EA Options History — February 2021

In February 2021, EA traded between $134.66 and $149.44. ATM implied volatility averaged 31.2%, placing in the 13.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.0%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.0% (HV 20d: 33.2%). Max pain ranged from $135.00 to $140.00. Net GEX was positive for 15 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.72.

Notable Days

  • 2021-02-03: Highest Volume — 28,256 contracts
  • 2021-02-03: Largest IV drop — 24.1% change
  • 2021-02-02: Highest IV Rank — 28.6%
  • 2021-02-01: Largest Expected Move — 12.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$143.18$134.66$149.44$146.08$134.66
Max Pain$137.53$135.00$140.00$140.00$138.00
ATM IV31.2%28.4%39.7%38.8%32.1%
Expected Move9.0%8.2%12.7%12.7%9.3%
HV 20d33.2%27.2%34.9%28.9%34.3%
HV 60d27.5%26.8%30.2%28.0%27.3%
IV Rank13.2%7.9%28.6%27.2%10.7%
IV Percentile30.2%12.3%72.6%69.8%36.5%
Term Structure-0.5%-5.4%1.6%1.6%0.2%
VWIV32.6%29.6%45.8%45.8%33.6%
Skew 25d0.6%-5.3%4.7%2.4%4.7%
Skew 10d3.9%-5.6%11.0%-5.4%9.2%
Call IV 25d32.1%29.0%39.9%36.3%31.0%
Put IV 25d32.7%29.9%38.6%38.6%35.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %49.4130.0457.3530.0454.34
Gamma HHI0.070.050.100.060.06
Net GEX8.6M-2.9M18.8M5.2M-2.9M
Net DEX-189.6M-336.7M12.5M-199.1M12.5M
Net VEX-2.4M-2.6M-2.1M-2.2M-2.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.720.261.840.721.18
Total Volume9,693.8953,19528,2567,5164,593
Total OI111,520.21189,580120,34589,580116,245

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2021-02-01$146.08$140.0038.8%12.7%28.9%27.2%45.8%2.4%1.6%5.2M-199.1M-2.2M0.7230.04N/AN/A4,3623,15444,00745,573
2021-02-02$149.44$140.0039.7%12.0%27.2%28.6%44.0%-5.3%-5.4%7.1M-263.5M-2.2M0.6436.25N/AN/A15,3889,82746,08847,347
2021-02-03$140.85$140.0030.1%8.3%34.9%12.9%30.4%1.3%1.1%-459.7K-91.9M-2.1M0.5542.36N/AN/A18,2839,97353,81653,990
2021-02-04$138.08$135.0029.5%8.3%33.8%12.0%29.7%1.5%0.6%-1.3M-42.8M-2.2M0.6456.93N/AN/A7,3154,69460,23855,934
2021-02-05$141.76$135.0028.4%8.3%33.5%10.2%29.6%0.9%1.1%13.1M-169.5M-2.3M0.6157.35N/AN/A8,4335,17562,82256,991
2021-02-08$142.04$135.0029.5%8.5%33.4%12.0%30.2%-1.3%0.2%8.9M-163.5M-2.3M0.3751.61N/AN/A6,1132,28255,44950,491
2021-02-09$146.17$135.0032.0%8.6%34.8%16.1%31.3%0.8%-2.2%13.5M-282.6M-2.4M0.4549.85N/AN/A12,9025,75059,10052,019
2021-02-10$144.39$135.0031.3%8.6%34.8%14.8%30.5%-0.5%-0.8%12.2M-234.9M-2.5M0.3354.02N/AN/A8,1792,68560,36954,023
2021-02-11$147.46$135.0028.9%8.6%34.2%10.9%30.3%-4.8%-2.1%16.2M-336.7M-2.6M0.4252.46N/AN/A4,3391,84263,83354,986
2021-02-12$147.34$135.0029.2%8.5%33.5%11.4%29.9%-2.5%0.6%16.3M-335.4M-2.6M0.5853.13N/AN/A2,5861,49464,53855,807
2021-02-16$145.68$135.0029.3%8.4%33.8%11.6%30.7%1.9%0.7%12.7M-263.2M-2.6M0.5455.25N/AN/A2,4481,32159,61853,390
2021-02-17$145.88$135.0030.0%8.6%33.5%12.3%30.2%2.3%1.0%13.9M-267.3M-2.6M0.2653.95N/AN/A2,54165460,96854,143
2021-02-18$147.52$140.0029.5%8.5%31.9%11.4%30.7%2.2%0.6%18.8M-323.3M-2.6M0.4754.35N/AN/A3,8371,80262,87754,315
2021-02-19$146.10$140.0028.8%8.2%32.1%9.5%31.9%1.5%-0.3%12.8M-285.1M-2.5M0.5453.48N/AN/A5,1792,78363,00955,094
2021-02-22$142.50$140.0029.6%8.4%33.3%7.9%30.4%2.6%-0.5%8.7M-165.7M-2.5M1.1838.30N/AN/A2,2702,67856,15250,416
2021-02-23$141.33$140.0030.5%8.6%33.4%7.9%32.0%2.2%-1.0%7.0M-131.5M-2.5M1.5943.26N/AN/A2,7584,38256,50952,401
2021-02-24$137.89$140.0031.6%9.1%34.3%9.8%32.5%1.4%-0.7%2.8M-62.6M-2.5M1.8447.24N/AN/A2,2984,22657,04554,557
2021-02-25$135.24$140.0033.8%9.9%34.8%13.7%35.3%0.9%-4.5%-675.3K4.2M-2.5M0.8554.61N/AN/A3,0542,58457,76856,956
2021-02-26$134.66$138.0032.1%9.3%34.3%10.7%33.6%4.7%0.2%-2.9M12.5M-2.5M1.1854.34N/AN/A2,1112,48258,71657,529