REI Options History — January 2019

In January 2019, REI traded between $5.09 and $6.20. ATM implied volatility averaged 66.8%, placing in the 62.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 19.8%. IV traded below realized volatility by 16.8% (HV 20d: 83.6%). Max pain ranged from $2.50 to $7.50. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.55.

Notable Days

  • 2019-01-04: Highest Volume — 1,897 contracts
  • 2019-01-09: Largest IV spike — 33.4% change
  • 2019-01-02: Highest IV Rank — 91.9%
  • 2019-01-02: Largest Expected Move — 23.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$5.78$5.09$6.20$5.09$5.82
Max Pain$5.00$2.50$7.50$2.50$7.50
ATM IV66.8%45.3%82.6%82.6%45.3%
Expected Move19.8%13.4%23.7%23.7%19.5%
HV 20d83.6%60.7%105.6%98.8%62.2%
HV 60d75.2%73.7%77.6%76.1%73.8%
IV Rank62.9%23.6%91.9%91.9%23.6%
IV Percentile72.2%10.3%98.4%98.4%10.3%
Term Structure5.6%-7.4%28.2%-7.4%5.7%
VWIV65.7%41.8%79.9%79.9%67.7%
Skew 25d13.0%-1.5%34.6%33.5%-1.5%
Skew 10d38.4%12.8%61.1%61.1%32.3%
Call IV 25d63.0%43.3%77.9%77.9%69.6%
Put IV 25d76.0%67.0%111.4%111.4%68.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %53.3620.3077.5420.3077.54
Gamma HHI0.610.360.690.360.65
Net GEX14.7K6.3K18.3K6.3K16.9K
Net DEX-561.8K-805.2K-162.2K-162.2K-634.8K
Net VEX-3.6K-4.4K-1.5K-1.5K-4.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.550.002.771.530.30
Total Volume245.8101,897512216
Total OI9,215.5247,61010,1207,61010,120

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-01-02$5.09$2.5082.6%23.7%98.8%91.9%79.9%33.5%-7.4%6.3K-162.2K-1.5K1.5320.302023107,319291
2019-01-03$5.20$5.0074.8%21.7%98.9%78.0%75.2%13.9%-0.2%6.5K-185.1K-1.6K1.5353.442023107,445391
2019-01-04$5.58$5.0071.8%21.7%103.5%72.6%75.7%-0.0%1.1%7.9K-256.6K-1.9K0.2055.001,5873107,445391
2019-01-07$5.87$5.0075.2%21.9%105.6%78.7%74.5%13.8%0.2%16.5K-684.3K-4.2K0.0756.207658,865391
2019-01-08$5.81$5.0056.1%21.0%103.8%44.5%73.0%7.9%2.3%15.8K-649.3K-4.1K0.1463.67107158,919391
2019-01-09$5.91$5.0074.9%21.5%98.0%77.7%72.5%11.6%3.4%16.4K-700.1K-4.2K0.2163.6072158,954401
2019-01-10$6.15$5.0067.4%19.3%94.7%63.9%66.5%10.4%5.6%18.3K-802.5K-4.4K0.2071.7574158,973401
2019-01-11$6.20$5.0070.0%20.1%93.1%68.7%68.3%13.4%0.4%18.3K-805.2K-4.4K0.1372.27117158,963401
2019-01-14$6.12$5.0067.4%19.3%86.4%64.1%0.0%9.0%6.3%18.1K-787.9K-4.3K0.0072.381709,002401
2019-01-15$6.18$5.0068.5%19.6%84.8%65.9%64.4%7.5%5.3%18.3K-792.8K-4.3K0.0067.882709,009401
2019-01-16$6.15$5.0057.2%16.4%81.3%45.4%41.8%8.3%28.2%18.1K-761.9K-4.2K0.0068.945608,999401
2019-01-17$6.01$5.0068.7%19.7%82.0%66.4%68.6%5.2%1.0%17.4K-718.4K-4.0K0.0068.699009,030401
2019-01-18$6.04$5.0063.6%18.2%72.8%57.1%56.1%7.6%15.4%17.6K-715.5K-4.0K0.0068.238109,054401
2019-01-22$5.49$5.0072.5%20.8%80.7%73.2%72.0%11.0%-2.2%13.7K-486.4K-3.4K0.0036.830258,922388
2019-01-23$5.39$5.0071.9%20.6%76.4%72.2%72.1%33.9%-0.3%12.6K-419.6K-3.2K0.0030.040318,922412
2019-01-24$5.40$5.0073.5%21.1%75.6%75.1%56.6%34.1%-1.1%12.5K-429.4K-3.2K2.7725.83842338,922412
2019-01-25$5.78$5.0059.9%17.2%66.3%50.3%48.4%6.8%21.8%14.6K-459.5K-3.6K2.1839.811072338,998587
2019-01-28$5.62$5.0068.7%19.7%67.4%66.4%0.0%3.2%0.3%13.7K-418.6K-3.4K0.0038.43009,014587
2019-01-29$5.56$5.0065.4%18.7%60.7%60.3%0.0%34.6%8.5%13.1K-400.7K-3.3K0.0043.02009,014587
2019-01-30$5.92$5.0046.6%13.4%61.6%25.9%48.6%8.6%23.3%15.7K-527.2K-3.7K0.1026.68480509,014587
2019-01-31$5.82$7.5045.3%19.5%62.2%23.6%67.7%-1.5%5.7%16.9K-634.8K-4.1K0.3077.54166509,483637