REI Options History — April 2019

In April 2019, REI traded between $5.13 and $5.86. ATM implied volatility averaged 67.8%, placing in the 55.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 20.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 27.1% (HV 20d: 40.7%). 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 2 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.39.

Notable Days

  • 2019-04-10: Highest Volume — 817 contracts
  • 2019-04-03: Largest IV spike — 54.5% change
  • 2019-04-15: Highest IV Rank — 68.2%
  • 2019-04-15: Largest Expected Move — 21.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$5.46$5.13$5.86$5.72$5.13
Max Pain$7.38$5.00$7.50$7.50$5.00
ATM IV67.8%44.8%75.8%73.7%70.8%
Expected Move20.4%19.3%21.7%21.0%20.3%
HV 20d40.7%35.1%47.0%47.0%36.0%
HV 60d46.0%40.6%49.9%49.9%40.6%
IV Rank55.5%19.4%68.2%64.7%60.2%
IV Percentile67.5%6.0%89.3%86.1%71.4%
Term Structure-1.5%-7.3%19.1%0.2%-3.4%
VWIV67.3%45.0%75.8%67.5%68.0%
Skew 25d11.3%2.6%33.5%2.6%24.6%
Skew 10d23.2%-2.5%53.1%4.2%40.7%
Call IV 25d61.8%42.2%69.9%65.4%53.3%
Put IV 25d73.1%65.1%78.5%68.0%77.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %59.6616.6090.7172.9826.27
Gamma HHI0.550.380.720.660.38
Net GEX12.8K9.4K15.2K12.3K13.3K
Net DEX-433.5K-522.8K-349.5K-436.1K-351.4K
Net VEX-3.8K-4.3K-3.4K-3.6K-3.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.390.042.440.171.43
Total Volume249.33378177102
Total OI5,032.4764,2835,7824,2835,756

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-04-01$5.72$7.5073.7%21.0%47.0%64.7%0.0%2.6%0.2%12.3K-436.1K-3.6K0.1772.98613,543740
2019-04-02$5.80$7.5044.8%19.3%43.8%19.4%67.5%4.2%19.1%13.0K-457.0K-3.6K0.0678.4910763,546740
2019-04-03$5.51$7.5069.2%20.6%42.3%57.7%71.7%6.9%-2.1%10.2K-349.5K-3.4K0.1848.16102183,582745
2019-04-04$5.66$7.5061.2%20.4%43.7%45.1%71.3%9.3%-2.0%11.9K-404.5K-3.5K0.1471.87128183,626754
2019-04-05$5.82$7.5052.7%20.0%43.9%31.9%69.7%3.3%-3.1%13.6K-471.4K-3.6K0.0971.10201183,626754
2019-04-08$5.86$7.5052.2%21.0%44.0%31.0%0.0%5.5%-0.5%14.4K-505.3K-3.8K0.4672.9659273,691754
2019-04-09$5.69$7.5068.5%19.9%44.3%56.6%66.0%6.1%-0.8%12.4K-414.4K-3.6K0.2271.26183413,740766
2019-04-10$5.71$7.5074.3%21.3%44.4%65.8%51.4%8.8%-2.2%13.3K-460.5K-3.7K0.2390.716661513,885768
2019-04-11$5.45$7.5070.0%20.1%47.0%59.0%57.4%3.8%-1.8%12.6K-522.8K-4.3K0.1089.97618614,477888
2019-04-12$5.40$7.5069.7%20.0%46.8%58.5%45.0%6.9%-1.6%12.0K-481.7K-4.3K0.1074.18608614,487898
2019-04-15$5.36$7.5075.8%21.7%44.6%68.2%75.8%9.0%-7.3%11.3K-458.0K-4.1K0.3870.971354,512900
2019-04-16$5.27$7.5071.0%20.4%38.1%60.6%71.0%7.2%-1.6%9.4K-408.5K-3.9K0.2350.682254,520905
2019-04-17$5.32$7.5068.0%19.5%35.2%55.9%68.0%12.6%-0.6%10.4K-414.5K-3.9K0.0890.116254,510905
2019-04-18$5.28$7.5070.5%20.2%35.1%59.8%70.5%32.4%-1.8%13.9K-420.4K-3.9K0.0973.495354,560905
2019-04-22$5.42$7.5072.2%20.7%37.0%62.5%72.0%11.5%-1.1%15.1K-493.6K-4.1K0.4421.4389394,433675
2019-04-23$5.48$7.5073.2%21.0%36.1%64.0%73.3%7.9%-6.1%15.2K-495.0K-4.1K2.4453.6616394,455711
2019-04-24$5.34$7.5072.3%20.7%36.0%62.5%72.3%8.5%-5.2%13.7K-410.8K-3.7K0.2116.60211454,447711
2019-04-25$5.20$7.5072.4%20.8%36.5%62.8%72.3%7.6%-5.2%13.1K-387.6K-3.8K0.0553.13620294,514721
2019-04-26$5.15$7.5067.9%19.5%36.5%55.7%68.0%33.5%-0.5%13.8K-375.6K-4.0K0.0427.87718315,029721
2019-04-29$5.17$7.5073.2%21.0%36.7%64.1%0.0%26.2%-4.0%14.1K-384.3K-3.9K1.1426.8822255,061721
2019-04-30$5.13$5.0070.8%20.3%36.0%60.2%0.0%24.6%-3.4%13.3K-351.4K-3.8K1.4326.2742605,039717