REI Options History — March 2019

In March 2019, REI traded between $5.76 and $6.57. ATM implied volatility averaged 68.7%, placing in the 58.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 19.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 23.8% (HV 20d: 44.9%). Max pain ranged from $5.00 to $7.50. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.86.

Notable Days

  • 2019-03-08: Highest Volume — 859 contracts
  • 2019-03-06: Largest IV spike — 91.9% change
  • 2019-03-07: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2019-03-07: Largest Expected Move — 26.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$6.02$5.76$6.57$6.33$5.87
Max Pain$6.81$5.00$7.50$7.50$7.50
ATM IV68.7%44.7%96.1%45.2%71.4%
Expected Move19.4%12.8%26.1%13.0%20.5%
HV 20d44.9%38.6%48.9%38.6%46.4%
HV 60d62.5%49.7%73.0%72.3%49.7%
IV Rank58.7%22.5%100.0%23.4%61.2%
IV Percentile68.7%9.5%100.0%9.5%76.6%
Term Structure1.3%-8.2%26.8%26.8%-1.0%
VWIV67.4%55.9%91.1%60.4%60.3%
Skew 25d8.6%-0.2%30.0%15.4%6.9%
Skew 10d11.8%-6.5%37.8%21.6%11.0%
Call IV 25d61.2%42.2%67.8%42.2%61.8%
Put IV 25d69.8%57.6%91.5%57.6%68.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %67.3962.6075.9667.2575.96
Gamma HHI0.700.610.810.760.64
Net GEX15.8K13.0K21.9K19.7K13.1K
Net DEX-585.2K-849.8K-457.4K-761.0K-483.7K
Net VEX-4.1K-4.5K-3.7K-4.2K-3.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.860.0129.250.810.33
Total Volume189.14345859214254
Total OI7,635.5243,96411,27210,3854,191

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-03-01$6.33$7.5045.2%13.0%38.6%23.4%60.4%15.4%26.8%19.7K-761.0K-4.2K0.8167.25118969,649736
2019-03-04$6.28$7.5052.5%15.1%38.7%36.8%67.9%17.4%-0.9%18.4K-718.2K-4.0K0.0268.515019,651793
2019-03-05$6.57$7.5044.7%12.8%40.9%22.5%82.0%26.3%2.3%21.9K-849.8K-4.3K0.0265.135519,670794
2019-03-06$6.18$7.5085.8%24.6%44.8%97.7%79.6%29.8%0.4%18.8K-675.0K-4.0K0.7373.9060449,647794
2019-03-07$6.10$7.5091.1%26.1%44.9%100.0%91.1%30.0%-1.3%18.9K-655.0K-4.0K0.6765.9569469,670833
2019-03-08$5.92$7.5063.6%18.2%44.5%53.1%74.0%1.1%-5.3%14.4K-532.8K-3.7K0.3764.446272329,667833
2019-03-11$5.88$5.0096.1%19.5%44.2%100.0%69.0%1.3%-6.1%14.9K-540.2K-4.2K29.2563.21411710,176944
2019-03-12$6.01$5.0072.0%19.5%43.9%62.1%64.7%0.3%-1.9%14.9K-566.8K-4.5K1.8962.606211710,1801,047
2019-03-13$5.99$5.0071.8%19.3%43.9%61.7%66.3%-0.2%-2.2%14.8K-589.1K-4.4K0.8563.1113011010,2251,047
2019-03-14$5.93$5.0072.4%20.2%42.7%62.7%63.5%4.6%-1.9%14.6K-506.6K-4.3K0.9662.91232210,1251,047
2019-03-15$5.98$5.0073.1%19.3%42.5%63.9%61.9%2.8%-4.6%14.9K-457.4K-4.3K0.5864.03623610,0691,066
2019-03-18$6.18$0.0050.6%20.2%42.5%28.6%0.0%3.0%6.2%16.6K-672.5K-4.4K0.0167.179513,396568
2019-03-19$5.76$0.0069.6%19.0%48.6%58.4%0.0%3.7%-3.0%13.8K-508.9K-4.0K0.5668.1445253,459568
2019-03-20$5.98$0.0057.1%20.1%48.9%38.8%66.3%3.6%21.5%14.9K-574.3K-4.2K0.3670.3673263,480643
2019-03-21$5.99$7.5072.1%19.3%47.1%62.3%65.5%2.1%-7.3%15.1K-592.0K-4.3K0.3668.3273263,508644
2019-03-22$5.97$7.5070.6%20.6%47.0%59.9%60.8%3.7%0.5%15.3K-580.0K-4.2K0.6268.2774463,538644
2019-03-25$5.79$7.5072.8%20.0%47.8%63.4%67.1%6.8%-2.2%13.8K-489.4K-4.0K0.3768.14100373,562664
2019-03-26$5.90$7.5064.0%19.7%48.3%49.5%55.9%7.9%13.6%14.7K-522.4K-4.1K0.2070.71187373,662701
2019-03-27$5.94$7.5072.9%19.6%48.4%63.5%63.6%7.4%-8.2%14.8K-532.9K-4.1K0.0770.21365243,598701
2019-03-28$5.89$7.5072.5%20.9%48.4%63.0%60.4%7.5%1.3%13.0K-480.3K-3.8K0.0666.80378243,455701
2019-03-29$5.87$7.5071.4%20.5%46.4%61.2%60.3%6.9%-1.0%13.1K-483.7K-3.8K0.3375.96191633,490701