REI Options History — August 2014

In August 2014, REI traded between $16.81 and $18.20. ATM implied volatility averaged 90.7%. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 56.4% (HV 20d: 34.3%). Max pain ranged from $15.00 to $20.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 3.33.

Notable Days

  • 2014-08-04: Highest Volume — 50 contracts
  • 2014-08-05: Largest IV spike — 293.5% change
  • 2014-08-13: Largest Expected Move — 14.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$17.57$16.81$18.20$16.81$17.17
Max Pain$17.65$15.00$20.00$17.50$20.00
ATM IV90.7%38.9%197.0%183.9%56.7%
Expected Move12.7%9.2%14.8%13.4%11.4%
HV 20d34.3%31.1%37.3%37.3%31.1%
Term Structure-26.2%-89.2%26.2%-89.2%-19.0%
VWIV46.6%36.0%53.8%43.7%36.0%
Skew 25d7.3%-2.4%17.8%10.5%-1.0%
Skew 10d22.2%5.9%53.6%41.2%53.6%
Call IV 25d56.5%29.5%115.2%115.2%59.6%
Put IV 25d63.8%38.5%125.6%125.6%58.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %144.5253.71177.98177.98148.49
Gamma HHI0.770.351.001.000.35
Net GEX1.0K01.6K01.1K
Net DEX-34.2K-46.7K00-26.8K
Net VEX-260-47000-451
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio3.330.0020.000.0010.00
Total Volume5.42905001
Total OI62.1901120112

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-08-01$16.81$0.00183.9%13.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%-89.2%0000.00177.980000
2014-08-04$17.66$0.0050.1%12.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%7.2%0000.00151.9750000
2014-08-05$17.20$0.00197.0%12.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%-44.2%1.0K-32.9K-2030.00174.3600500
2014-08-06$17.64$0.00105.9%12.7%0.0%0.0%43.7%0.0%-54.6%1.1K-36.2K-2130.00177.5430500
2014-08-07$18.20$17.5072.8%14.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%-40.1%1.0K-46.5K-2370.00164.9100530
2014-08-08$18.12$17.50102.3%13.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%-41.4%1.0K-45.3K-2360.00167.8200530
2014-08-11$18.05$17.50104.1%14.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%-43.8%1.1K-44.5K-2330.00155.7100530
2014-08-12$17.93$17.50105.8%12.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%-45.6%1.0K-43.6K-2250.00175.1200530
2014-08-13$17.70$17.50110.4%14.8%0.0%0.0%51.6%0.0%-49.4%988-42.4K-2220.00152.7110530
2014-08-14$17.77$17.50111.6%14.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%-50.1%1.0K-43.9K-2270.00159.3100540
2014-08-15$17.43$17.5074.3%13.9%0.0%0.0%52.3%0.0%26.2%977-41.7K-2240.00163.6410540
2014-08-18$18.00$15.00117.3%13.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%10.5%-29.4%1.1K-46.7K-2360.00169.3800550
2014-08-19$17.75$15.0043.0%11.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.8%-2.4%1.6K-36.5K-2150.0053.7100550
2014-08-20$17.59$15.00108.4%13.6%0.0%0.0%48.7%10.7%-7.6%1.1K-43.0K-2260.00152.8250550
2014-08-21$17.33$15.0058.2%11.2%37.3%0.0%40.8%17.8%-11.0%1.3K-41.4K-23320.00101.30120600
2014-08-22$17.49$20.0073.6%9.2%36.2%0.0%46.2%-2.4%-13.7%935-18.7K-3400.00126.401106020
2014-08-25$17.41$20.0066.0%10.7%35.1%0.0%53.8%10.8%-16.5%1.1K-35.8K-3890.00130.611007120
2014-08-26$17.28$17.5041.5%13.3%34.2%0.0%36.0%8.7%-9.1%1.5K-39.2K-41810.00105.571108120
2014-08-27$17.30$20.0038.9%11.8%33.3%0.0%0.0%9.0%3.5%1.3K-24.0K-4700.0076.64008230
2014-08-28$17.05$20.0082.0%12.4%32.8%0.0%0.0%5.5%-21.0%1.1K-29.2K-4650.00148.88008230
2014-08-29$17.17$20.0056.7%11.4%31.1%0.0%0.0%-1.0%-19.0%1.1K-26.8K-4510.00148.49018230