EEM Options History — May 2011

In May 2011, EEM traded between $46.06 and $50.05. ATM implied volatility averaged 21.9%, placing in the 13.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.0% (HV 20d: 20.8%). Max pain ranged from $49.00 to $49.00. Net GEX was positive for 1 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 21 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.50.

Notable Days

  • 2011-05-26: Highest Volume — 463,418 contracts
  • 2011-05-31: Largest IV spike — 32.4% change
  • 2011-05-04: Highest IV Rank — 24.8%
  • 2011-05-06: Largest Expected Move — 6.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$47.70$46.06$50.05$50.05$48.53
Max Pain$49.00$49.00$49.00$49.00$49.00
ATM IV21.9%15.4%26.2%21.6%20.4%
Expected Move6.2%5.2%6.8%5.7%5.3%
HV 20d20.8%18.3%22.8%18.3%22.2%
HV 60d19.9%18.9%20.5%18.9%20.0%
IV Rank13.0%0.0%24.8%11.6%13.5%
IV Percentile31.9%0.0%62.3%28.6%18.7%
Term Structure1.2%0.6%2.6%1.9%1.7%
VWIV22.7%19.5%25.3%21.2%20.5%
Skew 25d4.7%2.2%5.4%4.3%3.8%
Skew 10d9.3%6.3%11.3%9.0%7.9%
Call IV 25d19.8%17.4%21.2%18.2%17.4%
Put IV 25d24.5%19.8%26.5%22.5%21.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %6.423.4717.353.984.74
Gamma HHI0.120.070.550.090.09
Net GEX-219.7M-830.1M28.7M28.7M-99.5M
Net DEX1.96B-1.32B3.54B-1.32B514.7M
Net VEX-35.5M-38.6M-33.1M-36.1M-34.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.501.026.186.181.84
Total Volume268,622.714168,309463,418232,888207,972
Total OI5,586,246.2384,962,3785,973,7405,334,8785,515,238

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-05-02$50.05$49.0021.6%5.7%18.3%11.6%21.2%4.3%1.9%28.7M-1.32B-36.1M6.183.9832,415200,4731,842,0803,492,798
2011-05-03$48.90$49.0023.2%6.4%19.9%16.2%23.3%5.4%1.3%-66.1M351.7M-37.3M1.8211.75151,254274,8561,859,5373,549,164
2011-05-04$48.11$49.0026.2%6.5%20.6%24.8%22.3%5.2%1.1%-158.5M1.69B-38.6M2.154.15142,052304,8391,883,6363,774,250
2011-05-05$47.63$49.0022.3%6.4%20.6%13.8%23.5%4.5%1.4%-183.9M2.27B-37.9M2.488.4352,641130,3021,801,7263,795,920
2011-05-06$48.25$49.0023.4%6.8%21.3%16.8%24.7%5.3%0.6%-134.7M1.37B-37.4M2.118.2074,403157,2721,806,1733,764,424
2011-05-09$48.34$49.0022.5%6.6%21.4%14.3%23.2%5.2%0.9%-134.3M1.14B-36.2M1.283.7299,721127,7151,811,6293,801,802
2011-05-10$48.91$49.0021.3%6.2%21.5%10.9%24.2%5.0%0.9%-108.3M514.1M-36.0M1.785.0781,021144,0351,808,3523,973,289
2011-05-11$47.83$49.0021.4%6.5%21.8%11.1%24.4%4.8%0.9%-222.8M2.17B-36.1M2.675.2984,131224,8661,829,7573,895,955
2011-05-12$47.97$49.0022.3%6.4%21.6%13.8%22.6%5.3%1.0%-235.5M1.94B-36.5M1.079.5381,36986,9401,852,6244,017,110
2011-05-13$46.92$49.0023.1%6.6%22.8%16.1%23.7%5.0%1.2%-343.2M3.51B-36.1M3.885.3852,034202,1281,871,0923,987,782
2011-05-16$46.78$49.0023.3%6.7%22.7%16.6%24.0%5.3%0.9%-332.6M3.54B-35.0M1.024.19120,850123,7811,840,9023,965,176
2011-05-17$47.00$49.0023.0%6.6%21.2%15.7%25.3%5.0%1.0%-296.4M3.17B-34.9M3.924.8149,190193,0731,887,1313,971,685
2011-05-18$47.76$49.0021.2%6.1%21.3%10.6%21.8%4.8%1.3%-231.5M2.11B-34.5M2.624.2373,197191,6921,904,2694,069,471
2011-05-19$47.52$49.0020.6%5.9%19.1%8.8%22.0%5.1%1.4%-251.4M2.37B-34.0M1.915.1976,109145,0261,914,7723,976,471
2011-05-20$47.07$49.0021.3%6.1%18.9%10.7%22.5%4.7%1.4%-830.1M2.96B-33.7M2.6117.3570,737184,8731,953,2373,998,612
2011-05-23$46.06$49.0023.1%6.6%20.0%15.9%23.9%4.9%0.8%-233.7M3.37B-33.1M2.207.1285,163187,2701,576,8893,385,489
2011-05-24$46.50$49.0022.9%6.6%20.0%15.5%22.8%4.6%0.6%-223.9M2.91B-33.3M1.125.62130,677146,7491,610,4093,446,617
2011-05-25$46.57$49.0020.6%5.9%20.1%8.7%20.7%4.1%0.9%-216.6M2.84B-33.6M1.833.9875,216137,5021,683,0953,500,714
2011-05-26$47.25$49.0020.0%5.7%21.0%7.3%21.2%4.0%1.5%-183.8M2.04B-34.3M5.593.4770,328393,0901,691,7553,564,787
2011-05-27$47.71$49.0015.4%5.2%21.2%0.0%19.5%2.2%2.6%-156.5M1.60B-34.9M2.518.6778,156195,9591,714,7683,720,584
2011-05-31$48.53$49.0020.4%5.3%22.2%13.5%20.5%3.8%1.7%-99.5M514.7M-34.8M1.844.7473,208134,7641,764,9603,750,278