KWEB Options History — May 2016

In May 2016, KWEB traded between $32.98 and $35.97. ATM implied volatility averaged 27.4%, placing in the 9.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.4% (HV 20d: 22.1%). Max pain ranged from $34.00 to $35.00. Net GEX was positive for 6 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.15.

Notable Days

  • 2016-05-20: Highest Volume — 535 contracts
  • 2016-05-10: Largest IV drop — 12.3% change
  • 2016-05-04: Highest IV Rank — 20.3%
  • 2016-05-04: Largest Expected Move — 9.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$34.31$32.98$35.97$35.97$35.33
Max Pain$34.86$34.00$35.00$34.00$35.00
ATM IV27.4%24.0%31.3%28.6%26.5%
Expected Move7.9%6.9%9.0%8.2%7.6%
HV 20d22.1%15.1%29.1%17.0%29.1%
HV 60d23.5%22.1%25.9%25.9%23.0%
IV Rank9.1%0.0%20.3%13.5%6.4%
IV Percentile15.0%0.0%41.7%22.6%4.0%
Term Structure0.4%-1.4%1.3%-0.4%-1.4%
VWIV27.0%23.5%33.1%31.1%26.5%
Skew 25d5.2%3.6%7.5%4.3%4.3%
Skew 10d10.6%6.2%20.2%7.9%8.2%
Call IV 25d25.9%22.9%29.8%27.6%25.7%
Put IV 25d31.1%26.6%34.5%31.9%30.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %54.8829.5769.2660.8259.44
Gamma HHI0.280.110.520.520.16
Net GEX-9.8K-36.1K8.9K-28.9K2.7K
Net DEX419.7K-351.8K1.6M-351.8K-65.5K
Net VEX-2.2K-3.1K-1.3K-3.0K-1.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.151.663.192.111.73
Total Volume417.905294535295377
Total OI977.6673951,2741,078434

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-05-02$35.97$34.0028.6%8.2%17.0%13.5%31.1%4.3%-0.4%-28.9K-351.8K-3.0K2.1160.8295200466612
2016-05-03$35.35$34.0030.2%8.6%17.6%17.4%32.2%5.2%-0.7%-29.2K-80.6K-3.1K2.1360.9794200466614
2016-05-04$35.41$34.0031.3%9.0%15.4%20.3%33.1%4.7%-0.9%-29.3K-115.6K-3.0K3.1959.5894300466614
2016-05-05$35.47$35.0030.4%8.5%15.3%18.0%29.7%6.4%-0.3%-33.4K-134.5K-3.1K3.1929.5794300466714
2016-05-06$35.29$35.0028.8%8.2%15.1%13.9%28.8%6.4%0.7%-36.1K-52.5K-3.0K2.9937.79102305466714
2016-05-09$33.85$35.0029.1%8.4%20.2%14.8%27.8%6.8%0.3%-17.9K685.5K-2.7K2.0745.67147305469719
2016-05-10$34.64$35.0025.6%7.4%21.9%5.8%26.0%4.8%1.3%-21.7K259.8K-2.9K2.0747.77147305519719
2016-05-11$33.95$35.0026.6%7.6%19.4%8.5%25.6%5.4%1.1%-6.4K666.4K-2.7K2.1050.58147308519719
2016-05-12$33.37$35.0026.8%7.7%19.7%8.9%24.5%5.1%0.8%1.5K1.1M-2.2K2.1655.67147318519717
2016-05-13$33.17$35.0028.4%8.1%19.7%12.9%26.3%5.3%0.5%-8531.2M-2.1K2.1651.31147318519727
2016-05-16$34.08$35.0027.6%7.9%22.9%9.7%26.4%7.5%0.2%712573.9K-2.1K2.1653.33148319519727
2016-05-17$34.15$35.0027.2%7.8%23.0%8.7%26.5%5.4%0.8%3.5K552.8K-2.0K2.1752.29147319520727
2016-05-18$33.62$35.0027.8%8.0%23.3%8.5%27.3%5.9%0.4%8.9K1.0M-2.0K1.9552.90165322540727
2016-05-19$32.98$35.0028.3%8.1%23.8%9.7%26.3%6.1%0.5%-2.3K1.6M-1.4K1.9558.47165322544730
2016-05-20$33.19$35.0027.2%7.8%24.2%6.9%25.8%6.1%1.1%-1.3K1.6M-1.3K2.1158.91172363544728
2016-05-23$33.12$35.0027.1%7.8%24.1%4.6%25.5%3.7%0.9%-4.9K162.7K-1.6K1.8464.64129238147248
2016-05-24$34.19$35.0025.7%7.4%27.4%0.9%24.9%5.0%0.2%-4.1K76.9K-1.7K1.8269.26133242156248
2016-05-25$33.99$35.0024.6%7.1%27.4%0.0%23.5%3.7%1.1%-4.3K93.9K-1.7K1.8160.91133241162252
2016-05-26$34.27$35.0024.0%6.9%27.7%0.0%24.4%3.6%0.6%-3.1K57.4K-1.6K1.7163.74141241162250
2016-05-27$35.03$35.0024.2%6.9%29.0%0.6%24.5%3.7%0.7%15-24.9K-1.8K1.6658.79145241172250
2016-05-31$35.33$35.0026.5%7.6%29.1%6.4%26.5%4.3%-1.4%2.7K-65.5K-1.7K1.7359.44138239184250