EA Options History — October 2017

In October 2017, EA traded between $113.01 and $120.13. ATM implied volatility averaged 32.6%, placing in the 72.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 13.1% (HV 20d: 19.5%). Max pain ranged from $115.00 to $119.00. Net GEX was positive for 15 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 2 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.26.

Notable Days

  • 2017-10-18: Highest Volume — 95,144 contracts
  • 2017-10-31: Largest IV spike — 13.7% change
  • 2017-10-31: Highest IV Rank — 97.4%
  • 2017-10-31: Largest Expected Move — 11.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$116.64$113.01$120.13$117.95$119.49
Max Pain$115.55$115.00$119.00$119.00$115.00
ATM IV32.6%29.9%37.3%29.9%37.3%
Expected Move9.1%6.4%11.0%6.5%11.0%
HV 20d19.5%15.9%22.4%22.0%17.0%
HV 60d19.4%18.7%20.4%19.8%19.0%
IV Rank72.2%57.9%97.4%57.9%97.4%
IV Percentile80.8%73.8%99.2%73.8%99.2%
Term Structure-1.2%-2.4%0.2%-0.5%-2.4%
VWIV32.6%23.7%39.6%23.7%39.6%
Skew 25d3.2%1.9%7.2%3.6%7.2%
Skew 10d5.9%3.7%9.5%6.4%7.2%
Call IV 25d31.6%30.1%33.1%30.4%32.1%
Put IV 25d34.8%32.5%39.3%34.1%39.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %40.0912.2060.7516.7960.48
Gamma HHI0.180.080.300.170.13
Net GEX6.6M-9.6M22.3M-1.1M9.4M
Net DEX-200.1M-340.2M-52.4M-146.7M-274.6M
Net VEX-1.4M-1.9M-1.1M-1.2M-1.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.260.322.111.531.06
Total Volume18,642.2276,48095,1447,53842,932
Total OI116,649.591,754169,75091,754110,101

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-10-02$117.95$119.0029.9%6.5%22.0%57.9%23.7%3.6%-0.5%-1.1M-146.7M-1.2M1.5316.79N/AN/A2,9844,55436,13355,621
2017-10-03$117.84$119.0032.0%6.5%21.7%69.3%24.2%2.1%-1.9%-1.5M-141.4M-1.2M1.6323.24N/AN/A2,8724,67336,49856,296
2017-10-04$118.50$119.0031.6%6.4%21.4%66.8%24.0%2.4%-0.0%-665.8K-157.6M-1.2M1.3529.34N/AN/A3,2724,40236,67056,917
2017-10-05$119.46$115.0030.9%8.7%20.8%63.4%31.6%3.7%0.2%2.6M-187.3M-1.2M1.3422.18N/AN/A3,1654,24737,45657,362
2017-10-06$120.13$115.0032.0%8.9%20.8%69.0%32.8%2.8%-1.1%2.9M-203.9M-1.2M1.5437.89N/AN/A3,0624,71738,25257,929
2017-10-09$118.60$115.0032.1%8.9%19.4%69.8%32.5%2.5%-1.2%222.4K-164.7M-1.2M1.5312.20N/AN/A2,5663,91437,61557,793
2017-10-10$117.71$115.0032.7%9.3%19.4%72.6%32.8%2.4%-0.3%-1.2M-145.1M-1.2M0.9233.85N/AN/A4,2083,88038,20858,113
2017-10-11$116.03$115.0033.0%9.4%19.9%74.2%33.7%1.9%0.0%-3.8M-113.0M-1.2M1.4935.10N/AN/A2,9304,37639,92058,796
2017-10-12$117.12$115.0033.3%9.4%20.2%75.9%34.5%3.1%-0.5%-2.6M-138.7M-1.2M1.6644.51N/AN/A2,5784,28440,96159,739
2017-10-13$118.49$115.0032.3%8.9%20.7%70.6%32.5%3.1%-1.9%2.7M-184.0M-1.2M2.1151.43N/AN/A2,4975,26341,52860,268
2017-10-16$117.46$115.0033.0%9.4%20.8%74.2%32.8%2.5%-1.3%2.5M-161.9M-1.1M1.9559.35N/AN/A3,5516,91340,15658,133
2017-10-17$115.66$115.0031.4%9.0%21.3%65.9%31.0%2.2%-1.6%497.1K-118.2M-1.2M1.1852.88N/AN/A5,3016,23040,40859,862
2017-10-18$113.15$115.0033.2%9.5%22.4%75.5%33.0%3.4%-1.2%-9.6M-52.4M-1.2M0.5057.96N/AN/A63,44131,70343,21461,484
2017-10-19$113.01$115.0034.0%9.8%21.6%79.8%35.4%4.8%-1.7%16.5M-232.2M-1.9M1.3860.75N/AN/A6,0548,344100,70965,216
2017-10-20$113.51$115.0032.3%9.4%21.6%70.4%33.0%3.6%-1.6%19.0M-241.3M-1.9M1.2059.02N/AN/A6,1427,357102,29767,453
2017-10-23$113.57$115.0032.5%9.8%17.1%71.8%34.3%3.2%-1.7%20.5M-276.2M-1.9M1.5227.84N/AN/A6,1269,29998,09060,965
2017-10-24$113.38$115.0033.8%9.9%17.0%78.4%33.8%3.4%-1.7%19.5M-264.5M-1.9M0.6036.26N/AN/A15,3579,20498,21663,692
2017-10-25$114.66$115.0032.1%9.9%16.1%69.8%35.2%3.1%-1.3%20.0M-292.7M-1.9M1.3732.23N/AN/A13,18318,00391,84864,234
2017-10-26$115.85$115.0032.3%10.0%16.6%70.6%35.2%2.5%-2.0%22.3M-340.2M-1.7M0.4741.55N/AN/A15,9797,43484,87056,078
2017-10-27$116.81$115.0032.6%9.9%15.9%72.0%34.7%5.0%-1.6%18.1M-327.3M-1.6M0.3249.54N/AN/A25,3577,99674,88956,487
2017-10-30$117.73$115.0032.8%10.8%16.1%73.4%37.9%3.1%-1.5%8.8M-238.2M-1.4M1.0537.64N/AN/A9,65610,12352,75453,058
2017-10-31$119.49$115.0037.3%11.0%17.0%97.4%39.6%7.2%-2.4%9.4M-274.6M-1.3M1.0660.48N/AN/A20,81022,12253,29856,803