EA Options History — August 2021

In August 2021, EA traded between $136.22 and $145.54. ATM implied volatility averaged 24.2%, placing in the 19.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.7% (HV 20d: 18.4%). Max pain ranged from $140.00 to $140.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.86.

Notable Days

  • 2021-08-05: Highest Volume — 38,915 contracts
  • 2021-08-05: Largest IV drop — 23.4% change
  • 2021-08-03: Highest IV Rank — 53.3%
  • 2021-08-03: Largest Expected Move — 10.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$140.34$136.22$145.54$143.96$145.54
Max Pain$140.00$140.00$140.00$140.00$140.00
ATM IV24.2%20.2%33.8%33.1%21.9%
Expected Move6.9%5.8%10.6%10.0%6.0%
HV 20d18.4%13.7%20.1%17.1%13.7%
HV 60d18.4%17.2%19.1%18.1%17.5%
IV Rank19.3%5.2%53.3%50.8%11.2%
IV Percentile17.3%1.2%72.6%67.5%6.3%
Term Structure-0.4%-5.0%3.4%-0.7%0.7%
VWIV25.4%21.7%38.4%35.8%22.2%
Skew 25d2.3%-0.7%4.9%0.8%1.8%
Skew 10d7.1%2.5%14.8%2.7%7.6%
Call IV 25d24.4%21.0%32.8%32.3%22.8%
Put IV 25d26.7%23.6%34.8%33.2%24.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %37.6916.3460.3419.4829.24
Gamma HHI0.100.060.570.070.10
Net GEX2.5M-47.6M12.1M4.9M11.3M
Net DEX-84.6M-230.3M54.5M-143.6M-230.3M
Net VEX-2.3M-2.5M-2.2M-2.4M-2.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.860.252.930.720.90
Total Volume9,005.7272,33838,9156,4399,841
Total OI116,687.773103,660136,741103,660114,719

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2021-08-02$143.96$140.0033.1%10.0%17.1%50.8%35.8%0.8%-0.7%4.9M-143.6M-2.4M0.7219.48N/AN/A3,7352,70449,46454,196
2021-08-03$139.89$140.0033.8%10.6%20.0%53.3%38.1%3.0%-4.6%1.9M-65.1M-2.3M0.7635.36N/AN/A9,1656,96550,30255,338
2021-08-04$139.74$140.0032.0%10.5%20.0%47.2%38.4%1.9%-3.1%1.7M-56.4M-2.4M0.7230.63N/AN/A19,37913,94851,60757,168
2021-08-05$137.06$140.0024.6%7.1%20.1%20.7%25.1%4.9%-5.0%-2.7M15.6M-2.2M0.6054.50N/AN/A24,29014,62556,12760,891
2021-08-06$136.22$140.0023.6%6.8%20.0%17.4%23.4%1.6%-4.0%-47.6M54.5M-2.2M0.4059.40N/AN/A5,6332,24465,78070,961
2021-08-09$136.34$140.0023.5%6.7%20.0%17.1%24.3%3.1%-0.1%905.4K10.8M-2.3M0.7856.29N/AN/A5,7034,46056,32459,874
2021-08-10$136.72$140.0022.8%6.7%19.1%14.4%24.1%2.7%0.4%2.9M-4.6M-2.2M0.8440.47N/AN/A2,0911,75258,44160,449
2021-08-11$138.25$140.0024.0%6.3%19.7%18.6%23.0%2.9%-2.8%6.1M-47.0M-2.3M1.1840.07N/AN/A3,6834,33158,61462,258
2021-08-12$138.78$140.0020.2%6.2%19.8%5.2%22.8%0.3%0.7%8.2M-64.2M-2.2M0.3836.29N/AN/A4,0951,55458,86162,994
2021-08-13$138.59$140.0021.5%6.1%19.8%10.1%22.1%2.6%-0.2%7.5M-44.7M-2.4M0.6926.51N/AN/A2,3701,62960,30265,786
2021-08-16$139.62$140.0021.1%6.1%19.5%8.7%23.8%2.8%0.8%2.0M-67.8M-2.3M1.0621.18N/AN/A2,7682,94255,63462,909
2021-08-17$140.98$140.0022.4%6.5%19.8%13.3%23.2%2.5%1.6%5.1M-110.0M-2.4M1.1230.24N/AN/A3,1493,52556,87563,166
2021-08-18$140.16$140.0022.5%6.4%19.7%13.3%23.2%2.7%-0.4%3.7M-85.1M-2.4M0.3453.96N/AN/A2,83496457,48264,132
2021-08-19$140.69$140.0024.1%6.8%19.1%19.2%29.9%3.1%1.7%4.1M-92.1M-2.5M2.9360.34N/AN/A1,1103,24857,48465,723
2021-08-20$140.20$140.0023.0%6.4%17.3%15.3%24.0%4.4%1.0%-3.0M-78.3M-2.4M0.8945.96N/AN/A1,8771,66458,61765,769
2021-08-23$142.74$140.0022.8%6.2%18.6%14.6%22.8%-0.7%3.4%5.1M-134.9M-2.4M0.8633.28N/AN/A3,3522,89248,35458,105
2021-08-24$142.41$140.0024.6%6.3%16.7%21.1%22.5%-0.4%0.5%5.3M-129.0M-2.4M0.2532.22N/AN/A4,0781,01148,68358,845
2021-08-25$142.22$140.0022.7%6.2%16.0%14.3%23.4%3.0%0.4%7.6M-134.4M-2.4M1.1336.35N/AN/A2,7333,09850,46859,914
2021-08-26$141.40$140.0022.4%6.1%16.1%13.2%21.8%4.1%0.4%8.4M-121.6M-2.4M1.0237.29N/AN/A1,1591,17953,28160,054
2021-08-27$142.81$140.0021.6%5.8%16.5%10.2%21.7%1.9%0.7%12.1M-165.3M-2.4M0.7233.69N/AN/A2,2601,63654,96162,175
2021-08-30$143.25$140.0023.1%6.0%16.5%15.4%23.1%1.8%0.9%10.1M-168.1M-2.4M0.5616.34N/AN/A4,1392,31153,71660,328
2021-08-31$145.54$140.0021.9%6.0%13.7%11.2%22.2%1.8%0.7%11.3M-230.3M-2.4M0.9029.24N/AN/A5,1744,66754,01260,707