EA Options History — March 2024

In March 2024, EA traded between $130.60 and $141.08. ATM implied volatility averaged 19.1%, placing in the 29.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.4% (HV 20d: 19.5%). Max pain ranged from $134.00 to $140.00. Net GEX was positive for 9 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.49.

Notable Days

  • 2024-03-01: Highest Volume — 6,443 contracts
  • 2024-03-07: Largest IV spike — 7.7% change
  • 2024-03-11: Highest IV Rank — 38.2%
  • 2024-03-11: Largest Expected Move — 6.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$134.54$130.60$141.08$141.08$132.82
Max Pain$135.70$134.00$140.00$135.00$134.00
ATM IV19.1%17.7%20.6%18.3%17.7%
Expected Move5.5%5.0%6.0%5.5%5.0%
HV 20d19.5%13.8%24.3%22.9%14.6%
HV 60d16.3%15.9%16.9%16.1%16.2%
IV Rank29.1%20.1%38.2%24.1%20.1%
IV Percentile44.6%28.6%57.5%34.1%28.6%
Term Structure-0.0%-0.5%0.6%-0.5%0.1%
VWIV19.4%17.5%21.0%18.9%17.5%
Skew 25d1.6%0.6%2.5%1.3%1.7%
Skew 10d3.6%2.5%4.8%3.3%2.8%
Call IV 25d18.6%17.1%20.4%17.7%17.1%
Put IV 25d20.2%18.8%21.4%19.0%18.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %44.0027.2374.1451.4934.60
Gamma HHI0.090.060.180.110.08
Net GEX-3.2M-15.5M6.2M6.2M-2.9M
Net DEX10.6M-142.4M81.8M-142.4M29.6M
Net VEX-1.4M-1.5M-1.4M-1.4M-1.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.490.267.652.322.74
Total Volume3,095.31,2516,4436,4433,128
Total OI76,437.469,16385,87077,88071,138

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2024-03-01$141.08$135.0018.3%5.5%22.9%24.1%18.9%1.3%-0.5%6.2M-142.4M-1.4M2.3251.49N/AN/A1,9384,50536,16041,720
2024-03-04$138.90$140.0019.0%5.4%23.4%28.5%19.1%1.3%-0.3%5.9M-88.1M-1.4M0.2651.09N/AN/A1,65843035,55242,381
2024-03-05$136.32$140.0019.3%5.9%24.1%30.0%21.0%2.5%0.0%3.4M-32.4M-1.4M2.3174.14N/AN/A1,1202,58736,93242,563
2024-03-06$135.32$140.0018.6%5.8%24.3%25.7%20.4%0.6%0.1%1.2M-6.1M-1.4M1.1662.75N/AN/A75688037,37343,374
2024-03-07$135.39$135.0020.0%5.7%23.8%34.5%19.7%1.8%-0.5%1.3M-11.2M-1.4M1.0240.26N/AN/A9811,00037,53743,235
2024-03-08$135.02$135.0019.6%5.7%23.3%32.3%19.5%1.9%-0.1%2.1M-977.8K-1.4M3.8756.94N/AN/A9743,77437,85043,484
2024-03-11$137.05$135.0020.6%6.0%23.4%38.2%20.6%1.7%0.3%3.0M-49.6M-1.4M2.6646.42N/AN/A7822,08036,12943,012
2024-03-12$136.31$135.0019.7%5.6%22.0%32.9%19.6%1.7%-0.2%635.2K-29.8M-1.4M7.6541.74N/AN/A2712,07436,47543,398
2024-03-13$137.13$135.0019.3%5.7%21.7%30.4%19.3%1.2%0.6%457.2K-42.9M-1.4M0.7643.05N/AN/A1,19090236,59745,188
2024-03-14$135.05$135.0019.4%5.6%19.2%31.2%19.7%2.2%0.1%-2.9M16.7M-1.4M7.1548.90N/AN/A7905,65037,44645,821
2024-03-15$134.13$135.0019.3%5.5%18.7%30.1%18.8%1.9%-0.0%-4.8M51.5M-1.5M0.8345.11N/AN/A3,1492,60637,77448,096
2024-03-18$133.10$135.0020.0%5.8%18.4%34.8%19.8%2.3%0.1%-3.5M49.4M-1.4M1.3730.33N/AN/A1,3621,87128,26140,902
2024-03-19$133.00$135.0019.4%5.6%18.3%30.9%19.8%1.9%0.2%-5.4M56.1M-1.5M2.4346.44N/AN/A7621,85429,05441,985
2024-03-20$132.58$135.0019.2%5.5%18.2%29.6%19.3%1.6%-0.1%-8.2M64.6M-1.4M1.0245.87N/AN/A85887229,44542,948
2024-03-21$132.82$135.0018.9%5.4%15.6%28.1%19.7%1.4%0.3%-8.9M52.2M-1.5M1.8527.23N/AN/A1,4192,63029,83142,358
2024-03-22$131.77$135.0018.4%5.3%15.6%24.6%19.8%1.2%0.0%-12.8M78.4M-1.4M1.4027.60N/AN/A63789129,96943,081
2024-03-25$130.60$135.0019.0%5.5%15.5%28.6%19.1%1.6%-0.3%-10.0M81.8M-1.4M5.9535.81N/AN/A3502,08128,38741,930
2024-03-26$130.82$135.0018.6%5.3%13.8%26.0%18.1%1.7%0.0%-12.9M75.3M-1.4M1.7628.34N/AN/A6681,17528,48642,163
2024-03-27$131.60$135.0018.0%5.1%14.0%22.1%17.8%1.3%-0.2%-15.5M58.9M-1.4M1.3441.93N/AN/A53571628,59742,116
2024-03-28$132.82$134.0017.7%5.0%14.6%20.1%17.5%1.7%0.1%-2.9M29.6M-1.4M2.7434.60N/AN/A8362,29228,76442,374