EA Options History — October 2013

In October 2013, EA traded between $23.97 and $26.42. ATM implied volatility averaged 51.0%, placing in the 74.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 14.9% (HV 20d: 36.1%). Max pain ranged from $25.00 to $27.00. Net GEX was positive for 8 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.64.

Notable Days

  • 2013-10-29: Highest Volume — 38,692 contracts
  • 2013-10-25: Largest IV spike — 57.6% change
  • 2013-10-25: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2013-10-28: Largest Expected Move — 15.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$24.94$23.97$26.42$26.42$26.25
Max Pain$25.22$25.00$27.00$27.00$25.00
ATM IV51.0%35.7%103.9%35.8%36.5%
Expected Move13.1%9.5%15.0%10.3%10.1%
HV 20d36.1%28.3%45.9%28.3%45.2%
HV 60d32.1%29.8%35.0%29.8%35.0%
IV Rank74.0%17.8%100.0%45.0%17.8%
IV Percentile87.8%47.2%100.0%47.6%54.8%
Term Structure-4.8%-12.7%7.3%7.3%-1.1%
VWIV46.2%34.1%53.1%39.6%37.8%
Skew 25d4.3%2.4%6.9%3.4%3.9%
Skew 10d8.3%4.8%14.6%7.3%6.5%
Call IV 25d44.3%32.9%51.3%34.6%34.2%
Put IV 25d48.5%35.3%56.1%37.9%38.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %7.724.1216.6412.489.42
Gamma HHI0.170.090.610.190.10
Net GEX-939.5K-5.3M1.4M-565.7K952.8K
Net DEX-14.8M-64.8M13.5M-36.8M-64.8M
Net VEX-452.5K-490.4K-402.1K-438.1K-488.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.640.226.282.362.23
Total Volume11,748.0431,84538,69235,80917,690
Total OI142,814.826116,751167,038116,751167,038

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-10-01$26.42$27.0035.8%10.3%28.3%45.0%39.6%3.4%7.3%-565.7K-36.8M-438.1K2.3612.48N/AN/A10,67125,13857,24559,506
2013-10-02$25.62$27.0037.4%10.7%28.5%50.3%38.9%4.0%6.9%-1.1M-23.9M-480.4K1.327.72N/AN/A6,4728,55362,87872,930
2013-10-03$25.08$26.0038.6%11.1%29.1%54.1%40.0%3.1%6.3%-1.6M-10.0M-489.1K0.468.52N/AN/A1,97891965,30377,928
2013-10-04$25.76$25.0035.7%12.6%29.0%44.8%44.3%4.6%-4.0%-1.4M-29.9M-490.4K3.846.81N/AN/A1,2604,84466,72878,589
2013-10-07$25.25$25.0044.1%13.1%29.2%72.0%45.3%4.2%-4.8%-1.5M-17.9M-476.1K0.796.90N/AN/A1,3811,09067,04177,568
2013-10-08$24.07$25.0048.9%13.9%33.1%87.7%48.1%4.0%-5.3%-1.7M13.5M-462.0K0.767.40N/AN/A2,9152,22667,63177,856
2013-10-09$24.15$25.0044.6%14.3%33.3%73.7%49.7%4.2%-5.7%-1.7M11.1M-466.9K0.236.42N/AN/A4,5581,02968,85578,252
2013-10-10$25.22$25.0047.8%13.7%37.3%84.0%48.1%4.3%-5.1%-1.4M-23.5M-482.9K0.635.72N/AN/A2,1721,37772,15878,233
2013-10-11$24.72$25.0046.8%13.4%37.5%80.6%47.8%4.6%-4.8%-1.7M-5.8M-462.1K6.2810.15N/AN/A2,56016,06771,75379,188
2013-10-14$24.59$25.0047.2%13.5%37.1%82.0%48.7%4.9%-5.2%-2.3M6.9M-465.7K1.396.09N/AN/A8791,22571,44685,986
2013-10-15$23.97$25.0049.4%14.2%36.2%89.3%48.8%4.7%-5.9%-1.6M10.9M-411.5K0.966.32N/AN/A3,2763,16071,31171,474
2013-10-16$24.21$25.0048.9%14.0%35.9%87.7%48.1%4.5%-6.1%-1.5M2.6M-412.5K2.267.73N/AN/A1,8494,17372,59171,924
2013-10-17$24.53$25.0046.2%13.3%36.3%78.9%47.1%4.3%-6.9%-1.4M-5.8M-404.2K0.636.35N/AN/A4,7643,00172,45671,759
2013-10-18$25.03$25.0045.5%13.0%37.1%76.6%46.1%4.5%-6.6%-5.3M-25.2M-407.8K3.066.79N/AN/A3,44210,52875,28273,448
2013-10-21$24.50$25.0047.5%13.6%37.5%82.9%46.5%4.5%-8.4%340.2K-20.1M-402.1K5.227.51N/AN/A3,41617,82963,64254,417
2013-10-22$25.23$25.0048.9%14.0%38.8%87.7%49.3%3.8%-9.3%5.0K-19.7M-449.6K0.308.88N/AN/A15,8944,73965,54065,014
2013-10-23$24.61$25.0049.7%14.2%39.6%90.0%50.1%4.0%-9.3%-65.1K-7.3M-457.5K0.677.28N/AN/A1,5371,03668,96367,049
2013-10-24$24.74$25.0049.0%14.0%39.4%87.9%49.5%4.6%-9.5%75.3K-10.4M-459.1K0.625.78N/AN/A1,28980269,78067,044
2013-10-25$24.75$25.0077.2%14.3%39.3%100.0%50.6%4.5%-10.0%142.5K-10.6M-453.6K0.726.38N/AN/A1,07477170,70167,328
2013-10-28$24.83$25.0098.4%15.0%39.1%100.0%53.1%4.0%-12.7%130.6K-13.5M-440.1K0.226.21N/AN/A5,4781,19069,68466,504
2013-10-29$24.13$25.00103.9%14.8%37.9%100.0%51.2%6.9%-10.0%173.3K-1.4M-436.8K1.1316.64N/AN/A18,14220,55073,14767,301
2013-10-30$26.00$25.0045.2%9.5%45.9%28.4%34.1%2.4%-0.4%1.4M-59.6M-469.6K1.654.12N/AN/A10,28016,98184,91179,359
2013-10-31$26.25$25.0036.5%10.1%45.2%17.8%37.8%3.9%-1.1%952.8K-64.8M-488.5K2.239.42N/AN/A5,48112,20984,38582,653