PLTR Options History — April 2021

In April 2021, PLTR traded between $21.70 and $25.50. ATM implied volatility averaged 63.6%, placing in the 2.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 18.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.5% (HV 20d: 58.1%). Max pain ranged from $25.00 to $25.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.30.

Notable Days

  • 2021-04-14: Highest Volume — 1,110,468 contracts
  • 2021-04-12: Largest IV spike — 10.9% change
  • 2021-04-29: Highest IV Rank — 4.2%
  • 2021-04-12: Largest Expected Move — 20.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$23.29$21.70$25.50$22.97$22.99
Max Pain$25.00$25.00$25.00$25.00$25.00
ATM IV63.6%56.7%71.7%63.3%60.9%
Expected Move18.3%16.2%20.2%17.7%18.1%
HV 20d58.1%46.8%62.8%62.4%54.4%
HV 60d88.2%77.0%96.1%94.3%77.0%
IV Rank2.2%0.0%4.2%3.8%3.5%
IV Percentile3.0%0.0%6.1%4.8%5.3%
Term Structure-0.2%-2.0%2.1%1.3%-1.6%
VWIV67.0%58.3%74.3%65.3%65.9%
Skew 25d-2.8%-5.5%1.7%-2.8%-2.4%
Skew 10d-7.8%-15.1%0.3%-9.0%-5.5%
Call IV 25d66.9%57.4%77.7%66.9%64.2%
Put IV 25d64.1%58.0%72.2%64.0%61.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.722.253.832.542.94
Gamma HHI0.080.060.200.110.09
Net GEX21.5M5.8M43.2M20.2M20.0M
Net DEX-578.1M-1.47B-173.7M-392.2M-458.0M
Net VEX-11.1M-12.2M-10.3M-10.9M-10.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.300.150.460.340.46
Total Volume430,138.667178,2411,110,468460,021269,302
Total OI3,016,193.5712,759,4943,390,5253,004,9232,979,120

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2021-04-01$22.97$25.0063.3%17.7%62.4%0.0%65.3%-2.8%1.3%20.2M-392.2M-10.9M0.342.54N/AN/A344,546115,4751,960,1821,044,741
2021-04-05$23.53$25.0069.0%20.1%62.7%0.0%73.5%-4.3%0.7%14.8M-585.4M-11.1M0.232.28N/AN/A203,69646,3301,855,637985,021
2021-04-06$23.34$25.0067.5%19.6%59.2%0.0%71.0%-3.0%1.3%18.9M-523.3M-11.0M0.252.89N/AN/A246,48860,8171,983,6301,004,142
2021-04-07$23.02$25.0062.4%18.2%53.5%0.0%66.6%-4.0%1.8%15.9M-417.1M-10.9M0.402.68N/AN/A188,74974,6952,027,1671,028,148
2021-04-08$23.43$25.0063.4%18.5%53.3%0.0%67.1%-4.1%2.0%21.6M-540.5M-11.1M0.272.54N/AN/A281,64176,5672,051,8781,036,276
2021-04-09$24.02$25.0064.6%18.6%46.8%0.0%68.0%-3.9%2.1%43.2M-806.1M-11.4M0.192.29N/AN/A548,398105,5202,099,1231,040,636
2021-04-12$23.28$25.0071.7%20.2%47.5%0.0%74.3%-5.5%-1.8%16.7M-549.3M-11.0M0.272.94N/AN/A430,350114,8781,979,9611,005,541
2021-04-13$25.50$25.0070.0%20.0%59.0%0.0%73.0%-4.6%-0.7%41.8M-1.47B-12.2M0.152.75N/AN/A707,035107,0592,117,8271,055,921
2021-04-14$23.80$25.0068.4%19.2%62.8%0.0%70.2%-4.8%-1.7%28.4M-718.0M-11.4M0.183.83N/AN/A939,250171,2182,172,2361,057,950
2021-04-15$23.10$25.0064.3%18.3%62.8%0.0%67.8%-3.1%-0.5%15.2M-393.5M-11.0M0.253.75N/AN/A481,261121,5722,241,3031,082,056
2021-04-16$22.40$25.0061.7%17.6%61.9%0.0%65.2%-5.2%-0.7%5.8M-173.7M-10.5M0.402.94N/AN/A332,101131,7892,290,1261,100,399
2021-04-19$21.82$25.0064.1%18.3%61.9%0.0%67.4%-3.5%-0.1%8.1M-244.5M-10.3M0.442.44N/AN/A282,776123,5031,816,115943,379
2021-04-20$21.70$25.0065.0%18.6%61.9%0.0%71.3%-5.1%-0.7%8.4M-213.6M-10.5M0.342.57N/AN/A273,09492,2611,895,2941,006,403
2021-04-21$22.55$25.0063.8%18.3%62.3%0.0%67.3%-2.1%-0.2%15.5M-453.2M-10.9M0.332.87N/AN/A239,84678,5591,916,5261,030,051
2021-04-22$22.88$25.0062.7%18.0%59.0%3.8%64.1%-0.9%-0.8%20.7M-521.0M-11.0M0.342.29N/AN/A353,149120,5621,956,0741,045,587
2021-04-23$23.39$25.0056.7%16.2%58.7%0.0%58.3%0.6%0.4%34.3M-671.4M-11.2M0.312.25N/AN/A241,35075,5871,970,7111,037,813
2021-04-26$24.12$25.0059.2%17.2%59.5%2.1%61.0%1.7%-0.3%24.9M-833.4M-11.4M0.262.54N/AN/A258,20566,0711,825,429980,354
2021-04-27$23.87$25.0057.8%16.7%58.0%0.9%61.5%0.1%-1.0%27.0M-771.5M-11.3M0.302.85N/AN/A181,49454,6661,880,636982,089
2021-04-28$23.90$25.0057.9%17.1%57.8%1.0%61.9%-0.5%-1.1%29.4M-772.1M-11.4M0.292.46N/AN/A138,15740,0841,915,760999,855
2021-04-29$23.40$25.0061.8%18.4%54.5%4.2%66.4%-1.7%-2.0%21.3M-630.8M-11.2M0.322.46N/AN/A239,36375,4481,933,2151,005,753
2021-04-30$22.99$25.0060.9%18.1%54.4%3.5%65.9%-2.4%-1.6%20.0M-458.0M-10.9M0.462.94N/AN/A183,92085,3821,956,0741,023,046