KWEB Options History — December 2014

In December 2014, KWEB traded between $32.20 and $35.06. ATM implied volatility averaged 30.9%. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.0% (HV 20d: 25.9%). Max pain ranged from $32.00 to $35.00. Net GEX was positive for 11 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.17.

Notable Days

  • 2014-12-26: Highest Volume — 90 contracts
  • 2014-12-04: Largest IV spike — 10.9% change
  • 2014-12-17: Largest Expected Move — 8.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$33.49$32.20$35.06$34.98$32.60
Max Pain$32.48$32.00$35.00$35.00$33.00
ATM IV30.9%25.9%35.1%30.6%25.9%
Expected Move8.4%8.0%8.7%8.3%8.0%
HV 20d25.9%23.9%28.0%26.1%23.9%
Term Structure-1.1%-3.9%0.6%-2.1%-1.2%
VWIV29.6%27.9%31.3%28.7%27.9%
Skew 25d-1.6%-18.1%4.9%-0.8%-18.1%
Skew 10d7.8%-11.3%65.0%-1.9%42.3%
Call IV 25d32.3%27.6%37.3%31.1%37.3%
Put IV 25d30.6%19.1%34.2%30.3%19.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %43.7615.2174.7226.9774.72
Gamma HHI0.400.211.001.000.21
Net GEX134-3.3K5.2K612.5K
Net DEX-17.2K-89.2K13.2K-2.4K-27.6K
Net VEX-309-563-8-8-563
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.170.3620.001.831.00
Total Volume49.50901780
Total OI58.13611181118

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-12-01$34.98$0.0030.6%8.3%0.0%0.0%28.7%-0.8%-2.1%61-2.4K-81.8326.9761110
2014-12-02$35.06$35.0030.6%8.2%0.0%0.0%28.6%-1.5%-1.6%-3062.6K-1201.8321.94611511
2014-12-03$35.01$35.0031.5%8.3%0.0%0.0%29.0%-2.3%-2.0%-3032.5K-1190.7922.681411511
2014-12-04$34.71$35.0034.9%8.6%0.0%0.0%30.2%-4.6%-3.9%667-12.2K-1850.0023.930121511
2014-12-05$34.52$32.0034.7%8.6%0.0%0.0%30.5%-2.1%-1.0%-3401.6K-2551.6415.2114231523
2014-12-08$33.30$32.0035.1%8.7%0.0%0.0%30.3%-1.9%-1.8%-52312.1K-2491.5736.6321331523
2014-12-09$33.66$32.0033.2%8.7%0.0%0.0%29.9%-2.6%-0.9%-1.4K-6.1K-2971.5720.5321332333
2014-12-10$32.88$32.0033.8%8.6%26.1%0.0%30.0%-1.4%-1.1%-2.3K6.3K-2992.0041.3417342333
2014-12-11$33.17$32.0031.0%8.6%26.1%0.0%29.9%-1.8%-1.1%-2.2K-1.2K-2991.4844.4623342434
2014-12-12$33.14$32.0030.3%8.5%25.4%0.0%29.7%-1.0%-0.8%-1.9K-5.7K-3231.4830.3723342834
2014-12-15$32.83$32.0030.3%8.5%24.6%0.0%29.7%0.4%-1.2%-2.5K-2.4K-3141.4830.8523342834
2014-12-16$32.20$32.0030.6%8.0%24.4%0.0%28.6%-1.6%-0.7%-3.3K13.2K-3051.4854.2823342834
2014-12-17$32.33$32.0033.5%8.7%24.1%0.0%31.3%-0.8%-2.8%-3.3K6.6K-3141.3154.3426343034
2014-12-18$33.33$32.0030.7%8.5%27.0%0.0%29.9%0.5%-1.0%99-26.1K-3401.3149.4626343434
2014-12-19$33.70$32.0029.0%8.4%27.5%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.3%667-34.3K-3340.0048.01003434
2014-12-22$33.53$32.0029.5%8.3%26.7%0.0%29.7%-0.1%-0.5%710-29.0K-3240.8060.7530243324
2014-12-23$33.16$32.0027.3%8.2%26.7%0.0%28.6%3.7%0.6%903-21.5K-3370.8054.1430243824
2014-12-24$33.28$32.0028.6%8.3%26.9%0.0%29.1%4.9%0.6%891-22.6K-3360.3963.1661243824
2014-12-26$33.71$32.0030.9%8.6%27.4%0.0%30.2%4.7%-1.1%4.5K-89.2K-5000.3663.7366246924
2014-12-29$32.97$32.0030.5%8.0%28.0%0.0%29.7%3.1%-1.8%5.2K-75.0K-4900.3653.7766247424
2014-12-30$32.80$32.0028.1%8.0%23.9%0.0%27.9%-12.4%0.0%5.1K-67.6K-47920.0071.511207424
2014-12-31$32.60$33.0025.9%8.0%23.9%0.0%0.0%-18.1%-1.2%2.5K-27.6K-5631.0074.7240407444