EA Options History — October 2014

In October 2014, EA traded between $32.62 and $40.97. ATM implied volatility averaged 42.7%, placing in the 26.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 12.3% (HV 20d: 30.3%). Max pain ranged from $35.00 to $37.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.00.

Notable Days

  • 2014-10-28: Highest Volume — 23,509 contracts
  • 2014-10-29: Largest IV drop — 28.8% change
  • 2014-10-15: Highest IV Rank — 35.6%
  • 2014-10-15: Largest Expected Move — 10.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$35.75$32.62$40.97$35.14$40.97
Max Pain$35.13$35.00$37.00$37.00$35.00
ATM IV42.7%28.8%51.6%41.6%28.8%
Expected Move10.0%9.3%10.8%9.6%9.3%
HV 20d30.3%21.7%39.7%21.7%39.7%
HV 60d28.2%26.5%29.3%27.6%29.0%
IV Rank26.0%10.8%35.6%23.3%21.2%
IV Percentile83.0%33.7%98.8%84.9%33.7%
Term Structure-2.0%-5.9%1.5%-2.1%0.7%
VWIV35.0%32.5%37.9%33.9%32.7%
Skew 25d3.3%-2.2%10.0%0.5%3.0%
Skew 10d7.1%-2.8%17.3%4.5%7.2%
Call IV 25d41.8%28.2%49.0%43.1%28.2%
Put IV 25d45.0%31.2%54.3%43.7%31.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %11.426.8819.928.507.64
Gamma HHI0.110.090.150.110.12
Net GEX1.1M-235.6K3.5M504.9K2.2M
Net DEX-47.6M-200.2M22.5M-21.1M-200.2M
Net VEX-528.8K-568.3K-451.2K-526.8K-451.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.000.401.881.881.06
Total Volume8,182.1362923,5093,04613,017
Total OI118,848.261108,892141,968108,892141,968

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-10-01$35.14$37.0041.6%9.6%21.7%23.3%33.9%0.5%-2.1%504.9K-21.1M-526.8K1.888.50N/AN/A1,0571,98954,37654,516
2014-10-02$35.59$35.0042.1%9.5%22.1%24.0%33.3%7.9%-2.6%441.5K-29.3M-536.9K0.497.80N/AN/A3,2561,59154,34555,637
2014-10-03$35.95$35.0039.9%9.4%22.2%21.3%32.5%4.1%-0.7%1.2M-40.5M-553.6K1.388.07N/AN/A40455956,56856,807
2014-10-06$36.00$36.0041.0%9.4%21.9%22.6%33.6%2.5%-2.6%1.2M-40.6M-543.1K1.426.88N/AN/A26036955,46756,011
2014-10-07$34.92$35.0041.5%9.7%23.7%23.2%33.7%-2.2%-1.1%769.7K-17.0M-521.7K1.088.59N/AN/A86994155,62456,247
2014-10-08$35.30$35.0041.2%9.6%23.7%22.8%33.8%5.4%-4.1%779.1K-23.0M-528.2K1.088.58N/AN/A2,7382,95156,20856,652
2014-10-09$35.02$35.0043.8%9.9%23.5%26.0%34.9%2.3%-3.5%663.8K-18.7M-525.5K0.628.51N/AN/A5,2813,26756,46957,070
2014-10-10$35.20$35.0045.3%10.1%22.6%27.8%35.3%-0.5%-2.2%852.6K-24.7M-534.9K0.569.86N/AN/A5,0522,84957,91157,233
2014-10-13$33.24$35.0047.2%10.6%29.4%30.2%36.3%-1.6%-1.4%47.6K13.5M-484.3K1.0310.66N/AN/A4,0374,15456,38257,543
2014-10-14$33.39$35.0047.3%10.4%28.9%30.4%36.2%1.8%-2.6%-28.4K14.0M-487.7K0.7610.41N/AN/A4,4913,43057,02158,663
2014-10-15$33.35$35.0051.6%10.8%28.6%35.6%37.3%10.0%-2.3%-235.6K15.4M-513.5K0.4511.42N/AN/A9,4644,25859,17860,787
2014-10-16$32.62$35.0051.2%10.8%27.4%35.1%37.9%6.5%-5.9%-119.2K22.5M-499.3K0.4010.60N/AN/A2,11784463,10861,316
2014-10-17$34.28$35.0046.0%10.5%33.6%28.7%36.7%5.2%-3.0%67.0K-11.0M-538.7K0.5510.72N/AN/A3,0691,69964,02161,405
2014-10-20$34.95$35.0044.7%10.3%34.6%27.2%35.8%3.4%1.5%942.5K-35.7M-547.7K0.659.25N/AN/A4,5552,95558,18055,389
2014-10-21$35.62$35.0044.8%10.1%35.4%27.3%35.4%2.9%-1.1%1.1M-49.0M-551.2K0.479.34N/AN/A5,9582,82558,47155,741
2014-10-22$35.07$35.0044.9%10.2%35.7%27.3%35.6%3.5%-3.2%1.1M-39.4M-545.9K1.058.29N/AN/A3,6863,88460,44755,944
2014-10-23$36.24$35.0044.6%10.2%36.3%27.1%35.5%3.3%-1.8%1.5M-64.3M-568.3K1.0015.65N/AN/A4,0074,01060,53856,790
2014-10-24$36.34$35.0044.2%10.1%36.3%26.6%35.5%3.1%-3.3%1.5M-65.7M-564.6K0.8019.49N/AN/A4,9533,97160,66857,076
2014-10-27$36.79$35.0044.7%10.2%36.5%27.2%36.2%3.9%-2.2%1.7M-74.8M-559.6K1.6519.27N/AN/A2,5894,27260,96756,700
2014-10-28$37.50$35.0044.2%10.3%36.9%26.5%36.3%5.7%-2.2%1.8M-89.7M-557.1K1.3019.92N/AN/A10,23313,27661,68157,673
2014-10-29$38.98$35.0031.4%9.6%38.5%10.8%33.5%1.3%-0.1%3.5M-145.8M-521.3K1.6418.46N/AN/A7,73512,70569,16168,739
2014-10-30$39.85$35.0029.8%9.4%38.9%24.8%33.1%2.8%0.2%3.4M-169.3M-502.4K1.6014.70N/AN/A4,8277,73569,68671,126
2014-10-31$40.97$35.0028.8%9.3%39.7%21.2%32.7%3.0%0.7%2.2M-200.2M-451.2K1.067.64N/AN/A6,3246,69369,69772,271