KWEB Options History — September 2023

In September 2023, KWEB traded between $26.55 and $29.66. ATM implied volatility averaged 36.1%, placing in the 5.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.8% (HV 20d: 31.4%). Max pain ranged from $28.00 to $29.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.61.

Notable Days

  • 2023-09-01: Highest Volume — 273,612 contracts
  • 2023-09-25: Largest IV spike — 4.3% change
  • 2023-09-05: Highest IV Rank — 11.4%
  • 2023-09-05: Largest Expected Move — 11.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$27.71$26.55$29.66$29.66$27.38
Max Pain$28.50$28.00$29.00$28.00$28.00
ATM IV36.1%32.8%40.0%39.7%35.2%
Expected Move10.4%9.4%11.5%11.5%10.0%
HV 20d31.4%28.3%35.4%32.3%28.9%
HV 60d39.1%37.6%40.9%39.7%37.6%
IV Rank5.1%0.0%11.4%10.9%5.6%
IV Percentile6.4%0.0%25.0%21.0%2.4%
Term Structure0.3%-0.2%0.8%-0.1%0.3%
VWIV37.0%33.6%41.2%41.2%35.5%
Skew 25d0.1%-1.6%1.0%-1.6%0.4%
Skew 10d0.3%-2.1%1.9%-2.1%1.2%
Call IV 25d36.7%33.2%41.9%41.9%35.3%
Put IV 25d36.8%33.6%40.5%40.3%35.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %6.651.7928.392.722.72
Gamma HHI0.080.070.120.090.12
Net GEX14.7M-2.5M48.6M48.6M22.3M
Net DEX-202.6M-848.7M49.9M-848.7M-156.5M
Net VEX-4.3M-5.6M-3.7M-5.6M-4.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.610.102.330.160.73
Total Volume72,150.8521,818273,612273,61297,741
Total OI1,504,476.71,249,9581,700,1081,639,5041,451,866

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2023-09-01$29.66$28.0039.7%11.5%32.3%10.9%41.2%-1.6%-0.1%48.6M-848.7M-5.6M0.162.72236,10737,5051,237,598401,906
2023-09-05$28.98$29.0040.0%11.5%32.9%11.4%41.0%-1.0%0.0%36.6M-555.7M-5.1M0.1028.3990,7698,9711,184,457406,715
2023-09-06$28.93$29.0039.5%11.4%32.2%10.4%40.3%-0.8%-0.0%40.6M-573.0M-5.1M0.792.5920,35815,9961,225,329410,534
2023-09-07$27.70$29.0039.7%11.3%35.4%10.7%40.4%0.1%-0.2%18.0M-206.0M-4.6M0.543.0574,40840,4751,216,569423,186
2023-09-08$27.48$29.0038.0%11.2%35.0%6.6%39.3%0.0%0.8%12.1M-115.6M-4.3M0.621.7937,78723,6111,206,983433,649
2023-09-11$27.98$29.0037.3%10.8%32.8%4.8%38.3%-0.1%0.1%19.3M-246.0M-4.4M0.952.7921,84620,7681,189,306427,207
2023-09-12$27.98$29.0036.8%10.7%32.8%3.6%37.9%0.1%0.4%17.7M-212.5M-4.4M0.632.1019,23912,0521,196,917440,741
2023-09-13$27.74$29.0036.0%10.5%32.0%1.7%37.3%-0.0%0.7%11.5M-142.7M-4.2M2.332.6520,05346,7711,203,882449,279
2023-09-14$27.95$29.0035.8%10.4%31.6%1.2%37.2%0.1%0.4%12.2M-166.9M-4.3M0.652.7433,50421,6151,213,597467,893
2023-09-15$27.66$29.0034.5%10.0%31.7%0.0%35.6%0.0%0.6%6.1M-93.2M-4.1M0.5216.9344,36322,8681,223,148476,960
2023-09-18$27.66$29.0033.1%9.5%29.0%0.0%33.6%0.4%0.5%9.1M-131.2M-4.0M0.533.1844,50623,418870,047379,911
2023-09-19$27.55$28.0032.8%9.4%29.0%0.0%33.8%0.3%0.3%8.9M-117.1M-4.0M0.272.4019,3005,130886,673382,701
2023-09-20$27.16$28.0033.0%9.5%29.6%0.4%33.6%0.1%0.3%4.0M-49.5M-3.9M0.3015.1234,79410,513895,582383,158
2023-09-21$26.55$28.0033.6%9.6%29.5%1.8%33.9%1.0%-0.0%-2.5M49.9M-3.7M0.1015.34149,58915,577921,606386,977
2023-09-22$27.52$28.0033.8%9.7%32.4%2.2%34.5%0.4%-0.1%7.1M-158.7M-4.1M0.692.5638,20826,3841,041,789393,011
2023-09-25$27.24$28.0035.2%10.2%32.5%5.6%35.8%0.9%0.4%7.1M-105.8M-4.1M0.265.8322,0145,829999,289394,861
2023-09-26$26.95$28.0036.3%10.4%31.1%8.1%37.3%1.0%0.4%5.1M-66.4M-4.0M0.932.4211,77910,9201,015,706396,426
2023-09-27$27.06$28.0036.2%10.3%28.4%7.8%36.8%0.9%0.3%5.3M-81.6M-4.0M0.3915.3515,6756,1431,023,044398,466
2023-09-28$27.01$28.0036.3%10.4%28.3%8.2%37.3%0.5%0.2%5.1M-75.9M-4.0M0.802.4331,28525,1461,034,839397,726
2023-09-29$27.38$28.0035.2%10.0%28.9%5.6%35.5%0.4%0.3%22.3M-156.5M-4.1M0.732.7256,64841,0931,055,050396,816