EA Options History — October 2018

In October 2018, EA traded between $89.58 and $117.06. ATM implied volatility averaged 42.4%, placing in the 86.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 15.2% (HV 20d: 27.2%). Max pain ranged from $105.00 to $120.00. Net GEX was positive for 8 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 1 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.16.

Notable Days

  • 2018-10-29: Highest Volume — 53,072 contracts
  • 2018-10-31: Largest IV drop — 34.1% change
  • 2018-10-10: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2018-10-30: Largest Expected Move — 19.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$105.00$89.58$117.06$117.06$91.30
Max Pain$116.87$105.00$120.00$115.00$105.00
ATM IV42.4%34.5%57.9%34.5%38.1%
Expected Move12.2%7.5%19.9%7.8%12.0%
HV 20d27.2%20.2%42.0%21.4%42.0%
HV 60d34.1%31.8%37.1%33.8%37.1%
IV Rank86.1%45.7%100.0%64.7%45.7%
IV Percentile96.6%79.4%100.0%79.4%88.5%
Term Structure-1.9%-4.1%0.0%-1.1%-1.0%
VWIV42.8%26.3%69.2%28.0%43.6%
Skew 25d4.7%2.2%6.2%2.3%4.6%
Skew 10d9.9%3.4%22.8%4.9%9.4%
Call IV 25d40.8%36.0%54.7%36.0%36.9%
Put IV 25d45.6%38.4%60.9%38.4%41.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %11.495.8038.697.5715.48
Gamma HHI0.110.080.150.090.09
Net GEX-2.0M-13.5M19.9M19.9M948.0K
Net DEX208.9M-411.6M570.6M-411.6M438.2M
Net VEX-6.3M-8.5M-3.6M-8.3M-3.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.160.522.290.940.90
Total Volume28,005.08716,28753,07242,70448,371
Total OI454,225.261381,296508,118469,183431,046

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-10-01$117.06$115.0034.5%7.8%21.4%64.7%28.0%2.3%-1.1%19.9M-411.6M-8.3M0.947.57N/AN/A22,03720,667264,477204,706
2018-10-02$116.81$117.0036.7%7.8%21.4%75.5%28.5%2.2%-1.3%16.0M-375.7M-8.5M0.8110.37N/AN/A12,62010,170271,829217,565
2018-10-03$116.34$117.0036.9%7.5%20.2%76.6%26.3%2.3%-0.9%12.4M-309.5M-8.4M0.935.80N/AN/A10,4559,770274,663220,743
2018-10-04$113.15$120.0039.9%10.5%21.7%91.6%37.0%3.3%-1.8%-4.7M-15.1M-8.3M1.556.65N/AN/A12,90519,987277,581222,723
2018-10-05$113.65$120.0039.6%10.5%21.2%90.1%37.2%4.0%-1.9%252.1K-43.7M-8.3M1.1612.09N/AN/A11,44013,277280,101228,017
2018-10-08$110.84$120.0040.2%10.9%22.1%93.1%38.1%4.5%-1.6%-3.1M139.2M-8.0M0.907.37N/AN/A15,57214,090276,637218,062
2018-10-09$109.70$120.0039.8%10.8%22.3%91.2%38.6%4.6%-1.8%-8.6M223.5M-7.7M1.608.52N/AN/A13,28021,217277,665218,165
2018-10-10$105.89$120.0044.4%12.1%25.1%100.0%43.2%6.2%-2.6%-10.9M457.8M-7.5M0.748.67N/AN/A18,59913,808279,216220,473
2018-10-11$104.07$120.0045.6%12.2%25.4%100.0%42.3%5.9%-4.1%-10.6M570.6M-7.2M0.6416.20N/AN/A14,0848,982280,700221,051
2018-10-12$105.87$120.0042.6%11.8%26.3%87.4%40.3%5.3%-2.2%-8.3M461.1M-7.4M1.208.75N/AN/A9,26511,113283,166220,084
2018-10-15$106.33$120.0041.7%11.8%26.3%83.6%41.8%5.2%-2.1%-10.5M395.1M-7.2M0.977.51N/AN/A8,2818,006277,807216,547
2018-10-16$107.56$120.0038.3%10.9%26.7%69.6%39.7%4.4%-1.7%-8.9M308.6M-7.2M0.9612.95N/AN/A9,1268,767279,771217,246
2018-10-17$108.98$120.0038.0%10.9%27.3%68.5%38.3%4.4%-1.8%5.0M-1.9M-5.7M1.0711.96N/AN/A9,80510,537281,855152,637
2018-10-18$105.93$115.0042.2%12.2%28.7%86.0%42.8%5.7%-2.7%-502.3K161.7M-5.6M2.139.69N/AN/A5,98912,732284,513150,913
2018-10-19$102.74$115.0042.1%12.3%29.1%85.3%43.1%5.7%-2.4%-717.3K348.5M-5.1M2.297.77N/AN/A6,34914,523285,501152,927
2018-10-22$102.02$115.0042.2%12.8%29.1%85.9%44.1%4.8%-1.7%605.0K221.0M-4.9M1.568.13N/AN/A9,92015,521247,630133,666
2018-10-23$99.42$115.0043.5%13.4%29.2%91.1%46.1%5.2%-2.2%-6.2M352.7M-4.5M0.999.70N/AN/A13,07712,927248,218138,607
2018-10-24$97.92$115.0045.3%14.2%27.1%98.6%48.9%6.0%-2.3%-9.6M413.9M-4.4M0.7610.50N/AN/A12,3389,338252,716143,924
2018-10-25$99.03$115.0044.6%14.4%28.0%95.6%48.8%5.3%-2.0%-9.4M313.2M-4.6M2.059.17N/AN/A8,49117,388256,230143,128
2018-10-26$96.78$115.0046.8%15.1%27.0%100.0%52.1%5.8%-2.1%-13.5M422.9M-4.3M1.339.13N/AN/A9,27712,341260,241144,043
2018-10-29$89.58$115.0054.0%19.4%35.4%100.0%66.6%4.9%-2.8%-561.0K458.1M-3.6M0.5238.69N/AN/A34,80918,263254,190127,886
2018-10-30$94.04$114.0057.9%19.9%41.6%100.0%69.2%6.2%0.0%5.3M276.0M-4.5M0.6321.48N/AN/A27,43617,167278,529129,786
2018-10-31$91.30$105.0038.1%12.0%42.0%45.7%43.6%4.6%-1.0%948.0K438.2M-3.8M0.9015.48N/AN/A25,39422,977292,627138,419