KWEB Options History — May 2015

In May 2015, KWEB traded between $38.59 and $43.15. ATM implied volatility averaged 27.5%, placing in the 16.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.5% (HV 20d: 24.0%). Max pain ranged from $36.00 to $43.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 1 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.93.

Notable Days

  • 2015-05-29: Highest Volume — 400 contracts
  • 2015-05-13: Largest IV drop — 18.6% change
  • 2015-05-28: Highest IV Rank — 19.2%
  • 2015-05-28: Largest Expected Move — 8.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$40.76$38.59$43.15$39.92$41.10
Max Pain$39.35$36.00$43.00$36.00$43.00
ATM IV27.5%23.3%31.7%27.5%27.3%
Expected Move7.6%6.7%8.4%7.9%7.8%
HV 20d24.0%21.4%30.6%28.7%25.0%
HV 60d22.8%21.3%23.9%21.3%23.9%
IV Rank16.5%12.7%19.2%12.7%16.4%
IV Percentile48.7%29.4%63.1%29.4%45.8%
Term Structure-0.8%-1.9%0.0%-0.4%-0.6%
VWIV27.4%22.6%38.4%31.9%27.5%
Skew 25d-0.9%-8.0%1.1%1.1%-1.4%
Skew 10d-0.2%-5.2%4.8%4.8%-1.0%
Call IV 25d27.5%22.4%37.6%27.6%28.3%
Put IV 25d26.6%20.8%29.6%28.7%26.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %66.4338.0788.7288.7280.17
Gamma HHI0.230.130.410.160.30
Net GEX33.8K14.3K60.3K24.8K45.5K
Net DEX-893.6K-1.3M-670.9K-917.1K-813.5K
Net VEX-2.6K-4.5K-1.9K-2.1K-4.0K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.930.001.820.950.64
Total Volume215.30400250400
Total OI568.05431794518794

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-05-01$39.92$36.0027.5%7.9%28.7%0.0%31.9%1.1%-0.4%24.8K-917.1K-2.1K0.9588.72128122396122
2015-05-04$40.32$40.0028.1%7.6%28.7%0.0%26.5%0.1%-1.1%35.8K-976.3K-2.0K0.0055.2524038777
2015-05-05$39.32$38.0031.0%8.1%30.6%0.0%28.2%0.3%-1.9%25.3K-853.6K-2.2K1.0155.19145146420122
2015-05-06$38.59$38.0031.7%8.0%21.4%0.0%28.4%0.6%-1.9%22.8K-751.0K-2.2K0.9552.73153146427147
2015-05-07$39.19$38.0030.7%8.0%21.7%0.0%28.8%0.6%-1.6%22.1K-796.6K-2.1K1.1043.32151166411147
2015-05-08$39.50$39.0028.8%8.0%21.4%0.0%0.0%-0.6%-1.8%31.6K-817.8K-2.1K0.0038.0710391125
2015-05-11$40.08$39.0030.4%7.5%21.8%0.0%26.0%0.4%-0.5%34.9K-882.5K-2.0K0.0067.42140391125
2015-05-12$39.33$39.0030.2%7.4%23.0%0.0%26.4%-0.1%-0.5%14.3K-776.7K-2.0K1.2261.02136166405167
2015-05-13$39.99$39.0024.6%7.0%23.6%0.0%24.6%-0.1%-0.4%26.7K-861.6K-2.0K1.2166.38137166409168
2015-05-14$41.12$39.0023.3%6.7%25.3%0.0%22.6%-1.5%-0.4%58.6K-1.1M-1.9K1.1869.74142167423168
2015-05-15$41.34$39.0024.2%6.9%23.1%0.0%24.6%0.5%-0.5%27.4K-1.1M-2.1K1.1970.37140167437171
2015-05-18$41.24$39.0023.8%6.8%23.2%0.0%0.0%-0.7%-0.2%29.8K-670.9K-2.1K0.0064.0400324107
2015-05-19$41.33$39.0025.5%7.3%22.3%0.0%25.7%-0.9%-0.8%29.5K-700.1K-2.3K0.3360.8531324107
2015-05-20$41.40$39.0025.0%7.2%21.7%0.0%25.4%-1.2%-0.4%26.3K-770.5K-2.4K1.4862.516799334111
2015-05-21$41.94$39.0024.6%7.0%22.0%12.7%25.9%-1.7%-0.5%25.8K-785.1K-2.3K0.8974.8911199329111
2015-05-22$43.15$39.0025.9%7.4%23.7%14.5%25.3%-1.4%0.0%37.2K-1.0M-2.8K0.3682.16282101395111
2015-05-26$42.50$39.0028.9%8.3%24.0%18.6%38.4%-8.0%-0.8%60.3K-1.3M-4.4K1.6184.3294151609113
2015-05-27$42.30$43.0028.3%8.1%23.8%17.8%28.1%-1.3%-0.9%51.3K-1.1M-4.5K1.8271.8583151614164
2015-05-28$41.51$43.0029.3%8.4%24.8%19.2%29.4%-1.8%-1.2%45.5K-947.6K-4.4K1.7179.5691156614164
2015-05-29$41.10$43.0027.3%7.8%25.0%16.4%27.5%-1.4%-0.6%45.5K-813.5K-4.0K0.6480.17244156624170