NFLX Options History — October 2017

In October 2017, NFLX traded between $17.69 and $20.27. ATM implied volatility averaged 36.3%, placing in the 45.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.6% (HV 20d: 31.7%). Max pain ranged from $17.50 to $19.25. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.68.

Notable Days

  • 2017-10-17: Highest Volume — 3,677,620 contracts
  • 2017-10-17: Largest IV drop — 34.0% change
  • 2017-10-16: Highest IV Rank — 67.7%
  • 2017-10-04: Largest Expected Move — 15.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$19.42$17.69$20.27$17.69$19.64
Max Pain$18.47$17.50$19.25$17.50$19.25
ATM IV36.3%27.1%44.6%42.7%29.3%
Expected Move10.5%7.8%15.1%14.4%8.5%
HV 20d31.7%28.0%35.1%28.8%28.4%
HV 60d29.9%26.5%37.2%35.6%27.0%
IV Rank45.0%19.9%67.7%62.4%26.5%
IV Percentile63.3%31.3%88.1%79.8%47.2%
Term Structure-1.0%-2.7%1.0%-2.0%0.5%
VWIV37.3%28.0%52.4%49.9%30.6%
Skew 25d1.5%0.4%3.1%2.3%1.6%
Skew 10d2.6%0.3%6.4%4.3%3.1%
Call IV 25d36.0%27.2%45.4%41.2%29.3%
Put IV 25d37.5%28.2%46.1%43.5%31.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %9.874.1232.8432.844.12
Gamma HHI0.130.050.380.050.11
Net GEX86.9M-710.8K275.3M-710.8K105.8M
Net DEX-2.82B-3.97B-1.10B-1.10B-2.92B
Net VEX-14.4M-16.4M-12.9M-13.2M-16.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.680.381.020.900.70
Total Volume1,667,125.909557,5103,677,6201,029,350746,340
Total OI8,140,735.9096,574,52010,115,6906,574,5208,394,570

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-10-02$17.69$17.5042.7%14.4%28.8%62.4%49.9%2.3%-2.0%-710.8K-1.10B-13.2M0.9032.84N/AN/A540,880488,4702,717,0803,857,440
2017-10-03$17.91$17.5042.5%14.5%29.1%61.8%49.9%3.1%-1.8%17.1M-1.38B-13.4M0.768.57N/AN/A317,140240,3702,879,1304,006,930
2017-10-04$18.43$17.5043.3%15.1%29.3%64.1%52.4%3.0%-2.3%58.5M-2.10B-13.3M0.6721.97N/AN/A903,650602,5002,939,2104,035,990
2017-10-05$19.44$18.0044.1%11.6%34.6%66.3%41.4%1.4%-2.5%83.7M-3.44B-12.9M0.628.78N/AN/A2,069,2701,281,0103,102,3504,132,390
2017-10-06$19.79$18.0044.5%11.7%34.2%67.4%41.6%0.7%-2.6%160.7M-3.97B-13.4M0.609.17N/AN/A1,830,2401,097,3803,466,8604,476,470
2017-10-09$19.68$18.0044.1%11.9%33.4%66.3%42.0%1.1%-1.9%72.8M-3.17B-13.4M0.699.32N/AN/A636,850439,7703,186,7804,265,100
2017-10-10$19.50$18.0043.9%11.9%33.3%65.8%42.7%1.4%-1.9%62.4M-2.88B-13.6M0.798.38N/AN/A629,950500,4403,302,0104,374,710
2017-10-11$19.50$18.0043.9%11.9%33.1%65.8%42.1%1.3%-2.3%67.7M-2.86B-13.6M0.578.57N/AN/A453,990257,8403,393,3504,471,850
2017-10-12$19.57$18.0044.4%12.2%32.9%67.2%43.0%1.7%-2.7%84.5M-3.02B-13.7M0.5712.22N/AN/A779,070444,1003,522,5504,542,200
2017-10-13$19.93$18.5042.9%11.8%33.3%62.9%41.7%0.8%-2.5%125.9M-3.61B-13.3M0.6113.79N/AN/A1,328,140814,8503,612,6204,672,210
2017-10-16$20.27$18.5044.6%12.6%33.4%67.7%44.6%0.5%-2.4%54.2M-3.40B-13.2M0.7917.48N/AN/A1,901,1601,502,3103,192,9404,380,100
2017-10-17$19.94$18.5029.4%8.4%34.2%25.5%30.3%0.4%-0.6%75.8M-3.12B-13.2M0.647.21N/AN/A2,238,3801,439,2403,785,8005,027,120
2017-10-18$19.56$19.0029.3%8.4%35.1%26.6%30.1%1.1%-0.4%41.0M-2.52B-14.6M0.416.79N/AN/A1,817,830747,5904,285,2905,134,860
2017-10-19$19.49$19.0028.5%8.2%34.8%24.0%29.3%1.0%-0.4%66.3M-2.61B-15.3M0.696.61N/AN/A902,460625,0104,720,4305,238,280
2017-10-20$19.39$19.0027.1%7.8%34.7%19.9%28.0%1.1%-0.3%67.0M-2.38B-15.0M0.767.94N/AN/A824,790627,6804,820,1805,295,510
2017-10-23$19.25$19.0028.8%8.4%29.0%25.0%30.0%1.5%0.3%53.5M-2.17B-15.4M0.384.26N/AN/A1,242,150466,9303,609,0504,033,480
2017-10-24$19.57$19.0028.3%8.3%29.4%23.5%29.6%1.4%0.9%99.7M-2.82B-15.8M0.614.48N/AN/A774,010468,7303,827,1704,244,980
2017-10-25$19.37$19.0029.3%8.6%29.5%26.3%30.9%1.9%1.0%83.9M-2.50B-16.4M0.755.02N/AN/A589,240439,8604,070,3704,395,810
2017-10-26$19.55$19.0028.4%8.3%29.1%23.8%29.2%2.0%0.7%132.9M-2.95B-16.3M0.785.14N/AN/A592,240464,6104,226,5004,441,690
2017-10-27$19.96$19.0028.3%8.2%29.7%23.4%29.7%1.7%0.3%275.3M-3.84B-16.2M0.599.59N/AN/A1,061,340630,2804,316,1104,556,830
2017-10-30$19.83$19.0030.1%9.0%28.0%28.8%32.4%1.9%0.5%124.5M-3.30B-16.1M1.024.90N/AN/A453,700464,9803,937,3804,204,510
2017-10-31$19.64$19.2529.3%8.5%28.4%26.5%30.6%1.6%0.5%105.8M-2.92B-16.1M0.704.12N/AN/A439,540306,8004,043,2204,351,350