EA Options History — December 2021

In December 2021, EA traded between $122.30 and $134.71. ATM implied volatility averaged 29.3%, placing in the 43.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.0% (HV 20d: 24.3%). Max pain ranged from $130.00 to $135.00. Net GEX was positive for 9 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.03.

Notable Days

  • 2021-12-03: Highest Volume — 15,157 contracts
  • 2021-12-07: Largest IV drop — 13.8% change
  • 2021-12-03: Highest IV Rank — 72.7%
  • 2021-12-03: Largest Expected Move — 11.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$128.76$122.30$134.71$122.30$132.56
Max Pain$131.77$130.00$135.00$135.00$130.00
ATM IV29.3%24.9%36.4%35.5%27.2%
Expected Move8.4%6.8%11.3%10.5%6.8%
HV 20d24.3%15.0%31.0%30.8%16.7%
HV 60d29.7%24.0%32.5%32.3%24.0%
IV Rank43.8%25.5%72.7%69.3%34.9%
IV Percentile48.6%24.6%91.3%88.9%34.9%
Term Structure1.9%-0.6%7.6%0.3%7.6%
VWIV30.3%25.4%39.8%38.5%25.4%
Skew 25d3.0%1.8%4.4%3.6%3.0%
Skew 10d8.0%3.9%13.7%9.0%7.0%
Call IV 25d29.0%23.4%39.1%35.0%23.4%
Put IV 25d32.0%26.4%41.1%38.7%26.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %25.5211.2352.9917.3411.23
Gamma HHI0.090.060.160.110.08
Net GEX-3.7M-13.2M6.7M-12.9M3.2M
Net DEX96.6M-65.2M291.5M291.5M-6.3M
Net VEX-2.0M-2.3M-1.8M-2.3M-1.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.030.481.690.481.19
Total Volume9,005.8645,61615,15713,3007,018
Total OI134,279.591113,922148,711146,898123,455

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2021-12-01$122.30$135.0035.5%10.5%30.8%69.3%38.5%3.6%0.3%-12.9M291.5M-2.3M0.4817.34N/AN/A8,9604,34066,46680,432
2021-12-02$122.63$135.0033.9%10.2%31.0%62.7%37.0%4.4%1.1%-13.2M287.2M-2.3M1.1519.39N/AN/A6,3977,37466,57480,955
2021-12-03$124.70$134.0036.4%11.3%30.5%72.7%39.8%2.1%0.4%-7.4M234.3M-2.3M1.0826.25N/AN/A7,2937,86467,58280,328
2021-12-06$126.37$135.0035.7%10.0%30.9%70.0%35.5%1.8%2.5%-9.0M168.2M-2.3M0.5330.93N/AN/A7,3193,86563,84377,920
2021-12-07$126.23$135.0030.8%8.9%30.9%49.8%31.8%2.6%0.1%-7.0M166.9M-2.3M0.9524.36N/AN/A4,7714,53665,98178,465
2021-12-08$126.66$135.0028.5%8.5%30.4%40.3%30.1%3.1%0.6%-6.5M159.8M-2.2M0.8527.12N/AN/A6,4205,42867,11279,243
2021-12-09$125.55$135.0029.5%8.5%30.5%44.6%30.1%3.6%-0.1%-11.1M196.2M-2.1M0.6222.31N/AN/A5,4943,42867,05180,060
2021-12-10$125.08$135.0028.1%8.1%26.2%38.7%29.4%3.6%0.6%-13.1M204.2M-2.1M1.2815.97N/AN/A3,9505,04268,45980,252
2021-12-13$127.37$130.0029.2%8.5%27.1%43.3%29.7%2.9%0.3%-8.8M143.0M-2.1M0.4924.65N/AN/A5,8272,88363,65075,904
2021-12-14$127.19$130.0029.3%8.6%25.6%43.6%30.4%2.4%1.4%-8.6M137.9M-2.0M0.9629.26N/AN/A3,3043,15863,76975,962
2021-12-15$128.71$130.0029.0%8.2%26.1%42.6%30.3%4.2%-0.2%-6.1M88.3M-2.0M1.3852.99N/AN/A3,0674,21764,24276,255
2021-12-16$129.47$130.0028.9%8.2%26.2%42.1%30.4%3.7%-0.1%-4.0M70.3M-2.0M1.2040.57N/AN/A3,0523,65464,94176,197
2021-12-17$127.75$130.0028.9%8.1%26.5%42.0%29.8%3.3%-0.6%3.5M104.6M-1.9M0.9716.80N/AN/A4,2454,12965,33376,266
2021-12-20$129.84$130.0031.2%8.9%24.6%51.4%31.7%3.4%-0.5%-1.2M40.3M-2.0M1.2229.67N/AN/A3,4364,17550,15063,772
2021-12-21$132.04$130.0028.1%8.1%18.5%38.8%28.5%3.4%-0.0%968.8K-3.0M-2.0M1.0816.61N/AN/A4,0584,37551,18465,610
2021-12-22$131.30$130.0026.8%7.7%18.3%33.3%27.3%2.5%-0.2%1.4M9.6M-1.9M1.2134.58N/AN/A4,3705,28152,71666,343
2021-12-23$132.81$130.0024.9%7.1%17.7%25.5%26.5%2.2%0.3%6.7M-30.4M-1.9M1.6914.26N/AN/A3,5786,03554,45968,168
2021-12-27$132.96$130.0025.6%7.2%17.7%28.4%26.4%2.5%6.8%2.5M-21.4M-1.9M0.8429.00N/AN/A3,6783,10752,71167,585
2021-12-28$133.43$130.0026.2%7.3%16.8%30.8%26.4%2.6%6.4%2.7M-31.4M-1.9M0.9833.84N/AN/A3,3233,24253,25868,003
2021-12-29$132.96$130.0025.1%7.0%16.6%26.5%26.0%2.8%7.3%2.5M-19.7M-1.8M1.2831.78N/AN/A2,4623,15453,15268,287
2021-12-30$134.71$130.0026.4%6.9%15.0%31.8%25.9%2.4%7.5%4.8M-65.2M-1.8M1.2412.40N/AN/A3,0513,76953,39268,664
2021-12-31$132.56$130.0027.2%6.8%16.7%34.9%25.4%3.0%7.6%3.2M-6.3M-1.8M1.1911.23N/AN/A3,1983,82053,93069,525