EWC Options History — February 2011

In February 2011, EWC traded between $31.92 and $33.67. ATM implied volatility averaged 16.6%, placing in the 15.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.5% (HV 20d: 13.1%). Max pain ranged from $29.00 to $31.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.76.

Notable Days

  • 2011-02-08: Highest Volume — 501 contracts
  • 2011-02-16: Largest IV drop — 13.7% change
  • 2011-02-15: Highest IV Rank — 21.2%
  • 2011-02-09: Largest Expected Move — 5.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$32.52$31.92$33.67$31.92$33.67
Max Pain$29.32$29.00$31.00$31.00$29.00
ATM IV16.6%15.1%18.4%15.8%15.5%
Expected Move4.9%4.3%5.3%4.5%4.4%
HV 20d13.1%11.8%14.5%14.5%13.3%
HV 60d13.3%11.7%14.8%14.8%11.7%
IV Rank15.8%11.4%21.2%13.4%12.6%
IV Percentile7.9%2.4%16.3%3.2%4.4%
Term Structure1.9%0.1%3.6%2.5%2.3%
VWIV17.0%15.1%18.3%17.1%16.9%
Skew 25d6.2%3.3%9.4%9.4%5.5%
Skew 10d4.7%-2.6%11.1%3.5%8.1%
Call IV 25d13.3%9.4%16.2%10.5%13.2%
Put IV 25d19.5%16.2%21.4%19.9%18.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %76.3064.5191.0764.5183.22
Gamma HHI0.270.220.380.220.38
Net GEX565.8K455.9K716.4K475.5K519.5K
Net DEX-10.9M-14.9M-7.9M-7.9M-14.9M
Net VEX-51.6K-53.5K-47.8K-52.6K-47.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.760.034.910.280.73
Total Volume221.47447501197241
Total OI11,393.05310,70112,21410,70111,818

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-02-01$31.92$31.0015.8%4.5%14.5%13.4%17.1%9.4%2.5%475.5K-7.9M-52.6K0.2864.51N/AN/A154436,4834,218
2011-02-02$31.97$31.0016.8%4.8%13.8%16.3%16.3%7.6%0.8%515.1K-8.2M-52.6K0.2965.54N/AN/A109326,5754,222
2011-02-03$32.21$31.0015.1%4.3%14.0%11.4%16.0%7.3%2.4%606.2K-8.7M-52.3K0.9671.27N/AN/A24236,6364,229
2011-02-04$32.21$29.0015.1%5.2%13.7%11.5%18.1%5.1%1.8%578.3K-9.4M-51.9K0.8867.01N/AN/A26236,6534,240
2011-02-07$32.19$29.0015.7%5.1%13.8%13.3%16.7%5.2%1.6%582.1K-9.7M-50.7K0.5473.95N/AN/A39216,6654,263
2011-02-08$32.23$29.0016.4%5.3%13.6%15.3%17.6%7.9%0.1%596.9K-9.7M-50.7K1.6885.17N/AN/A1873146,6864,284
2011-02-09$32.01$29.0017.7%5.3%13.2%19.1%15.6%6.9%0.9%570.6K-9.0M-53.5K0.1477.64N/AN/A285406,8364,372
2011-02-10$32.12$29.0017.1%4.9%12.9%17.3%18.1%6.3%2.8%646.8K-9.1M-52.8K0.3471.82N/AN/A76267,0154,366
2011-02-11$32.22$29.0017.6%5.0%12.7%18.6%17.6%6.9%1.5%716.4K-10.1M-52.4K0.4365.08N/AN/A140607,0564,389
2011-02-14$32.48$29.0018.1%5.2%12.9%20.3%16.6%8.8%1.4%651.5K-10.8M-52.4K0.9075.86N/AN/A110997,1504,443
2011-02-15$32.47$29.0018.4%5.3%12.8%21.2%18.3%6.5%1.1%701.2K-11.5M-51.9K0.0391.07N/AN/A456157,2264,516
2011-02-16$32.95$29.0015.9%4.6%12.6%13.8%17.7%5.2%3.1%583.3K-13.3M-51.0K0.2977.17N/AN/A168497,4034,503
2011-02-17$33.11$29.0015.5%4.4%11.8%12.5%15.1%3.3%3.6%455.9K-14.1M-49.9K0.1790.18N/AN/A327577,4144,547
2011-02-18$33.11$29.0016.1%4.6%11.9%14.3%15.7%3.6%3.0%515.9K-14.3M-51.3K0.3078.53N/AN/A292897,6114,603
2011-02-22$32.60$29.0016.8%4.8%13.7%16.3%17.9%3.6%2.7%490.5K-11.0M-52.8K0.1377.26N/AN/A183247,0474,298
2011-02-23$32.65$29.0017.4%5.0%13.0%18.0%18.3%5.0%2.1%506.3K-11.0M-52.4K4.9179.59N/AN/A11547,1824,322
2011-02-24$32.61$29.0017.2%4.9%12.0%17.7%17.2%9.1%0.7%507.8K-11.2M-52.4K0.5174.38N/AN/A150767,1914,322
2011-02-25$33.18$29.0017.2%4.9%13.1%17.6%16.6%3.8%1.2%531.1K-13.2M-49.3K0.8980.41N/AN/A98877,2874,397
2011-02-28$33.67$29.0015.5%4.4%13.3%12.6%16.9%5.5%2.3%519.5K-14.9M-47.8K0.7383.22N/AN/A1391027,3474,471