7M471.8M-9.2M1.003.72N/AN/A715,940716,3203,848,2203,865,700
2016-04-27$9.10$10.4036.0%10.3%58.9%18.4%36.8%2.7%-0.5%-26.5M734.8M-8.9M0.804.76N/AN/A925,030742,5603,976,5004,018,740
2016-04-28$9.01$10.1036.6%10.6%58.9%19.4%37.1%2.7%-0.7%-31.5M841.5M-9.0M0.803.76N/AN/A757,350602,3704,119,2804,233,450
2016-04-29$9.00$10.0036.8%10.6%57.1%19.6%38.1%3.0%-0.3%-70.5M880.4M-8.9M1.252.84N/AN/A696,020866,8204,191,3404,372,910