EEM Options History — February 2009

In February 2009, EEM traded between $20.99 and $24.94. ATM implied volatility averaged 58.7%, placing in the 28.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 16.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.3% (HV 20d: 55.4%). Max pain ranged from $23.00 to $25.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.33.

Notable Days

  • 2009-02-18: Highest Volume — 411,963 contracts
  • 2009-02-17: Largest IV spike — 20.6% change
  • 2009-02-23: Highest IV Rank — 37.5%
  • 2009-02-23: Largest Expected Move — 19.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$22.81$20.99$24.94$22.42$21.23
Max Pain$24.58$23.00$25.00$23.00$25.00
ATM IV58.7%50.2%69.4%63.0%64.6%
Expected Move16.8%14.4%19.9%18.1%18.5%
HV 20d55.4%48.5%61.7%56.3%48.5%
HV 60d70.4%55.5%85.3%85.3%55.5%
IV Rank28.7%21.8%37.5%32.2%33.6%
IV Percentile67.1%58.7%77.4%73.0%74.2%
Term Structure-1.9%-7.3%0.4%0.3%-4.3%
VWIV59.4%50.5%72.2%62.1%67.0%
Skew 25d12.8%6.9%19.3%13.7%9.5%
Skew 10d27.4%1.8%38.7%32.1%32.6%
Call IV 25d52.3%45.6%61.9%56.1%53.7%
Put IV 25d65.2%57.2%81.2%69.7%63.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %24.574.0595.797.8195.79
Gamma HHI0.110.080.140.110.14
Net GEX-22.6M-38.2M-1.7M-14.5M-32.8M
Net DEX889.1M-3.3M1.59B789.1M1.35B
Net VEX-10.6M-11.5M-9.2M-9.2M-10.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.330.406.852.736.85
Total Volume185,549.68440,492411,96340,492211,270
Total OI3,150,911.7372,598,0743,563,3872,598,0743,338,759

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-02-02$22.42$23.0063.0%18.1%56.3%32.2%62.1%13.7%0.3%-14.5M789.1M-9.2M2.737.8110,84529,6471,067,3751,530,699
2009-02-03$23.09$23.0055.7%16.0%57.4%26.3%54.1%12.6%0.3%-14.9M702.0M-9.3M1.1011.4421,55723,8061,069,2271,544,899
2009-02-04$23.26$23.0058.1%16.7%56.6%28.2%51.8%13.4%-2.5%-12.6M570.3M-9.3M1.1419.25145,677166,4551,079,3841,558,319
2009-02-05$23.75$23.0054.9%15.7%54.0%25.6%53.7%12.1%-1.2%-8.1M375.5M-10.6M2.6422.4966,849176,1681,202,9811,656,460
2009-02-06$24.94$25.0050.8%15.1%57.2%22.3%56.2%11.5%0.4%-1.7M-3.3M-11.1M1.929.9779,365152,1151,256,5181,701,683
2009-02-09$24.81$25.0058.2%15.9%56.7%28.3%55.8%12.4%-3.9%-6.5M159.2M-11.2M0.5711.3935,60420,2241,285,4221,766,971
2009-02-10$23.31$25.0061.6%17.4%59.0%31.1%59.8%15.5%-4.5%-13.1M547.0M-10.7M2.1610.9088,276190,9321,294,7171,770,071
2009-02-11$24.01$25.0054.4%15.3%59.9%25.2%62.2%6.9%-0.4%-22.3M631.0M-11.2M2.1313.7456,447120,1321,353,1441,885,099
2009-02-12$23.86$25.0054.4%15.6%57.1%25.2%55.6%8.3%-0.9%-19.8M571.1M-11.5M1.1926.4043,35851,5031,365,6021,936,725
2009-02-13$23.98$25.0050.2%14.4%57.0%21.8%50.5%11.6%0.2%-24.2M635.1M-11.3M0.717.3761,69343,5481,363,3111,979,516
2009-02-17$22.45$25.0060.5%17.3%61.7%30.2%63.4%15.0%-1.8%-30.4M1.27B-10.7M2.167.0238,44083,1851,361,5161,990,779
2009-02-18$22.29$25.0059.7%17.1%55.0%29.5%61.8%14.9%-2.6%-30.5M1.30B-10.5M4.8811.1170,034341,9291,379,0622,018,653
2009-02-19$22.08$25.0059.6%17.1%51.6%29.5%61.1%14.1%-2.8%-34.0M1.31B-11.1M2.7787.6654,356150,3971,390,4252,163,392
2009-02-20$21.52$25.0060.8%17.4%51.1%30.5%60.5%15.6%-1.9%-38.2M1.59B-10.5M3.6912.9569,090254,9611,411,9202,151,467
2009-02-23$20.99$25.0069.4%19.9%51.5%37.5%72.2%19.3%-7.3%-29.7M1.45B-10.5M2.365.9578,043183,7991,139,1751,999,799
2009-02-24$22.14$25.0061.2%17.5%55.0%30.7%68.1%14.8%-1.9%-29.0M1.09B-10.9M3.056.8057,861176,4311,190,8322,013,854
2009-02-25$21.76$25.0059.5%17.1%54.9%29.4%58.0%9.6%-1.4%-32.9M1.26B-10.7M1.7794.8135,08862,0221,211,1212,117,365
2009-02-26$21.57$25.0058.3%16.7%51.3%28.4%55.6%13.3%-0.3%-34.2M1.30B-10.7M0.404.0553,01821,3191,216,6022,104,479
2009-02-27$21.23$25.0064.6%18.5%48.5%33.6%67.0%9.5%-4.3%-32.8M1.35B-10.7M6.8595.7926,902184,3681,240,3812,098,378