EWP Options History — July 2012

In July 2012, EWP traded between $19.96 and $25.03. ATM implied volatility averaged 40.8%, placing in the 34.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.8%. IV traded below realized volatility by 10.2% (HV 20d: 51.1%). Max pain ranged from $21.00 to $25.00. Net GEX was positive for 14 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 5.75.

Notable Days

  • 2012-07-27: Highest Volume — 10,901 contracts
  • 2012-07-23: Largest IV spike — 15.7% change
  • 2012-07-25: Highest IV Rank — 49.5%
  • 2012-07-25: Largest Expected Move — 14.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$22.54$19.96$25.03$24.83$22.91
Max Pain$23.48$21.00$25.00$24.00$22.00
ATM IV40.8%35.3%49.1%35.5%42.2%
Expected Move11.8%10.1%14.1%10.2%12.1%
HV 20d51.1%47.0%58.0%49.4%51.9%
HV 60d42.5%40.2%46.7%41.1%46.7%
IV Rank34.9%25.1%49.5%26.8%37.2%
IV Percentile51.2%34.1%72.2%35.3%54.4%
Term Structure1.1%-3.7%4.1%2.0%1.4%
VWIV42.5%36.6%49.0%38.2%41.7%
Skew 25d9.8%4.6%16.1%11.3%10.3%
Skew 10d22.5%6.6%38.7%25.2%32.8%
Call IV 25d36.8%31.6%48.0%31.6%39.1%
Put IV 25d46.6%42.4%53.7%42.8%49.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %61.9844.9784.2183.8549.69
Gamma HHI0.240.150.380.340.18
Net GEX908.2K-473.4K6.0M5.5M96.2K
Net DEX7.1M-32.2M22.8M-29.3M3.7M
Net VEX-69.4K-156.8K-40.2K-156.8K-79.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio5.750.0454.330.354.26
Total Volume1,497.14316610,9013341,278
Total OI65,005.28613,81789,55585,36527,654

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-07-02$24.83$24.0035.5%10.2%49.4%26.8%38.2%11.3%2.0%5.5M-29.3M-156.8K0.3583.85N/AN/A2488669,72315,642
2012-07-03$25.03$24.0035.3%10.1%49.4%25.1%45.6%12.0%1.8%6.0M-32.2M-152.5K3.1882.53N/AN/A14947469,72515,695
2012-07-05$23.82$24.0036.7%10.5%51.5%27.4%36.6%8.0%3.5%3.0M-4.1M-102.1K0.8584.21N/AN/A67457369,67415,717
2012-07-06$23.01$25.0037.6%11.8%52.9%29.0%43.1%9.8%2.4%1.6M6.8M-80.7K2.3558.58N/AN/A14133270,17215,894
2012-07-09$22.86$25.0038.1%11.6%52.2%30.0%39.5%6.2%0.4%1.1M9.6M-67.8K3.0765.12N/AN/A10030770,19216,006
2012-07-10$22.61$25.0041.7%11.7%51.6%36.3%42.9%6.6%0.7%1.1M9.7M-70.5K3.0252.86N/AN/A9528770,20516,208
2012-07-11$23.06$25.0039.4%11.6%51.8%32.2%38.1%11.1%2.5%1.1M9.8M-65.8K1.5960.60N/AN/A1,0061,59770,16916,143
2012-07-12$22.54$25.0040.1%11.5%52.3%33.4%39.5%6.2%2.1%357.4K15.3M-59.5K1.9760.71N/AN/A13226071,11217,449
2012-07-13$22.76$25.0041.6%11.9%52.0%36.1%43.6%11.6%-2.0%507.0K14.2M-60.0K0.0468.52N/AN/A1,2214371,03517,553
2012-07-16$22.39$25.0042.4%12.2%52.2%37.6%41.2%9.3%2.7%86.4K17.4M-52.2K0.2966.31N/AN/A2868471,73017,567
2012-07-17$22.58$24.0039.4%11.3%50.8%32.3%44.4%7.5%2.7%149.1K16.7M-51.6K54.3366.50N/AN/A316371,82117,573
2012-07-18$22.57$24.0039.0%11.2%49.3%31.5%43.6%12.0%2.8%173.3K16.5M-50.8K8.6166.33N/AN/A2319871,82117,600
2012-07-19$22.64$24.0038.7%11.1%48.7%30.9%39.2%11.5%3.0%-82.3K17.3M-48.7K15.8467.87N/AN/A1930171,83217,709
2012-07-20$21.11$24.0040.1%11.5%51.0%33.4%41.9%8.5%4.1%-473.4K22.8M-41.5K1.5749.59N/AN/A7451,16871,83417,721
2012-07-23$20.81$22.0046.4%13.3%48.0%44.6%48.9%12.9%-1.2%-268.1K11.7M-40.2K2.0650.28N/AN/A6161,2702,50011,317
2012-07-24$19.96$21.0049.0%14.0%47.0%49.3%48.2%6.4%-0.7%-256.6K13.2M-41.4K0.9654.43N/AN/A1,7811,7113,07812,380
2012-07-25$20.15$21.0049.1%14.1%47.3%49.5%49.0%4.6%-3.7%-210.0K12.4M-48.0K3.3754.21N/AN/A1093674,70113,270
2012-07-26$21.59$21.0043.9%12.6%53.8%40.2%47.3%12.6%-1.1%-212.4K8.9M-52.7K9.7060.78N/AN/A2302,2314,79913,319
2012-07-27$22.91$21.0039.8%11.4%58.0%33.0%40.5%10.8%1.2%-267.4K5.6M-56.9K0.3353.67N/AN/A8,1662,7354,93614,071
2012-07-30$23.11$22.0042.0%12.0%51.9%36.9%40.1%16.1%-0.8%119.3K3.4M-78.2K2.9844.97N/AN/A5817311,22716,337
2012-07-31$22.91$22.0042.2%12.1%51.9%37.2%41.7%10.3%1.4%96.2K3.7M-79.6K4.2649.69N/AN/A2431,03511,24516,409