REI Options History — March 2022

In March 2022, REI traded between $3.16 and $3.94. ATM implied volatility averaged 108.3%, placing in the 57.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 31.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 35.2% (HV 20d: 73.1%). Max pain ranged from $2.50 to $4.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.91.

Notable Days

  • 2022-03-21: Highest Volume — 56,148 contracts
  • 2022-03-16: Largest IV spike — 9.6% change
  • 2022-03-25: Highest IV Rank — 81.8%
  • 2022-03-09: Largest Expected Move — 40.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$3.57$3.16$3.94$3.28$3.83
Max Pain$3.14$2.50$4.00$2.50$4.00
ATM IV108.3%97.8%118.6%102.2%116.5%
Expected Move31.6%18.0%40.7%29.3%33.0%
HV 20d73.1%59.6%83.6%60.5%83.3%
HV 60d71.0%66.2%74.4%66.4%70.4%
IV Rank57.0%29.3%81.8%32.6%78.8%
IV Percentile83.0%64.7%94.4%73.8%94.0%
Term Structure-7.7%-81.9%12.4%-21.1%0.9%
VWIV112.5%93.4%150.2%93.4%122.6%
Skew 25d-2.1%-27.9%14.0%14.0%-27.9%
Skew 10d-4.7%-73.7%51.1%10.0%42.2%
Call IV 25d108.7%85.2%142.4%101.8%142.4%
Put IV 25d106.6%85.9%115.9%115.8%114.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %39.5316.8695.8419.1450.30
Gamma HHI0.350.240.740.440.32
Net GEX281.3K132.3K674.3K227.7K317.6K
Net DEX-12.7M-22.9M-4.7M-9.0M-20.1M
Net VEX-55.8K-97.4K-32.7K-36.9K-97.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.910.017.124.540.15
Total Volume15,255.9571,89156,14813,3228,259
Total OI121,387.73965,223149,52699,536149,526

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2022-03-01$3.28$2.50102.2%29.3%60.5%32.6%93.4%14.0%-21.1%227.7K-9.0M-36.9K4.5419.142,40610,91679,00720,529
2022-03-02$3.36$3.5097.8%28.0%59.6%29.3%99.1%14.0%8.0%207.8K-7.8M-39.2K7.1226.461,53610,93779,86130,654
2022-03-03$3.25$3.50105.3%30.2%61.2%35.0%102.4%-5.9%-2.1%193.3K-7.0M-37.5K0.3020.231,44944280,16030,671
2022-03-04$3.59$3.50112.4%32.2%68.7%40.4%112.6%7.9%-4.5%228.9K-12.0M-40.7K0.0120.7741,97835280,68530,684
2022-03-07$3.87$3.50113.8%32.6%67.7%41.5%113.1%5.3%-5.6%286.4K-15.1M-41.5K0.3321.108,5292,78382,78030,713
2022-03-08$3.79$3.50115.6%39.6%68.6%45.6%137.5%-3.9%-20.6%253.3K-14.0M-42.1K0.0216.8613,86431985,82233,171
2022-03-09$3.68$3.50107.9%40.7%62.2%53.1%132.2%4.9%-10.6%262.5K-12.5M-43.0K0.0917.024,39137791,18433,191
2022-03-10$3.67$3.50106.7%37.8%61.4%51.7%134.6%-0.6%-5.6%273.1K-12.5M-41.7K0.0940.533,42429391,23533,263
2022-03-11$3.60$3.50107.3%40.0%62.4%52.4%150.2%5.8%-5.9%268.8K-11.3M-40.1K0.2331.671,72140392,64633,279
2022-03-14$3.23$2.50104.3%27.7%71.3%51.2%100.2%-7.2%-10.0%169.8K-4.7M-32.7K0.5731.8413,7057,85293,08133,406
2022-03-15$3.16$2.50104.6%27.7%71.9%56.0%98.5%-11.0%-8.0%211.7K-6.4M-39.2K0.8544.573,3282,827104,40228,461
2022-03-16$3.23$2.50114.7%27.9%71.5%68.5%101.5%-10.5%-21.3%241.8K-6.9M-38.9K0.4741.425,9982,829105,25128,375
2022-03-17$3.58$0.00105.5%18.0%78.9%63.8%106.0%-3.7%-81.9%460.6K-12.2M-42.6K0.5895.846,9353,989108,21528,476
2022-03-18$3.46$3.00103.0%30.8%80.5%60.3%108.2%-11.9%12.4%674.3K-10.3M-41.8K0.6651.8013,3488,816110,07431,039
2022-03-21$3.51$2.50104.8%29.3%80.0%62.8%105.1%-2.5%-4.6%132.3K-8.0M-43.7K0.1254.0750,2955,85354,30510,918
2022-03-22$3.47$2.50100.5%28.4%80.0%56.8%100.4%4.4%-3.0%213.8K-11.4M-79.5K0.3148.2718,4605,73694,59426,108
2022-03-23$3.61$2.50103.5%29.3%80.7%61.0%101.8%-10.7%-3.8%261.2K-14.4M-76.7K2.3058.222,5095,76796,17616,173
2022-03-24$3.65$3.00111.8%32.6%80.7%72.4%113.5%-7.3%0.9%257.1K-15.9M-78.6K0.2447.9324,8155,89297,56516,234
2022-03-25$3.86$3.00118.6%32.8%82.0%81.8%113.7%1.0%-5.9%329.0K-21.2M-88.9K0.2739.435,6131,505111,88416,457
2022-03-28$3.66$3.50111.0%32.3%82.5%71.2%110.5%3.4%4.6%328.2K-18.0M-85.5K0.5635.284,5242,555112,26017,679
2022-03-29$3.74$3.50106.7%31.4%82.2%65.3%110.3%8.0%8.4%331.8K-18.3M-85.6K0.3649.144,2461,519111,80818,747
2022-03-30$3.94$3.50116.7%34.3%83.6%79.1%119.4%-14.6%1.7%338.6K-22.9M-89.4K0.8247.2615,14012,452112,41018,759
2022-03-31$3.83$4.00116.5%33.0%83.3%78.8%122.6%-27.9%0.9%317.6K-20.1M-97.4K0.1550.307,1721,087119,13730,389