REI Options History — December 2015

In December 2015, REI traded between $6.74 and $10.08. ATM implied volatility averaged 60.6%, placing in the 20.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 16.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.6% (HV 20d: 60.0%). Max pain ranged from $10.00 to $12.50. Net GEX was positive for 9 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.69.

Notable Days

  • 2015-12-18: Highest Volume — 209 contracts
  • 2015-12-31: Largest IV drop — 25.2% change
  • 2015-12-07: Highest IV Rank — 41.1%
  • 2015-12-30: Largest Expected Move — 20.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$7.95$6.74$10.08$10.08$7.12
Max Pain$10.50$10.00$12.50$12.50$10.00
ATM IV60.6%50.3%84.6%63.5%53.5%
Expected Move16.4%13.9%20.5%18.2%15.3%
HV 20d60.0%52.4%67.9%56.9%67.9%
HV 60d57.5%51.4%62.4%52.2%60.5%
IV Rank20.3%11.3%41.1%22.9%14.1%
IV Percentile48.0%15.5%95.6%57.9%23.8%
Term Structure4.1%-9.5%22.6%-8.3%3.6%
VWIV64.8%54.1%88.4%54.1%72.3%
Skew 25d10.4%-4.9%29.4%10.4%13.3%
Skew 10d20.5%-4.3%42.7%18.5%12.5%
Call IV 25d57.9%35.8%71.1%66.7%59.1%
Put IV 25d68.2%52.7%91.5%77.1%72.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %96.2962.89119.23118.3464.16
Gamma HHI0.610.360.900.470.52
Net GEX-201-910383-578248
Net DEX27.0K-3.4K54.8K18.6K-935
Net VEX-74-144-40-144-58
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.690.141.251.170.14
Total Volume120.502090168
Total OI205.273170225205188

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-12-01$10.08$12.5063.5%18.2%56.9%22.9%0.0%10.4%-8.3%-57818.6K-1440.00118.340011392
2015-12-02$9.95$12.5052.0%14.9%56.4%12.8%54.1%6.5%-3.8%-91029.4K-1281.17115.214249113102
2015-12-03$9.78$0.0064.6%16.4%56.1%23.8%0.0%7.3%1.5%-52230.5K-1361.17113.714249113102
2015-12-04$9.26$0.0070.3%13.9%58.8%28.7%0.0%11.6%-0.2%-48639.3K-1111.17113.664249113102
2015-12-07$8.42$0.0084.6%16.2%66.0%41.1%0.0%3.0%-5.6%-33944.3K-610.00118.520011392
2015-12-08$8.44$0.0068.5%15.4%64.5%27.2%0.0%22.0%7.1%-19953.7K-441.1762.894249113102
2015-12-09$8.07$0.0063.7%18.3%63.8%23.0%0.0%14.1%22.6%-48352.1K-710.94111.865249113102
2015-12-10$8.25$0.0052.7%15.1%63.5%13.5%0.0%7.3%19.4%-27945.0K-600.94113.225249123102
2015-12-11$7.99$0.0055.8%16.0%53.4%16.2%0.0%10.6%5.1%-56746.6K-550.94110.295249123102
2015-12-14$7.82$0.0062.5%17.9%52.4%22.0%0.0%14.8%13.7%-64343.9K-851.25119.235265123102
2015-12-15$8.05$0.0060.9%17.5%54.1%20.6%0.0%4.3%16.3%-47842.8K-801.25108.865265123102
2015-12-16$7.83$0.0059.0%16.9%54.3%18.9%0.0%13.5%19.3%-85343.3K-791.25114.395265123102
2015-12-17$7.33$0.0053.9%15.5%57.4%14.5%0.0%18.0%-4.7%-33449.8K-431.1092.455257123102
2015-12-18$7.03$0.0050.3%14.4%56.1%11.3%88.4%-4.9%3.9%4054.8K-400.3897.1815257123100
2015-12-21$6.74$10.0055.6%16.0%56.8%16.0%60.7%-0.1%-3.5%1884.5K-490.1591.281302014130
2015-12-22$6.85$10.0062.5%17.9%55.0%22.0%60.3%29.4%2.5%2353.5K-540.1474.881402014129
2015-12-23$7.49$10.0052.1%14.9%66.5%12.9%58.2%8.7%4.2%201947-520.1481.341452015129
2015-12-24$7.35$10.0057.2%16.4%65.4%17.3%55.9%10.8%3.4%303-1.5K-640.1476.781482015629
2015-12-28$7.11$10.0053.8%15.4%65.8%14.4%65.9%5.8%2.8%321-1.7K-650.1475.511482015929
2015-12-29$7.21$10.0064.8%18.6%63.8%23.9%66.2%10.2%-0.5%328-2.6K-690.1467.901482015929
2015-12-30$6.83$10.0071.5%20.5%64.3%29.8%66.3%11.3%-9.5%383-3.4K-720.1476.801482015929
2015-12-31$7.12$10.0053.5%15.3%67.9%14.1%72.3%13.3%3.6%248-935-580.1464.161482015929