KWEB Options History — February 2018

In February 2018, KWEB traded between $57.50 and $66.42. ATM implied volatility averaged 32.4%, placing in the 71.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.3% (HV 20d: 32.6%). Max pain ranged from $63.00 to $65.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 2 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.69.

Notable Days

  • 2018-02-06: Highest Volume — 6,082 contracts
  • 2018-02-05: Largest IV spike — 40.3% change
  • 2018-02-05: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2018-02-08: Largest Expected Move — 10.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$62.87$57.50$66.42$64.60$63.57
Max Pain$64.63$63.00$65.00$65.00$65.00
ATM IV32.4%28.6%40.5%28.7%31.3%
Expected Move9.1%8.0%10.7%8.0%9.0%
HV 20d32.6%20.8%38.2%20.8%37.0%
HV 60d27.3%23.5%28.8%23.5%28.6%
IV Rank71.4%52.9%100.0%88.2%63.3%
IV Percentile96.9%89.7%100.0%96.0%96.0%
Term Structure-1.5%-4.3%0.6%0.6%-0.8%
VWIV31.2%28.5%34.7%28.5%32.1%
Skew 25d4.3%2.0%7.0%2.0%4.5%
Skew 10d7.6%3.7%13.7%5.3%9.1%
Call IV 25d30.0%26.8%33.6%27.3%30.4%
Put IV 25d34.3%29.3%40.2%29.3%34.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %43.2723.7074.7823.7048.67
Gamma HHI0.220.160.350.210.28
Net GEX1.6M811.3K2.5M1.4M2.0M
Net DEX-47.0M-65.9M-18.0M-55.7M-48.1M
Net VEX-172.0K-186.2K-155.3K-155.3K-180.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.690.292.420.310.76
Total Volume2,428.7371,2036,0824,0941,203
Total OI23,592.94718,52927,45724,93319,803

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-02-01$64.60$65.0028.7%8.0%20.8%88.2%28.5%2.0%0.6%1.4M-55.7M-155.3K0.3123.703,13496016,1858,748
2018-02-02$62.60$65.0028.9%8.1%23.8%89.2%28.9%3.3%0.1%1.3M-43.8M-166.2K0.3230.532,52780216,5538,837
2018-02-05$60.63$65.0040.5%10.2%25.5%100.0%31.8%6.2%-2.6%1.2M-36.0M-172.6K0.5474.781,75495517,6238,892
2018-02-06$61.26$65.0037.4%9.0%25.4%87.6%31.1%6.9%-2.9%1.2M-36.2M-172.3K2.4245.191,7804,30217,7539,005
2018-02-07$60.15$64.0032.5%9.3%26.0%68.3%32.1%3.4%-1.0%1.3M-32.7M-165.8K0.7237.781,29292517,8808,004
2018-02-08$57.50$63.0037.3%10.7%29.8%87.2%34.5%4.6%-3.3%811.3K-18.0M-156.4K0.6339.591,26779917,9717,808
2018-02-09$58.51$63.0035.9%10.3%30.7%81.9%34.7%7.0%-4.3%973.2K-23.4M-160.3K0.5954.001,22472418,2157,806
2018-02-12$59.99$64.0032.7%9.4%32.2%69.0%30.8%3.6%-2.2%1.5M-32.0M-156.3K1.2243.999811,20118,0137,765
2018-02-13$61.54$65.0032.3%9.3%33.8%67.4%30.9%6.8%-2.2%1.8M-41.8M-162.7K0.8423.791,3171,10617,9637,863
2018-02-14$64.18$64.0030.7%8.8%36.7%61.1%30.5%4.3%-0.1%2.3M-59.5M-168.7K0.2930.402,85682718,1597,855
2018-02-15$64.87$65.0030.8%8.8%36.9%61.6%31.4%4.7%-1.4%2.5M-65.9M-177.3K0.4135.312,33396218,8667,953
2018-02-16$64.45$65.0029.6%8.5%37.0%56.8%30.8%3.8%-0.1%1.8M-63.9M-183.2K0.5742.411,46884019,3198,138
2018-02-20$64.76$65.0032.0%9.2%37.0%66.2%31.5%3.4%-1.0%1.7M-52.3M-183.0K0.5648.5496054015,1263,403
2018-02-21$65.25$65.0032.6%9.3%36.9%68.6%30.4%5.3%-3.2%1.8M-57.2M-183.8K0.5048.661,03852015,5013,507
2018-02-22$64.72$65.0030.8%8.8%37.0%61.4%31.0%2.6%-1.3%1.9M-53.4M-186.2K0.6447.9978250015,7573,519
2018-02-23$66.42$65.0029.1%8.3%38.1%54.8%29.4%4.8%-0.4%1.9M-62.7M-182.1K0.7647.1371354015,8083,548
2018-02-26$65.74$65.0028.6%8.2%37.2%52.9%29.6%2.0%-0.5%2.0M-60.8M-175.0K0.4650.251,08550215,8873,564
2018-02-27$63.80$65.0033.3%9.5%38.2%71.5%32.2%3.1%-2.0%2.0M-50.5M-180.1K0.5449.4992450316,0813,588
2018-02-28$63.57$65.0031.3%9.0%37.0%63.3%32.1%4.5%-0.8%2.0M-48.1M-180.9K0.7648.6768352016,1023,701