REI Options History — February 2019

In February 2019, REI traded between $5.63 and $6.36. ATM implied volatility averaged 62.5%, placing in the 54.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 18.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 9.3% (HV 20d: 53.2%). Max pain ranged from $7.50 to $7.50. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.23.

Notable Days

  • 2019-02-28: Highest Volume — 1,195 contracts
  • 2019-02-04: Largest IV spike — 24.4% change
  • 2019-02-11: Highest IV Rank — 82.5%
  • 2019-02-11: Largest Expected Move — 22.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$6.02$5.63$6.36$5.90$6.11
Max Pain$7.50$7.50$7.50$7.50$7.50
ATM IV62.5%46.7%77.5%46.7%49.0%
Expected Move18.7%13.4%22.2%20.2%14.1%
HV 20d53.2%37.5%62.1%62.1%37.5%
HV 60d73.9%73.3%74.5%73.8%73.3%
IV Rank54.9%26.1%82.5%26.1%30.4%
IV Percentile60.9%15.1%92.9%15.1%25.4%
Term Structure4.2%-8.4%22.7%0.7%17.4%
VWIV57.0%35.2%80.2%70.1%57.1%
Skew 25d10.6%-14.6%33.7%0.8%-2.5%
Skew 10d27.9%-13.8%66.3%35.9%0.2%
Call IV 25d52.0%38.1%69.4%69.4%43.5%
Put IV 25d62.5%41.0%76.5%70.2%41.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %66.3426.8379.3776.6665.79
Gamma HHI0.680.630.730.640.71
Net GEX20.6K16.1K25.0K17.9K16.1K
Net DEX-827.0K-1.0M-646.3K-691.1K-646.3K
Net VEX-4.8K-5.4K-3.9K-4.4K-3.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.230.001.470.120.07
Total Volume335.053371,1953791,195
Total OI10,785.26310,26111,15010,26110,343

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-02-01$5.90$7.5046.7%20.2%62.1%26.1%70.1%0.8%0.7%17.9K-691.1K-4.4K0.1276.66339409,604657
2019-02-04$6.04$7.5058.1%19.9%57.7%46.9%68.6%2.7%3.5%19.9K-777.5K-4.7K0.2061.06176359,799659
2019-02-05$5.82$7.5055.6%21.2%56.7%42.3%62.8%4.4%-0.7%19.0K-761.0K-4.7K0.2370.53252589,951686
2019-02-06$5.91$7.5068.3%19.6%56.8%65.6%40.0%4.2%7.5%19.4K-795.8K-4.9K0.0579.37256149,956712
2019-02-07$5.71$7.5071.1%20.4%57.8%70.7%65.1%26.5%-1.0%18.7K-713.4K-4.9K0.5469.741327110,203719
2019-02-08$5.63$7.5073.5%21.1%55.8%75.1%70.5%33.7%-2.7%18.6K-691.0K-4.8K0.4175.911295310,294737
2019-02-11$5.78$7.5077.5%22.2%56.7%82.5%39.3%31.0%-5.8%20.8K-798.1K-5.1K0.0026.8372010,388737
2019-02-12$5.83$7.5073.0%20.9%56.7%74.2%37.9%28.5%-1.6%20.8K-829.9K-5.1K0.1263.00821010,333737
2019-02-13$6.01$7.5075.9%21.8%57.8%79.6%37.4%29.1%-4.2%22.1K-912.6K-5.3K0.0877.581321010,353747
2019-02-14$6.09$7.5063.6%18.2%58.0%57.0%35.2%27.9%15.3%22.4K-924.7K-5.2K0.0573.661851010,403747
2019-02-15$6.29$7.5062.2%17.8%58.5%54.4%69.3%11.1%2.7%24.2K-1.0M-5.4K0.0774.452862010,352747
2019-02-19$6.14$7.5073.3%21.0%59.2%74.7%65.8%6.3%9.6%23.3K-930.2K-5.1K0.0065.1843010,169634
2019-02-20$6.36$7.5063.9%18.3%48.1%57.5%63.2%-14.6%-3.0%25.0K-1.0M-5.3K0.6560.30312010,171634
2019-02-21$6.12$7.5061.3%17.6%50.1%52.9%80.2%-2.9%-8.4%23.4K-914.7K-5.1K0.0863.742452010,166634
2019-02-22$6.16$7.5046.7%13.4%50.0%26.2%49.2%2.0%22.7%20.2K-839.2K-4.7K0.1662.532163510,158619
2019-02-25$6.23$7.5054.4%15.6%44.5%40.1%55.6%3.7%10.7%21.6K-899.5K-4.9K1.4764.30152210,168619
2019-02-26$6.15$7.5056.1%16.1%43.4%43.4%63.3%6.9%11.3%21.3K-858.0K-4.7K0.0363.681,0323210,173628
2019-02-27$6.10$7.5056.6%16.2%43.3%44.2%51.8%2.6%6.4%17.1K-660.6K-3.9K0.0566.181,042569,625658
2019-02-28$6.11$7.5049.0%14.1%37.5%30.4%57.1%-2.5%17.4%16.1K-646.3K-3.9K0.0765.791,116799,640703