EA Options History — August 2020

In August 2020, EA traded between $136.49 and $146.73. ATM implied volatility averaged 29.7%, placing in the 14.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.0% (HV 20d: 25.7%). Max pain ranged from $125.00 to $134.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.73.

Notable Days

  • 2020-08-04: Highest Volume — 14,418 contracts
  • 2020-08-14: Largest IV drop — 13.1% change
  • 2020-08-12: Highest IV Rank — 21.2%
  • 2020-08-13: Largest Expected Move — 9.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$142.05$136.49$146.73$142.62$139.16
Max Pain$126.05$125.00$134.00$131.00$125.00
ATM IV29.7%26.0%34.0%30.4%32.5%
Expected Move8.3%7.5%9.1%8.6%9.0%
HV 20d25.7%24.2%28.1%24.2%24.5%
HV 60d25.1%23.9%26.4%23.9%24.1%
IV Rank14.5%8.6%21.2%15.5%18.9%
IV Percentile34.4%21.4%58.7%35.3%53.6%
Term Structure-0.3%-4.8%3.6%-0.2%2.0%
VWIV30.0%25.4%32.1%31.0%32.1%
Skew 25d2.8%-3.3%9.5%3.9%2.7%
Skew 10d6.5%-4.1%13.6%6.8%-1.1%
Call IV 25d29.9%24.3%38.5%27.3%33.9%
Put IV 25d32.7%28.6%37.6%31.3%36.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %31.7913.4047.6419.1642.99
Gamma HHI0.080.040.370.070.06
Net GEX7.2M-812.7K18.7M10.2M633.0K
Net DEX-354.2M-474.9M-207.9M-394.7M-277.1M
Net VEX-2.2M-2.4M-2.0M-2.1M-2.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.730.391.190.520.60
Total Volume7,325.6193,70814,41810,8106,557
Total OI143,114.143133,165149,135133,165142,312

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2020-08-03$142.62$131.0030.4%8.6%24.2%15.5%31.0%3.9%-0.2%10.2M-394.7M-2.1M0.5219.16N/AN/A7,0983,71255,07978,086
2020-08-04$146.22$132.0029.3%8.6%25.4%13.7%31.3%0.4%-0.8%12.1M-459.8M-2.2M0.7123.75N/AN/A8,4275,99157,15979,479
2020-08-05$145.75$134.0029.9%8.0%25.6%14.8%28.9%1.9%-1.3%14.8M-449.2M-2.3M0.6530.04N/AN/A4,3342,82660,12082,651
2020-08-06$146.73$125.0028.9%8.4%24.7%13.2%31.0%2.5%-0.7%15.0M-474.9M-2.2M0.9141.42N/AN/A4,4054,00060,09883,282
2020-08-07$143.62$125.0031.3%8.4%25.9%16.9%30.9%-1.4%-3.1%10.0M-400.7M-2.2M0.6429.41N/AN/A4,3142,77161,11885,319
2020-08-10$140.17$125.0030.3%8.7%24.8%15.4%31.3%4.7%-0.1%2.5M-288.8M-2.3M1.0541.83N/AN/A2,9273,07856,43782,224
2020-08-11$136.49$125.0031.5%8.9%26.2%17.3%31.9%9.5%-0.2%-812.7K-207.9M-2.4M1.1128.98N/AN/A5,3695,94057,29583,547
2020-08-12$139.84$125.0034.0%8.9%27.6%21.2%31.4%-1.5%-4.8%3.0M-295.2M-2.3M0.7131.03N/AN/A4,9063,50159,67485,580
2020-08-13$141.48$125.0032.8%9.1%27.9%19.3%31.5%0.9%-2.0%5.3M-341.8M-2.3M0.6237.00N/AN/A5,8353,62861,26286,437
2020-08-14$140.19$125.0028.4%8.3%28.1%12.5%30.4%7.3%0.8%18.7M-321.6M-2.2M0.8232.37N/AN/A2,3431,92962,16886,967
2020-08-17$140.32$125.0028.6%8.2%26.3%12.6%29.4%3.2%-0.4%2.7M-316.9M-2.1M0.6139.39N/AN/A2,2961,41258,04184,947
2020-08-18$142.49$125.0029.3%8.4%25.9%13.9%30.5%4.3%3.6%5.6M-362.0M-2.2M0.4941.76N/AN/A3,3511,64459,13285,520
2020-08-19$141.82$125.0027.5%7.9%25.8%11.0%27.4%3.8%-1.6%5.4M-361.2M-2.0M1.1919.10N/AN/A2,3732,82159,60985,890
2020-08-20$143.84$125.0026.0%7.5%24.7%8.6%25.4%4.3%-0.1%8.5M-408.1M-2.0M0.3942.17N/AN/A4,1721,63960,10886,734
2020-08-21$141.23$125.0028.6%8.1%25.8%12.7%28.8%3.8%1.1%5.8M-347.1M-2.1M0.4447.64N/AN/A5,6602,50361,06087,094
2020-08-24$142.27$125.0027.0%7.7%25.7%10.1%26.6%2.2%0.5%5.8M-350.7M-2.0M0.5513.40N/AN/A3,5771,95056,36479,061
2020-08-25$142.10$125.0027.4%7.7%25.3%10.7%30.1%8.0%1.1%6.7M-339.2M-2.2M1.0732.43N/AN/A2,2462,41159,01979,849
2020-08-26$143.69$125.0030.0%7.9%25.3%15.0%29.0%1.1%1.3%8.2M-392.6M-2.1M0.6924.03N/AN/A5,1863,55459,87782,788
2020-08-27$142.22$125.0029.2%8.4%25.2%13.7%30.0%-3.3%3.0%7.6M-343.1M-2.3M0.6317.32N/AN/A3,9042,45062,22583,668
2020-08-28$140.73$125.0031.0%8.5%24.6%16.5%30.5%1.2%-3.5%3.3M-306.2M-2.2M0.8232.36N/AN/A3,7433,05563,23684,881
2020-08-31$139.16$125.0032.5%9.0%24.5%18.9%32.1%2.7%2.0%633.0K-277.1M-2.1M0.6042.99N/AN/A4,1062,45159,73082,582