REI Options History — February 2018

In February 2018, REI traded between $13.03 and $15.80. ATM implied volatility averaged 56.5%, placing in the 22.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 15.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.3% (HV 20d: 50.3%). Max pain ranged from $12.50 to $15.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 1 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.45.

Notable Days

  • 2018-02-23: Highest Volume — 553 contracts
  • 2018-02-07: Largest IV drop — 34.6% change
  • 2018-02-06: Highest IV Rank — 42.2%
  • 2018-02-28: Largest Expected Move — 18.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$14.75$13.03$15.80$13.52$13.63
Max Pain$13.16$12.50$15.00$12.50$15.00
ATM IV56.5%49.4%79.1%54.3%64.8%
Expected Move15.9%14.2%18.6%15.6%18.6%
HV 20d50.3%44.6%57.4%44.9%54.4%
HV 60d48.1%45.5%50.1%47.9%48.8%
IV Rank22.5%16.3%42.2%20.5%29.7%
IV Percentile76.7%53.6%98.4%79.0%93.7%
Term Structure-3.5%-9.3%8.3%-3.8%-9.3%
VWIV52.2%39.0%61.7%44.9%61.1%
Skew 25d13.7%4.6%25.1%12.7%6.3%
Skew 10d28.7%5.3%51.3%28.3%13.8%
Call IV 25d49.4%40.9%60.4%45.4%58.0%
Put IV 25d63.1%53.5%74.3%58.2%64.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %58.8118.29100.6462.8641.33
Gamma HHI0.500.440.540.490.49
Net GEX32.0K17.9K40.7K21.3K26.3K
Net DEX-1.0M-1.6M-445.4K-524.6K-587.4K
Net VEX-4.4K-4.8K-3.7K-3.7K-3.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.450.180.810.380.44
Total Volume365.684243553351459
Total OI2,041.6841,9062,2491,9502,165

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-02-01$13.52$12.5054.3%15.6%44.9%20.5%44.9%12.7%-3.8%21.3K-524.6K-3.7K0.3862.86255961,623327
2018-02-02$13.03$12.5054.9%17.1%44.6%21.1%59.6%4.6%-5.8%17.9K-445.4K-3.7K0.4082.512551031,646332
2018-02-05$13.21$12.5067.3%18.1%45.2%31.9%53.2%14.5%-2.9%20.4K-489.8K-3.7K0.56100.642381331,646322
2018-02-06$14.38$12.5079.1%16.8%55.4%42.2%57.5%25.1%-1.1%26.0K-892.9K-4.3K0.4597.20220981,654311
2018-02-07$15.09$12.5051.8%14.8%57.1%18.3%52.7%22.1%-5.9%33.2K-1.1M-4.3K0.3195.93231721,651311
2018-02-08$14.85$12.5060.8%17.4%57.4%26.2%59.9%9.7%-4.2%29.3K-1.0M-4.4K0.2776.62271721,647310
2018-02-09$15.08$12.5056.1%16.1%53.9%22.1%61.7%20.4%-1.5%33.4K-1.2M-4.6K0.2196.35257551,705310
2018-02-12$14.93$12.5053.7%15.4%53.1%20.0%50.9%5.1%8.3%35.1K-1.1M-4.6K0.2567.24220551,761310
2018-02-13$15.19$12.5051.8%14.8%50.4%18.3%46.5%11.6%-0.7%38.7K-1.2M-4.6K0.6839.642201501,770310
2018-02-14$15.68$12.5049.8%14.3%49.5%16.6%40.9%12.2%-1.5%37.6K-1.4M-4.6K0.6959.222181501,770361
2018-02-15$15.67$12.5049.6%14.2%48.0%16.5%39.0%13.0%-1.6%27.9K-1.4M-4.8K0.7133.352111501,788461
2018-02-16$15.79$12.5049.4%14.2%47.9%16.3%44.5%11.5%-0.5%39.9K-1.6M-4.7K0.2858.56262731,788461
2018-02-20$15.80$12.5052.5%15.1%47.6%19.0%48.5%10.5%-2.4%40.7K-1.4M-4.7K0.2045.05203401,696210
2018-02-21$15.57$12.5056.4%16.2%47.4%22.4%49.6%14.2%-7.2%40.5K-1.4M-4.8K0.1831.04253451,744212
2018-02-22$14.80$15.0055.4%15.9%50.9%21.5%54.8%6.6%-5.3%35.8K-1.0M-4.5K0.4632.742851301,694227
2018-02-23$14.62$15.0053.5%15.3%50.1%19.8%52.5%20.1%-3.9%31.0K-906.5K-4.5K0.7140.953242291,679295
2018-02-26$14.65$15.0057.1%16.4%49.0%23.0%56.3%17.6%-9.3%35.4K-992.4K-4.6K0.8137.832842291,770371
2018-02-27$14.70$15.0056.1%16.1%48.5%22.1%56.8%21.4%-7.3%36.8K-1.0M-4.5K0.5318.292631391,783371
2018-02-28$13.63$15.0064.8%18.6%54.4%29.7%61.1%6.3%-9.3%26.3K-587.4K-3.9K0.4441.333181411,784381