EEM Options History — January 2008

In January 2008, EEM traded between $44.00 and $50.37. ATM implied volatility averaged 45.8%, placing in the 70.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 9.5% (HV 20d: 36.3%). Max pain ranged from $45.00 to $51.67. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.16.

Notable Days

  • 2008-01-16: Highest Volume — 801,576 contracts
  • 2008-01-22: Largest IV spike — 14.1% change
  • 2008-01-24: Highest IV Rank — 98.4%
  • 2008-01-24: Largest Expected Move — 16.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$46.86$44.00$50.37$49.27$45.63
Max Pain$47.94$45.00$51.67$50.00$45.00
ATM IV45.8%37.1%55.8%38.8%50.2%
Expected Move13.2%10.6%16.0%11.1%14.4%
HV 20d36.3%33.5%38.3%38.1%37.9%
HV 60d45.0%43.9%45.9%43.9%44.9%
IV Rank70.9%47.1%98.4%51.9%83.0%
IV Percentile90.2%75.0%99.6%80.9%96.0%
Term Structure-2.0%-7.0%2.1%1.3%-5.4%
VWIV47.0%37.0%62.4%40.0%51.0%
Skew 25d10.1%5.0%20.4%5.3%12.7%
Skew 10d18.1%9.3%30.1%10.3%22.9%
Call IV 25d41.1%34.2%48.2%36.8%43.3%
Put IV 25d51.2%39.8%67.1%42.2%56.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %12.989.1818.449.1813.45
Gamma HHI0.170.100.700.120.12
Net GEX-130.1M-414.2M-59.8M-101.7M-65.7M
Net DEX1.75B-119.3M5.03B794.4M1.60B
Net VEX-18.2M-20.3M-17.0M-17.0M-20.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.160.635.051.882.66
Total Volume289,664.57176,782801,576145,011188,934
Total OI3,379,549.2862,422,5034,401,4173,214,2843,259,206

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-01-02$49.27$50.0038.8%11.1%38.1%51.9%40.0%5.3%1.3%-101.7M794.4M-17.0M1.889.1850,41294,5991,067,8232,146,461
2008-01-03$49.72$50.0037.1%10.6%38.3%47.1%37.0%5.0%2.1%-100.9M596.7M-17.2M1.0211.83117,093119,6371,089,9272,217,159
2008-01-04$48.22$51.6738.4%11.3%35.8%50.6%40.6%6.4%0.3%-141.9M1.49B-17.3M1.6011.83100,998162,0241,072,6982,227,749
2008-01-07$48.58$48.3337.6%11.3%35.2%48.6%39.7%7.7%0.2%-150.4M1.28B-17.3M1.0715.9056,77860,8401,132,4462,315,043
2008-01-08$48.20$48.3339.1%11.6%35.2%52.5%42.4%6.6%-0.1%-152.2M1.40B-17.7M3.2618.4436,966120,4081,170,6482,326,497
2008-01-09$49.78$48.3339.8%11.6%37.6%54.6%45.7%8.8%0.4%-110.6M446.6M-17.9M1.8113.3685,974155,8651,182,2852,355,414
2008-01-10$50.37$48.3339.6%11.4%34.8%54.1%42.7%7.9%1.0%-85.9M-119.3M-17.8M1.4114.1569,05197,3681,226,6522,432,709
2008-01-11$48.95$48.3340.9%11.7%34.2%57.5%42.0%8.0%-0.8%-145.5M942.6M-17.9M1.9211.3176,431146,9821,243,3352,461,467
2008-01-14$49.67$48.3338.1%10.9%33.5%50.0%38.0%9.3%0.2%-122.0M310.3M-17.4M1.3312.2368,71291,1851,269,8822,520,066
2008-01-15$47.42$48.3343.0%12.3%36.3%63.2%42.1%7.5%-0.5%-214.3M2.04B-17.3M5.0514.43124,698629,9971,301,4962,521,566
2008-01-16$45.45$48.3344.1%12.6%36.2%66.2%44.2%8.2%0.5%-228.7M3.65B-17.3M2.8516.19208,233593,3431,382,1452,599,404
2008-01-17$44.13$48.3348.1%13.8%35.6%77.3%47.2%7.4%-2.0%-239.1M5.03B-17.5M2.8411.82116,397331,1311,523,1632,826,837
2008-01-18$45.13$48.3346.5%13.3%36.7%72.7%48.3%9.5%-1.1%-414.2M3.96B-18.2M2.2510.7196,399217,2631,578,1322,823,285
2008-01-22$44.00$46.6753.0%15.2%37.3%90.7%52.8%12.0%-5.7%-65.4M2.15B-17.5M1.8510.9589,610165,393934,1161,488,387
2008-01-23$44.28$46.6755.2%15.8%35.1%96.7%62.4%20.4%-4.6%-59.8M2.08B-18.1M3.9113.29120,186469,776974,9851,553,772
2008-01-24$45.14$46.6755.8%16.0%36.2%98.4%55.3%14.3%-7.0%-61.3M1.74B-19.5M1.1610.9592,385107,2951,026,5251,747,611
2008-01-25$44.45$46.6754.4%15.6%36.0%94.6%56.7%14.9%-5.2%-62.7M1.92B-19.4M3.1215.4839,756124,1761,072,8841,784,757
2008-01-28$45.55$46.6755.7%16.0%37.2%98.1%54.7%14.1%-5.7%-66.5M1.72B-19.7M1.4210.3231,72545,0571,094,9491,836,741
2008-01-29$45.33$46.6754.5%15.6%37.1%94.8%53.9%13.8%-6.1%-66.3M1.71B-19.7M2.3711.25109,170259,0561,109,6551,855,647
2008-01-30$44.73$46.6751.2%14.7%37.1%85.9%49.7%12.3%-4.3%-77.8M2.00B-20.0M0.6315.56129,90381,7501,172,0462,044,965
2008-01-31$45.63$45.0050.2%14.4%37.9%83.0%51.0%12.7%-5.4%-65.7M1.60B-20.3M2.6613.4551,675137,2591,246,6982,012,508