Financials

East West Bancorp, Inc. (EWBC) options and signal

Figures as of 28 Sep 2026

EWBC is East West Bancorp, Inc., a Financials name the model ranks every trading day. The options figures are from the close on 28 Sep 2026. The model's figures are from 25 Sep 2026, one trading day behind the latest, as the Free plan shows them. Every model figure is paper trading.

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At a glance

Figure	Value	Date
IV rank	31 of 100	28 Sep
At the money IV	29.6%	28 Sep
Priced move to 16 Oct	6.6% down, 5.9% up	28 Sep
Call wall and put wall	Both 130	28 Sep
Signal and the desk's view	No signal, view bullish	25 Sep
Last close	126.72	28 Sep
Next report	20 Oct 2026	28 Sep

Options Snapshot

EWBC's IV rank is 31 of 100 on 28 Sep 2026.

Figure	Value
IV rank	31 of 100
At the money IV	29.6%, near month, 18 days
Put/call ratio, open interest	0.36
Call open interest, strikes captured near the price	1,240 contracts
Put open interest, strikes captured near the price	444 contracts
Cost to trade at the money	Wide, 55.9% of the option's mid price

IV rank is where the at the money IV sits among EWBC's own weekly readings, 0 the lowest and 100 the highest.

From the option chain at the close on 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Priced Range

On 28 Sep 2026, EWBC options priced a move of 6.6 percent down and 5.9 percent up by 16 Oct 2026.

Expiry	Days	Down	Up	Range
16 Oct 2026	18	6.6%	5.9%	118.38 to 134.24
20 Nov 2026	53	12.7%	10.8%	110.62 to 140.42
15 Jan 2027	109	16.3%	15.9%	106.12 to 146.82
16 Apr 2027	200	22.6%	22.3%	98.02 to 155.02

The range is one standard deviation either side of the close of 126.72, as the option prices imply it.

A priced move restates option prices at the close and says nothing certain about where the price goes.

From the option chain at the close on 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Gamma Map

On 28 Sep 2026, EWBC's call wall and put wall are both at the 130 strike.

Figure	Value
Call wall, most open call gamma	130
Put wall, most open put gamma	130
Net dollar gamma, calls minus puts	$284,772
Total dollar gamma, both sides	$618,510
Close	126.72

Dollar gamma is stated for a one percent move in the price.

Net is calls minus puts under the standard convention, not a record of who holds the contracts.

Net gamma changes sign at 2 strikes, so no single flip strike is named.

From the option chain at the close on 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Volatility History

On 28 Sep 2026, EWBC's at the money IV is 29.6 percent against 20 day realized volatility of 17.8 percent.

Figure	Value
At the money IV	29.6%
Realized volatility, 20 trading days	17.8%
Realized volatility, 60 trading days	18.1%
IV against its own weekly record	In the middle
Weekly readings on record	764, from 8 Jan 2010
Weeks the price moved more than the one week priced move	26.2% of 233 weeks

Realized volatility is worked out from the daily closes the desk holds, not from the option chain.

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Volatility Weather

On 28 Sep 2026, EWBC's at the money IV runs from 29.6 percent at 18 days to 30.6 percent at 200 days.

Days to expiry	At the money IV
18	29.6%
53	33.6%
109	30.6%
200	30.6%

Near and far expiries price about the same volatility, a flat term structure.

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Volatility Smile

On 28 Sep 2026, at the 53 day expiry, EWBC's IV ten percent below the price sits 16.4 points above at the money IV.

Strike area	Implied volatility	Against at the money
10% below the price	50.0%	+16.4 points
At the money	33.6%	0.0 points
10% above the price	33.4%	-0.2 points

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Volatility Surface

On 28 Sep 2026, EWBC's surface spans 4 expiries out to 200 days, with IV from 28.2 to 73.5 percent near the price.

Figure	Value
Expiries captured	4
Nearest expiry	16 Oct 2026, 18 days
Farthest expiry	16 Apr 2027, 200 days
Points within 10% of the price, 7 days out or more	17
Lowest IV among them	28.2%
Highest IV among them	73.5%

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Expiry Ladder

On 28 Sep 2026, EWBC has 4 captured expiries, from 16 Oct 2026 to 16 Apr 2027.

Expiry	Days	At the money IV	Call open interest	Put open interest
16 Oct 2026	18	29.6%	347	121
20 Nov 2026	53	33.6%	431	141
15 Jan 2027	109	30.6%	377	180
16 Apr 2027	200	30.6%	85	2

Open interest is summed over the strikes captured near the price on each expiry.

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Strike Table

On 28 Sep 2026, EWBC's largest open interest sits at the 130 strike, with 351 contracts across the captured expiries.

Strike	Call open interest	Put open interest	Total
130	193	158	351
125	273	47	320
140	293	4	297
135	226	21	247
110	12	133	145
120	66	54	120

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Since Yesterday

From 25 Sep 2026 to 28 Sep 2026, EWBC's at the money IV moved from 34.3 percent to 29.6 percent.

Figure	25 Sep	28 Sep	Change
At the money IV	34.3%	29.6%	-4.7 points
Open interest, strikes captured near the price	1,685	1,684	-1
Put/call ratio, open interest	0.36	0.36	+0.00

Open interest changes cannot identify buyers or sellers.

From the option chain at the close on 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Changed Hands

On 28 Sep 2026, 313 EWBC option contracts traded, 0.8 times its own recent average.

