NFLX Options History — November 2018

In November 2018, NFLX traded between $25.88 and $32.56. ATM implied volatility averaged 48.6%, placing in the 60.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 14.2%. IV traded below realized volatility by 14.1% (HV 20d: 62.8%). Max pain ranged from $30.50 to $34.00. Net GEX was positive for 8 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 0 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.82.

Notable Days

  • 2018-11-09: Highest Volume — 2,652,340 contracts
  • 2018-11-19: Largest IV spike — 11.7% change
  • 2018-11-20: Highest IV Rank — 78.1%
  • 2018-11-02: Largest Expected Move — 16.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$29.03$25.88$32.56$31.63$28.74
Max Pain$32.45$30.50$34.00$34.00$30.50
ATM IV48.6%42.1%56.0%48.6%45.5%
Expected Move14.2%11.9%16.2%15.7%14.3%
HV 20d62.8%46.4%71.5%71.2%46.4%
HV 60d51.8%50.6%53.3%50.6%52.2%
IV Rank60.8%45.9%78.1%61.0%50.7%
IV Percentile76.5%66.3%91.3%78.2%67.1%
Term Structure-1.1%-3.2%-0.3%-1.0%-0.4%
VWIV49.6%41.7%56.8%55.9%50.0%
Skew 25d9.1%6.0%12.1%8.7%6.3%
Skew 10d18.4%11.4%24.0%17.9%12.3%
Call IV 25d44.7%39.2%50.5%44.8%42.8%
Put IV 25d53.8%46.0%62.6%53.5%49.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %6.594.0611.215.774.63
Gamma HHI0.040.030.110.030.11
Net GEX-15.1M-73.6M75.3M55.5M68.3M
Net DEX1.65B-1.46B3.64B-549.8M-202.0M
Net VEX-31.3M-36.2M-26.1M-36.2M-31.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.820.621.120.910.65
Total Volume1,693,599.5241,073,5702,652,3401,958,2001,719,600
Total OI10,041,078.0958,933,41010,889,68010,378,65010,408,520

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-11-01$31.63$34.0048.6%15.7%71.2%61.0%55.9%8.7%-1.0%55.5M-549.8M-36.2M0.915.77N/AN/A1,027,740930,4605,012,7205,365,930
2018-11-02$30.93$34.0048.7%16.2%70.9%61.3%56.8%9.7%-1.3%15.0M569.3M-35.3M0.966.77N/AN/A1,106,9001,057,7805,108,3105,521,000
2018-11-05$31.50$33.5048.4%13.2%71.5%60.6%45.9%9.2%-1.3%9.7M182.5M-35.4M0.707.72N/AN/A748,550521,0204,604,0105,178,650
2018-11-06$30.92$33.5046.9%13.0%71.1%57.1%44.8%8.7%-0.8%-8.0M980.3M-34.2M0.837.33N/AN/A586,680486,8904,743,3305,317,140
2018-11-07$32.56$33.5042.1%11.9%68.5%45.9%41.7%6.8%-0.3%75.3M-1.46B-35.2M0.666.97N/AN/A1,053,990696,8204,844,8105,382,180
2018-11-08$31.72$33.5043.5%12.4%68.9%49.3%42.5%7.0%-0.3%26.9M-49.0M-34.6M0.728.13N/AN/A899,270649,4104,933,9505,399,490
2018-11-09$30.38$33.5045.3%12.8%67.8%53.5%44.9%8.0%-0.3%-71.1M2.04B-32.6M0.999.35N/AN/A1,330,8701,321,4704,999,1105,468,660
2018-11-12$29.42$33.0048.5%13.6%68.5%60.8%47.4%9.1%-0.8%-47.2M2.61B-31.2M1.128.44N/AN/A634,410708,8704,631,0905,204,800
2018-11-13$29.35$33.0052.4%14.5%67.1%69.8%50.2%10.2%-1.6%-47.3M2.62B-31.7M0.7511.21N/AN/A878,380661,1504,762,3105,354,710
2018-11-14$28.75$33.0054.6%15.3%63.4%75.0%52.7%11.4%-1.2%-62.8M3.18B-31.0M0.858.94N/AN/A1,221,5301,039,9904,964,5805,453,880
2018-11-15$28.88$32.5051.7%14.5%62.5%68.2%51.2%10.4%-1.2%-47.9M2.79B-31.6M0.866.29N/AN/A759,490650,5205,207,1305,538,630
2018-11-16$28.75$32.5049.3%14.1%61.2%62.6%48.5%9.9%-0.3%-40.1M3.04B-30.9M0.896.59N/AN/A921,260816,8105,288,8905,600,790
2018-11-19$27.01$32.5055.1%15.6%64.2%76.0%53.2%11.5%-3.2%-49.2M2.94B-27.9M0.864.58N/AN/A965,490833,2904,157,1704,776,240
2018-11-20$26.78$32.0056.0%16.0%64.0%78.1%55.0%12.1%-2.7%-51.8M3.08B-28.6M0.816.49N/AN/A1,024,530829,0204,402,3204,967,450
2018-11-21$26.42$32.0050.8%14.6%59.4%66.2%49.7%11.0%-2.0%-56.2M3.28B-27.7M0.774.09N/AN/A799,960617,3904,608,7305,035,720
2018-11-23$25.88$31.5051.1%14.9%58.8%66.8%51.2%11.3%-2.6%-73.6M3.64B-26.7M0.966.01N/AN/A557,740535,4804,797,8405,126,370
2018-11-26$26.18$31.0046.6%14.2%57.1%56.4%49.8%9.0%-0.3%-48.4M3.16B-26.1M0.814.37N/AN/A930,280752,7404,362,3504,846,660
2018-11-27$26.70$31.0045.8%14.1%51.6%54.0%50.4%8.2%-0.5%-26.2M2.45B-27.5M0.855.07N/AN/A723,040617,9604,592,8904,965,970
2018-11-28$28.19$31.0044.8%14.0%54.9%51.5%49.5%6.4%-0.8%15.8M688.9M-30.0M0.624.06N/AN/A1,250,010770,2904,723,4405,087,960
2018-11-29$28.96$30.5045.7%14.3%49.2%51.2%51.2%6.0%-0.3%45.8M-394.5M-31.8M0.655.53N/AN/A1,172,190756,3204,874,6405,242,270
2018-11-30$28.74$30.5045.5%14.3%46.4%50.7%50.0%6.3%-0.4%68.3M-202.0M-31.3M0.654.63N/AN/A1,044,030675,5705,032,8305,375,690