KWEB Options History — March 2015

In March 2015, KWEB traded between $31.61 and $34.30. ATM implied volatility averaged 27.2%. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 10.8% (HV 20d: 16.4%). Max pain ranged from $35.00 to $35.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.28.

Notable Days

  • 2015-03-05: Highest Volume — 198 contracts
  • 2015-03-11: Largest IV drop — 69.5% change
  • 2015-03-03: Largest Expected Move — 12.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$32.86$31.61$34.30$32.34$34.30
Max Pain$35.00$35.00$35.00$35.00$35.00
ATM IV27.2%15.4%55.2%41.5%21.6%
Expected Move6.2%4.2%12.4%11.9%6.2%
HV 20d16.4%13.8%18.9%14.9%16.7%
HV 60d18.6%17.2%20.6%20.0%17.2%
Term Structure-6.5%-61.5%7.5%-54.9%-0.8%
VWIV64.0%59.9%68.2%59.9%68.2%
Skew 25d-4.0%-20.5%8.2%-8.2%-20.5%
Skew 10d13.4%-64.1%87.5%61.2%-64.1%
Call IV 25d23.8%14.2%42.0%25.7%42.0%
Put IV 25d19.8%12.4%25.4%17.6%21.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %115.30103.81126.66126.66111.81
Gamma HHI0.240.170.310.190.31
Net GEX11.5K6.4K17.3K7.9K15.3K
Net DEX-231.3K-362.5K-126.7K-157.8K-362.5K
Net VEX-1.1K-1.2K-955-1.0K-1.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.280.0010.000.691.00
Total Volume65.2730198196140
Total OI271.727240301240272

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-03-02$32.34$35.0041.5%11.9%14.9%0.0%59.9%-8.2%-54.9%7.9K-157.8K-1.0K0.69126.661168016080
2015-03-03$32.01$35.0043.2%12.4%15.1%0.0%63.8%-17.2%-61.5%6.4K-126.7K-1.1K0.69126.331168016092
2015-03-04$32.39$35.0042.8%12.3%13.8%0.0%68.2%-7.8%-58.7%6.6K-153.5K-1.0K0.69125.851168016092
2015-03-05$33.05$0.0041.9%4.2%15.8%0.0%0.0%-0.9%1.6%7.9K-199.0K-9630.68116.011188016092
2015-03-06$33.02$0.0041.4%4.3%15.8%0.0%0.0%-0.9%1.5%8.6K-205.7K-9810.91119.71888016392
2015-03-09$32.61$0.0047.6%5.5%15.9%0.0%0.0%-4.3%-1.0%9.0K-189.0K-9990.00114.580017392
2015-03-10$32.21$0.0055.2%4.9%15.9%0.0%0.0%4.7%6.4%7.8K-161.4K-1.1K0.00106.720017392
2015-03-11$32.06$0.0016.9%4.8%15.7%0.0%0.0%6.0%7.3%8.4K-154.0K-9550.00113.061017392
2015-03-12$31.75$0.0017.3%4.9%15.9%0.0%0.0%8.2%5.6%7.6K-137.3K-9930.00122.9010017492
2015-03-13$31.61$0.0020.6%5.9%15.9%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.3%8.6K-141.0K-1.1K0.00111.4520018492
2015-03-16$31.74$0.0021.0%6.0%15.2%0.0%0.0%4.7%1.0%10.5K-167.8K-1.2K0.00114.415020492
2015-03-17$31.94$0.0017.3%5.0%14.8%0.0%0.0%4.4%7.5%11.7K-182.4K-1.2K0.00115.370020992
2015-03-18$32.35$0.0020.2%5.8%15.7%0.0%0.0%1.9%5.0%13.0K-216.7K-1.1K0.00103.810020992
2015-03-19$32.69$0.0022.5%6.5%16.3%0.0%0.0%-3.0%-1.7%14.0K-240.5K-1.2K0.00115.920020992
2015-03-20$33.31$0.0016.6%4.8%17.8%0.0%0.0%-16.5%-0.3%15.4K-286.1K-1.2K0.00116.8301320992
2015-03-23$33.95$0.0018.8%5.4%18.9%0.0%0.0%-5.2%0.2%17.3K-355.6K-1.1K10.00114.0811019565
2015-03-24$34.02$0.0018.3%5.2%18.9%0.0%0.0%-4.0%0.1%15.7K-337.0K-1.2K0.00112.210219575
2015-03-25$33.69$0.0017.9%5.1%18.4%0.0%0.0%-10.3%0.1%15.4K-315.6K-1.1K0.00115.160019577
2015-03-26$33.60$0.0015.4%4.4%18.4%0.0%0.0%-18.1%0.1%15.1K-305.9K-1.2K1.00113.19707019577
2015-03-27$34.01$0.0018.4%5.3%17.4%0.0%0.0%-0.8%-0.7%16.3K-339.9K-1.1K0.00114.030019577
2015-03-30$34.22$0.0022.4%6.4%17.4%0.0%0.0%-0.2%-0.3%15.1K-352.8K-1.2K1.00106.56707019577
2015-03-31$34.30$0.0021.6%6.2%16.7%0.0%0.0%-20.5%-0.8%15.3K-362.5K-1.1K1.00111.81707019577