REI Options History — September 2016

In September 2016, REI traded between $9.44 and $10.98. ATM implied volatility averaged 54.4%, placing in the 18.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 14.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 8.9% (HV 20d: 45.5%). Max pain ranged from $7.50 to $10.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.80.

Notable Days

  • 2016-09-16: Highest Volume — 225 contracts
  • 2016-09-12: Largest IV spike — 72.2% change
  • 2016-09-12: Highest IV Rank — 53.7%
  • 2016-09-13: Largest Expected Move — 17.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$10.26$9.44$10.98$10.00$10.98
Max Pain$9.58$7.50$10.00$7.50$10.00
ATM IV54.4%33.7%91.7%53.6%52.7%
Expected Move14.5%9.6%17.6%15.4%15.1%
HV 20d45.5%39.7%52.3%50.2%47.6%
HV 60d51.3%49.1%53.7%53.3%49.1%
IV Rank18.6%0.0%53.7%16.2%18.1%
IV Percentile23.1%0.0%89.7%18.3%20.2%
Term Structure5.4%-11.7%19.3%-10.1%5.9%
VWIV51.7%46.9%59.9%53.5%53.1%
Skew 25d2.8%-22.3%18.9%13.3%1.2%
Skew 10d6.4%-21.7%31.9%21.4%1.7%
Call IV 25d49.7%38.5%71.5%39.2%51.7%
Put IV 25d52.5%37.5%67.1%52.5%52.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %93.5066.54118.50102.0797.14
Gamma HHI0.440.360.600.430.36
Net GEX6.6K5.5K9.5K7.4K5.5K
Net DEX-603.4K-718.2K-464.1K-556.6K-702.1K
Net VEX-953-1.2K-756-1.2K-756
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.800.461.240.801.10
Total Volume142.52494225135103
Total OI859.762786918889836

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-09-01$10.00$7.5053.6%15.4%50.2%16.2%53.5%13.3%-10.1%7.4K-556.6K-1.2K0.80102.07756079792
2016-09-02$10.38$7.5048.0%13.8%50.1%10.7%48.5%0.5%-1.4%7.6K-634.8K-1.1K0.80118.50756080092
2016-09-06$10.29$0.0049.5%14.9%50.3%12.1%0.0%-11.9%4.0%9.5K-644.0K-9670.7588.34806080092
2016-09-07$10.32$0.0064.1%14.5%49.0%26.5%0.0%9.3%7.5%7.3K-645.2K-9210.7579.55806079092
2016-09-08$10.98$0.0071.7%11.8%52.3%34.0%0.0%-0.5%15.8%6.7K-718.2K-8000.81111.787460790112
2016-09-09$10.71$0.0053.3%14.2%40.7%15.8%0.0%-0.6%5.4%5.9K-703.4K-8600.8797.946960788112
2016-09-12$10.60$0.0091.7%17.5%39.7%53.7%0.0%2.3%2.7%6.3K-667.2K-9820.85102.997160791112
2016-09-13$10.50$0.0067.7%17.6%39.7%30.0%0.0%17.2%-1.7%6.8K-645.3K-1.0K0.85109.947160787112
2016-09-14$9.85$0.0050.1%14.4%45.3%12.7%0.0%-5.2%5.4%6.7K-546.9K-1.0K1.13105.057180787112
2016-09-15$9.53$0.0033.7%9.6%46.8%0.0%0.0%-2.3%17.3%7.5K-516.3K-9151.1374.698798787100
2016-09-16$9.44$0.0045.1%12.9%40.9%10.9%47.5%-11.8%9.9%5.6K-464.1K-1.0K0.7772.5812798800118
2016-09-19$9.73$10.0049.6%14.2%42.0%15.2%49.7%0.1%10.1%6.3K-534.1K-9520.4668.951145274442
2016-09-20$9.72$10.0049.8%14.3%41.8%15.3%49.8%0.7%10.5%6.1K-519.7K-9630.4666.821145274462
2016-09-21$10.05$10.0059.9%17.2%43.7%25.0%59.9%10.2%-2.3%6.1K-534.4K-1.1K0.4666.541145275862
2016-09-22$10.26$10.0059.5%17.1%44.3%24.6%59.5%11.9%-11.7%5.9K-569.1K-1.0K0.5182.691015275862
2016-09-23$10.17$10.0051.3%14.7%44.4%16.8%51.3%18.9%5.4%6.0K-581.6K-9690.55101.73955275962
2016-09-26$10.40$10.0051.1%14.7%45.0%16.6%49.5%3.0%4.2%6.1K-601.5K-9510.64115.30815276362
2016-09-27$10.16$10.0046.9%13.5%45.7%12.7%46.9%7.0%5.8%6.1K-586.8K-9000.6493.14815276362
2016-09-28$10.62$10.0048.7%14.0%48.1%14.3%54.6%16.9%19.3%6.7K-628.7K-8341.18108.63445276362
2016-09-29$10.82$10.0044.5%12.8%47.5%10.3%48.8%-22.3%11.0%5.7K-670.7K-8391.2499.08425276662
2016-09-30$10.98$10.0052.7%15.1%47.6%18.1%53.1%1.2%5.9%5.5K-702.1K-7561.1097.14495477462