EA Options History — October 2020

In October 2020, EA traded between $119.19 and $133.25. ATM implied volatility averaged 39.6%, placing in the 30.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 11.0% (HV 20d: 28.6%). Max pain ranged from $129.00 to $130.00. Net GEX was positive for 11 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.76.

Notable Days

  • 2020-10-07: Highest Volume — 8,689 contracts
  • 2020-10-12: Largest IV drop — 18.6% change
  • 2020-10-09: Highest IV Rank — 42.1%
  • 2020-10-28: Largest Expected Move — 13.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$128.13$119.19$133.25$133.01$119.19
Max Pain$129.86$129.00$130.00$130.00$129.00
ATM IV39.6%32.6%47.0%32.6%38.8%
Expected Move11.4%9.0%13.2%9.0%13.2%
HV 20d28.6%24.9%36.5%36.5%27.2%
HV 60d29.3%28.2%30.1%28.8%29.4%
IV Rank30.2%19.1%42.1%19.1%29.0%
IV Percentile75.5%48.8%91.7%48.8%72.2%
Term Structure-1.1%-7.7%9.0%8.6%-7.7%
VWIV40.3%31.6%47.2%31.6%47.2%
Skew 25d3.7%-1.6%9.7%0.8%3.4%
Skew 10d9.0%-2.4%21.9%-0.1%2.1%
Call IV 25d38.5%30.9%44.5%30.9%38.7%
Put IV 25d42.2%31.7%51.1%31.7%42.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %38.1623.2055.9129.0036.62
Gamma HHI0.050.040.120.060.05
Net GEX1.0M-5.2M8.8M7.2M-5.2M
Net DEX-106.0M-230.0M85.7M-195.5M85.7M
Net VEX-2.2M-2.3M-2.1M-2.3M-2.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.760.431.290.651.27
Total Volume5,681.6363,2758,6896,7088,061
Total OI142,940.091134,701149,042140,553149,042

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2020-10-01$133.01$130.0032.6%9.0%36.5%19.1%31.6%0.8%8.6%7.2M-195.5M-2.3M0.6529.00N/AN/A4,0692,63957,64782,906
2020-10-02$129.38$130.0034.8%9.2%32.0%22.5%33.0%-1.6%9.0%-299.5K-94.5M-2.3M1.2934.74N/AN/A2,2762,94258,79983,909
2020-10-05$130.59$130.0038.6%11.2%32.0%28.7%40.3%2.5%-1.5%1.9M-131.3M-2.3M0.6533.56N/AN/A2,0061,30655,58181,372
2020-10-06$125.24$130.0040.4%11.2%30.4%31.6%39.9%2.0%-1.4%-4.3M-19.2M-2.2M0.4341.53N/AN/A5,4362,33456,46982,078
2020-10-07$124.69$130.0042.2%11.3%27.5%34.4%39.5%5.5%-1.5%-4.2M-10.3M-2.2M0.5242.42N/AN/A5,7182,97158,84483,230
2020-10-08$125.99$130.0041.1%10.9%27.7%32.7%38.8%1.2%-4.0%-2.6M-46.5M-2.2M0.7737.65N/AN/A3,4872,68660,88684,321
2020-10-09$127.24$130.0047.0%11.1%27.6%42.1%38.2%9.7%-2.0%-1.6M-93.1M-2.1M0.4341.33N/AN/A5,4022,34762,39485,560
2020-10-12$130.94$130.0038.3%10.8%29.3%28.2%38.9%-0.1%0.6%3.6M-170.3M-2.2M0.5952.05N/AN/A4,1552,45458,44083,636
2020-10-13$133.25$130.0040.5%10.9%29.6%31.7%38.6%8.3%-1.8%7.0M-230.0M-2.1M0.7153.79N/AN/A4,8323,41558,46283,261
2020-10-14$132.99$130.0042.1%11.5%29.4%34.3%41.5%5.1%-2.2%8.2M-228.9M-2.2M0.6048.03N/AN/A2,4631,47560,44284,661
2020-10-15$131.44$130.0036.9%11.0%28.9%25.9%39.6%0.4%1.7%5.3M-190.2M-2.1M0.6747.51N/AN/A3,1392,09060,59284,984
2020-10-16$132.04$130.0038.3%10.9%28.9%28.1%39.7%2.9%-0.4%8.8M-212.8M-2.1M0.6055.91N/AN/A2,8711,71561,65485,632
2020-10-19$130.06$130.0040.0%11.4%28.6%30.9%39.8%5.1%-1.4%2.1M-150.5M-2.1M0.4436.36N/AN/A3,6031,57454,98179,720
2020-10-20$128.03$130.0040.2%11.5%28.0%31.1%40.4%4.4%-1.0%49.0K-107.0M-2.2M0.8031.71N/AN/A2,8442,28456,28880,598
2020-10-21$127.86$130.0040.2%11.5%27.3%31.2%40.4%3.4%-1.8%-158.5K-104.7M-2.2M1.0628.26N/AN/A2,9223,09857,66882,239
2020-10-22$126.86$130.0039.7%11.5%27.3%30.3%40.1%3.2%-2.9%-996.2K-85.8M-2.2M1.2134.32N/AN/A1,9712,39459,24784,300
2020-10-23$126.68$130.0040.4%11.5%26.8%31.6%41.4%3.7%1.2%108.3K-79.8M-2.2M0.7628.28N/AN/A2,9362,22359,88985,609
2020-10-26$126.21$130.0038.9%12.2%26.6%29.1%42.2%5.5%-1.4%-330.2K-77.2M-2.2M0.6831.63N/AN/A2,2431,52858,49384,171
2020-10-27$126.56$130.0040.1%12.2%25.9%31.1%43.5%6.1%-3.4%184.9K-86.8M-2.2M1.1223.20N/AN/A1,5731,76659,38384,913
2020-10-28$126.21$129.0042.8%13.2%25.8%35.3%46.3%2.8%-4.8%-204.2K-75.4M-2.2M0.9238.40N/AN/A1,7071,56860,03885,736
2020-10-29$124.34$129.0037.1%12.8%24.9%26.3%45.3%8.2%-7.0%-2.3M-27.6M-2.2M0.6433.31N/AN/A3,9472,52660,51586,092
2020-10-30$119.19$129.0038.8%13.2%27.2%29.0%47.2%3.4%-7.7%-5.2M85.7M-2.2M1.2736.62N/AN/A3,5554,50661,56087,482