KWEB Options History — March 2023

In March 2023, KWEB traded between $28.13 and $31.70. ATM implied volatility averaged 47.5%, placing in the 10.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.9% (HV 20d: 40.5%). Max pain ranged from $30.00 to $31.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.56.

Notable Days

  • 2023-03-28: Highest Volume — 151,149 contracts
  • 2023-03-23: Largest IV spike — 7.7% change
  • 2023-03-28: Highest IV Rank — 18.9%
  • 2023-03-10: Largest Expected Move — 14.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$29.85$28.13$31.70$30.57$31.09
Max Pain$30.13$30.00$31.00$30.00$30.00
ATM IV47.5%44.5%50.8%46.6%45.8%
Expected Move13.7%12.7%14.4%13.8%12.9%
HV 20d40.5%37.2%43.8%43.3%37.9%
HV 60d43.4%37.9%45.3%45.3%37.9%
IV Rank10.1%4.8%18.9%7.0%8.3%
IV Percentile17.7%2.4%31.7%11.1%8.3%
Term Structure-0.1%-1.2%1.1%-0.9%0.3%
VWIV47.8%44.2%51.4%48.2%45.8%
Skew 25d2.8%0.5%4.3%2.7%0.8%
Skew 10d5.6%0.8%9.7%5.5%0.8%
Call IV 25d46.8%43.4%50.3%46.1%46.2%
Put IV 25d49.6%46.9%53.0%48.7%46.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %7.032.8029.383.183.72
Gamma HHI0.070.060.100.070.08
Net GEX16.0M1.2M36.9M20.6M32.6M
Net DEX-377.1M-751.3M-45.1M-513.4M-601.6M
Net VEX-5.0M-5.9M-4.5M-5.5M-5.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.560.181.140.560.68
Total Volume55,480.21728,185151,14975,41760,981
Total OI1,403,092.6521,106,4171,602,4241,528,5941,329,202

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2023-03-01$30.57$30.0046.6%13.8%43.3%7.0%48.2%2.7%-0.9%20.6M-513.4M-5.5M0.563.1848,41826,9991,083,340445,254
2023-03-02$31.51$30.0046.0%13.5%41.8%6.1%47.6%3.5%-0.8%28.0M-708.6M-5.8M0.794.5233,34426,4581,108,030461,634
2023-03-03$31.63$30.0046.5%13.6%41.1%6.9%48.0%2.5%-1.2%30.7M-743.2M-5.9M0.413.8754,77922,4611,113,307471,539
2023-03-06$31.02$31.0046.2%13.2%40.5%6.4%45.6%2.4%0.1%23.9M-571.3M-5.6M0.268.3229,2397,4741,106,447456,650
2023-03-07$30.06$31.0046.5%13.5%41.2%6.9%46.4%2.4%0.1%15.3M-385.1M-5.4M0.273.6333,5699,1531,115,877459,915
2023-03-08$29.74$31.0046.9%13.5%40.5%7.7%47.7%2.9%0.2%13.4M-332.8M-5.3M0.703.1716,59011,5951,138,864463,358
2023-03-09$28.13$30.0047.8%13.8%43.8%9.3%47.6%2.5%-0.0%2.7M-45.1M-4.7M0.694.6555,91638,6141,137,103465,321
2023-03-10$28.26$30.0050.1%14.4%42.9%13.3%49.5%3.0%-0.5%1.2M-66.9M-4.7M0.6714.5630,81920,7851,132,685466,020
2023-03-13$28.80$30.0050.8%14.4%42.0%14.6%49.8%2.7%-0.6%5.8M-163.8M-4.8M0.8129.3820,74616,8021,072,968449,066
2023-03-14$28.81$30.0049.4%14.0%39.8%12.1%48.6%3.5%-0.6%6.2M-178.2M-4.7M0.5511.1322,91912,7041,083,281446,621
2023-03-15$28.19$30.0050.0%14.4%40.1%13.1%50.5%3.9%-0.3%4.0M-88.7M-4.5M0.7815.1325,22619,6471,094,689448,946
2023-03-16$28.95$30.0048.6%14.0%41.9%11.0%50.0%3.2%0.4%6.7M-225.8M-4.6M0.3613.5843,90015,6271,094,595439,117
2023-03-17$28.95$30.0047.6%13.4%41.6%9.9%46.7%4.1%-0.8%4.9M-229.5M-4.7M0.993.3327,40227,0201,117,816444,417
2023-03-20$28.71$30.0047.7%13.7%39.9%10.1%47.3%3.8%-0.1%8.8M-194.9M-4.6M1.142.9216,97119,331776,283330,134
2023-03-21$29.20$30.0045.5%13.0%39.3%6.8%45.6%4.3%0.5%10.4M-244.5M-4.6M0.223.4327,0556,039780,395336,805
2023-03-22$29.09$30.0044.5%12.7%39.3%4.8%44.2%3.8%1.1%10.0M-235.7M-4.6M0.659.9520,88013,514779,018339,387
2023-03-23$30.20$30.0047.9%13.8%41.7%13.9%48.8%2.0%-0.3%17.4M-415.0M-5.0M0.184.8378,93914,291793,421342,041
2023-03-24$30.30$30.0047.7%13.7%38.4%13.3%47.9%2.6%0.4%20.6M-468.4M-5.0M0.482.8028,18413,398847,460344,075
2023-03-27$29.64$30.0046.6%13.5%38.8%10.6%47.5%3.2%0.1%14.2M-324.4M-4.6M0.772.9918,47814,168825,863336,608
2023-03-28$30.86$30.0049.8%14.4%41.2%18.9%51.4%2.8%-0.2%23.4M-553.2M-5.1M0.224.76123,45727,692838,309344,459
2023-03-29$31.13$30.0047.1%13.6%38.2%11.8%47.9%0.7%0.2%30.8M-632.5M-5.4M0.344.0433,30111,423928,921367,567
2023-03-30$31.70$30.0046.5%13.3%37.2%10.3%47.1%0.5%0.4%36.9M-751.3M-5.6M0.453.8034,35915,378939,639374,684
2023-03-31$31.09$30.0045.8%12.9%37.9%8.3%45.8%0.8%0.3%32.6M-601.6M-5.3M0.683.7236,22224,759946,628382,574