KWEB Options History — February 2016

In February 2016, KWEB traded between $29.73 and $33.75. ATM implied volatility averaged 39.0%, placing in the 49.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.0% (HV 20d: 33.9%). Max pain ranged from $31.00 to $34.00. Net GEX was positive for 15 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 1 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.81.

Notable Days

  • 2016-02-09: Highest Volume — 492 contracts
  • 2016-02-10: Largest IV drop — 24.4% change
  • 2016-02-09: Highest IV Rank — 77.3%
  • 2016-02-08: Largest Expected Move — 12.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$32.10$29.73$33.75$33.40$32.84
Max Pain$31.80$31.00$34.00$34.00$31.00
ATM IV39.0%31.3%52.1%38.2%35.8%
Expected Move10.9%9.0%12.9%11.0%10.2%
HV 20d33.9%28.9%37.0%35.3%36.1%
HV 60d29.4%27.4%31.2%27.4%31.1%
IV Rank49.7%33.6%77.3%48.1%42.9%
IV Percentile69.6%43.3%96.0%71.0%61.5%
Term Structure-1.9%-4.6%0.3%-0.2%-2.1%
VWIV39.7%35.1%45.2%40.6%39.1%
Skew 25d9.7%7.9%12.4%9.4%8.8%
Skew 10d18.6%16.0%21.9%18.8%17.2%
Call IV 25d34.2%29.2%39.7%33.2%32.8%
Put IV 25d43.9%37.5%51.3%42.5%41.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %35.0823.1062.7162.7128.71
Gamma HHI0.200.090.300.130.25
Net GEX10.4K-1.7K19.3K-1.7K17.0K
Net DEX44.6K-275.8K360.2K32.4K-183.5K
Net VEX-1.6K-1.8K-1.1K-1.8K-1.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.810.461.190.931.19
Total Volume348.55220492280291
Total OI645.3367862628444

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-02-01$33.40$34.0038.2%11.0%35.3%48.1%40.6%9.4%-0.2%-1.7K32.4K-1.8K0.9362.71145135353275
2016-02-02$32.69$34.0039.8%11.4%33.5%51.4%44.0%8.7%-0.9%-707127.6K-1.6K0.9561.12144137354275
2016-02-03$32.27$34.0040.8%11.7%33.3%53.5%44.1%9.2%-0.5%-757169.8K-1.5K0.9561.03145138354278
2016-02-04$32.50$32.0042.5%11.6%33.7%57.2%42.8%10.4%-3.2%-757161.3K-1.6K0.9523.22145138354279
2016-02-05$31.42$32.0044.0%11.9%31.2%60.3%42.7%9.7%-3.9%-14270.4K-1.3K0.9523.10147139354279
2016-02-08$30.48$32.0051.1%12.9%32.4%75.3%45.2%11.6%-4.6%155360.2K-1.1K0.6530.58224146351280
2016-02-09$30.17$32.0052.1%12.8%31.8%77.3%41.4%11.7%-4.0%4.9K347.0K-1.4K0.5226.76324168420292
2016-02-10$30.31$32.0039.4%11.3%31.0%50.6%36.4%10.2%-2.0%12.5K273.7K-1.7K0.4642.79326149520324
2016-02-11$29.73$31.0040.9%11.7%30.2%53.8%38.3%12.4%-2.8%9.7K356.4K-1.6K0.4737.50329154522330
2016-02-12$30.30$31.0041.1%11.8%28.9%54.2%37.6%11.2%-3.4%13.4K277.6K-1.7K0.4633.27327150526335
2016-02-16$32.18$31.0037.8%10.8%34.8%47.2%38.2%9.9%-2.0%19.3K3.8K-1.8K0.4626.88327151525334
2016-02-17$32.93$31.0035.4%10.2%35.1%42.2%40.0%9.3%-1.3%14.7K-132.7K-1.8K0.7943.42229180525337
2016-02-18$32.59$31.0034.6%9.9%34.8%40.4%39.2%8.3%-0.7%19.3K-57.0K-1.7K0.7725.80229176527333
2016-02-19$32.87$31.0032.9%9.4%34.5%36.9%37.4%8.0%0.3%16.4K-69.5K-1.6K0.7729.27228176527333
2016-02-22$33.75$31.0031.3%9.0%35.8%33.6%35.1%8.3%-0.5%17.2K-275.8K-1.6K0.8827.86117103248119
2016-02-23$33.12$32.0034.0%9.7%36.4%39.1%35.3%7.9%-1.0%17.1K-209.1K-1.6K0.9127.62117106252123
2016-02-24$33.16$32.0035.4%10.1%36.3%42.1%38.7%9.5%-1.3%16.6K-210.1K-1.6K0.8432.56135114252125
2016-02-25$32.36$31.0037.8%10.8%36.6%47.3%39.2%9.5%-2.2%18.1K-163.4K-1.7K1.1928.98133158270133
2016-02-26$32.88$31.0034.8%10.0%37.0%40.9%38.1%9.4%-1.0%16.1K-186.2K-1.8K1.1928.34133158271173
2016-02-29$32.84$31.0035.8%10.2%36.1%42.9%39.1%8.8%-2.1%17.0K-183.5K-1.7K1.1928.71133158271173