REI Options History — January 2020

In January 2020, REI traded between $2.14 and $3.27. ATM implied volatility averaged 80.4%, placing in the 23.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 21.9%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.8% (HV 20d: 83.2%). Max pain ranged from $2.50 to $5.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.57.

Notable Days

  • 2020-01-06: Highest Volume — 1,087 contracts
  • 2020-01-07: Largest IV spike — 74.8% change
  • 2020-01-07: Highest IV Rank — 47.5%
  • 2020-01-14: Largest Expected Move — 25.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$2.64$2.14$3.27$2.65$2.14
Max Pain$2.62$2.50$5.00$2.50$2.50
ATM IV80.4%69.6%123.3%73.6%79.2%
Expected Move21.9%14.4%25.6%21.1%22.7%
HV 20d83.2%67.5%91.3%70.1%84.3%
HV 60d97.4%92.5%106.7%103.4%93.1%
IV Rank23.3%17.3%47.5%19.5%22.7%
IV Percentile51.3%27.8%88.5%44.8%52.0%
Term Structure13.2%-5.8%41.4%10.4%7.0%
VWIV78.8%50.6%93.4%73.9%87.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %49.2919.2774.4633.6672.14
Gamma HHI0.770.490.950.630.95
Net GEX2.5K1.1K4.5K4.1K2.1K
Net DEX-125.7K-467.8K61.0K-233.1K61.0K
Net VEX-1.6K-1.9K-1.2K-1.4K-1.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.570.003.000.210.00
Total Volume226.09581,087178
Total OI4,365.0953,4964,7713,4964,693

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2020-01-02$2.65$2.5073.6%21.1%70.1%19.5%73.9%0.0%10.4%4.1K-233.1K-1.4K0.2133.661432,697799
2020-01-03$2.79$2.5077.3%22.2%67.5%21.6%85.0%0.0%3.4%3.9K-302.2K-1.5K0.3819.274411682,709799
2020-01-06$3.18$5.0070.6%20.6%77.8%17.8%65.9%0.0%41.4%3.4K-467.8K-1.5K1.1637.395035842,795929
2020-01-07$3.27$2.50123.3%22.6%77.6%47.5%0.0%0.0%36.2%2.2K-391.2K-1.8K0.9641.871391342,7021,411
2020-01-08$3.06$2.5074.4%20.9%84.0%20.0%90.0%0.0%6.6%2.1K-285.4K-1.9K0.1359.58513662,7071,536
2020-01-09$2.99$2.5078.0%19.5%83.1%22.0%80.2%0.0%37.8%2.7K-243.8K-1.8K0.2855.31134382,9271,591
2020-01-10$2.90$2.5073.2%14.4%84.6%19.3%50.6%0.0%39.7%2.7K-241.1K-1.8K0.0567.57245122,9791,626
2020-01-13$2.66$2.5087.8%23.8%89.2%27.5%0.0%0.0%8.1%4.5K-131.8K-1.7K0.3828.39121463,0281,631
2020-01-14$2.73$2.5093.2%25.6%86.0%30.6%89.1%0.0%0.3%3.9K-167.2K-1.7K0.5830.4355323,0801,637
2020-01-15$2.59$2.5073.5%21.1%88.0%19.5%93.4%0.0%-5.8%4.2K-87.6K-1.7K0.0966.601113,1121,659
2020-01-16$2.70$2.5078.9%22.6%87.5%22.5%0.0%0.0%11.2%1.6K-169.6K-1.7K0.0030.285003,1061,660
2020-01-17$2.72$2.5069.6%20.0%86.0%17.3%69.4%0.0%19.6%1.4K-175.5K-1.7K0.0065.146503,0801,660
2020-01-21$2.50$2.5073.2%21.0%91.3%19.3%73.2%0.0%18.1%1.2K15.6K-1.5K0.5668.2391512,5031,473
2020-01-22$2.44$2.5079.5%22.8%90.2%22.8%79.5%0.0%6.8%1.1K40.1K-1.4K0.0726.3812282,5641,524
2020-01-23$2.49$2.5075.9%21.8%83.2%20.8%75.9%0.0%4.2%1.2K10.3K-1.5K1.0536.421641722,5641,520
2020-01-24$2.44$2.5082.3%23.6%82.5%24.4%82.3%0.0%5.1%1.7K27.3K-1.4K0.1062.70412402,7471,526
2020-01-27$2.32$2.5079.2%22.7%84.0%22.7%78.9%0.0%16.0%2.2K10.9K-1.5K0.0074.4610203,0561,566
2020-01-28$2.38$2.5078.4%22.5%83.4%22.2%78.5%0.0%9.3%2.4K9.2K-1.5K0.7334.011183,1211,566
2020-01-29$2.31$2.5077.5%22.2%83.9%21.7%76.7%0.0%5.5%2.3K41.1K-1.4K2.2663.9227613,1201,572
2020-01-30$2.28$2.5089.0%25.5%82.1%28.2%88.3%0.0%-4.4%2.3K41.6K-1.3K3.0061.3924723,1201,572
2020-01-31$2.14$2.5079.2%22.7%84.3%22.7%87.3%0.0%7.0%2.1K61.0K-1.2K0.0072.14803,1211,572