REI Options History — April 2016

In April 2016, REI traded between $4.92 and $7.51. ATM implied volatility averaged 80.7%, placing in the 37.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 19.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 16.1% (HV 20d: 64.6%). Max pain ranged from $5.00 to $5.00. Net GEX was positive for 18 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.37.

Notable Days

  • 2016-04-27: Highest Volume — 338 contracts
  • 2016-04-13: Largest IV drop — 65.0% change
  • 2016-04-12: Highest IV Rank — 88.2%
  • 2016-04-01: Largest Expected Move — 27.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$6.13$4.92$7.51$4.92$7.36
Max Pain$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00
ATM IV80.7%48.5%138.7%96.4%80.7%
Expected Move19.8%13.9%27.6%27.6%23.1%
HV 20d64.6%50.5%78.5%63.5%76.1%
HV 60d76.7%72.7%86.9%86.9%75.1%
IV Rank37.8%9.8%88.2%51.5%37.8%
IV Percentile70.2%11.5%99.6%94.4%80.6%
Term Structure-1.3%-31.6%23.9%-15.0%-13.1%
VWIV69.8%31.3%117.0%63.3%93.7%
Skew 25d13.6%-12.6%36.3%2.4%-12.6%
Skew 10d34.6%-20.4%63.3%11.1%-20.4%
Call IV 25d62.5%37.3%85.6%71.1%83.7%
Put IV 25d76.1%61.9%99.2%73.5%71.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %93.4548.30125.90125.90114.27
Gamma HHI0.550.290.930.290.42
Net GEX756-761.7K101.7K
Net DEX-63.5K-142.9K5.5K1.4K-137.1K
Net VEX-162-283-48-55-272
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.370.151.030.910.18
Total Volume2236533865298
Total OI258.5249542295422

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-04-01$4.92$0.0096.4%27.6%63.5%51.5%0.0%2.4%-15.0%101.4K-550.91125.9034314451
2016-04-04$4.97$0.0075.3%18.9%63.4%33.1%0.0%13.9%10.1%81.1K-481.0382.5234354451
2016-04-05$5.00$0.00106.4%21.6%61.9%60.2%0.0%17.7%1.9%-765.5K-781.03109.5134354471
2016-04-06$5.36$0.00108.3%21.5%57.3%61.8%0.0%36.3%-10.8%-514.3K-771.03116.5634354471
2016-04-07$5.36$0.00108.2%20.7%57.3%61.7%63.3%25.4%17.1%-534.4K-750.21122.34169354471
2016-04-08$5.59$5.0084.3%18.6%58.7%40.9%57.3%3.0%7.3%1.1K-52.9K-1520.2548.301694217971
2016-04-11$5.95$5.00105.5%18.1%61.5%59.4%54.4%3.1%-7.4%696-58.5K-1680.2461.381774217978
2016-04-12$6.19$5.00138.7%18.4%61.1%88.2%53.6%5.9%15.9%734-68.9K-1210.2588.751714217178
2016-04-13$6.34$5.0048.5%13.9%58.8%9.8%42.5%9.3%19.0%659-71.7K-1240.2589.501714216978
2016-04-14$6.23$5.0058.9%16.9%59.9%18.8%77.3%3.6%-29.9%505-58.6K-1600.2551.401674216978
2016-04-15$6.27$5.0073.6%21.1%50.5%31.6%31.3%16.4%-1.3%510-63.7K-1570.25116.151674216978
2016-04-18$6.03$5.0065.8%18.9%52.8%24.8%51.0%30.3%-7.1%776-64.2K-1080.2564.551674216978
2016-04-19$6.21$5.0055.4%15.9%53.4%15.8%62.3%8.3%-15.3%546-73.8K-960.34118.341675616978
2016-04-20$6.80$5.0057.3%16.4%60.7%17.4%94.3%33.8%12.0%534-76.7K-1370.22124.562605616988
2016-04-21$6.03$5.0087.4%25.1%76.0%43.6%99.5%22.8%-31.6%1.2K-72.4K-2640.21116.142655626388
2016-04-22$6.19$5.0066.5%19.1%76.2%25.4%71.8%17.9%-6.2%1.4K-92.1K-2330.17107.392654527288
2016-04-25$6.30$5.0061.5%17.6%74.0%21.1%72.4%3.8%23.9%1.1K-84.9K-2830.1765.472654527295
2016-04-26$6.90$5.0070.0%20.1%78.5%28.5%74.7%18.6%21.0%1.3K-102.4K-2790.1776.642654527295
2016-04-27$7.29$5.0072.3%20.7%76.9%30.5%0.0%13.6%-12.7%1.5K-130.2K-2590.15110.082934527295
2016-04-28$7.51$5.0073.3%21.0%77.0%31.3%117.0%12.3%-4.2%1.7K-142.9K-2660.1852.722534531795
2016-04-29$7.36$5.0080.7%23.1%76.1%37.8%93.7%-12.6%-13.1%1.7K-137.1K-2720.18114.272534532795