EEM Options History — February 2008

In February 2008, EEM traded between $43.45 and $48.99. ATM implied volatility averaged 42.2%, placing in the 60.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 7.3% (HV 20d: 35.0%). Max pain ranged from $45.00 to $50.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.62.

Notable Days

  • 2008-02-12: Highest Volume — 537,402 contracts
  • 2008-02-14: Largest IV spike — 27.1% change
  • 2008-02-06: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2008-02-06: Largest Expected Move — 14.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$46.26$43.45$48.99$46.54$46.54
Max Pain$48.67$45.00$50.00$45.00$48.33
ATM IV42.2%34.3%56.7%44.4%41.6%
Expected Move12.0%10.2%14.1%12.7%11.9%
HV 20d35.0%29.4%41.9%38.6%32.7%
HV 60d40.1%34.9%44.9%44.6%35.9%
IV Rank60.8%39.2%100.0%67.0%59.0%
IV Percentile77.6%51.2%100.0%90.5%82.1%
Term Structure-0.3%-3.6%1.6%-1.2%0.7%
VWIV44.0%37.3%49.9%42.8%45.4%
Skew 25d11.2%9.9%12.6%12.1%11.2%
Skew 10d20.9%18.6%23.8%22.5%21.0%
Call IV 25d36.4%29.8%43.1%39.2%36.4%
Put IV 25d47.6%40.5%54.3%51.3%47.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %10.347.5914.3414.348.66
Gamma HHI0.140.100.190.120.11
Net GEX-86.1M-136.5M-36.7M-59.1M-106.7M
Net DEX1.51B-234.1M2.84B1.11B1.91B
Net VEX-22.8M-27.4M-19.3M-20.7M-27.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.620.486.180.482.33
Total Volume303,134.85113,919537,402113,919192,222
Total OI4,021,924.53,345,2284,837,5453,345,2284,837,545

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-02-01$46.54$45.0044.4%12.7%38.6%67.0%42.8%12.1%-1.2%-59.1M1.11B-20.7M0.4814.3477,05836,8611,252,3262,092,902
2008-02-04$46.68$50.0046.3%12.4%37.3%72.5%43.1%11.6%-1.9%-52.3M935.6M-20.3M1.819.5357,957104,7871,286,7152,083,875
2008-02-05$44.17$50.0052.5%13.6%41.7%89.2%49.2%9.9%-3.6%-92.1M2.47B-19.6M1.5311.4884,726130,0021,262,8982,154,261
2008-02-06$43.45$50.0056.7%14.1%41.9%100.0%49.9%11.2%-3.3%-98.9M2.84B-19.3M2.419.8159,199142,8421,296,2522,176,662
2008-02-07$44.18$50.0048.6%12.9%40.4%78.1%46.4%12.6%-1.4%-111.4M2.70B-19.4M2.4012.95104,595251,3041,297,8872,225,259
2008-02-08$44.10$50.0047.9%13.3%39.9%76.3%44.1%11.9%-1.4%-123.3M2.80B-20.0M2.299.5990,108206,0971,331,8022,321,796
2008-02-11$44.65$50.0041.6%13.1%39.5%58.9%48.1%11.9%-1.1%-136.5M2.55B-19.9M5.779.7069,399400,3771,369,9562,375,181
2008-02-12$45.37$48.3342.5%12.7%39.6%61.5%48.8%10.9%-1.2%-124.7M2.15B-21.0M2.9210.60137,238400,1641,387,3292,525,523
2008-02-13$46.39$48.3334.3%11.5%37.4%39.2%45.4%11.3%1.2%-93.2M1.49B-22.0M3.2312.28110,715357,1891,422,9482,764,821
2008-02-14$45.79$48.3343.6%12.5%34.5%64.4%45.1%10.7%-0.1%-122.4M1.91B-21.8M3.4612.2655,719192,6811,389,5702,759,238
2008-02-15$46.12$48.3340.8%11.7%32.6%56.7%42.4%10.3%1.1%-88.9M1.78B-21.8M1.2913.28184,503238,1431,410,7862,816,874
2008-02-19$46.68$48.3339.9%11.5%32.0%54.5%40.7%11.3%0.8%-86.7M1.43B-22.7M1.059.94130,944136,9681,240,2722,491,074
2008-02-20$47.11$48.3338.8%11.1%30.4%51.2%41.5%11.5%1.0%-83.7M1.24B-23.4M0.767.59276,672211,5301,314,7352,571,168
2008-02-21$46.45$48.3339.7%11.4%31.0%54.0%41.5%10.4%0.5%-85.1M1.44B-25.3M4.819.6348,966235,5601,541,1092,678,775
2008-02-22$47.07$48.3339.8%11.4%30.7%54.2%43.0%11.7%1.0%-74.2M1.12B-26.2M1.999.8044,30188,3171,557,2342,829,387
2008-02-25$47.95$48.3337.5%10.7%30.5%47.7%40.6%11.4%0.7%-57.0M444.6M-25.8M1.558.2348,11474,3761,582,3082,871,168
2008-02-26$48.58$48.3336.4%10.4%29.7%44.9%41.9%10.6%0.3%-36.7M-116.0M-25.3M6.1810.0666,951413,7541,596,1262,866,428
2008-02-27$48.99$48.3335.7%10.2%29.6%42.9%43.4%10.7%1.2%-41.1M-234.1M-26.4M2.898.53105,339304,0591,639,3593,083,301
2008-02-28$48.47$48.3336.0%10.3%29.4%43.9%37.3%11.0%1.6%-48.6M170.0M-27.0M3.188.4746,173146,7871,707,6183,026,022
2008-02-29$46.54$48.3341.6%11.9%32.7%59.0%45.4%11.2%0.7%-106.7M1.91B-27.4M2.338.6657,810134,4121,712,2653,125,280