NFLX Options History — October 2016

In October 2016, NFLX traded between $9.96 and $12.76. ATM implied volatility averaged 43.9%, placing in the 32.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.7%. IV traded below realized volatility by 5.3% (HV 20d: 49.2%). Max pain ranged from $9.50 to $11.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.82.

Notable Days

  • 2016-10-18: Highest Volume — 4,789,110 contracts
  • 2016-10-18: Largest IV drop — 41.2% change
  • 2016-10-17: Highest IV Rank — 57.7%
  • 2016-10-05: Largest Expected Move — 19.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$11.33$9.96$12.76$10.27$12.49
Max Pain$10.29$9.50$11.00$9.50$11.00
ATM IV43.9%30.7%56.2%50.6%30.8%
Expected Move12.7%9.0%19.1%17.1%9.0%
HV 20d49.2%31.0%69.5%33.6%67.4%
HV 60d40.3%27.8%45.1%40.5%44.2%
IV Rank32.3%9.1%57.7%41.9%9.2%
IV Percentile48.1%13.1%79.8%63.9%14.3%
Term Structure-1.9%-3.9%0.3%-2.1%0.1%
VWIV45.0%32.2%66.5%59.8%32.3%
Skew 25d1.9%0.9%4.1%4.1%1.0%
Skew 10d3.7%1.4%6.3%6.3%2.1%
Call IV 25d43.4%31.0%55.9%47.6%31.0%
Put IV 25d45.3%32.0%56.8%51.7%32.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %10.632.9937.0737.074.15
Gamma HHI0.080.050.190.060.07
Net GEX50.7M15.4M98.2M48.3M41.5M
Net DEX-2.44B-5.45B-630.6M-1.44B-2.72B
Net VEX-9.6M-10.2M-7.9M-9.4M-9.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.820.591.050.710.87
Total Volume1,764,068.095909,1004,789,1101,518,980909,100
Total OI9,407,662.3817,930,12011,859,7207,930,1208,950,810

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-10-03$10.27$9.5050.6%17.1%33.6%41.9%59.8%4.1%-2.1%48.3M-1.44B-9.4M0.7137.07N/AN/A886,600632,3804,018,4303,911,690
2016-10-04$10.23$9.5551.6%17.8%32.1%44.1%61.8%3.5%-2.3%45.9M-1.36B-9.5M0.6436.36N/AN/A734,650470,7404,210,8804,126,730
2016-10-05$10.63$9.6053.7%19.1%34.3%47.8%66.5%3.1%-3.0%59.5M-2.03B-9.6M0.7533.03N/AN/A1,311,190982,3204,360,8604,208,380
2016-10-06$10.53$10.0054.7%14.1%34.6%49.5%49.2%2.2%-3.6%47.0M-1.80B-10.2M0.998.19N/AN/A478,040471,4104,600,0904,596,540
2016-10-07$10.49$10.0053.1%14.0%32.5%46.7%48.6%2.6%-3.5%68.5M-1.73B-10.0M0.7511.05N/AN/A899,750672,3804,606,2004,653,080
2016-10-10$10.34$10.0052.3%13.7%32.2%45.3%48.5%1.3%-3.4%34.7M-1.27B-9.8M0.8910.09N/AN/A536,950477,0404,229,6304,278,180
2016-10-11$10.05$10.0052.1%14.0%31.4%45.0%48.6%1.8%-2.6%20.9M-778.3M-9.7M1.027.83N/AN/A509,560519,4204,334,5904,430,340
2016-10-12$9.96$10.0055.6%14.9%31.2%51.0%52.0%1.0%-3.5%16.7M-630.6M-9.8M0.777.62N/AN/A642,450492,6904,440,8904,480,880
2016-10-13$10.03$10.0055.0%14.9%31.3%55.2%52.3%1.6%-3.5%15.4M-730.6M-9.7M0.756.73N/AN/A686,860517,8504,473,0804,559,920
2016-10-14$10.17$10.0055.0%15.1%31.0%55.4%52.3%0.9%-3.8%44.8M-1.06B-9.7M0.5910.27N/AN/A907,880535,3004,673,7904,646,500
2016-10-17$9.98$10.0056.2%15.8%31.7%57.7%54.7%1.7%-3.9%20.0M-734.8M-9.4M0.678.82N/AN/A1,761,3001,180,2604,244,4204,363,350
2016-10-18$11.89$10.0033.0%9.5%69.5%13.5%34.1%2.6%-0.8%85.2M-4.28B-7.9M0.902.99N/AN/A2,518,4002,270,7105,082,3704,879,540
2016-10-19$12.22$10.5034.8%10.0%67.7%16.8%35.5%2.9%-1.7%84.9M-4.59B-9.1M0.903.57N/AN/A1,414,4301,273,2105,569,9705,548,600
2016-10-20$12.37$10.5033.9%9.8%67.7%15.2%35.8%2.4%-1.1%98.2M-4.79B-9.3M0.875.26N/AN/A973,660844,6605,723,7205,810,930
2016-10-21$12.76$10.5037.5%10.9%67.8%21.9%40.1%1.0%-1.5%72.4M-5.45B-9.2M0.745.74N/AN/A2,027,4801,490,3405,835,5406,024,180
2016-10-24$12.73$11.0035.1%10.4%67.3%17.5%37.5%1.0%-0.1%57.6M-3.28B-9.4M0.766.72N/AN/A1,084,690825,3004,286,4904,476,440
2016-10-25$12.65$11.0033.7%10.0%67.5%14.8%35.9%1.2%0.0%47.5M-3.15B-9.8M1.044.53N/AN/A567,870588,4004,569,5404,779,450
2016-10-26$12.71$11.0032.1%9.5%67.5%11.7%34.3%1.3%0.2%58.3M-3.24B-9.8M1.054.21N/AN/A567,590594,7104,701,5404,915,600
2016-10-27$12.65$11.0030.7%9.0%67.4%9.1%32.2%0.9%0.3%39.9M-3.10B-9.8M0.804.31N/AN/A660,520525,2204,812,4905,053,740
2016-10-28$12.68$11.0031.1%9.1%67.5%9.7%32.8%1.2%0.3%56.6M-3.19B-10.0M0.834.76N/AN/A876,640725,4804,937,6505,153,860
2016-10-31$12.49$11.0030.8%9.0%67.4%9.2%32.3%1.0%0.1%41.5M-2.72B-9.8M0.874.15N/AN/A486,000423,1004,408,0804,542,730