EEM Options History — December 2007

In December 2007, EEM traded between $47.84 and $53.98. ATM implied volatility averaged 38.6%, placing in the 51.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.2%. IV traded below realized volatility by 10.8% (HV 20d: 49.4%). Max pain ranged from $46.67 to $50.00. Net GEX was positive for 4 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.78.

Notable Days

  • 2007-12-21: Highest Volume — 2,547,534 contracts
  • 2007-12-05: Largest IV drop — 8.8% change
  • 2007-12-17: Highest IV Rank — 62.8%
  • 2007-12-17: Largest Expected Move — 12.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$51.13$47.84$53.98$51.02$50.10
Max Pain$48.92$46.67$50.00$50.00$50.00
ATM IV38.6%35.2%42.8%40.5%39.1%
Expected Move11.2%10.2%12.3%11.6%11.2%
HV 20d49.4%37.7%58.1%58.1%37.8%
HV 60d43.6%41.6%44.9%41.6%44.3%
IV Rank51.3%41.8%62.8%56.5%52.6%
IV Percentile80.5%68.3%92.1%86.1%82.0%
Term Structure0.8%-1.3%3.1%2.1%-0.4%
VWIV41.8%36.4%60.4%45.0%40.7%
Skew 25d7.3%4.4%9.0%9.0%4.9%
Skew 10d13.2%10.0%17.6%16.3%10.0%
Call IV 25d36.0%31.9%39.7%37.1%35.9%
Put IV 25d43.3%38.4%47.0%46.1%40.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %14.4510.0520.4211.2914.65
Gamma HHI0.130.100.190.100.11
Net GEX-73.6M-207.2M37.6M-62.8M-75.5M
Net DEX-552.7M-3.03B2.25B-725.0M281.3M
Net VEX-18.8M-20.8M-17.4M-20.8M-17.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.780.0422.950.861.89
Total Volume319,016.2526,1572,547,534108,85526,157
Total OI4,481,374.353,053,9975,338,1044,516,3803,214,056

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2007-12-03$51.02$50.0040.5%11.6%58.1%56.5%45.0%9.0%2.1%-62.8M-725.0M-20.8M0.8611.2958,65950,1961,742,2982,774,082
2007-12-04$50.89$50.0040.1%11.5%56.8%55.2%46.1%8.8%3.1%-61.1M-720.3M-20.7M4.1811.9623,45498,1511,785,4742,772,366
2007-12-05$53.15$50.0036.5%10.5%57.3%45.6%38.0%8.5%2.2%3.1M-2.30B-19.0M0.7113.94107,20275,7591,772,9642,803,974
2007-12-06$53.98$50.0035.8%10.3%56.4%43.4%36.4%7.6%2.9%37.6M-3.03B-19.0M0.7513.46123,33092,9071,820,6012,827,785
2007-12-07$53.34$46.6735.2%11.0%56.5%41.8%37.1%8.9%1.0%19.3M-2.61B-19.5M1.2717.6739,71150,4181,879,2842,857,365
2007-12-10$53.36$46.6736.4%10.9%55.8%45.3%44.1%8.8%0.9%24.1M-2.69B-18.5M22.9515.8622,224509,9971,883,9702,863,743
2007-12-11$51.10$48.3339.0%11.5%54.1%52.2%41.7%8.6%-0.9%-73.1M-857.8M-19.5M2.3320.4248,816113,9701,846,6623,180,003
2007-12-12$52.63$48.3337.5%10.7%49.4%48.1%40.9%7.4%1.6%-24.7M-1.88B-19.2M1.1218.8070,32678,5311,898,9853,149,655
2007-12-13$51.19$48.3340.2%11.5%50.4%55.7%44.0%7.2%-0.2%-72.0M-846.0M-19.0M3.5416.0047,379167,7631,917,7533,142,311
2007-12-14$49.97$48.3340.7%11.7%50.5%57.0%39.7%8.5%0.0%-126.6M286.8M-19.2M1.5116.44122,685185,0761,940,0703,182,877
2007-12-17$47.84$48.3342.8%12.3%52.4%62.8%43.6%7.1%-1.3%-207.2M2.25B-18.2M2.2810.05129,117294,9001,945,5813,103,608
2007-12-18$49.15$48.3342.3%12.1%50.8%61.5%43.7%8.0%-0.2%-191.0M1.25B-18.4M3.6411.1778,918287,0251,944,3363,190,542
2007-12-19$49.47$48.3341.6%11.9%49.9%59.4%41.4%7.9%-0.0%-180.3M1.13B-19.0M1.4016.3395,430133,2841,948,2903,238,974
2007-12-20$49.74$48.3340.4%11.6%46.1%56.1%40.9%7.6%0.2%-191.1M853.1M-18.9M1.8015.2592,484166,7851,961,6043,284,259
2007-12-21$51.24$48.3336.9%10.6%46.2%46.5%60.4%6.5%1.1%-94.4M-664.6M-18.9M0.0414.442,456,82090,7142,003,1033,335,001
2007-12-24$51.45$50.0035.5%10.2%43.4%42.7%36.5%5.2%1.4%-37.9M-420.4M-17.9M1.5212.4435,63154,1171,033,0112,020,986
2007-12-26$51.71$50.0036.0%10.3%41.5%44.1%38.5%4.4%0.5%-35.4M-470.0M-17.5M1.3713.1726,53836,4411,018,1342,048,742
2007-12-27$50.52$50.0038.7%11.1%37.9%51.4%39.7%5.7%0.2%-60.2M96.0M-17.5M1.2911.1291,122117,1171,025,6252,058,543
2007-12-28$50.71$50.0037.4%10.7%37.7%48.1%37.2%5.8%1.6%-62.0M21.4M-17.7M1.1414.5737,92943,2421,071,3092,139,561
2007-12-31$50.10$50.0039.1%11.2%37.8%52.6%40.7%4.9%-0.4%-75.5M281.3M-17.4M1.8914.659,04817,1091,077,9812,136,075