EA Options History — December 2024

In December 2024, EA traded between $146.25 and $167.34. ATM implied volatility averaged 20.0%, placing in the 27.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.2% (HV 20d: 17.7%). Max pain ranged from $140.00 to $150.00. Net GEX was positive for 16 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.25.

Notable Days

  • 2024-12-13: Highest Volume — 10,239 contracts
  • 2024-12-18: Largest IV spike — 8.2% change
  • 2024-12-19: Highest IV Rank — 46.1%
  • 2024-12-19: Largest Expected Move — 6.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$156.76$146.25$167.34$165.87$146.25
Max Pain$141.90$140.00$150.00$150.00$140.00
ATM IV20.0%17.6%23.5%19.4%20.3%
Expected Move5.8%5.3%6.8%5.4%5.9%
HV 20d17.7%14.4%20.3%17.2%18.8%
HV 60d17.3%15.3%18.8%16.2%18.2%
IV Rank27.0%14.1%46.1%27.0%27.6%
IV Percentile47.0%21.0%65.1%49.2%52.8%
Term Structure0.6%-4.2%7.5%-1.9%6.5%
VWIV20.2%18.3%24.5%18.7%20.8%
Skew 25d2.3%-1.2%6.2%3.6%2.4%
Skew 10d4.2%-6.9%13.6%10.0%8.0%
Call IV 25d19.1%12.7%23.2%12.7%19.6%
Put IV 25d21.4%16.2%25.7%16.2%21.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %56.9935.2480.2180.2135.24
Gamma HHI0.120.060.200.160.08
Net GEX6.2M-5.6M14.3M12.3M1.4M
Net DEX-132.4M-322.7M59.8M-298.8M-1.2M
Net VEX-1.1M-1.2M-1.0M-1.1M-1.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.250.207.140.350.62
Total Volume2,659.14396510,2399711,639
Total OI78,117.85769,61189,48673,94371,387

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2024-12-02$165.87$150.0019.4%5.4%17.2%27.0%18.7%3.6%-1.9%12.3M-298.8M-1.1M0.3580.21N/AN/A71925232,93641,007
2024-12-03$167.34$150.0018.3%5.3%17.2%20.7%18.7%-1.2%0.7%12.9M-322.7M-1.1M0.4441.01N/AN/A1,08048033,28241,093
2024-12-04$167.28$150.0017.8%5.3%16.8%15.6%18.8%1.2%0.5%13.9M-320.2M-1.1M0.9838.51N/AN/A80679033,61641,315
2024-12-05$166.02$140.0018.5%5.4%16.2%19.3%19.1%2.2%0.9%14.0M-307.7M-1.1M0.9179.34N/AN/A50645933,47941,917
2024-12-06$166.69$140.0017.6%5.5%15.6%14.1%18.3%1.9%0.8%14.3M-308.1M-1.1M0.4848.40N/AN/A93845033,57142,133
2024-12-09$165.61$140.0018.6%5.4%14.8%19.4%18.8%2.1%0.3%13.1M-292.8M-1.0M0.2056.86N/AN/A94618532,33941,580
2024-12-10$165.51$140.0018.4%5.5%14.5%18.3%18.9%2.6%1.8%13.6M-291.8M-1.0M1.4351.20N/AN/A2,2503,21132,77941,688
2024-12-11$163.55$140.0019.1%5.5%14.5%22.2%19.4%0.8%0.2%11.6M-238.4M-1.1M0.4978.42N/AN/A2,0621,01334,66644,714
2024-12-12$163.42$140.0019.1%5.5%14.4%22.5%19.0%1.9%0.2%12.1M-234.8M-1.2M0.2479.03N/AN/A1,30431035,60445,476
2024-12-13$157.74$140.0019.9%5.7%18.9%26.6%20.0%2.3%-0.3%8.9M-120.0M-1.2M0.8762.30N/AN/A5,4764,76336,15645,666
2024-12-16$156.83$140.0021.1%6.1%18.4%32.5%21.4%1.9%-0.5%7.0M-102.4M-1.2M1.1944.98N/AN/A1,2301,46838,69847,630
2024-12-17$154.80$145.0021.2%6.1%17.3%32.9%21.1%2.3%-0.1%4.6M-65.9M-1.2M3.9763.93N/AN/A5372,13339,34847,716
2024-12-18$149.59$145.0022.9%6.6%19.8%42.9%22.8%2.8%-0.6%1.5M36.4M-1.2M0.6376.92N/AN/A4,0142,54639,62049,617
2024-12-19$148.69$140.0023.5%6.8%19.4%46.1%24.5%2.5%-4.2%2.4M18.6M-1.2M7.1472.49N/AN/A4993,56340,20247,691
2024-12-20$147.31$140.0022.5%6.5%19.1%40.4%22.1%2.6%0.5%-5.6M59.8M-1.2M2.1549.92N/AN/A6321,35740,32249,164
2024-12-23$146.89$140.0021.4%6.0%19.1%34.1%21.1%3.1%-0.6%-4.8M24.4M-1.1M1.4154.38N/AN/A51171829,98242,918
2024-12-24$149.13$140.0020.2%5.7%20.3%27.3%20.4%6.2%0.2%-1.8M-13.9M-1.1M0.5244.52N/AN/A81342330,28242,944
2024-12-26$149.06$140.0019.8%5.6%20.1%24.9%19.7%1.7%0.9%-1.6M-9.4M-1.1M1.1365.24N/AN/A59867430,84543,028
2024-12-27$147.60$140.0019.9%5.7%20.1%25.3%20.1%3.2%0.8%-326.9K4.2M-1.1M0.7436.59N/AN/A1,14885431,23943,214
2024-12-30$146.73$140.0020.1%5.8%19.7%26.4%19.9%2.4%7.5%637.1K4.8M-1.0M0.2837.40N/AN/A1,94953628,73640,875
2024-12-31$146.25$140.0020.3%5.9%18.8%27.6%20.8%2.4%6.5%1.4M-1.2M-1.1M0.6235.24N/AN/A1,01162830,38241,005