KWEB Options History — April 2017

In April 2017, KWEB traded between $42.11 and $45.11. ATM implied volatility averaged 18.1%, placing in the 20.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.2% (HV 20d: 14.9%). Max pain ranged from $40.00 to $42.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.80.

Notable Days

  • 2017-04-21: Highest Volume — 752 contracts
  • 2017-04-24: Largest IV drop — 12.7% change
  • 2017-04-19: Highest IV Rank — 34.1%
  • 2017-04-19: Largest Expected Move — 6.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$43.08$42.11$45.11$42.82$44.85
Max Pain$40.32$40.00$42.00$42.00$40.00
ATM IV18.1%15.4%21.0%16.2%15.4%
Expected Move5.3%4.4%6.0%4.6%4.4%
HV 20d14.9%10.5%17.9%17.1%14.3%
HV 60d14.5%14.2%14.8%14.4%14.8%
IV Rank20.1%7.4%34.1%11.0%7.4%
IV Percentile11.8%0.4%34.5%0.4%0.4%
Term Structure1.3%0.4%2.6%2.4%1.7%
VWIV19.2%16.2%22.3%17.0%16.2%
Skew 25d2.4%0.8%3.9%1.2%3.1%
Skew 10d6.3%2.6%14.0%8.6%3.8%
Call IV 25d17.9%13.8%20.2%17.1%13.8%
Put IV 25d20.3%16.9%23.4%18.3%16.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %55.6033.6276.9667.0276.96
Gamma HHI0.270.200.320.270.25
Net GEX158.4K133.5K198.6K161.1K133.5K
Net DEX-4.1M-5.7M-3.4M-3.8M-4.7M
Net VEX-10.4K-11.4K-9.2K-9.8K-9.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.800.470.970.920.91
Total Volume532.263460752492527
Total OI2,304.5262,0642,4962,1662,089

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-04-03$42.82$42.0016.2%4.6%17.1%11.0%17.0%1.2%2.4%161.1K-3.8M-9.8K0.9267.022562361,502664
2017-04-04$42.29$42.0017.0%4.9%17.9%14.7%16.9%0.9%2.4%169.0K-3.4M-10.4K0.8769.402732371,537693
2017-04-05$42.11$42.0016.6%4.8%17.3%13.2%16.3%2.7%2.6%164.8K-3.4M-10.9K0.8168.852672161,571693
2017-04-06$42.28$40.0017.2%5.6%16.8%15.8%21.0%2.3%1.5%160.5K-3.5M-10.6K0.8933.622442161,568701
2017-04-07$42.35$40.0016.9%5.7%16.5%14.5%21.8%2.5%0.8%160.7K-3.6M-10.8K0.8843.452542231,582701
2017-04-10$42.77$40.0017.4%5.5%15.5%16.8%20.5%1.9%2.1%165.5K-4.0M-10.0K0.8044.392712161,585705
2017-04-11$42.32$40.0018.5%6.0%16.0%22.3%22.3%2.9%0.4%162.4K-3.7M-10.9K0.8545.372832401,626710
2017-04-12$42.30$40.0020.4%5.9%15.8%31.4%21.1%3.9%1.2%163.7K-3.6M-11.4K0.8940.482852551,641746
2017-04-13$42.21$40.0020.3%5.8%15.3%30.8%20.7%2.9%0.9%162.1K-3.6M-11.3K0.8738.982872491,637766
2017-04-17$42.43$40.0020.5%5.9%15.4%31.6%20.8%3.6%1.2%180.5K-3.7M-10.6K0.8742.462872491,642770
2017-04-18$42.11$40.0020.6%5.9%15.4%32.3%21.9%3.6%1.2%154.8K-3.5M-10.8K0.9644.522522431,650774
2017-04-19$42.40$40.0021.0%6.0%10.5%34.1%21.6%3.8%0.6%151.2K-3.7M-10.7K0.9759.252472391,650801
2017-04-20$43.28$40.0020.0%5.7%12.4%29.2%19.3%2.8%0.8%198.6K-4.6M-9.8K0.8458.973002511,650803
2017-04-21$43.52$40.0019.9%5.7%12.3%28.9%19.7%3.0%1.5%149.7K-4.7M-10.7K0.4751.525112411,680816
2017-04-24$43.99$40.0017.4%5.0%12.5%16.8%17.7%1.3%1.1%160.9K-5.3M-10.8K0.5060.064062051,724614
2017-04-25$44.81$40.0015.9%4.6%13.8%9.9%16.2%0.8%1.1%134.8K-5.7M-9.5K0.5466.393812041,691627
2017-04-26$44.62$40.0016.5%4.7%14.0%12.5%16.7%1.2%0.8%141.8K-4.6M-9.9K0.5570.263802081,487626
2017-04-27$45.11$40.0015.8%4.5%14.3%9.2%16.2%1.9%1.0%134.9K-4.7M-9.3K0.8174.412622121,453611
2017-04-28$44.85$40.0015.4%4.4%14.3%7.4%16.2%3.1%1.7%133.5K-4.7M-9.2K0.9176.962762511,476613