REI Options History — March 2021

In March 2021, REI traded between $2.17 and $3.19. ATM implied volatility averaged 145.5%, placing in the 41.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 40.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 8.3% (HV 20d: 137.2%). Max pain ranged from $2.50 to $2.50. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.16.

Notable Days

  • 2021-03-05: Highest Volume — 18,410 contracts
  • 2021-03-25: Largest IV spike — 23.3% change
  • 2021-03-08: Highest IV Rank — 55.7%
  • 2021-03-01: Largest Expected Move — 53.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$2.59$2.17$3.19$2.24$2.32
Max Pain$2.50$2.50$2.50$2.50$2.50
ATM IV145.5%104.4%190.8%185.9%125.8%
Expected Move40.3%29.9%53.3%53.3%36.1%
HV 20d137.2%113.6%177.6%175.1%115.9%
HV 60d129.1%123.8%135.8%123.8%135.7%
IV Rank41.3%28.3%55.7%54.1%35.1%
IV Percentile36.3%0.8%80.6%76.6%13.9%
Term Structure-3.3%-29.2%27.3%-21.8%-5.1%
VWIV143.2%107.2%194.1%194.1%130.0%
Skew 25d-18.2%-60.2%13.8%-38.4%-8.9%
Skew 10d-26.8%-99.9%29.3%-84.3%21.0%
Call IV 25d152.6%117.6%204.1%204.1%133.4%
Put IV 25d134.4%86.8%165.7%165.7%124.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %35.297.9250.167.9217.91
Gamma HHI0.550.460.650.620.48
Net GEX135.6K102.1K233.0K110.0K106.1K
Net DEX-10.8M-19.5M-6.0M-9.1M-6.0M
Net VEX-60.0K-77.5K-44.0K-58.0K-44.0K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.160.030.650.320.18
Total Volume6,518.7831,58418,4108,9231,641
Total OI144,107.696109,932167,453150,607113,987

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2021-03-01$2.24$2.50185.9%53.3%175.1%54.1%194.1%-38.4%-21.8%110.0K-9.1M-58.0K0.327.926,7762,147138,72011,887
2021-03-02$2.17$2.50182.9%52.4%176.7%53.2%181.6%13.8%-29.2%103.1K-7.7M-54.9K0.0510.633,145151140,16913,572
2021-03-03$2.17$2.50176.3%50.5%177.0%51.1%190.2%-24.0%-27.3%102.1K-7.6M-53.2K0.1135.683,183336141,22913,716
2021-03-04$2.39$2.50176.5%44.3%177.6%51.2%156.9%-5.3%-9.5%120.1K-9.5M-60.3K0.4938.139,3534,563141,33113,622
2021-03-05$2.52$2.50179.5%47.0%177.0%52.1%167.0%-5.6%-11.7%129.1K-11.4M-66.9K0.3338.9913,8154,595144,02118,084
2021-03-08$2.60$2.50190.8%44.6%169.5%55.7%154.7%-60.2%-4.9%138.4K-11.8M-65.7K0.0640.004,400280144,19616,476
2021-03-09$2.50$2.50182.9%40.5%118.6%53.2%143.8%-7.8%0.4%124.2K-10.5M-62.0K0.1028.453,314337144,58016,518
2021-03-10$2.67$2.50140.5%40.3%118.5%39.7%138.9%-22.5%-4.5%144.0K-12.0M-66.6K0.0626.033,871225145,34116,788
2021-03-11$2.97$2.50148.4%42.6%123.1%42.3%148.9%-20.7%-5.8%174.5K-16.0M-72.8K0.0331.1311,590336146,31216,741
2021-03-12$2.96$2.50151.0%43.3%122.3%43.1%154.6%-24.6%-15.7%179.2K-16.5M-73.0K0.0631.367,510431146,57816,773
2021-03-15$3.19$2.50147.2%42.2%123.4%41.9%149.2%-35.2%-5.5%233.0K-19.5M-77.5K0.0546.2810,595504147,36116,580
2021-03-16$3.02$2.50140.3%40.2%126.2%39.7%142.7%-19.2%-7.3%191.9K-16.3M-71.0K0.2642.375,2631,382147,99816,675
2021-03-17$2.95$2.50140.3%40.2%125.9%39.7%145.9%-23.5%-8.1%160.8K-15.1M-67.6K0.0745.904,905333148,37617,780
2021-03-18$2.58$2.50131.7%37.8%134.8%37.0%135.8%-13.1%0.4%105.4K-10.0M-58.8K0.6534.503,7372,432148,94317,791
2021-03-19$2.82$2.50123.7%35.5%137.3%34.4%121.3%-28.6%13.3%142.2K-13.7M-64.2K0.1628.715,706915149,04218,411
2021-03-22$2.78$2.50104.4%29.9%134.1%28.3%107.2%-15.7%9.6%151.9K-10.2M-59.8K0.0442.533,803135103,4346,498
2021-03-23$2.44$2.50108.9%31.2%142.1%29.7%111.0%-9.5%11.1%121.7K-7.3M-51.1K0.3250.163,1471,010104,1966,572
2021-03-24$2.64$2.50105.3%30.2%117.0%28.6%114.5%-52.3%27.3%136.1K-9.2M-57.1K0.0347.588,843229103,9847,642
2021-03-25$2.42$2.50129.8%37.2%117.4%36.4%129.3%2.1%1.4%112.7K-7.6M-50.2K0.0725.348,777637104,8727,791
2021-03-26$2.47$2.50126.4%36.2%113.6%35.3%126.6%-5.8%8.0%118.6K-8.0M-52.9K0.0547.791,982107105,3477,997
2021-03-29$2.31$2.50125.7%36.0%116.4%35.1%124.4%-5.3%5.3%105.8K-6.5M-47.6K0.0347.591,53252105,0538,086
2021-03-30$2.34$2.50121.7%34.9%115.8%33.8%124.9%-8.8%4.4%107.5K-6.4M-45.0K0.0946.681,751156105,2778,130
2021-03-31$2.32$2.50125.8%36.1%115.9%35.1%130.0%-8.9%-5.1%106.1K-6.0M-44.0K0.1817.911,390251105,7578,230