NFLX Options History — May 2016

In May 2016, NFLX traded between $8.78 and $10.34. ATM implied volatility averaged 34.5%, placing in the 16.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.9%. IV traded below realized volatility by 10.7% (HV 20d: 45.2%). Max pain ranged from $9.50 to $10.00. Net GEX was positive for 9 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.90.

Notable Days

  • 2016-05-12: Highest Volume — 2,308,600 contracts
  • 2016-05-20: Largest IV drop — 8.1% change
  • 2016-05-17: Highest IV Rank — 20.4%
  • 2016-05-17: Largest Expected Move — 10.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$9.33$8.78$10.34$9.31$10.27
Max Pain$9.86$9.50$10.00$10.00$10.00
ATM IV34.5%32.1%37.3%34.2%32.9%
Expected Move9.9%9.1%10.7%9.8%9.2%
HV 20d45.2%27.9%59.5%58.9%30.9%
HV 60d44.9%42.7%50.1%50.1%42.7%
IV Rank16.1%12.4%20.4%15.6%13.5%
IV Percentile14.0%7.1%18.7%16.7%9.1%
Term Structure0.3%-0.4%1.7%0.0%-0.4%
VWIV35.4%32.2%38.8%35.7%33.1%
Skew 25d3.0%2.0%4.0%3.1%2.5%
Skew 10d6.0%4.0%8.4%5.8%5.4%
Call IV 25d33.8%31.5%36.5%33.3%32.3%
Put IV 25d36.8%33.5%40.1%36.4%34.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.231.935.553.613.15
Gamma HHI0.080.050.200.060.08
Net GEX3.0M-27.7M47.7M-3.5M27.2M
Net DEX26.7M-1.54B895.4M303.2M-1.12B
Net VEX-9.1M-10.0M-8.4M-9.3M-9.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.900.681.250.910.99
Total Volume1,300,427.619326,0502,308,6001,279,070842,010
Total OI7,954,864.2866,498,4208,758,6407,615,3607,188,790

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-05-02$9.31$10.0034.2%9.8%58.9%15.6%35.7%3.1%0.0%-3.5M303.2M-9.3M0.913.61N/AN/A670,080608,9903,696,3203,919,040
2016-05-03$9.15$10.0035.3%10.3%58.9%17.3%36.3%3.0%0.2%-8.9M465.8M-9.1M1.003.12N/AN/A460,340460,4903,869,2504,060,950
2016-05-04$9.08$10.0035.7%10.4%58.8%17.9%36.5%2.9%0.1%-13.6M571.8M-9.0M0.963.04N/AN/A430,170413,1003,950,2404,136,930
2016-05-05$8.93$10.0035.9%10.4%58.9%18.3%36.8%2.5%0.4%-26.2M784.9M-8.8M0.992.78N/AN/A510,630503,2604,037,1104,187,370
2016-05-06$9.08$10.0034.6%10.3%59.5%16.2%36.4%2.4%0.3%-26.5M576.6M-8.9M0.913.35N/AN/A598,320544,0404,109,8504,201,220
2016-05-09$9.06$10.0034.5%10.1%59.5%16.0%35.9%2.9%0.5%-11.9M529.4M-8.7M0.773.09N/AN/A481,300369,4503,693,6903,883,760
2016-05-10$9.29$10.0032.6%9.4%58.2%13.1%34.0%2.5%0.1%4.5M212.3M-9.0M0.701.93N/AN/A544,950379,2403,836,1603,971,830
2016-05-11$9.00$10.0034.6%10.0%57.6%16.2%35.2%2.9%0.4%-17.7M615.7M-8.7M0.843.03N/AN/A575,190482,6703,919,3304,036,540
2016-05-12$8.78$10.0037.2%10.7%57.4%20.2%38.7%3.0%0.2%-27.7M895.4M-8.4M0.953.47N/AN/A1,185,0601,123,5404,040,1804,135,530
2016-05-13$8.79$9.5036.9%10.5%57.2%19.7%37.8%3.1%-0.3%-12.9M785.5M-8.7M0.913.10N/AN/A713,290651,2304,363,1404,375,290
2016-05-16$8.91$9.5035.6%10.3%57.6%17.8%36.9%3.8%0.9%-7.7M498.8M-8.8M0.802.18N/AN/A655,800525,3004,009,7804,124,990
2016-05-17$9.02$9.5037.3%10.7%30.1%20.4%38.8%3.9%0.0%-987.2K314.6M-9.2M0.785.55N/AN/A183,160142,8904,159,8604,254,200
2016-05-18$9.05$9.5035.4%10.2%28.3%17.5%35.9%3.4%0.6%2.6M293.8M-9.0M1.142.46N/AN/A730,690836,5804,208,5704,346,380
2016-05-19$8.95$9.5035.5%10.1%27.9%17.6%36.0%4.0%0.8%-8.5M435.4M-8.8M1.252.44N/AN/A499,880625,2204,298,4504,456,910
2016-05-20$9.26$9.5032.6%9.2%30.5%13.2%32.4%4.0%1.7%47.7M-172.5M-9.0M1.002.47N/AN/A1,092,7701,096,4804,354,2504,404,390
2016-05-23$9.48$10.0032.7%9.2%30.3%13.3%33.6%3.1%0.5%19.4M-431.5M-9.2M1.083.39N/AN/A622,000671,1803,216,3703,282,050
2016-05-24$9.80$10.0033.3%9.5%32.1%14.3%33.6%3.2%0.4%27.1M-843.5M-9.5M0.804.29N/AN/A1,096,770880,9103,370,5503,536,790
2016-05-25$10.02$10.0033.0%9.3%31.9%13.7%33.2%2.8%0.3%31.0M-1.11B-9.8M0.753.61N/AN/A894,960668,9303,614,9303,871,550
2016-05-26$10.29$10.0033.4%9.5%32.3%14.4%33.7%2.3%0.2%36.7M-1.51B-9.8M0.783.85N/AN/A1,185,120927,6303,718,1504,061,150
2016-05-27$10.34$10.0032.1%9.1%32.2%12.4%32.2%2.0%0.3%33.2M-1.54B-10.0M0.683.93N/AN/A849,490575,8703,907,4604,242,850
2016-05-31$10.27$10.0032.9%9.2%30.9%13.5%33.1%2.5%-0.4%27.2M-1.12B-9.8M0.993.15N/AN/A423,600418,4103,542,3303,646,460