REI Options History — May 2015

In May 2015, REI traded between $11.00 and $12.07. ATM implied volatility averaged 57.5%, placing in the 14.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 15.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 13.9% (HV 20d: 43.6%). Max pain ranged from $10.00 to $10.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.72.

Notable Days

  • 2015-05-20: Highest Volume — 380 contracts
  • 2015-05-05: Largest IV spike — 38.9% change
  • 2015-05-05: Highest IV Rank — 25.1%
  • 2015-05-01: Largest Expected Move — 19.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$11.53$11.00$12.07$11.81$11.56
Max Pain$10.00$10.00$10.00$10.00$10.00
ATM IV57.5%39.0%75.0%67.9%56.6%
Expected Move15.1%11.2%19.5%19.5%16.2%
HV 20d43.6%37.4%48.3%48.3%41.1%
HV 60d41.4%39.2%43.8%43.2%41.6%
IV Rank14.3%2.9%25.1%20.7%13.8%
IV Percentile34.5%5.4%77.0%60.3%32.7%
Term Structure-2.2%-16.5%20.0%-15.3%-6.4%
VWIV55.0%48.9%70.3%53.8%52.8%
Skew 25d1.0%-24.4%15.9%-6.0%-0.6%
Skew 10d18.5%4.3%27.9%20.4%18.8%
Call IV 25d56.0%48.7%72.1%66.6%60.6%
Put IV 25d57.0%40.6%66.4%60.6%60.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %105.0693.56113.19104.85113.19
Gamma HHI0.600.550.680.580.62
Net GEX11.5K7.8K18.7K8.2K18.1K
Net DEX-342.5K-532.6K-133.7K-322.2K-520.5K
Net VEX-1.2K-1.4K-916-1.3K-1.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.720.001.831.830.30
Total Volume206.250380133376
Total OI1,039.359271,2889311,288

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-05-01$11.81$10.0067.9%19.5%48.3%20.7%53.8%-6.0%-15.3%8.2K-322.2K-1.3K1.83104.854786763168
2015-05-04$11.70$10.0054.0%15.2%47.0%12.1%0.0%8.0%4.9%8.2K-309.1K-1.2K0.0093.5600761166
2015-05-05$11.35$10.0075.0%13.8%46.3%25.1%55.4%10.8%2.8%8.1K-292.1K-1.2K1.76107.424986763168
2015-05-06$11.23$10.0071.7%15.0%45.7%23.0%53.2%6.8%20.0%8.8K-258.2K-1.1K1.76109.274986766168
2015-05-07$11.57$10.0059.5%16.6%47.0%15.5%59.5%9.9%-5.2%7.8K-293.3K-1.2K0.80105.7110786766168
2015-05-08$11.78$10.0055.5%14.5%47.2%13.0%0.0%-1.5%1.4%10.0K-361.4K-1.4K0.00109.9000824166
2015-05-11$11.81$10.0073.8%15.0%47.1%24.3%0.0%14.1%-0.9%9.9K-341.5K-1.3K0.00105.4400824166
2015-05-12$12.07$10.0070.5%14.7%47.6%22.3%56.1%15.9%-0.1%10.6K-381.4K-1.3K0.80105.2210786826168
2015-05-13$11.76$10.0051.3%14.7%45.5%10.5%55.8%6.9%-1.4%10.1K-348.0K-1.3K0.80106.8510886826168
2015-05-14$11.67$10.0054.5%15.6%41.4%12.5%56.3%-0.1%-1.6%9.7K-347.6K-1.3K0.80109.0410886822168
2015-05-15$11.87$10.0048.4%13.9%37.4%8.7%55.7%12.1%-2.7%9.9K-359.4K-1.3K0.80101.3210886822168
2015-05-18$11.60$10.0052.4%15.0%38.3%11.2%49.0%-6.5%-0.9%10.2K-295.9K-1.2K0.00107.072000816166
2015-05-19$11.00$10.0049.6%14.2%41.5%9.4%0.0%-16.5%-12.4%9.4K-133.7K-9160.00107.6100762166
2015-05-20$11.25$10.0039.0%11.2%42.4%2.9%51.0%-9.0%7.4%7.8K-213.4K-1.1K0.2995.4029486762168
2015-05-21$11.36$10.0047.4%13.6%42.5%8.1%54.4%9.2%-1.4%16.5K-325.4K-1.2K0.41104.5520886950138
2015-05-22$11.28$10.0052.5%15.0%42.5%11.2%55.2%3.3%-7.8%14.0K-348.8K-1.2K0.30102.5329086964138
2015-05-26$11.11$10.0060.2%17.3%42.8%16.0%70.3%-24.4%-16.5%18.1K-390.7K-1.3K0.30101.34290861,150138
2015-05-27$11.64$10.0055.3%15.8%39.6%12.9%48.9%-5.1%-5.4%18.7K-532.6K-1.4K0.30104.97290861,150138
2015-05-28$11.27$10.0054.0%15.5%40.5%12.1%53.1%-7.6%-2.2%16.5K-473.8K-1.4K0.30105.89290861,150138
2015-05-29$11.56$10.0056.6%16.2%41.1%13.8%52.8%-0.6%-6.4%18.1K-520.5K-1.4K0.30113.19290861,150138