NFLX Options History — December 2016

In December 2016, NFLX traded between $11.71 and $12.86. ATM implied volatility averaged 39.8%, placing in the 26.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 14.5% (HV 20d: 25.3%). Max pain ranged from $9.71 to $11.50. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.75.

Notable Days

  • 2016-12-06: Highest Volume — 1,523,720 contracts
  • 2016-12-19: Largest IV spike — 26.6% change
  • 2016-12-21: Highest IV Rank — 54.5%
  • 2016-12-30: Largest Expected Move — 16.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$12.40$11.71$12.86$11.71$12.38
Max Pain$10.01$9.71$11.50$11.50$10.00
ATM IV39.8%28.7%54.6%30.6%53.3%
Expected Move13.6%8.9%16.8%9.2%16.8%
HV 20d25.3%22.5%32.1%25.9%26.0%
HV 60d45.0%43.8%46.1%45.6%43.8%
IV Rank26.5%5.3%54.5%8.9%52.1%
IV Percentile39.3%7.9%77.0%15.1%73.8%
Term Structure2.3%-3.7%22.2%-0.8%-3.7%
VWIV47.9%31.7%59.3%32.6%59.3%
Skew 25d1.2%-0.2%2.8%1.4%1.5%
Skew 10d1.9%0.0%4.3%2.4%2.5%
Call IV 25d39.7%28.7%54.4%30.6%54.4%
Put IV 25d40.9%29.2%55.9%32.0%55.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %16.424.3832.354.3828.89
Gamma HHI0.080.050.130.050.13
Net GEX48.9M-19.9K73.3M26.3M-19.9K
Net DEX-2.01B-2.49B-1.35B-1.35B-1.54B
Net VEX-8.7M-9.1M-8.5M-8.8M-8.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.750.531.000.981.00
Total Volume882,702.857502,3701,523,720956,560707,390
Total OI8,181,137.1437,313,2708,895,7308,252,7607,989,180

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-12-01$11.71$11.5030.6%9.2%25.9%8.9%32.6%1.4%-0.8%26.3M-1.35B-8.8M0.984.38N/AN/A482,480474,0804,022,1504,230,610
2016-12-02$12.06$11.5029.6%8.9%28.2%7.0%31.7%1.5%-0.2%73.3M-1.97B-8.6M0.925.48N/AN/A634,710582,5504,094,0404,275,150
2016-12-05$11.92$9.7128.7%11.8%28.5%5.3%42.3%0.7%0.6%37.2M-1.62B-8.5M0.967.48N/AN/A458,390438,9703,904,6104,119,190
2016-12-06$12.45$9.7129.6%12.0%32.0%6.9%42.5%0.9%0.4%61.8M-2.40B-8.6M0.736.25N/AN/A879,990643,7304,021,9804,250,340
2016-12-07$12.54$9.7130.1%12.3%32.1%8.0%44.0%0.4%0.5%63.1M-2.49B-8.6M0.706.11N/AN/A605,000425,5704,091,8704,382,320
2016-12-08$12.31$9.7130.8%12.6%31.8%9.2%44.6%-0.2%0.6%54.8M-2.13B-8.9M0.567.22N/AN/A764,800429,7604,181,4204,436,330
2016-12-09$12.25$9.7129.4%12.2%23.7%6.6%42.8%-0.2%0.9%48.6M-1.99B-8.7M0.535.84N/AN/A664,360351,0204,298,5104,510,640
2016-12-12$12.27$9.7129.3%12.2%23.5%6.4%43.5%0.5%13.2%49.4M-1.97B-8.6M0.885.89N/AN/A289,760255,3404,099,3604,258,420
2016-12-13$12.44$9.7129.4%12.3%22.7%6.5%43.7%0.6%13.7%62.2M-2.22B-8.6M0.625.00N/AN/A423,190262,4404,166,8804,310,400
2016-12-14$12.38$9.7129.7%12.3%23.0%7.1%43.5%0.9%13.3%56.4M-2.10B-8.5M0.935.86N/AN/A270,750252,5804,217,0204,377,020
2016-12-15$12.52$9.7132.3%11.9%22.9%12.1%42.5%0.7%11.6%72.1M-2.31B-8.5M0.619.12N/AN/A810,070490,6804,244,3204,423,740
2016-12-16$12.43$9.7137.2%14.5%23.2%21.4%50.7%0.6%22.2%52.2M-2.08B-8.9M0.6711.47N/AN/A695,620467,2104,364,9304,530,800
2016-12-19$12.55$10.0047.1%14.8%23.3%40.3%52.1%0.9%-2.4%43.0M-1.98B-8.9M0.6630.70N/AN/A538,300352,9303,552,0103,761,260
2016-12-20$12.51$10.0049.5%14.8%22.5%45.0%52.3%1.9%-2.3%46.2M-1.94B-8.9M0.8132.35N/AN/A277,950224,4203,710,9403,903,970
2016-12-21$12.66$10.0054.6%15.6%22.7%54.5%55.3%1.4%-3.0%59.4M-2.17B-8.9M0.6327.87N/AN/A553,370346,6903,764,2503,961,550
2016-12-22$12.54$10.0053.7%15.6%23.0%53.0%54.6%2.2%-3.1%46.3M-1.95B-9.1M0.6230.45N/AN/A463,890287,5903,849,1604,053,590
2016-12-23$12.55$10.0052.8%15.4%22.9%51.2%54.7%2.5%-3.4%41.6M-1.97B-9.0M0.9329.34N/AN/A289,970268,7803,887,9404,114,280
2016-12-27$12.86$10.0053.4%16.4%23.6%52.4%58.0%2.2%-3.3%58.0M-2.31B-8.7M0.5427.26N/AN/A555,640301,3403,686,7103,941,700
2016-12-28$12.59$10.0052.8%16.3%25.3%51.2%56.7%2.8%-3.7%43.7M-1.95B-8.7M0.7129.60N/AN/A413,540294,0903,840,6704,036,170
2016-12-29$12.53$10.0052.6%16.6%25.5%50.9%58.3%1.0%-3.4%30.6M-1.83B-8.6M0.8128.33N/AN/A335,780272,0403,846,9204,091,530
2016-12-30$12.38$10.0053.3%16.8%26.0%52.1%59.3%1.5%-3.7%-19.9K-1.54B-8.6M1.0028.89N/AN/A353,570353,8203,859,2504,129,930