EA Options History — August 2016

In August 2016, EA traded between $76.64 and $82.42. ATM implied volatility averaged 22.8%, placing in the 6.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.7% (HV 20d: 19.1%). Max pain ranged from $75.00 to $80.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.88.

Notable Days

  • 2016-08-02: Highest Volume — 73,277 contracts
  • 2016-08-03: Largest IV drop — 27.8% change
  • 2016-08-01: Highest IV Rank — 34.6%
  • 2016-08-01: Largest Expected Move — 10.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$79.82$76.64$82.42$76.64$81.35
Max Pain$78.07$75.00$80.00$75.00$80.00
ATM IV22.8%20.1%32.7%32.7%22.2%
Expected Move6.6%5.9%10.7%10.7%6.2%
HV 20d19.1%17.2%20.1%17.8%18.7%
HV 60d22.7%20.0%32.9%32.9%20.5%
IV Rank6.9%0.0%34.6%34.6%7.3%
IV Percentile5.5%0.0%40.5%40.5%6.0%
Term Structure0.2%-1.3%0.9%-1.3%0.5%
VWIV23.7%21.2%37.6%37.6%22.2%
Skew 25d2.9%2.4%3.8%3.4%3.1%
Skew 10d6.3%3.7%12.9%4.3%5.8%
Call IV 25d21.7%19.0%30.5%30.4%21.8%
Put IV 25d24.6%21.7%34.3%33.7%24.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %27.849.3373.8717.2319.58
Gamma HHI0.140.070.790.090.09
Net GEX20.1M-3.1M205.0M-661.2K8.3M
Net DEX-223.2M-408.7M-68.2M-68.2M-188.6M
Net VEX-1.4M-1.6M-1.2M-1.4M-1.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.880.312.010.841.25
Total Volume22,647.3485,93773,27730,54420,830
Total OI174,886.696127,601255,319159,706167,125

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-08-01$76.64$75.0032.7%10.7%17.8%34.6%37.6%3.4%-1.3%-661.2K-68.2M-1.4M0.8417.23N/AN/A16,56613,97868,85790,849
2016-08-02$76.82$75.0032.5%10.6%17.8%33.9%37.0%3.8%-1.2%2.6M-96.5M-1.5M0.3149.01N/AN/A56,05117,22680,82097,153
2016-08-03$78.68$75.5023.5%6.6%19.4%0.0%24.0%3.5%-0.2%68.8M-408.7M-1.5M0.7153.68N/AN/A24,06717,029147,296108,023
2016-08-04$78.21$77.5022.9%6.7%19.6%0.0%23.2%3.0%-0.4%30.9M-245.0M-1.4M0.6718.08N/AN/A13,1338,776115,178110,333
2016-08-05$79.83$77.5021.2%6.2%19.3%0.0%22.1%2.4%-0.0%205.0M-368.0M-1.3M0.7318.49N/AN/A13,66510,000113,623112,303
2016-08-08$79.28$77.5021.3%6.1%19.2%0.5%22.8%2.5%0.1%11.3M-247.5M-1.2M0.7921.39N/AN/A8,3026,58378,75998,555
2016-08-09$78.73$77.5021.4%6.4%19.2%0.8%22.2%2.7%0.9%10.0M-213.4M-1.3M0.8825.77N/AN/A6,9306,11078,429100,123
2016-08-10$78.56$77.5020.6%6.2%17.2%0.0%22.4%2.6%0.9%8.6M-205.5M-1.2M0.7223.67N/AN/A9,7276,97978,183100,862
2016-08-11$77.95$77.5020.3%6.0%17.4%0.0%21.2%2.6%0.6%6.4M-177.7M-1.2M0.6711.45N/AN/A10,7947,27978,260101,862
2016-08-12$77.44$77.5020.1%5.9%17.5%0.0%22.0%2.6%0.5%-3.1M-157.1M-1.2M0.7718.64N/AN/A7,5005,74378,687102,340
2016-08-15$79.42$77.5021.9%6.3%19.6%6.0%23.0%2.5%0.6%6.8M-175.5M-1.2M0.419.94N/AN/A14,7126,08868,05496,857
2016-08-16$78.14$77.5022.6%6.5%18.8%8.5%22.9%3.2%0.2%9.9M-153.7M-1.2M0.919.33N/AN/A7,1026,48875,18897,243
2016-08-17$79.77$77.5022.0%6.3%20.1%6.5%22.6%3.3%0.6%11.7M-225.3M-1.2M0.3417.01N/AN/A5,8651,99375,78198,359
2016-08-18$80.98$77.5023.3%6.7%19.2%10.8%23.0%2.8%-0.2%13.5M-283.5M-1.2M0.4711.52N/AN/A6,5333,08978,82499,355
2016-08-19$81.80$77.5022.0%6.3%19.1%6.5%22.7%2.4%0.6%9.6M-318.1M-1.2M1.0315.67N/AN/A8,1998,41280,349100,306
2016-08-22$81.36$80.0021.4%6.0%19.3%4.4%22.1%2.5%0.5%8.7M-218.2M-1.3M1.0424.86N/AN/A6,3876,65363,82463,777
2016-08-23$82.41$80.0022.1%6.3%19.6%6.6%22.3%2.6%0.5%9.1M-253.8M-1.3M0.5417.99N/AN/A14,2157,69765,35564,529
2016-08-24$82.42$80.0021.9%6.2%19.5%6.0%22.2%3.6%0.3%11.8M-273.8M-1.4M0.4823.20N/AN/A4,0031,93474,09667,155
2016-08-25$81.44$80.0022.4%6.3%20.0%7.7%22.4%2.8%0.5%11.2M-243.7M-1.4M2.0120.06N/AN/A11,15522,42476,56568,395
2016-08-26$81.32$80.0021.9%6.2%20.1%6.3%22.0%2.7%0.5%3.6M-209.9M-1.6M1.2366.67N/AN/A15,48319,01983,91085,519
2016-08-29$81.57$80.0022.0%6.2%20.1%6.5%21.5%3.3%0.2%8.3M-197.5M-1.6M1.5173.87N/AN/A11,61217,56583,30381,449
2016-08-30$81.67$80.0021.9%6.0%20.1%6.0%21.3%3.0%0.4%8.8M-203.8M-1.6M1.8973.22N/AN/A9,32717,66684,51582,066
2016-08-31$81.35$80.0022.2%6.2%18.7%7.3%22.2%3.1%0.5%8.3M-188.6M-1.6M1.2519.58N/AN/A9,26911,56184,62182,504