REI Options History — December 2023

In December 2023, REI traded between $1.42 and $1.63. ATM implied volatility averaged 57.7%, placing in the 21.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 16.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.0% (HV 20d: 53.7%). Max pain ranged from $1.50 to $2.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.37.

Notable Days

  • 2023-12-14: Highest Volume — 5,716 contracts
  • 2023-12-12: Largest IV spike — 51.2% change
  • 2023-12-12: Highest IV Rank — 47.0%
  • 2023-12-15: Largest Expected Move — 19.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$1.51$1.42$1.63$1.63$1.46
Max Pain$1.93$1.50$2.00$1.50$2.00
ATM IV57.7%41.8%89.6%46.1%50.9%
Expected Move16.4%13.1%19.5%13.2%14.6%
HV 20d53.7%43.0%63.5%61.9%58.0%
HV 60d51.7%47.3%54.7%50.6%52.2%
IV Rank21.1%8.2%47.0%11.7%15.6%
IV Percentile45.4%6.0%98.8%11.9%26.6%
Term Structure3.0%-20.7%28.1%13.0%0.6%
VWIV57.2%36.7%68.2%52.5%51.2%
Skew 25d39.2%-10.0%103.9%-10.0%11.2%
Skew 10d77.0%11.4%249.1%84.5%21.0%
Call IV 25d52.5%42.1%68.6%58.8%58.4%
Put IV 25d91.7%48.7%146.0%48.7%69.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %30.6519.2247.6530.5230.73
Gamma HHI0.250.220.310.270.22
Net GEX53.8K40.5K73.4K73.2K44.0K
Net DEX-1.1M-1.8M-638.0K-1.8M-941.0K
Net VEX-14.0K-19.3K-11.6K-19.3K-12.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.370.003.290.080.00
Total Volume900.7755,716309384
Total OI91,804.3587,16099,67393,19588,578

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2023-12-01$1.63$1.5046.1%13.2%61.9%11.7%52.5%-10.0%13.0%73.2K-1.8M-19.3K0.0830.522852485,2897,906
2023-12-04$1.56$2.0045.7%17.8%63.5%11.3%65.7%27.5%-0.6%62.7K-1.5M-17.0K3.2924.803411285,4977,920
2023-12-05$1.52$2.0059.4%14.5%55.6%22.5%50.7%103.9%12.6%57.9K-1.1M-14.6K0.0135.65125185,5357,935
2023-12-06$1.50$2.0052.9%15.4%44.5%17.3%56.5%36.7%11.1%52.3K-984.3K-13.8K0.2939.7451714985,5457,883
2023-12-07$1.50$2.0056.2%17.6%43.0%19.9%61.7%67.5%-5.5%50.8K-919.4K-13.7K0.4232.91532285,6087,997
2023-12-08$1.56$2.0041.8%17.1%44.8%8.2%57.5%40.0%-2.8%55.2K-1.0M-13.6K0.0042.13145085,6297,999
2023-12-11$1.46$2.0059.3%18.5%47.5%22.4%67.3%23.6%2.5%50.9K-974.5K-13.9K1.2323.7727934385,7127,999
2023-12-12$1.42$2.0089.6%13.4%48.1%47.0%36.7%17.0%28.1%40.5K-638.0K-11.6K0.0622.275,30234285,9198,129
2023-12-13$1.46$1.5045.8%13.1%45.2%11.5%46.2%8.5%21.6%62.5K-1.1M-12.9K0.3626.402007391,1468,326
2023-12-14$1.56$1.5064.6%18.5%51.4%26.7%64.7%48.4%-20.7%73.4K-1.7M-15.5K0.0639.845,39731991,3308,343
2023-12-15$1.46$2.0068.0%19.5%54.8%29.5%68.2%74.4%0.8%47.4K-930.8K-13.4K0.3336.0753317687,1338,453
2023-12-18$1.48$2.0056.6%16.2%53.1%20.2%56.6%22.3%6.8%46.5K-1.0M-13.4K0.3630.7476727379,2427,918
2023-12-19$1.56$2.0055.1%15.8%56.2%19.1%55.3%44.7%3.6%53.9K-1.2M-14.6K0.1520.335007779,5627,991
2023-12-20$1.50$2.0058.5%16.8%57.5%21.8%59.7%76.3%0.5%49.0K-1.1M-13.7K0.1147.653043379,9468,010
2023-12-21$1.52$2.0066.1%18.9%57.9%27.9%66.1%74.0%-3.5%51.0K-1.1M-13.5K0.0039.53278180,0878,043
2023-12-22$1.54$2.0058.2%16.7%58.0%21.6%58.3%13.4%-1.6%54.4K-1.2M-14.0K0.0019.30268080,3768,044
2023-12-26$1.56$2.0062.5%17.9%57.2%25.0%63.2%51.0%1.1%56.1K-1.3M-14.3K0.0419.2275380,3008,044
2023-12-27$1.54$2.0056.7%16.3%56.8%20.3%56.5%55.5%-1.0%48.2K-993.5K-12.0K0.2625.742977780,3118,047
2023-12-28$1.48$2.0059.8%17.1%58.0%22.8%50.0%-1.7%-6.6%46.0K-979.8K-13.2K0.3225.751866080,2668,089
2023-12-29$1.46$2.0050.9%14.6%58.0%15.6%51.2%11.2%0.6%44.0K-941.0K-12.9K0.0030.73384080,4298,149