REI Options History — August 2015

In August 2015, REI traded between $7.94 and $10.26. ATM implied volatility averaged 59.4%, placing in the 19.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 16.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 16.9% (HV 20d: 76.3%). Max pain ranged from $10.00 to $12.50. Net GEX was positive for 13 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.28.

Notable Days

  • 2015-08-12: Highest Volume — 301 contracts
  • 2015-08-31: Largest IV spike — 48.8% change
  • 2015-08-07: Highest IV Rank — 30.7%
  • 2015-08-14: Largest Expected Move — 20.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$8.86$7.94$10.26$7.94$10.26
Max Pain$12.14$10.00$12.50$10.00$12.50
ATM IV59.4%45.3%71.6%62.8%68.5%
Expected Move16.3%11.3%20.5%18.0%19.7%
HV 20d76.3%67.7%85.8%67.7%85.8%
HV 60d61.7%54.9%70.5%54.9%70.5%
IV Rank19.9%9.1%30.7%17.5%28.2%
IV Percentile47.3%12.3%77.0%54.4%72.2%
Term Structure-4.1%-19.6%10.0%-1.6%3.7%
VWIV58.4%43.9%77.3%72.9%74.3%
Skew 25d7.6%-31.4%42.7%-10.4%19.7%
Skew 10d21.5%-1.8%33.6%30.9%21.1%
Call IV 25d59.5%42.8%77.3%77.3%64.1%
Put IV 25d67.1%37.4%98.4%66.9%83.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %112.0989.86119.85115.26110.62
Gamma HHI0.470.280.660.420.44
Net GEX803-5113.4K43-511
Net DEX36.3K5.2K57.0K44.2K54.1K
Net VEX-174-296-76-92-296
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.280.131.110.130.38
Total Volume202.19030110178
Total OI344.667284373354342

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-08-03$7.94$10.0062.8%18.0%67.7%17.5%0.0%-10.4%-1.6%4344.2K-920.00115.2601028569
2015-08-04$8.34$10.0057.1%16.4%69.7%14.1%72.9%1.9%-1.9%-2744.6K-760.13113.052563428565
2015-08-05$8.26$10.0058.3%16.7%69.4%14.8%77.3%-6.2%-12.1%342.1K-910.13113.892563428565
2015-08-06$8.68$12.5069.3%15.3%72.3%28.8%48.3%23.5%-1.1%92336.7K-1310.13113.282563428565
2015-08-07$8.36$12.5071.6%16.8%71.3%30.7%48.6%14.4%-14.0%13838.4K-1090.14113.282563528565
2015-08-10$8.60$12.5061.4%17.0%72.6%22.3%57.5%11.1%0.4%17342.4K-1390.1489.862573528576
2015-08-11$9.21$12.5060.0%11.3%74.7%21.2%60.3%12.9%10.0%2.2K15.9K-2060.00115.6302028674
2015-08-12$9.86$12.5045.3%13.0%72.2%9.1%43.9%30.1%3.4%2.9K5.2K-2490.17114.572574428686
2015-08-13$9.44$12.5049.6%14.2%73.7%12.6%48.7%42.7%2.1%3.4K15.6K-2750.17108.562574428686
2015-08-14$9.01$12.5071.3%20.5%74.8%30.5%60.1%-1.7%-17.5%2.2K18.5K-2510.17117.602574428686
2015-08-17$9.46$12.5057.7%16.5%74.8%19.3%61.7%0.1%-10.2%2.8K10.8K-2460.17107.662574428686
2015-08-18$9.62$12.5051.4%14.7%73.9%14.1%55.4%4.0%-5.7%3.1K8.3K-2400.17112.302574428686
2015-08-19$8.79$12.5067.6%19.4%79.5%27.5%0.0%-31.4%-10.3%56630.8K-2310.0094.870028684
2015-08-20$9.12$12.5053.9%15.5%80.7%16.2%61.0%-4.0%-16.2%41840.7K-2030.14108.722573628686
2015-08-21$8.76$12.5045.9%13.2%79.7%9.6%46.8%17.3%6.0%-22050.6K-1530.14114.812573628687
2015-08-24$8.08$12.5060.7%17.4%84.7%21.8%58.8%5.6%3.8%-33954.7K-940.47115.59572719787
2015-08-25$8.05$12.5059.9%17.2%80.6%21.1%64.2%2.7%-3.7%-34257.0K-850.47119.48572719788
2015-08-26$8.36$12.5061.0%17.5%82.2%22.0%64.1%1.4%-8.5%-32454.6K-1200.41118.50662719788
2015-08-27$8.65$12.5066.8%19.2%81.4%26.8%57.3%5.3%-19.6%-21848.9K-1620.42119.85662820788
2015-08-28$9.25$12.5046.1%13.2%80.0%9.7%47.8%20.5%6.7%-2248.0K-1951.11116.42667320790
2015-08-31$10.26$12.5068.5%19.7%85.8%28.2%74.3%19.7%3.7%-51154.1K-2960.38110.6212949207135