KWEB Options History — January 2017

In January 2017, KWEB traded between $35.15 and $38.53. ATM implied volatility averaged 20.6%, placing in the 16.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.2% (HV 20d: 19.4%). Max pain ranged from $38.00 to $39.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.35.

Notable Days

  • 2017-01-03: Highest Volume — 902 contracts
  • 2017-01-04: Largest IV drop — 13.6% change
  • 2017-01-03: Highest IV Rank — 24.4%
  • 2017-01-03: Largest Expected Move — 7.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$37.39$35.15$38.53$35.15$38.12
Max Pain$38.10$38.00$39.00$39.00$38.00
ATM IV20.6%17.6%25.2%25.2%20.1%
Expected Move6.0%5.0%7.2%7.2%5.8%
HV 20d19.4%17.0%23.0%18.5%17.5%
HV 60d22.0%21.7%22.6%21.9%21.7%
IV Rank16.6%9.6%24.4%24.4%16.3%
IV Percentile12.8%1.6%39.3%39.3%11.1%
Term Structure1.9%-0.4%3.3%-0.4%0.3%
VWIV21.7%18.0%26.5%26.5%19.9%
Skew 25d2.8%1.5%4.3%4.3%2.6%
Skew 10d5.3%2.6%8.3%6.5%5.2%
Call IV 25d20.2%18.0%23.8%23.8%18.9%
Put IV 25d23.0%19.8%28.1%28.1%21.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %61.8345.5173.9663.7171.57
Gamma HHI0.270.230.310.230.31
Net GEX167.6K77.8K245.0K77.8K236.9K
Net DEX-1.1M-3.0M1.6M1.6M-2.3M
Net VEX-18.1K-21.1K-16.2K-16.4K-16.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.350.712.131.160.98
Total Volume680.4430902902508
Total OI4,3544,0114,5584,4774,131

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-01-03$35.15$39.0025.2%7.2%18.5%24.4%26.5%4.3%-0.4%77.8K1.6M-16.4K1.1663.714184842,8851,592
2017-01-04$35.76$39.0021.7%6.2%19.2%17.0%24.7%3.4%1.1%93.0K1.2M-17.4K1.1768.614114812,8951,592
2017-01-05$36.94$38.0021.2%6.6%22.4%15.8%23.4%2.3%2.0%122.1K-418.3K-20.6K1.1145.514104572,8981,595
2017-01-06$36.85$38.0021.0%6.4%22.0%15.4%23.6%3.4%2.2%129.2K-113.5K-19.9K1.1461.034184762,8981,594
2017-01-09$37.10$38.0021.3%6.3%22.1%16.4%22.9%4.3%2.1%129.8K-417.0K-19.7K1.1549.384114732,9041,615
2017-01-10$37.74$38.0021.1%6.2%23.0%15.8%23.0%2.6%2.7%127.7K-1.6M-21.1K2.1350.782144552,9061,636
2017-01-11$37.60$38.0021.8%6.2%21.5%20.6%22.9%2.6%2.6%128.1K-1.2M-20.5K1.8051.362534552,8931,636
2017-01-12$37.22$38.0022.5%6.5%21.5%22.6%23.4%2.3%2.0%135.5K-504.2K-19.4K2.0659.122244612,9191,636
2017-01-13$37.55$38.0020.7%5.9%20.9%18.0%22.5%2.2%2.8%141.2K-1.1M-20.1K2.0653.132244612,9171,640
2017-01-17$37.34$38.0021.7%6.2%18.9%20.5%22.2%2.6%2.5%164.6K-657.1K-18.5K1.4556.843104482,9161,642
2017-01-18$37.24$38.0020.8%6.0%18.8%18.1%22.0%3.3%2.8%158.6K-296.1K-17.3K1.5363.022974542,8541,637
2017-01-19$37.34$38.0021.3%6.1%18.4%19.4%22.1%2.9%3.0%162.5K-565.6K-17.3K1.6464.472964852,8521,637
2017-01-20$37.28$38.0020.5%5.9%18.1%17.4%21.9%3.3%3.3%184.6K-518.2K-17.1K1.8367.582644842,8521,622
2017-01-23$37.66$38.0019.3%5.5%18.2%14.1%18.6%2.7%2.1%198.4K-1.6M-16.7K0.9762.022302222,7281,283
2017-01-24$38.28$38.0019.4%5.5%17.0%14.3%18.0%2.3%0.8%221.0K-2.6M-17.3K0.7173.963162252,7121,305
2017-01-25$38.53$38.0018.0%5.2%17.0%10.9%18.3%2.4%1.4%243.1K-3.0M-17.1K1.0167.532272292,7321,304
2017-01-26$38.20$38.0017.6%5.0%17.4%9.6%18.5%1.5%2.5%245.0K-2.7M-17.2K1.1365.272022282,7421,304
2017-01-27$38.09$38.0018.1%5.2%17.2%11.0%18.9%2.0%1.6%234.0K-2.4M-16.5K1.0071.852462462,7481,306
2017-01-30$37.78$38.0019.1%5.5%17.8%13.7%20.7%2.3%1.5%218.8K-1.8M-16.2K0.9969.772542512,7931,329
2017-01-31$38.12$38.0020.1%5.8%17.5%16.3%19.9%2.6%0.3%236.9K-2.3M-16.2K0.9871.572572512,7951,336