Figure	Value
Calls traded	231
Puts traded	82
Against its recent average	0.8 times
Open interest, whole chain	1,740 contracts
Volume to open interest	0.18
Unusual volume flag	No

Traded volume and open interest are shown side by side and never combined. Open interest changes cannot identify buyers or sellers.

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Positioning Replay

The replay holds 5 trading days of EWBC's option positioning, from 22 Sep 2026 to 28 Sep 2026.

Date	Close	Net dollar gamma	Top call strike	Top put strike
22 Sep 2026	125.54	$239,712	130	130
28 Sep 2026	126.72	$284,772	130	130

Each frame restates one nightly capture. Net is calls minus puts, a convention, not who holds the contracts.

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Read-out

On 25 Sep 2026 the desk's view of EWBC was bullish, paper trading.

Figure	Value
Side	Bullish at 45 trading days, no signal
Level above the close	128.56, the swing high of 22 Sep 2026
Level below the close	124.24, the swing low of 16 Sep 2026, a close past it runs against the view
The chart	Sits against the view
Strategy family	Bull call spread (buy a call spread)
Price target	None. The desk has no price model.

The levels are prices the shares turned at on the chart, with the date of each.

Paper trading. The model's figures from 25 Sep 2026, one trading day behind, as the Free plan shows them.

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Rank by Timeframe

On 25 Sep 2026 EWBC sat at the 96th percentile of the model's 45 trading day ranking, paper trading.

Timeframe	Percentile	Side
10 trading days	80 of 100	Neutral
20 trading days	77 of 100	Neutral
45 trading days	96 of 100	Bullish

100 is the top of the ranking. A name in the middle three fifths is neutral.

Paper trading. The model's figures from 25 Sep 2026, one trading day behind, as the Free plan shows them.

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Timeframe Agreement

On 25 Sep 2026, 1 of 3 timeframes put EWBC on the bullish side, paper trading.

Group	Timeframes	Side	On that side
Near	10 day, 20 day	Neutral	0 of 2
Long	45 day	Bullish	1 of 1

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Signal History

On 25 Sep 2026 EWBC had carried no signal for at least 5 trading days, paper trading.

Trading day	Signal	45 day percentile
25 Sep 2026	None	96 of 100
24 Sep 2026	None	79 of 100
23 Sep 2026	None	75 of 100
22 Sep 2026	None	72 of 100
21 Sep 2026	None	74 of 100

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Sector Split

On 25 Sep 2026, 63 of 135 Financials names were bullish and 32 were bearish, paper trading.

Sector	Names	Bullish	Bearish	Neutral
Financials	135	63	32	40

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Price Chart

EWBC closed at 126.72 on 28 Sep 2026.

Figure	Value
Last close	126.72
Change over 5 trading days	-0.8%
Change over 21 trading days	-2.3%
Change over 63 trading days	-1.8%
Change over 252 trading days	+17.4%
52 week high	137.47
52 week low	92.67
20 day moving average	127.74
50 day moving average	130.25
200 day moving average	121.53
RSI, 14 days	45

Worked out from the desk's own daily bars, adjusted for share splits.

From the daily bars through 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Earnings Radar

EWBC reports next on 20 Oct 2026, a date confirmed by the company.

Figure	Value
Next report	20 Oct 2026, after the close
Date	Confirmed by the company
Move after the report of 21 Jul 2026	-1.4%
Move after the report of 22 Apr 2026	+1.7%
Move after the report of 20 Jan 2026	+3.1%
Move after the report of 22 Apr 2025	+6.6%

Earnings calendar as of 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Seasonality

In the 23 Septembers on record, EWBC's average change was minus 0.9 percent, and it rose in 39.1 percent of them.

Month	Average change	Middle change	Share of years up	Years
September	-0.9%	-2.2%	39.1%	23
October	+6.7%	+6.6%	78.3%	23
November	+5.3%	+2.4%	65.2%	23

Each figure is a month end to month end change in past years. A past month says nothing certain about the next one.

Monthly history through 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Headlines

The desk's news feeds carried 1 headline naming EWBC in the 3 days to 28 Sep 2026.

Figure	Value
Headlines in the window	1
Latest	28 Sep 2026

The titles are in the Headlines window, with the time each was published.

Headlines as of 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Questions

What is EWBC's IV rank?: EWBC's IV rank is 31 of 100 on 28 Sep 2026.
What move are EWBC options pricing?: On 28 Sep 2026, EWBC options priced a move of 6.6 percent down and 5.9 percent up by 16 Oct 2026.
Where are EWBC's call wall and put wall?: On 28 Sep 2026, EWBC's call wall and put wall are both at the 130 strike.
What was the desk's latest view of EWBC on the Free plan?: On 25 Sep 2026 the desk's view of EWBC was bullish, paper trading.
When does EWBC report earnings next?: EWBC reports next on 20 Oct 2026, a date confirmed by the company.

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Strike	Call open interest	Put open interest	Total
130	193	158	351
125	273	47	320
140	293	4	297
135	226	21	247
110	12	133	145
120	66	54	120

Strike	Call open interest	Put open interest	Total
130	193	158	351
125	273	47	320
140	293	4	297
135	226	21	247
110	12	133	145
120	66	54	120

Strike	Call open interest	Put open interest	Total
130	193	158	351
125	273	47	320
140	293	4	297
135	226	21	247
110	12	133	145
120	66	54	120