EEM Options History — November 2008

In November 2008, EEM traded between $18.26 and $27.50. ATM implied volatility averaged 94.4%, placing in the 57.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 26.7%. IV traded below realized volatility by 58.1% (HV 20d: 152.5%). Max pain ranged from $27.00 to $32.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 1 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.36.

Notable Days

  • 2008-11-18: Highest Volume — 372,308 contracts
  • 2008-11-13: Largest IV drop — 22.9% change
  • 2008-11-20: Highest IV Rank — 73.2%
  • 2008-11-20: Largest Expected Move — 32.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$22.80$18.26$27.50$25.20$22.95
Max Pain$30.37$27.00$32.00$27.00$30.00
ATM IV94.4%77.2%113.3%89.5%88.9%
Expected Move26.7%22.1%32.5%25.7%25.5%
HV 20d152.5%122.7%172.5%163.3%122.7%
HV 60d121.9%110.9%130.3%110.9%130.1%
IV Rank57.8%43.8%73.2%53.8%53.3%
IV Percentile92.1%87.3%98.8%92.9%87.3%
Term Structure-5.3%-9.7%0.3%-5.4%-2.6%
VWIV93.6%80.5%109.8%90.3%92.4%
Skew 25d23.2%16.6%32.0%21.7%21.9%
Skew 10d43.4%31.7%58.9%46.8%42.0%
Call IV 25d81.6%65.9%101.6%79.0%79.0%
Put IV 25d104.8%87.0%123.7%100.7%101.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %7.144.4212.055.535.47
Gamma HHI0.090.060.200.070.09
Net GEX-13.3M-25.0M-9.5M-12.8M-9.5M
Net DEX1.96B1.11B2.71B1.65B1.68B
Net VEX-8.5M-10.3M-6.3M-9.6M-8.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.360.274.441.981.20
Total Volume155,439.73738,185372,308230,44738,185
Total OI4,015,927.8423,696,8764,457,4843,696,8763,870,914

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-11-03$25.20$27.0089.5%25.7%163.3%53.8%90.3%21.7%-5.4%-12.8M1.65B-9.6M1.985.5377,424153,0231,656,0772,040,799
2008-11-04$27.50$27.0077.2%22.1%164.0%43.8%80.5%21.1%-4.2%-11.5M1.11B-10.3M0.565.39183,436103,0381,697,8072,039,828
2008-11-05$24.00$27.0094.8%27.2%171.2%58.1%92.4%16.6%-9.7%-10.5M1.76B-9.3M1.129.4695,054106,3421,791,6722,060,386
2008-11-06$22.79$27.0097.1%27.8%170.1%60.0%101.5%32.0%-6.5%-12.1M2.12B-8.5M1.025.8786,55788,1151,820,9502,104,973
2008-11-07$24.64$32.0086.5%24.0%172.5%51.4%85.4%24.5%-6.4%-11.0M1.69B-9.5M0.366.02126,82446,1691,846,7892,110,164
2008-11-10$24.87$32.0091.4%24.8%154.7%55.4%92.9%25.1%-8.1%-10.3M1.60B-9.4M2.044.8036,55074,3841,823,7162,101,450
2008-11-11$23.32$32.00101.1%26.8%155.2%63.3%93.5%24.1%-8.2%-12.9M1.93B-8.7M1.674.6159,35199,4041,849,8062,134,401
2008-11-12$21.59$32.00106.1%27.4%144.8%67.3%95.9%25.0%-8.7%-13.7M2.26B-7.7M0.915.3167,04661,0881,891,3032,157,414
2008-11-13$24.58$32.0081.8%23.5%151.5%47.6%84.4%25.9%-3.6%-10.3M1.65B-9.4M1.248.5169,50985,9051,936,1792,178,149
2008-11-14$22.22$32.0090.9%26.1%155.3%54.9%92.7%23.4%-4.5%-13.5M2.17B-8.2M2.454.4237,12491,0871,960,3902,202,429
2008-11-17$21.85$32.0096.7%27.7%153.0%59.7%94.6%18.3%-6.1%-15.3M2.19B-8.0M0.885.3941,28136,1971,980,7682,233,650
2008-11-18$21.53$31.0099.6%28.5%150.5%62.0%102.0%24.3%-5.6%-15.9M2.25B-7.8M4.445.2768,382303,9262,003,5932,245,098
2008-11-19$19.67$31.00108.9%31.2%148.7%69.7%96.5%22.9%-6.1%-18.4M2.58B-7.4M1.918.3737,82072,3522,023,4402,433,592
2008-11-20$18.26$31.00113.3%32.5%150.2%73.2%109.8%22.1%-7.8%-15.4M2.71B-6.3M1.438.3550,01071,7262,042,7182,369,084
2008-11-21$20.89$31.0094.9%27.2%153.7%58.2%96.2%23.1%-3.6%-25.0M2.50B-7.5M0.929.0868,67663,1192,066,4492,391,035
2008-11-24$22.16$31.0093.0%26.7%154.5%56.6%90.7%23.5%-1.5%-12.0M1.88B-8.2M0.2712.0568,84818,3191,655,0422,060,292
2008-11-25$21.74$30.0093.7%26.9%130.7%57.3%95.4%22.7%0.3%-11.0M1.89B-7.9M1.0110.7151,27751,6471,691,4252,054,945
2008-11-26$23.40$30.0088.1%25.3%131.2%52.7%91.9%22.8%-2.2%-10.7M1.65B-8.6M0.4010.99116,89347,2671,699,8762,076,026
2008-11-28$22.95$30.0088.9%25.5%122.7%53.3%92.4%21.9%-2.6%-9.5M1.68B-8.4M1.205.4717,34220,8431,771,9942,098,920