EA Options History — October 2015

In October 2015, EA traded between $64.78 and $76.69. ATM implied volatility averaged 41.3%, placing in the 74.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 10.8% (HV 20d: 30.5%). Max pain ranged from $65.00 to $71.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.20.

Notable Days

  • 2015-10-30: Highest Volume — 31,152 contracts
  • 2015-10-30: Largest IV drop — 18.7% change
  • 2015-10-28: Highest IV Rank — 91.5%
  • 2015-10-28: Largest Expected Move — 13.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$70.64$64.78$76.69$66.88$72.18
Max Pain$66.86$65.00$71.00$65.00$71.00
ATM IV41.3%32.5%44.1%43.2%32.5%
Expected Move11.6%9.6%13.2%10.2%9.6%
HV 20d30.5%26.4%34.1%29.8%33.5%
HV 60d31.9%30.3%33.1%31.1%33.1%
IV Rank74.5%49.4%91.5%72.4%49.4%
IV Percentile89.1%57.1%96.0%94.0%57.1%
Term Structure-1.5%-3.1%0.4%0.4%0.1%
VWIV41.2%34.5%50.5%35.7%37.1%
Skew 25d5.2%3.4%7.5%7.5%3.4%
Skew 10d11.1%6.1%17.9%7.9%11.4%
Call IV 25d39.2%32.1%42.9%39.6%32.1%
Put IV 25d44.4%35.5%49.1%47.1%35.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %20.4311.7735.5620.2935.56
Gamma HHI0.150.090.520.090.52
Net GEX2.2M-13.2M5.0M1.3M-13.2M
Net DEX-165.9M-270.7M-64.0M-77.7M-154.9M
Net VEX-828.1K-889.3K-750.7K-787.1K-805.0K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.200.362.321.141.28
Total Volume10,343.1361,77131,1526,84731,152
Total OI116,420.045100,134161,638102,403161,638

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-10-01$66.88$65.0043.2%10.2%29.8%72.4%35.7%7.5%0.4%1.3M-77.7M-787.1K1.1420.29N/AN/A3,2043,64347,88954,514
2015-10-02$66.31$65.0044.1%9.6%29.0%75.2%34.5%6.2%-1.2%974.6K-70.1M-772.1K1.3916.91N/AN/A3,5734,95847,97854,763
2015-10-05$67.59$65.0042.0%11.1%29.7%68.5%41.7%5.4%-2.2%1.3M-85.1M-770.2K0.5617.93N/AN/A1,13263945,98854,146
2015-10-06$66.56$65.0042.9%11.8%28.1%71.3%39.7%5.9%-1.7%1.1M-73.1M-759.0K1.8115.76N/AN/A1,8983,43746,56554,404
2015-10-07$66.11$65.0042.7%11.7%27.8%70.7%39.7%7.2%-0.8%814.2K-64.0M-750.7K0.3618.31N/AN/A9,6903,53346,75054,828
2015-10-08$65.80$65.0042.3%11.4%27.1%69.4%39.8%5.7%-1.8%1.8M-87.7M-838.6K1.5614.27N/AN/A2,3753,69854,52955,180
2015-10-09$64.78$65.0042.8%11.7%27.5%71.1%40.3%5.0%-1.8%1.5M-70.5M-834.1K2.2114.93N/AN/A2,4465,40254,95455,841
2015-10-12$68.06$65.0041.7%11.2%33.1%67.6%39.8%3.7%-2.5%2.5M-124.5M-852.8K1.3713.48N/AN/A3,7285,09754,47157,655
2015-10-13$68.39$65.0041.2%11.5%32.6%65.7%41.2%4.4%-0.1%2.7M-133.8M-862.1K1.1812.41N/AN/A3,3743,96856,27259,449
2015-10-14$70.48$65.0041.2%11.8%34.1%65.9%41.3%4.8%0.1%3.5M-181.2M-889.3K0.7314.82N/AN/A6,0444,38357,59059,746
2015-10-15$70.95$65.0041.0%11.7%34.0%65.1%40.6%5.4%-0.4%5.0M-197.0M-883.2K1.1216.80N/AN/A2,9653,31959,83761,319
2015-10-16$71.73$65.0040.7%11.7%34.0%65.1%40.8%5.0%-0.6%3.0M-216.2M-874.5K0.8017.93N/AN/A4,1283,29360,28661,367
2015-10-19$72.17$65.0040.8%11.7%34.0%79.4%40.0%5.0%-2.8%3.5M-196.7M-852.3K0.9013.23N/AN/A3,8953,48656,04958,152
2015-10-20$71.79$65.0041.2%11.8%32.1%84.6%40.5%4.9%-3.1%3.7M-192.8M-863.4K0.9811.77N/AN/A3,3823,33157,53458,814
2015-10-21$72.83$70.0040.9%11.7%32.1%83.3%40.9%4.6%-2.5%4.3M-211.9M-878.8K0.9123.47N/AN/A3,7373,40658,32859,135
2015-10-22$74.40$70.0040.6%11.8%32.4%82.1%42.0%5.4%-2.5%4.8M-241.8M-822.7K1.3428.06N/AN/A2,4613,29757,98159,579
2015-10-23$74.91$70.0040.4%11.8%32.4%81.8%42.8%4.8%-2.4%4.9M-252.9M-814.9K1.0530.72N/AN/A3,1643,31158,10459,774
2015-10-26$74.08$70.0041.6%12.8%27.8%86.7%46.8%4.0%-2.1%3.9M-230.4M-797.1K1.5025.57N/AN/A3,1314,68656,83858,756
2015-10-27$75.23$70.0042.4%13.1%27.5%90.1%50.5%4.7%-1.4%3.9M-248.1M-810.2K2.3229.99N/AN/A2,0894,85457,91960,620
2015-10-28$76.69$70.0042.2%13.2%26.9%91.5%45.1%5.1%-1.9%4.0M-267.7M-830.3K1.0628.71N/AN/A14,29115,08058,46562,494
2015-10-29$76.11$70.0040.0%12.6%26.4%82.1%44.8%5.4%-2.9%3.5M-270.7M-868.6K0.9328.44N/AN/A14,96613,90370,35774,383
2015-10-30$72.18$71.0032.5%9.6%33.5%49.4%37.1%3.4%0.1%-13.2M-154.9M-805.0K1.2835.56N/AN/A13,64017,51278,96282,676