EEM Options History — January 2009

In January 2009, EEM traded between $21.52 and $27.10. ATM implied volatility averaged 61.2%, placing in the 30.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 17.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 8.7% (HV 20d: 52.5%). Max pain ranged from $23.00 to $27.00. Net GEX was positive for 9 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.67.

Notable Days

  • 2009-01-14: Highest Volume — 242,158 contracts
  • 2009-01-14: Largest IV spike — 43.9% change
  • 2009-01-14: Highest IV Rank — 41.2%
  • 2009-01-20: Largest Expected Move — 20.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$23.78$21.52$27.10$26.16$22.65
Max Pain$24.85$23.00$27.00$26.00$23.00
ATM IV61.2%51.4%74.0%55.2%57.3%
Expected Move17.7%15.8%20.9%15.8%16.4%
HV 20d52.5%43.2%59.8%56.5%59.5%
HV 60d105.4%86.7%122.1%122.1%87.3%
IV Rank30.8%22.8%41.2%25.8%27.5%
IV Percentile72.3%64.7%79.0%70.6%66.7%
Term Structure2.6%-1.6%9.7%5.4%3.3%
VWIV62.7%53.4%74.1%56.4%60.5%
Skew 25d14.4%5.4%17.3%5.4%15.2%
Skew 10d28.5%19.9%34.8%23.8%33.3%
Call IV 25d55.0%48.9%65.9%55.4%53.6%
Put IV 25d69.5%60.9%82.4%60.9%68.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %22.459.5174.7514.4713.03
Gamma HHI0.110.070.190.180.10
Net GEX1.2M-13.2M17.6M15.2M-12.8M
Net DEX500.8M-272.7M968.6M46.9M700.0M
Net VEX-7.2M-9.6M-5.8M-6.3M-9.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.670.233.812.761.06
Total Volume142,110.654,193242,15896,39154,193
Total OI2,517,163.951,673,9463,027,3492,533,5262,582,707

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-01-02$26.16$26.0055.2%15.8%56.5%25.8%56.4%5.4%5.4%15.2M46.9M-6.3M2.7614.4725,60870,7831,194,4311,339,095
2009-01-05$26.50$25.0055.7%17.0%53.1%26.3%53.4%15.6%0.5%16.7M-31.0M-6.9M0.3422.7889,93430,9391,199,2251,400,692
2009-01-06$27.10$26.0052.0%15.8%50.4%23.3%54.1%11.5%2.4%17.2M-272.7M-6.9M0.4015.7580,60132,1841,213,9801,377,135
2009-01-07$25.54$27.0059.1%17.4%51.9%29.0%57.1%11.6%0.5%15.3M124.1M-6.8M0.2316.47110,06324,8851,254,4771,401,157
2009-01-08$25.43$26.0060.6%17.6%51.6%30.3%58.4%11.6%-0.1%17.6M144.3M-6.9M0.5546.4365,76936,3091,314,4751,416,154
2009-01-09$24.88$26.0061.3%17.2%48.1%30.8%58.6%12.1%0.6%16.2M303.9M-6.7M1.0619.5052,47655,5891,358,0841,435,214
2009-01-12$23.83$25.0066.2%18.0%49.7%34.8%71.7%14.8%-0.6%7.8M674.2M-6.3M1.2718.7634,92344,4811,367,4911,474,131
2009-01-13$23.90$25.0051.4%18.0%49.4%22.8%61.8%14.5%-1.6%6.7M609.7M-6.2M2.2427.7318,05440,3861,371,0611,485,268
2009-01-14$22.74$25.0074.0%20.0%52.2%41.2%66.5%17.3%-0.0%-196.8K968.6M-5.9M1.3219.53104,509137,6491,367,8141,481,130
2009-01-15$23.00$25.0067.3%19.3%43.2%35.8%68.2%16.3%4.8%-382.9K919.8M-6.4M3.5074.7553,395187,0191,401,7891,563,315
2009-01-16$23.25$25.0060.6%17.4%43.4%30.3%62.1%14.9%3.6%639.0K897.6M-6.3M2.0622.1656,240115,6771,418,2021,609,147
2009-01-20$21.52$25.0073.0%20.9%50.2%40.4%73.0%16.5%1.0%-5.6M611.8M-5.8M1.5421.8761,01093,935763,652910,294
2009-01-21$22.69$25.0063.5%18.2%54.6%32.6%67.2%16.8%7.1%-6.1M545.3M-6.6M3.0025.0358,190174,341804,933975,845
2009-01-22$21.94$25.0066.9%19.2%54.2%35.4%68.2%15.5%3.0%-8.5M682.9M-6.8M3.8110.7546,925178,618839,9851,085,563
2009-01-23$22.22$24.0065.6%18.8%54.2%34.4%74.1%16.8%1.7%-10.6M624.8M-8.0M1.4115.7666,46793,753945,6001,290,210
2009-01-26$22.48$24.0061.1%17.5%54.4%30.7%65.6%16.9%9.7%-10.9M688.6M-8.1M3.1328.2950,370157,537934,5891,325,794
2009-01-27$22.88$24.0056.6%16.2%54.9%27.0%57.3%15.7%5.0%-13.2M693.1M-8.9M1.5413.3746,76271,801972,0331,427,609
2009-01-28$24.04$23.0058.0%16.6%57.9%28.2%59.7%15.4%1.1%-9.5M413.7M-9.6M0.789.5182,90764,6551,007,6001,476,747
2009-01-29$22.82$23.0058.5%16.8%59.8%28.6%60.9%14.6%4.3%-12.3M669.3M-9.6M1.5113.1729,14844,1271,053,3841,503,267
2009-01-30$22.65$23.0057.3%16.4%59.5%27.5%60.5%15.2%3.3%-12.8M700.0M-9.5M1.0613.0326,36627,8271,063,5401,519,167