EEM Options History — August 2007

In August 2007, EEM traded between $39.50 and $45.13. ATM implied volatility averaged 37.8%, placing in the 71.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.8%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.2% (HV 20d: 40.0%). Max pain ranged from $43.33 to $45.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 4.10.

Notable Days

  • 2007-08-16: Highest Volume — 407,844 contracts
  • 2007-08-09: Largest IV spike — 15.5% change
  • 2007-08-06: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2007-08-06: Largest Expected Move — 12.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$42.71$39.50$45.13$44.02$44.65
Max Pain$43.90$43.33$45.00$45.00$43.33
ATM IV37.8%31.4%45.1%40.9%31.4%
Expected Move10.8%9.0%12.8%11.7%9.0%
HV 20d40.0%32.7%44.4%32.7%42.1%
HV 60d30.0%25.7%33.9%25.8%33.7%
IV Rank71.7%45.7%100.0%89.3%45.7%
IV Percentile91.5%75.4%100.0%98.6%75.4%
Term Structure-1.4%-7.9%2.5%-4.6%2.5%
VWIV39.4%34.1%47.3%40.7%34.1%
Skew 25d10.8%8.3%13.2%12.2%10.9%
Skew 10d21.3%17.3%26.0%25.0%22.6%
Call IV 25d32.4%27.7%38.1%33.7%27.7%
Put IV 25d43.2%37.4%50.2%45.9%38.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %26.4314.9944.7223.5114.99
Gamma HHI0.130.120.180.120.12
Net GEX-98.1M-146.1M-56.3M-80.0M-56.3M
Net DEX1.56B-28.5M3.80B997.5M-28.5M
Net VEX-17.1M-18.3M-16.0M-17.6M-16.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio4.100.9117.356.171.19
Total Volume160,477.43559,643407,844193,548117,744
Total OI3,131,785.3042,831,5503,434,2472,831,5503,145,833

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2007-08-01$44.02$45.0040.9%11.7%32.7%89.3%40.7%12.2%-4.6%-80.0M997.5M-17.6M6.1723.5126,988166,560907,7251,923,825
2007-08-02$44.50$45.0035.1%10.1%32.9%64.6%36.8%11.1%0.4%-84.4M847.6M-17.8M17.3525.8812,567218,088904,2062,019,243
2007-08-03$42.58$45.0040.4%11.6%35.6%87.1%42.7%11.3%-0.3%-104.0M2.06B-17.8M4.6344.7227,645127,860908,4662,082,225
2007-08-06$43.34$45.0045.1%12.8%36.1%100.0%47.3%12.1%-7.9%-100.3M1.57B-18.3M6.7318.5019,788133,110916,7672,135,715
2007-08-07$43.67$45.0038.5%10.9%35.7%73.6%40.2%8.3%-2.6%-113.2M1.44B-18.0M2.4334.0381,123197,064913,0802,180,118
2007-08-08$45.13$44.0032.9%9.8%37.7%51.4%35.4%9.2%-0.7%-90.3M465.7M-17.8M2.2531.2051,309115,479975,3482,182,002
2007-08-09$43.27$44.0038.0%11.0%39.4%71.7%39.1%10.4%-2.2%-115.2M1.66B-18.0M1.5226.5659,95891,233999,7052,183,664
2007-08-10$42.52$44.0036.7%11.1%39.2%66.6%39.2%11.1%-2.9%-115.0M1.66B-18.3M2.1629.2062,835135,6241,047,8852,223,735
2007-08-13$42.94$44.0037.8%10.7%39.5%71.2%36.9%11.0%-2.1%-124.3M1.83B-18.0M1.9728.0332,38263,7351,079,8292,275,623
2007-08-14$41.83$44.0039.7%10.8%40.2%78.6%34.6%10.0%-3.5%-146.0M2.65B-17.1M0.9122.92107,27797,2811,072,3712,261,487
2007-08-15$40.18$44.0044.3%11.2%42.0%96.8%39.6%10.2%-3.3%-146.1M3.60B-16.0M2.9227.0569,834203,9521,156,2422,274,054
2007-08-16$39.50$44.0042.5%12.2%41.6%89.6%42.0%13.2%-5.7%-136.8M3.80B-16.1M3.4130.2992,415315,4291,137,9692,296,278
2007-08-17$40.75$43.3340.6%11.6%44.0%82.1%40.3%12.2%-3.9%-119.9M2.97B-16.6M1.4927.2560,44490,1081,109,7662,317,602
2007-08-20$40.83$43.3340.9%11.7%42.1%83.4%39.9%10.5%-3.4%-92.9M2.10B-16.4M1.0632.4253,26256,376957,8581,986,567
2007-08-21$40.68$43.3340.9%11.7%40.9%83.2%39.2%11.0%-1.0%-94.4M2.16B-16.2M2.4516.3717,30142,342977,4122,017,002
2007-08-22$42.43$43.3336.9%10.6%44.3%67.3%39.7%11.0%0.1%-81.4M1.21B-17.1M4.1922.1426,238109,854985,3352,034,183
2007-08-23$42.65$43.3333.7%9.7%41.1%54.7%42.7%10.4%0.9%-79.8M1.12B-17.1M5.8527.2719,935116,553988,9442,040,717
2007-08-24$43.67$43.3333.7%9.7%41.7%54.8%37.7%10.5%1.6%-65.6M523.2M-17.1M2.1727.9338,89884,405995,7272,042,034
2007-08-27$43.87$43.3332.6%9.3%40.0%50.4%35.8%9.6%2.1%-65.3M421.6M-16.6M1.5921.7724,73839,3631,011,6992,041,578
2007-08-28$42.08$43.3337.5%10.7%42.0%69.8%39.1%9.6%0.6%-95.8M1.50B-16.3M3.9929.7022,30288,9231,001,2622,056,632
2007-08-29$43.75$43.3334.3%9.8%44.4%57.2%35.7%10.8%1.2%-73.5M533.6M-16.7M1.0828.1240,48843,8091,005,3572,114,766
2007-08-30$43.53$43.3335.2%10.1%44.3%60.9%46.3%10.8%1.4%-75.9M684.7M-16.6M16.8818.144,94183,4211,022,3972,120,829
2007-08-31$44.65$43.3331.4%9.0%42.1%45.7%34.1%10.9%2.5%-56.3M-28.5M-16.4M1.1914.9953,78463,9601,012,9712,132,862