REI Options History — March 2016

In March 2016, REI traded between $4.24 and $5.25. ATM implied volatility averaged 83.6%, placing in the 40.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 22.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.5% (HV 20d: 77.1%). Max pain ranged from $7.50 to $7.50. Net GEX was positive for 9 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.69.

Notable Days

  • 2016-03-01: Highest Volume — 134 contracts
  • 2016-03-09: Largest IV drop — 40.4% change
  • 2016-03-07: Highest IV Rank — 65.4%
  • 2016-03-02: Largest Expected Move — 29.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$4.97$4.24$5.25$4.24$5.08
Max Pain$7.50$7.50$7.50$7.50$7.50
ATM IV83.6%63.3%112.5%97.1%69.2%
Expected Move22.7%18.1%29.9%27.8%19.8%
HV 20d77.1%69.6%83.7%78.9%70.0%
HV 60d87.3%83.9%89.5%83.9%86.7%
IV Rank40.3%22.6%65.4%52.0%27.8%
IV Percentile85.4%56.3%98.0%96.0%70.6%
Term Structure-7.5%-29.5%8.5%-16.3%3.5%
VWIV127.4%123.9%130.9%123.9%130.9%
Skew 25d7.7%-6.3%24.3%7.8%-1.1%
Skew 10d14.2%-11.3%45.5%14.7%2.0%
Call IV 25d70.5%53.2%87.0%75.2%62.6%
Put IV 25d78.2%61.5%93.4%83.0%61.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %107.1150.18132.26113.5371.92
Gamma HHI0.440.280.710.410.37
Net GEX-103-35624-11120
Net DEX8.1K15624.7K15.1K1.5K
Net VEX-60-81-45-76-48
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.690.470.910.470.91
Total Volume100.2736513413465
Total OI160.8189320220095

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-03-01$4.24$7.5097.1%27.8%78.9%52.0%123.9%7.8%-16.3%-11115.1K-760.47113.53914310694
2016-03-02$4.56$7.50104.3%29.9%81.6%58.3%130.9%6.6%-29.4%-10714.4K-810.47110.92914310694
2016-03-03$4.99$0.0074.4%20.0%83.1%32.3%0.0%17.8%8.5%-35613.7K-780.47123.28914310694
2016-03-04$5.06$0.0095.3%21.2%79.9%50.5%0.0%15.6%-7.9%-28612.6K-730.47120.73914310693
2016-03-07$5.25$0.00112.5%22.7%76.9%65.4%0.0%1.6%-8.1%-25310.2K-710.63113.23684310693
2016-03-08$4.79$0.00106.1%20.0%83.7%59.9%0.0%14.4%-6.7%-13512.3K-660.63127.32684310793
2016-03-09$4.79$0.0063.3%18.1%81.8%22.6%0.0%-1.4%5.6%-16312.6K-680.6350.18684310793
2016-03-10$4.85$0.0078.3%22.4%81.9%35.7%0.0%8.9%-3.0%-23512.9K-710.63128.11684310793
2016-03-11$4.99$0.0077.3%22.2%82.3%34.9%0.0%-1.4%-3.6%-31812.9K-680.63111.95684310793
2016-03-14$4.87$0.0084.9%24.3%81.5%41.4%0.0%7.9%-19.5%-20212.1K-620.63122.49684310793
2016-03-15$4.71$0.0082.6%23.7%77.0%39.4%0.0%-6.3%-6.4%-16012.3K-620.74132.26685010794
2016-03-16$4.75$0.0074.3%21.3%74.4%32.2%0.0%24.3%5.1%-5324.7K-550.69129.51684710795
2016-03-17$5.25$0.0072.6%20.8%79.2%30.8%0.0%17.0%-3.9%111.8K-490.6397.38684310788
2016-03-18$5.19$0.0073.9%21.2%77.1%31.9%0.0%-1.5%-13.8%241.2K-490.68107.01684610785
2016-03-21$5.21$0.0074.8%21.4%76.1%32.7%0.0%21.4%-15.5%181.1K-530.74132.0442314251
2016-03-22$5.23$0.0069.5%19.9%69.6%28.0%0.0%2.4%0.2%11674-470.7488.2042314251
2016-03-23$5.09$0.0083.7%24.0%71.0%40.4%0.0%2.0%-8.0%121.7K-510.7474.4042314251
2016-03-24$5.18$0.0072.2%20.7%70.7%30.4%0.0%15.8%-1.2%-102.0K-450.8688.0836314251
2016-03-28$4.98$0.0090.7%26.0%72.9%46.5%0.0%11.9%7.1%41.3K-540.91123.5334314251
2016-03-29$5.20$0.0094.0%27.0%71.8%49.4%0.0%3.0%-21.7%11.1K-480.91110.3734314451
2016-03-30$4.99$0.0087.2%25.0%73.9%43.4%0.0%2.6%-29.5%19156-470.9179.9934314451
2016-03-31$5.08$0.0069.2%19.8%70.0%27.8%0.0%-1.1%3.5%201.5K-480.9171.9234314451