EWP Options History — February 2011

In February 2011, EWP traded between $40.77 and $42.88. ATM implied volatility averaged 28.0%, placing in the 10.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.8% (HV 20d: 29.8%). Max pain ranged from $39.00 to $41.00. Net GEX was positive for 16 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 3.70.

Notable Days

  • 2011-02-10: Highest Volume — 812 contracts
  • 2011-02-22: Largest IV spike — 14.1% change
  • 2011-02-22: Highest IV Rank — 14.9%
  • 2011-02-22: Largest Expected Move — 8.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$41.88$40.77$42.88$42.88$42.05
Max Pain$40.68$39.00$41.00$39.00$41.00
ATM IV28.0%25.5%30.0%27.3%25.5%
Expected Move8.1%7.3%8.6%7.8%7.3%
HV 20d29.8%23.9%37.2%37.1%27.2%
HV 60d33.0%29.2%34.5%34.5%29.2%
IV Rank10.9%5.8%14.9%9.5%5.8%
IV Percentile20.2%5.6%37.7%12.7%5.6%
Term Structure1.4%-0.4%5.1%1.0%5.1%
VWIV28.5%24.9%32.6%29.3%24.9%
Skew 25d6.7%2.2%9.6%5.5%2.2%
Skew 10d10.7%1.6%18.2%12.8%1.6%
Call IV 25d25.7%23.8%27.4%27.4%27.1%
Put IV 25d32.3%29.4%33.9%32.9%29.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %44.3626.2380.5577.2757.33
Gamma HHI0.460.350.580.350.55
Net GEX76.0K-703.9K450.9K68.5K124.4K
Net DEX-4.1M-8.2M905.0K-5.1M-3.7M
Net VEX-21.8K-25.2K-18.8K-19.4K-19.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio3.700.0119.880.090.07
Total Volume325.15845812715535
Total OI5,848.1584,1497,9104,2814,597

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-02-01$42.88$39.0027.3%7.8%37.1%9.5%29.3%5.5%1.0%68.5K-5.1M-19.4K0.0977.27N/AN/A658572,1582,123
2011-02-02$42.72$39.0026.5%7.6%37.1%7.8%27.6%7.9%2.3%235.2K-6.6M-21.5K0.0176.80N/AN/A12012,7742,155
2011-02-03$42.18$39.0028.2%8.1%37.2%11.3%27.7%9.6%2.0%286.0K-6.0M-22.2K5.7580.55N/AN/A12692,8942,156
2011-02-04$41.79$41.0026.7%8.2%35.3%8.1%27.6%6.6%0.4%287.3K-5.2M-22.4K19.8826.23N/AN/A346762,8942,224
2011-02-07$41.91$41.0027.9%8.4%34.2%10.7%32.6%6.9%-0.2%141.7K-4.4M-23.2K2.0728.51N/AN/A30622,9072,868
2011-02-08$42.37$41.0027.8%8.2%33.7%10.5%28.5%7.8%-0.1%157.2K-5.6M-22.3K0.5828.65N/AN/A153892,9282,900
2011-02-09$42.40$41.0027.3%8.4%33.8%9.4%28.8%4.7%0.7%172.2K-5.7M-23.4K1.4327.95N/AN/A761093,0242,969
2011-02-10$41.39$41.0029.9%8.6%26.7%14.8%29.9%7.2%1.3%125.7K-3.1M-24.4K3.8933.94N/AN/A1666463,0763,078
2011-02-11$41.40$41.0029.3%8.4%24.6%13.6%32.5%7.8%1.2%4.7K-2.8M-25.2K14.1334.76N/AN/A456363,2123,541
2011-02-14$41.07$41.0029.4%8.4%24.6%13.8%27.9%7.7%2.1%-369.3K-148.8K-24.9K14.3639.94N/AN/A426033,2284,148
2011-02-15$40.99$41.0029.9%8.6%23.9%14.7%29.3%6.3%0.6%-703.9K905.0K-24.5K2.1338.70N/AN/A31663,2494,658
2011-02-16$42.11$41.0026.9%7.7%25.5%8.7%27.4%5.7%1.8%-219.0K-5.1M-22.2K0.5533.18N/AN/A29163,2294,659
2011-02-17$42.74$41.0026.4%7.6%25.1%7.6%26.3%7.4%2.4%450.9K-7.9M-19.8K0.5936.51N/AN/A49293,2434,667
2011-02-18$42.70$41.0026.3%7.5%23.9%7.3%29.4%6.3%2.2%283.5K-8.2M-19.2K0.0832.80N/AN/A358303,2294,679
2011-02-22$40.77$41.0030.0%8.6%29.2%14.9%29.3%4.6%-0.4%90.3K-1.9M-18.8K0.5835.40N/AN/A2881672,0802,069
2011-02-23$41.06$41.0029.4%8.4%29.0%13.8%28.0%8.4%1.1%96.2K-2.2M-20.4K0.8446.86N/AN/A69582,2332,184
2011-02-24$41.33$41.0029.8%8.6%29.1%14.6%26.2%8.5%0.5%107.5K-2.6M-20.5K0.8449.32N/AN/A62522,2912,198
2011-02-25$41.82$41.0027.2%7.8%28.6%9.2%28.8%5.7%1.7%105.1K-3.3M-20.6K2.4458.18N/AN/A16392,3502,243
2011-02-28$42.05$41.0025.5%7.3%27.2%5.8%24.9%2.2%5.1%124.4K-3.7M-19.5K0.0757.33N/AN/A502332,3592,238