EA Options History — July 2013

In July 2013, EA traded between $23.18 and $26.12. ATM implied volatility averaged 35.3%, placing in the 17.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.3% (HV 20d: 30.0%). Max pain ranged from $22.00 to $24.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.39.

Notable Days

  • 2013-07-22: Highest Volume — 36,386 contracts
  • 2013-07-11: Largest IV spike — 32.4% change
  • 2013-07-17: Highest IV Rank — 38.1%
  • 2013-07-17: Largest Expected Move — 12.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$24.34$23.18$26.12$23.18$26.12
Max Pain$23.27$22.00$24.00$22.00$24.00
ATM IV35.3%27.9%42.7%32.8%30.0%
Expected Move10.6%8.0%12.2%9.4%8.6%
HV 20d30.0%20.8%35.4%34.3%35.0%
HV 60d44.0%42.8%45.9%44.1%45.9%
IV Rank17.8%0.0%38.1%10.0%5.6%
IV Percentile32.5%0.0%78.6%9.1%1.6%
Term Structure-1.2%-6.5%9.3%8.4%0.4%
VWIV37.3%28.8%45.0%32.1%31.2%
Skew 25d3.4%1.7%5.3%1.7%2.2%
Skew 10d7.6%4.3%12.5%5.1%5.6%
Call IV 25d35.9%27.3%40.8%32.5%29.4%
Put IV 25d39.3%29.8%45.8%34.2%31.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %6.635.0010.745.947.23
Gamma HHI0.200.160.280.180.27
Net GEX2.3M196.3K6.6M196.3K6.4M
Net DEX-99.3M-188.3M-52.8M-52.8M-188.3M
Net VEX-556.7K-617.6K-508.1K-613.4K-508.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.390.1211.530.251.14
Total Volume6,672.04555636,38610,4593,806
Total OI190,139.727169,136219,259173,782219,259

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-07-01$23.18$22.0032.8%9.4%34.3%10.0%32.1%1.7%8.4%196.3K-52.8M-613.4K0.255.94N/AN/A8,3922,06787,28586,497
2013-07-02$23.52$22.0031.9%9.1%34.4%7.5%33.1%1.8%8.7%419.8K-61.2M-617.6K0.715.80N/AN/A1,15781988,13088,316
2013-07-03$23.31$22.0032.6%9.4%34.5%9.6%32.9%1.7%9.3%290.7K-55.6M-609.7K0.715.55N/AN/A72651788,27488,327
2013-07-05$23.83$23.0031.2%11.8%34.9%5.5%41.2%3.8%-2.7%672.4K-70.8M-594.3K1.355.92N/AN/A71796688,65088,363
2013-07-08$23.54$23.0032.2%11.8%34.8%8.4%41.2%4.6%-2.9%508.5K-63.8M-578.9K0.546.44N/AN/A60732889,04288,505
2013-07-09$23.57$23.0031.5%11.7%32.7%6.4%41.4%4.2%-3.1%543.1K-65.6M-571.6K11.536.01N/AN/A1782,05389,13088,636
2013-07-10$23.90$23.0031.0%11.8%32.6%5.0%44.1%4.4%-3.3%789.4K-73.6M-572.4K4.845.83N/AN/A6423,11089,16990,319
2013-07-11$24.27$23.0041.0%11.8%26.8%33.4%40.6%4.0%-3.7%949.2K-85.8M-557.2K0.387.21N/AN/A1,50557889,23592,487
2013-07-12$24.32$23.0041.2%11.8%26.6%33.8%40.7%4.0%-4.0%1.0M-85.0M-561.0K0.177.89N/AN/A1,89132489,10692,721
2013-07-15$24.19$23.0041.9%12.0%26.7%35.7%41.3%4.4%-4.6%1.4M-84.1M-545.6K0.625.90N/AN/A1,14370689,11192,707
2013-07-16$24.19$23.0042.1%12.1%25.4%36.5%41.5%4.1%-4.8%947.4K-83.3M-543.1K0.865.55N/AN/A29925789,16592,959
2013-07-17$23.81$23.0042.7%12.2%24.8%38.1%45.0%5.0%-4.3%967.2K-72.2M-537.3K1.9910.74N/AN/A3,1236,22689,19293,142
2013-07-18$24.16$23.0041.6%11.9%24.9%34.9%41.4%4.2%-5.2%1.1M-85.9M-525.2K0.586.42N/AN/A5,0262,91991,42294,366
2013-07-19$24.27$24.0041.7%12.0%21.5%35.4%42.4%4.3%-5.7%1.0M-93.0M-528.4K0.666.14N/AN/A1,47697294,83895,418
2013-07-22$24.01$24.0041.8%12.0%21.8%35.5%40.6%5.3%-5.6%787.9K-75.7M-525.8K0.126.69N/AN/A32,3644,02286,51982,617
2013-07-23$23.83$24.0042.1%12.1%20.8%36.5%42.4%4.5%-6.5%2.8M-89.6M-599.4K1.177.44N/AN/A5,9767,007117,80384,786
2013-07-24$25.41$24.0030.3%8.7%29.6%2.9%29.9%2.0%-0.4%5.9M-159.8M-521.6K0.3710.16N/AN/A17,8486,570121,27787,486
2013-07-25$24.64$24.0028.8%8.2%32.5%0.0%29.1%2.0%1.3%4.8M-116.4M-568.5K0.916.63N/AN/A1,8361,666122,58190,114
2013-07-26$25.82$24.0027.9%8.0%35.4%0.0%28.8%2.5%1.1%6.4M-175.2M-514.0K0.545.00N/AN/A4,8642,641122,85290,244
2013-07-29$25.48$24.0030.0%8.6%34.6%5.7%29.7%2.1%0.3%6.6M-162.4M-526.8K0.195.12N/AN/A2,524482125,55291,573
2013-07-30$26.07$24.0030.1%8.6%35.2%5.8%29.9%1.9%0.4%6.3M-183.4M-527.3K0.906.30N/AN/A3,3963,059124,13191,768
2013-07-31$26.12$24.0030.0%8.6%35.0%5.6%31.2%2.2%0.4%6.4M-188.3M-508.1K1.147.23N/AN/A1,7802,026125,21394,046