EA Options History — February 2026

In February 2026, EA traded between $197.72 and $203.63. ATM implied volatility averaged 11.9%, placing in the 15.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.2% (HV 20d: 8.8%). Max pain ranged from $190.00 to $200.00. Net GEX was positive for 15 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 6.16.

Notable Days

  • 2026-02-04: Highest Volume — 30,274 contracts
  • 2026-02-04: Largest IV spike — 43.7% change
  • 2026-02-18: Highest IV Rank — 24.5%
  • 2026-02-18: Largest Expected Move — 4.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$200.62$197.72$203.63$203.63$200.50
Max Pain$191.58$190.00$200.00$200.00$190.00
ATM IV11.9%7.7%16.7%8.5%12.5%
Expected Move3.8%2.9%4.8%3.3%4.5%
HV 20d8.8%1.1%10.3%1.1%10.3%
HV 60d5.6%2.7%6.1%2.7%6.1%
IV Rank15.3%7.0%24.5%8.6%16.4%
IV Percentile35.4%23.4%38.9%30.6%38.1%
Term Structure0.4%-4.5%6.2%-1.1%-2.0%
VWIV16.9%7.2%27.3%10.8%7.2%
Skew 25d6.6%0.2%22.7%2.2%3.6%
Skew 10d11.0%4.3%25.9%4.3%11.6%
Call IV 25d8.2%4.3%14.8%5.6%10.3%
Put IV 25d14.8%7.8%27.0%7.8%13.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %91.0778.42109.94109.9493.47
Gamma HHI0.220.150.390.390.20
Net GEX7.6M-14.8M31.4M31.4M9.6M
Net DEX-415.0M-476.3M-323.1M-448.9M-417.6M
Net VEX-3.7M-4.3M-2.2M-2.2M-4.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio6.160.2426.323.690.24
Total Volume4,775.36839330,2741,3985,668
Total OI108,989.15869,206125,35569,206124,012

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2026-02-02$203.63$200.008.5%3.3%1.1%8.6%10.8%2.2%-1.1%31.4M-448.9M-2.2M3.69109.94N/AN/A2981,10045,76923,437
2026-02-03$201.75$200.008.1%2.9%3.4%7.7%12.1%1.0%-1.2%21.2M-434.7M-2.6M2.66106.54N/AN/A1,3973,72146,04124,457
2026-02-04$197.72$200.0011.6%4.1%7.7%14.6%11.3%0.2%-0.8%6.6M-323.1M-3.0M2.18107.78N/AN/A9,52120,75347,27127,609
2026-02-05$198.31$190.009.7%3.2%7.9%10.9%21.1%1.4%1.4%4.2M-327.5M-3.7M4.7586.72N/AN/A1,1835,61453,55741,404
2026-02-06$200.02$190.0010.8%3.6%8.6%13.0%27.3%2.0%0.9%3.9M-363.5M-3.7M3.2682.97N/AN/A1,4954,87354,34644,767
2026-02-09$200.85$190.0012.0%3.8%8.8%15.4%17.7%15.2%1.4%7.2M-397.1M-3.7M1.7887.31N/AN/A2,4564,36554,54347,339
2026-02-10$202.54$190.007.7%3.2%9.4%7.0%14.4%9.0%5.1%16.0M-469.3M-3.6M0.6882.94N/AN/A1,8881,28156,84651,555
2026-02-11$202.00$190.008.5%3.8%9.4%8.7%26.9%3.4%5.5%15.3M-444.9M-3.4M2.0885.55N/AN/A7441,54658,17752,717
2026-02-12$200.49$190.0011.1%4.0%9.8%13.6%22.3%3.3%4.2%-9.7M-424.0M-4.0M3.5482.49N/AN/A1,8946,70058,77453,741
2026-02-13$200.23$190.0012.6%4.4%9.7%16.7%12.6%2.9%6.2%2.3M-420.8M-4.2M24.2584.62N/AN/A2085,04560,51757,671
2026-02-17$199.34$190.0016.1%4.7%9.8%23.3%17.2%12.2%-3.5%5.2M-400.0M-4.2M3.8285.60N/AN/A19976060,07562,770
2026-02-18$199.95$190.0016.7%4.8%9.9%24.5%18.4%22.7%-4.5%-1.4M-386.7M-4.3M4.3487.41N/AN/A11449560,21464,140
2026-02-19$199.56$190.0014.7%4.3%9.9%20.6%20.2%15.4%-1.5%-14.8M-395.4M-4.2M26.3278.42N/AN/A782,05360,29664,425
2026-02-20$200.40$190.0013.7%4.0%10.1%18.7%16.7%10.4%-1.3%-2.6M-419.9M-4.1M15.3885.81N/AN/A2436960,33865,017
2026-02-23$200.51$190.0013.4%3.3%10.1%18.1%10.1%4.2%-0.1%9.1M-441.7M-4.0M3.5294.60N/AN/A19869758,31863,436
2026-02-24$200.99$190.0013.9%4.1%10.2%19.1%14.1%5.3%-1.4%8.1M-437.6M-4.1M11.9797.99N/AN/A3744358,28763,514
2026-02-25$201.66$190.0013.0%3.4%10.2%17.3%17.2%5.8%-0.2%21.0M-476.3M-3.6M0.9696.50N/AN/A1,4241,37158,27563,600
2026-02-26$201.28$190.0012.4%3.7%10.2%16.2%22.9%5.1%-0.3%10.9M-456.4M-4.0M1.6793.72N/AN/A27045058,97564,564
2026-02-27$200.50$190.0012.5%4.5%10.3%16.4%7.2%3.6%-2.0%9.6M-417.6M-4.0M0.2493.47N/AN/A4,5811,08759,18964,823