KWEB Options History — January 2021

In January 2021, KWEB traded between $76.62 and $92.67. ATM implied volatility averaged 37.1%, placing in the 23.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.0% (HV 20d: 39.1%). Max pain ranged from $72.00 to $80.00. Net GEX was positive for 18 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.93.

Notable Days

  • 2021-01-25: Highest Volume — 9,979 contracts
  • 2021-01-13: Largest IV drop — 24.9% change
  • 2021-01-27: Highest IV Rank — 34.5%
  • 2021-01-27: Largest Expected Move — 12.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$84.18$76.62$92.67$76.62$86.88
Max Pain$74.11$72.00$80.00$72.00$80.00
ATM IV37.1%29.2%44.8%39.7%42.8%
Expected Move10.1%8.4%12.8%9.8%12.3%
HV 20d39.1%29.7%44.9%29.7%40.7%
HV 60d35.0%31.5%37.1%31.5%37.1%
IV Rank23.1%10.0%34.5%29.1%31.2%
IV Percentile57.5%10.7%88.5%76.6%85.3%
Term Structure0.1%-1.7%1.6%-1.0%-0.4%
VWIV36.7%32.0%48.7%38.5%43.5%
Skew 25d3.8%1.3%7.4%4.7%6.5%
Skew 10d8.8%3.8%17.5%9.9%11.6%
Call IV 25d34.1%30.9%42.3%32.5%39.5%
Put IV 25d38.0%33.2%49.7%37.2%45.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %39.0319.8266.2135.5550.02
Gamma HHI0.130.070.390.100.07
Net GEX4.5M-778.8K12.1M-778.8K1.7M
Net DEX-149.3M-193.9M-75.8M-75.8M-109.3M
Net VEX-778.7K-897.4K-686.0K-897.4K-859.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.930.084.234.230.77
Total Volume3,574.8421,1659,9792,9501,739
Total OI100,383.73762,099131,215127,16875,274

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2021-01-04$76.62$72.0039.7%9.8%29.7%29.1%38.5%4.7%-1.0%-778.8K-75.8M-897.4K4.2335.555642,38644,44082,728
2021-01-05$79.70$72.0037.4%9.5%32.6%25.5%36.6%4.8%-0.7%3.6M-143.7M-850.5K1.1432.313,1823,63144,02684,776
2021-01-06$77.91$72.0040.8%9.9%33.8%30.9%35.4%4.9%-0.8%209.6K-89.3M-890.7K0.3543.522,07373344,02187,194
2021-01-07$78.42$72.0037.9%9.6%33.5%26.2%35.2%4.6%-0.6%2.1M-108.3M-835.5K0.6126.2174745943,69585,222
2021-01-08$82.40$72.0035.5%9.4%37.0%22.6%33.2%4.3%-0.2%6.6M-193.9M-770.4K0.2143.443,44473843,66085,246
2021-01-11$79.82$72.0039.9%9.6%38.6%29.3%34.1%3.5%-0.4%7.0M-149.5M-758.8K0.8334.1595979343,76385,639
2021-01-12$79.83$72.0038.9%9.6%38.3%25.6%35.5%3.0%-0.4%8.1M-150.2M-759.1K0.9944.1587987343,78786,008
2021-01-13$80.65$72.0029.2%8.4%38.2%10.0%33.6%3.1%0.1%9.5M-168.7M-724.4K0.6866.2169547043,40486,314
2021-01-14$81.85$72.0031.4%9.0%38.3%13.5%32.0%2.1%1.6%8.9M-192.4M-721.3K0.0851.184,57134843,25586,526
2021-01-15$80.68$73.0031.7%9.1%38.7%13.9%32.4%2.2%1.4%12.1M-176.6M-737.9K0.1250.564,10650144,36986,677
2021-01-19$84.68$73.0032.0%9.2%41.9%14.5%32.9%1.7%1.5%4.3M-132.2M-719.9K0.3939.452,28188630,91931,180
2021-01-20$89.02$74.0033.6%9.6%44.9%16.2%34.1%1.3%1.3%4.3M-175.5M-686.0K0.7319.823,1022,27531,75431,855
2021-01-21$89.09$75.0033.9%9.7%44.6%16.7%34.5%1.7%1.4%3.9M-168.9M-720.9K0.2029.022,01540832,17532,932
2021-01-22$90.32$75.0035.7%10.2%43.6%19.7%36.1%3.0%0.4%3.8M-178.6M-724.0K0.4430.062,28299632,41733,082
2021-01-25$92.67$75.0039.6%11.4%43.9%26.1%39.7%4.3%-0.5%3.2M-188.5M-712.0K0.7322.795,7584,22131,81333,799
2021-01-26$91.40$77.0039.3%11.3%41.9%25.5%40.7%4.7%0.2%3.0M-169.5M-746.6K0.8021.8595676732,96236,783
2021-01-27$89.15$78.0044.8%12.8%41.6%34.5%48.7%7.4%-1.7%2.6M-141.6M-830.8K4.0846.271,1284,60533,31437,388
2021-01-28$88.34$80.0040.8%11.7%40.9%27.9%40.9%5.2%0.3%1.7M-123.6M-849.3K0.2754.981,85749433,25841,636
2021-01-29$86.88$80.0042.8%12.3%40.7%31.2%43.5%6.5%-0.4%1.7M-109.3M-859.9K0.7750.0298275733,59741,677