EA Options History — August 2019

In August 2019, EA traded between $88.15 and $95.07. ATM implied volatility averaged 32.6%, placing in the 25.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.7% (HV 20d: 34.2%). Max pain ranged from $90.00 to $95.00. Net GEX was positive for 18 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.95.

Notable Days

  • 2019-08-01: Highest Volume — 33,030 contracts
  • 2019-08-05: Largest IV spike — 17.4% change
  • 2019-08-05: Highest IV Rank — 42.4%
  • 2019-08-05: Largest Expected Move — 10.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$92.28$88.15$95.07$94.61$93.81
Max Pain$93.70$90.00$95.00$90.00$92.50
ATM IV32.6%29.5%38.2%32.3%29.5%
Expected Move9.3%8.3%10.4%9.7%8.3%
HV 20d34.2%25.8%37.8%29.8%34.1%
HV 60d31.7%31.1%33.2%32.0%31.1%
IV Rank25.9%17.1%42.4%25.0%17.1%
IV Percentile23.2%8.7%57.5%21.4%8.7%
Term Structure-0.1%-1.1%0.9%-0.9%0.4%
VWIV32.9%29.5%36.7%34.4%29.5%
Skew 25d3.7%1.7%4.3%1.7%3.9%
Skew 10d6.8%2.6%8.6%2.6%7.5%
Call IV 25d31.2%27.9%36.7%32.0%27.9%
Put IV 25d34.8%31.8%39.9%33.7%31.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %7.072.5224.138.9510.96
Gamma HHI0.120.090.210.090.13
Net GEX9.2M-5.8M22.1M18.3M20.4M
Net DEX-31.8M-266.7M211.5M-266.7M-99.7M
Net VEX-3.3M-3.6M-3.2M-3.6M-3.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.950.261.620.891.62
Total Volume13,197.9093,56633,03033,03010,092
Total OI287,166.273245,710336,207333,007267,931

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-08-01$94.61$90.0032.3%9.7%29.8%25.0%34.4%1.7%-0.9%18.3M-266.7M-3.6M0.898.95N/AN/A17,45615,574191,395141,612
2019-08-02$92.94$90.0032.5%9.9%25.8%25.8%34.9%2.5%-0.8%9.9M-115.2M-3.6M1.297.79N/AN/A7,7549,992190,633145,574
2019-08-05$89.09$95.0038.2%10.4%29.8%42.4%36.7%3.2%-1.1%-198.0K128.1M-3.4M1.353.92N/AN/A6,7289,096169,365127,607
2019-08-06$90.00$95.0034.5%9.6%29.7%31.6%34.0%3.5%-0.5%-314.5K104.7M-3.4M1.556.65N/AN/A5,8529,097170,749131,039
2019-08-07$92.26$95.0034.5%10.0%30.1%31.6%34.8%3.9%-0.6%3.5M-16.0M-3.5M1.192.99N/AN/A5,0335,973172,451136,408
2019-08-08$95.07$95.0031.9%9.0%31.9%23.9%34.4%3.8%-0.3%10.7M-186.8M-3.5M1.475.28N/AN/A5,8808,634173,010136,978
2019-08-09$92.28$95.0032.2%9.4%33.7%25.0%32.6%3.7%-0.3%6.4M-9.7M-3.4M1.234.08N/AN/A4,7155,803173,636135,008
2019-08-12$91.90$95.0034.4%10.1%33.6%31.1%35.2%4.2%0.9%2.4M6.9M-3.4M1.033.89N/AN/A3,1373,225166,153130,045
2019-08-13$92.53$95.0032.0%9.0%32.1%24.2%31.4%4.0%-0.6%4.5M-35.2M-3.3M0.323.68N/AN/A6,5272,086167,884131,128
2019-08-14$88.19$95.0036.1%10.2%36.6%36.2%35.8%3.5%-0.6%-4.9M206.7M-3.2M0.6621.80N/AN/A11,9657,883167,913131,616
2019-08-15$88.15$95.0035.0%9.9%36.5%33.0%34.8%3.6%-0.4%-5.8M211.5M-3.2M1.0524.13N/AN/A6,8907,248171,964132,883
2019-08-16$89.65$95.0031.1%9.0%36.5%21.8%31.2%3.5%0.2%10.5M126.4M-3.2M0.603.52N/AN/A8,8425,341173,980135,324
2019-08-19$91.03$95.0030.2%8.7%36.8%19.0%29.7%3.5%0.1%3.7M52.1M-3.2M0.262.52N/AN/A16,9624,348132,312113,398
2019-08-20$93.33$93.0030.8%8.8%37.7%20.8%31.6%4.0%-0.1%13.1M-94.3M-3.3M0.983.34N/AN/A6,9846,830142,442115,249
2019-08-21$93.83$92.0029.8%8.5%37.3%17.7%30.1%3.5%0.3%16.4M-132.3M-3.4M0.6118.04N/AN/A6,5864,045145,961118,022
2019-08-22$94.51$93.0030.3%8.7%37.2%19.2%31.4%3.8%0.4%17.8M-176.7M-3.4M0.623.26N/AN/A4,7192,940146,564118,645
2019-08-23$93.04$93.0033.3%9.5%37.8%28.1%33.4%4.3%0.5%22.1M-83.7M-3.4M0.935.98N/AN/A6,8686,386147,513119,277
2019-08-26$93.94$93.5032.9%9.4%37.6%26.8%33.4%4.3%-0.1%13.0M-111.0M-3.4M0.795.46N/AN/A1,9871,579142,242115,913
2019-08-27$94.43$94.0032.8%9.4%37.6%26.7%32.8%4.3%0.1%14.9M-138.9M-3.3M0.602.90N/AN/A5,5913,327144,003116,967
2019-08-28$92.51$93.5032.4%9.4%36.0%25.3%32.6%4.3%0.0%10.8M-21.9M-3.2M0.882.55N/AN/A4,3293,817145,121117,562
2019-08-29$93.08$92.0029.9%8.4%34.6%18.0%29.8%3.8%0.2%14.4M-49.0M-3.2M0.893.80N/AN/A6,4815,752146,143118,038
2019-08-30$93.81$92.5029.5%8.3%34.1%17.1%29.5%3.9%0.4%20.4M-99.7M-3.2M1.6210.96N/AN/A3,8506,242148,406119,525