KWEB Options History — February 2019

In February 2019, KWEB traded between $42.81 and $47.42. ATM implied volatility averaged 32.7%, placing in the 41.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.6% (HV 20d: 29.2%). Max pain ranged from $42.00 to $44.00. Net GEX was positive for 18 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 2 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.70.

Notable Days

  • 2019-02-25: Highest Volume — 15,352 contracts
  • 2019-02-06: Largest IV spike — 9.4% change
  • 2019-02-07: Highest IV Rank — 49.0%
  • 2019-02-07: Largest Expected Move — 10.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$44.82$42.81$47.42$43.41$46.76
Max Pain$43.58$42.00$44.00$42.00$44.00
ATM IV32.7%30.2%35.5%30.2%32.9%
Expected Move9.5%9.0%10.2%9.9%9.4%
HV 20d29.2%24.4%35.2%35.2%27.8%
HV 60d35.0%32.6%38.3%38.3%32.8%
IV Rank41.1%34.0%49.0%34.0%41.4%
IV Percentile60.9%47.6%71.4%47.6%61.9%
Term Structure-0.9%-2.7%0.7%-0.4%-0.9%
VWIV33.4%31.3%39.6%39.6%33.4%
Skew 25d3.9%1.3%5.7%4.7%2.4%
Skew 10d8.7%4.1%11.8%9.2%6.3%
Call IV 25d31.7%29.9%33.7%32.3%32.0%
Put IV 25d35.6%33.5%38.5%37.1%34.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %16.5312.0719.8015.6317.65
Gamma HHI0.100.060.240.060.10
Net GEX2.2M-827.4K3.5M1.9M3.5M
Net DEX-61.4M-78.3M-40.2M-50.9M-68.7M
Net VEX-277.5K-297.5K-251.3K-297.4K-293.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.700.083.201.480.15
Total Volume4,261.47465115,3524,9726,995
Total OI74,474.52642,81097,41488,99853,417

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-02-01$43.41$42.0030.2%9.9%35.2%34.0%39.6%4.7%-0.4%1.9M-50.9M-297.4K1.4815.632,0022,97050,24138,757
2019-02-04$43.75$43.0031.7%9.7%29.8%38.1%34.3%4.3%-1.0%2.5M-60.1M-284.9K3.2016.937842,51251,16739,004
2019-02-05$44.81$43.0031.2%9.5%29.8%36.6%33.2%5.4%-0.4%3.1M-76.5M-293.7K2.6016.561,7064,44051,26941,023
2019-02-06$44.09$44.0034.1%9.8%30.9%44.9%33.7%4.3%-0.9%2.5M-65.7M-296.5K0.1714.321,36122551,67641,816
2019-02-07$42.81$44.0035.5%10.2%31.4%49.0%35.4%4.9%-1.0%1.6M-42.1M-287.7K1.7915.011,2972,32452,27042,016
2019-02-08$43.26$43.0035.0%10.0%31.6%47.6%34.5%5.7%-0.9%1.4M-46.3M-297.5K0.6816.281,25585852,40743,523
2019-02-11$43.98$43.0033.7%9.7%31.0%43.7%33.6%4.7%-0.5%1.9M-61.3M-281.7K0.2217.8163914052,50843,703
2019-02-12$44.58$43.0031.3%9.0%29.1%37.1%31.4%5.0%0.7%2.5M-74.4M-273.4K0.0819.012,35518652,83843,685
2019-02-13$44.52$43.0032.0%9.2%29.2%39.1%31.9%3.6%-0.4%2.5M-77.0M-261.7K0.2218.532,01443853,25943,771
2019-02-14$44.72$44.0031.9%9.1%28.6%38.7%32.4%4.5%0.0%2.7M-78.3M-272.7K0.1718.302,85248953,38844,026
2019-02-15$43.97$44.0032.4%9.3%29.6%40.2%32.3%3.8%-0.2%-827.4K-68.7M-258.1K0.3112.304,6261,43952,79144,024
2019-02-19$44.57$44.0032.6%9.3%28.9%40.5%32.5%4.2%-0.7%1.7M-43.0M-257.2K0.5412.0742222925,50117,309
2019-02-20$44.91$44.0032.2%9.2%24.4%39.4%32.3%3.5%-0.9%1.9M-46.5M-258.4K0.5219.801,20062625,61917,465
2019-02-21$44.26$44.0032.2%9.2%25.3%39.5%31.4%3.7%-1.6%1.6M-40.2M-251.3K0.4318.861,25553925,39417,779
2019-02-22$45.98$44.0031.6%9.0%27.8%37.7%31.3%3.6%-1.6%2.3M-55.1M-263.8K0.2816.972,16260925,56817,811
2019-02-25$47.42$44.0033.9%9.7%27.8%44.2%33.1%1.3%-2.7%2.5M-70.1M-251.7K0.0816.4114,1571,19525,85417,897
2019-02-26$46.90$44.0033.9%9.7%27.9%44.5%34.5%2.1%-2.2%3.3M-70.7M-295.7K0.1514.976,71999834,18118,634
2019-02-27$46.90$44.0033.7%9.7%27.8%43.8%34.5%2.8%-1.7%3.5M-71.4M-295.6K0.1516.756,05189934,64618,779
2019-02-28$46.76$44.0032.9%9.4%27.8%41.4%33.4%2.4%-0.9%3.5M-68.7M-293.9K0.1517.656,10089534,59318,824