EWP Options History — February 2014

In February 2014, EWP traded between $36.89 and $40.10. ATM implied volatility averaged 21.7%, placing in the 26.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 4.5% (HV 20d: 26.2%). Max pain ranged from $38.00 to $40.00. Net GEX was positive for 13 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.05.

Notable Days

  • 2014-02-07: Highest Volume — 6,645 contracts
  • 2014-02-18: Largest IV spike — 12.3% change
  • 2014-02-03: Highest IV Rank — 45.7%
  • 2014-02-03: Largest Expected Move — 8.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$39.11$36.89$40.10$36.89$39.69
Max Pain$38.26$38.00$40.00$38.00$40.00
ATM IV21.7%19.1%28.9%28.9%19.1%
Expected Move6.3%5.5%8.3%8.3%5.5%
HV 20d26.2%20.7%28.7%27.8%20.7%
HV 60d21.5%20.9%22.0%21.5%21.0%
IV Rank26.7%19.9%45.7%45.7%19.9%
IV Percentile34.1%12.7%90.9%90.9%12.7%
Term Structure-0.2%-1.4%0.7%-1.4%0.4%
VWIV22.3%18.2%29.5%29.5%19.2%
Skew 25d4.1%2.9%5.3%3.9%3.3%
Skew 10d9.5%5.4%13.1%5.4%6.2%
Call IV 25d20.2%18.0%26.9%26.9%18.8%
Put IV 25d24.3%21.8%30.8%30.8%22.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %36.9924.3748.1330.0839.59
Gamma HHI0.400.190.720.190.23
Net GEX1.6M-441.4K4.5M-48.4K-441.4K
Net DEX-2.5M-11.9M4.1M4.1M3.5M
Net VEX-55.0K-74.1K-45.3K-46.1K-52.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.050.0117.772.920.92
Total Volume938.211236,64515392
Total OI12,029.8428,30617,1828,4788,590

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-02-03$36.89$38.0028.9%8.3%27.8%45.7%29.5%3.9%-1.4%-48.4K4.1M-46.1K2.9230.08N/AN/A391143,6914,787
2014-02-04$37.52$38.0026.4%7.6%28.1%38.9%24.6%4.9%-0.3%40.8K2.5M-45.7K0.0533.47N/AN/A681333,7234,583
2014-02-05$37.62$38.0026.4%7.6%25.9%39.1%24.5%4.1%-0.5%79.8K2.0M-47.0K0.4132.34N/AN/A108443,8364,587
2014-02-06$38.62$38.0023.5%6.7%27.5%31.5%24.3%5.3%0.7%205.7K-849.7K-47.1K1.7537.01N/AN/A56983,7664,571
2014-02-07$39.35$38.0022.4%6.6%28.4%28.7%23.7%5.1%-0.5%255.9K-3.6M-45.3K0.0129.64N/AN/A6,604413,8134,627
2014-02-10$38.84$38.0021.4%6.6%28.3%25.8%0.0%4.3%-0.7%2.2M-7.1M-57.7K0.2537.84N/AN/A571410,2474,633
2014-02-11$39.39$38.0019.9%6.3%28.7%21.9%0.0%4.2%-0.4%3.3M-11.9M-58.2K3.4036.51N/AN/A103410,2994,645
2014-02-12$39.14$38.0019.7%6.2%28.3%21.5%21.4%4.3%-0.0%3.0M-8.8M-55.4K0.9141.24N/AN/A222010,2984,639
2014-02-13$39.46$38.0021.3%6.1%27.9%25.6%21.3%4.2%-0.5%4.0M-11.7M-54.2K17.7737.90N/AN/A1152,04310,3004,640
2014-02-14$39.58$38.0019.2%5.5%27.8%20.1%0.0%4.6%0.7%4.3M-10.4M-74.1K0.0440.20N/AN/A6,00824610,2646,681
2014-02-18$39.44$38.0021.6%6.2%27.6%26.3%21.0%2.9%-0.2%4.5M-7.4M-68.0K0.9828.00N/AN/A25425010,2696,913
2014-02-19$39.11$38.0021.4%6.1%27.7%26.0%21.6%4.6%-0.6%3.3M-1.9M-63.4K0.7324.37N/AN/A14310410,2016,857
2014-02-20$39.39$38.0020.9%6.0%27.7%24.6%20.8%4.3%-0.1%4.4M-4.4M-61.6K1.3242.72N/AN/A374910,1566,739
2014-02-21$39.32$39.0021.1%6.0%27.6%25.0%19.5%3.0%-0.3%2.2M-1.7M-57.0K2.0932.48N/AN/A112310,1776,745
2014-02-24$39.83$39.0020.2%5.8%22.5%22.8%20.8%3.6%-0.6%-398.5K2.7M-53.3K1.0940.98N/AN/A58632,0086,330
2014-02-25$40.10$39.0020.0%5.7%22.2%22.1%0.0%3.6%0.2%-388.2K2.3M-52.7K0.1047.80N/AN/A5152,0036,320
2014-02-26$39.85$38.0019.5%5.6%21.5%20.9%23.9%3.2%-0.1%-400.1K2.7M-52.8K0.0048.13N/AN/A0232,0036,305
2014-02-27$39.95$38.0019.3%5.5%20.9%20.3%18.2%3.9%-0.1%-397.8K2.5M-52.0K2.2542.45N/AN/A851912,0036,318
2014-02-28$39.69$40.0019.1%5.5%20.7%19.9%19.2%3.3%0.4%-441.4K3.5M-52.7K0.9239.59N/AN/A48442,0816,509