EA Options History — May 2021

In May 2021, EA traded between $136.52 and $143.81. ATM implied volatility averaged 27.2%, placing in the 16.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.9% (HV 20d: 22.3%). Max pain ranged from $135.00 to $140.00. Net GEX was positive for 12 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.17.

Notable Days

  • 2021-05-12: Highest Volume — 50,062 contracts
  • 2021-05-12: Largest IV drop — 16.7% change
  • 2021-05-04: Highest IV Rank — 43.5%
  • 2021-05-04: Largest Expected Move — 11.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$140.65$136.52$143.81$141.48$143.18
Max Pain$139.25$135.00$140.00$140.00$140.00
ATM IV27.2%20.7%34.2%31.5%21.3%
Expected Move8.0%5.9%11.7%10.8%5.9%
HV 20d22.3%15.6%24.5%15.6%21.9%
HV 60d22.7%21.0%23.7%23.1%21.0%
IV Rank16.1%0.0%43.5%31.6%2.2%
IV Percentile19.5%0.0%61.5%43.7%0.4%
Term Structure-0.5%-4.3%4.7%-1.6%0.4%
VWIV29.0%22.4%41.9%38.0%22.4%
Skew 25d2.2%-5.0%5.4%5.4%2.1%
Skew 10d1.7%-6.8%7.9%-1.0%1.2%
Call IV 25d26.8%20.9%33.3%28.8%22.3%
Put IV 25d29.1%24.2%35.9%34.2%24.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %37.5512.6157.5333.0124.51
Gamma HHI0.070.050.110.060.07
Net GEX1.5M-14.6M11.7M4.0M6.7M
Net DEX-87.8M-194.3M46.4M-125.6M-157.7M
Net VEX-2.6M-2.9M-2.5M-2.7M-2.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.170.333.840.460.58
Total Volume13,886.253,16950,0627,5593,988
Total OI139,377.8116,824180,804119,525122,498

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2021-05-03$141.48$140.0031.5%10.8%15.6%31.6%38.0%5.4%-1.6%4.0M-125.6M-2.7M0.4633.01N/AN/A5,1852,37459,17260,353
2021-05-04$136.52$140.0034.2%11.7%20.1%43.5%41.8%1.6%-4.2%-2.7M-7.3M-2.5M0.4735.76N/AN/A8,4413,98861,58661,610
2021-05-05$137.96$140.0033.3%11.6%20.5%39.7%41.9%5.0%-4.3%-31.6K-56.3M-2.6M1.4135.54N/AN/A2,9024,09066,04163,530
2021-05-06$140.78$135.0030.6%8.9%21.8%27.8%31.4%0.4%-1.1%5.2M-131.5M-2.6M1.8348.68N/AN/A2,4684,50667,37765,230
2021-05-07$142.76$135.0032.6%8.6%22.1%36.4%31.4%1.5%-1.7%7.9M-194.3M-2.6M1.0042.77N/AN/A4,4214,44068,21066,985
2021-05-10$141.12$135.0033.6%9.3%22.4%40.7%33.4%3.3%-1.7%4.3M-133.1M-2.7M3.8457.53N/AN/A5,44120,89163,65264,975
2021-05-11$141.69$140.0033.8%9.7%22.2%41.9%34.5%-5.0%0.8%-721.9K-97.0M-2.9M0.8252.47N/AN/A24,85120,27266,50980,735
2021-05-12$139.99$140.0028.2%8.2%22.6%17.0%29.9%2.6%0.3%3.3M-28.1M-2.9M0.6247.67N/AN/A30,83819,22486,43293,052
2021-05-13$139.17$140.0027.0%7.7%22.5%11.7%27.8%1.8%0.2%4.6M-15.2M-2.8M0.3737.25N/AN/A17,8456,64889,18987,965
2021-05-14$138.70$140.0023.7%6.8%22.1%0.0%24.8%2.9%-0.1%-14.6M16.6M-2.6M1.3844.18N/AN/A5,3037,34093,14487,660
2021-05-17$137.40$140.0025.4%7.3%22.2%7.3%25.4%2.3%-0.1%-10.4M46.4M-2.6M1.4135.86N/AN/A2,2473,17568,14776,076
2021-05-18$138.89$140.0024.9%7.2%22.2%5.3%26.1%1.5%-1.3%-7.2M-10.5M-2.5M1.8441.52N/AN/A2,2604,16868,58976,364
2021-05-19$138.43$140.0025.8%7.4%22.3%9.1%27.2%2.7%-1.7%-10.1M13.9M-2.6M2.4832.23N/AN/A2,6336,53968,79277,799
2021-05-20$141.91$140.0025.5%7.3%24.1%7.8%25.9%1.7%0.1%11.7M-151.5M-2.6M0.3356.00N/AN/A15,0284,90769,64675,638
2021-05-21$140.30$140.0023.6%6.7%23.8%0.0%23.8%2.0%1.0%-1.1M-99.6M-2.6M1.5927.40N/AN/A3,7115,91073,16778,442
2021-05-24$142.27$140.0023.2%6.5%24.4%0.0%23.4%3.9%0.2%3.9M-129.1M-2.6M0.8230.34N/AN/A2,3411,92156,65360,171
2021-05-25$143.40$140.0023.0%6.5%24.5%0.0%23.8%4.5%0.4%7.7M-159.8M-2.6M0.7833.63N/AN/A3,6082,81357,87060,982
2021-05-26$143.81$140.0022.4%6.3%24.5%0.0%23.1%2.0%0.6%10.4M-177.0M-2.6M0.4512.61N/AN/A5,4092,43059,41862,368
2021-05-27$143.26$140.0020.7%6.2%24.0%0.0%22.9%2.1%4.7%6.6M-158.7M-2.5M0.9621.94N/AN/A1,6131,55658,75462,775
2021-05-28$143.18$140.0021.3%5.9%21.9%2.2%22.4%2.1%0.4%6.7M-157.7M-2.5M0.5824.51N/AN/A2,5211,46759,22563,273