EA Options History — December 2011

In December 2011, EA traded between $20.30 and $21.01. ATM implied volatility averaged 41.9%. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.0%. Max pain ranged from $21.00 to $21.00. Net GEX was positive for 8 of 8 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 8 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.44.

Notable Days

  • 2011-12-27: Highest Volume — 6,380 contracts
  • 2011-12-23: Largest IV drop — 5.2% change
  • 2011-12-28: Largest Expected Move — 12.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$20.61$20.30$21.01$20.57$20.60
Max Pain$21.00$21.00$21.00$21.00$21.00
ATM IV41.9%40.2%43.2%42.3%40.8%
Expected Move12.0%11.5%12.4%12.1%11.7%
Term Structure4.9%4.0%5.6%4.8%5.4%
VWIV43.2%41.0%44.5%44.4%42.4%
Skew 25d0.9%0.2%1.6%1.3%0.2%
Skew 10d2.3%1.1%4.6%4.6%1.7%
Call IV 25d43.5%41.9%44.8%44.0%43.0%
Put IV 25d44.4%42.8%45.9%45.3%43.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %7.313.519.296.693.51
Gamma HHI0.180.180.190.190.19
Net GEX990.8K749.7K1.5M996.1K749.7K
Net DEX-16.2M-34.3M-2.9M-15.2M-13.8M
Net VEX-556.6K-587.3K-511.3K-567.5K-511.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.440.160.700.410.60
Total Volume4,4141,9586,3805,7255,889
Total OI263,856.5251,253268,271251,253264,046

Daily Data (8 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-12-20$20.57$21.0042.3%12.1%0.0%0.0%44.4%1.3%4.8%996.1K-15.2M-567.5K0.416.69N/AN/A4,0711,654158,61192,642
2011-12-21$20.30$21.0043.0%12.3%0.0%0.0%43.4%1.6%5.1%761.9K-3.5M-575.5K0.167.54N/AN/A3,479545166,04497,796
2011-12-22$20.30$21.0042.4%12.2%0.0%0.0%44.5%1.1%5.2%806.3K-2.9M-556.8K0.327.51N/AN/A1,482476168,09498,011
2011-12-23$20.71$21.0040.2%11.5%0.0%0.0%41.0%0.9%5.6%1.1M-21.2M-587.3K0.579.29N/AN/A2,9931,699167,92398,141
2011-12-27$21.01$21.0041.6%11.9%0.0%0.0%42.5%0.6%4.6%1.5M-34.3M-578.5K0.708.83N/AN/A3,7512,629168,68399,588
2011-12-28$20.54$21.0043.2%12.4%0.0%0.0%44.3%1.1%4.0%842.9K-11.1M-530.7K0.428.75N/AN/A2,112890167,56798,244
2011-12-29$20.86$21.0041.9%12.0%0.0%0.0%43.2%0.5%4.8%1.2M-27.8M-545.0K0.356.36N/AN/A2,704938168,28697,176
2011-12-30$20.60$21.0040.8%11.7%0.0%0.0%42.4%0.2%5.4%749.7K-13.8M-511.3K0.603.51N/AN/A3,6892,200167,37496,672