EEM Options History — July 2011

In July 2011, EEM traded between $46.10 and $48.52. ATM implied volatility averaged 22.5%, placing in the 39.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.5% (HV 20d: 22.0%). Max pain ranged from $47.00 to $48.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.11.

Notable Days

  • 2011-07-28: Highest Volume — 359,768 contracts
  • 2011-07-11: Largest IV spike — 36.5% change
  • 2011-07-29: Highest IV Rank — 96.0%
  • 2011-07-29: Largest Expected Move — 7.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$47.18$46.10$48.52$46.85$47.11
Max Pain$47.05$47.00$48.00$48.00$47.00
ATM IV22.5%17.0%32.4%22.5%32.4%
Expected Move6.5%5.6%7.9%5.8%7.9%
HV 20d22.0%20.4%23.4%20.4%21.2%
HV 60d21.1%20.4%22.0%20.4%20.4%
IV Rank39.1%8.7%96.0%27.5%96.0%
IV Percentile44.2%0.8%99.6%41.7%99.6%
Term Structure0.6%-6.4%1.9%-6.4%-1.8%
VWIV23.7%19.3%27.9%19.3%27.9%
Skew 25d4.2%-5.6%6.1%-5.6%6.1%
Skew 10d9.3%0.9%12.7%0.9%12.7%
Call IV 25d20.6%17.8%24.9%19.0%24.9%
Put IV 25d24.9%13.4%31.0%13.4%31.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %19.675.1357.9957.9926.10
Gamma HHI0.100.080.120.080.09
Net GEX-117.4M-242.9M-47.9M-47.9M-81.5M
Net DEX1.04B-71.8M2.82B31.9M718.6M
Net VEX-32.4M-34.0M-31.2M-31.2M-34.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.110.515.291.880.65
Total Volume188,619.560,003359,768156,925272,080
Total OI4,734,796.14,204,3235,343,0554,852,0064,735,226

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-07-01$46.85$48.0022.5%5.8%20.4%27.5%19.3%-5.6%-6.4%-47.9M31.9M-31.2M1.8857.9954,568102,3571,583,5063,268,500
2011-07-05$48.14$47.0020.6%5.9%22.0%20.4%21.3%6.1%1.9%-78.1M306.0M-32.5M1.687.3143,93473,7881,582,2843,307,398
2011-07-06$47.91$47.0017.9%5.7%21.9%13.8%22.5%5.5%1.8%-107.8M657.7M-32.6M3.006.3725,70077,1641,602,4453,301,677
2011-07-07$48.52$47.0017.0%5.6%22.1%8.7%21.4%4.6%1.6%-55.6M-71.8M-32.1M1.246.6378,02797,0361,614,1313,331,741
2011-07-08$47.93$47.0017.2%5.9%22.5%9.7%23.4%5.4%1.9%-103.4M492.8M-32.5M5.2925.7939,289207,7851,658,6043,374,851
2011-07-11$46.79$47.0023.4%6.6%22.8%45.1%25.3%5.9%1.0%-214.7M2.10B-32.9M4.0310.0045,198181,9301,663,8043,450,649
2011-07-12$46.12$47.0025.9%6.9%23.4%59.0%26.4%4.9%1.1%-242.9M2.82B-32.7M3.219.0436,406117,0451,675,4533,450,016
2011-07-13$46.87$47.0021.9%6.5%23.4%36.3%23.1%4.1%1.0%-183.9M1.75B-32.5M1.259.34122,999153,8221,672,8803,444,465
2011-07-14$46.50$47.0024.3%7.0%22.1%50.2%24.5%5.5%1.0%-203.0M2.35B-32.8M2.0814.36111,075231,1201,711,8903,495,761
2011-07-15$46.66$47.0022.1%6.3%21.9%37.8%24.9%5.9%1.5%-192.0M2.05B-33.1M2.085.1372,063149,7301,768,3913,574,664
2011-07-18$46.10$47.0023.6%6.8%22.4%46.0%24.1%4.7%0.9%-145.8M1.91B-31.9M1.577.7775,279118,0731,432,7172,771,606
2011-07-19$46.76$47.0021.7%6.2%22.9%35.5%22.1%4.3%1.3%-116.9M1.22B-32.4M1.2320.1873,97791,1071,477,0662,818,670
2011-07-20$46.93$47.0022.4%6.4%22.2%39.3%23.8%4.0%1.1%-102.2M1.04B-32.2M3.3223.2334,249113,6701,508,2022,825,086
2011-07-21$47.73$47.0021.7%6.2%21.6%35.4%22.7%3.9%1.0%-61.0M262.2M-32.4M1.5655.0175,997118,5821,521,0562,861,253
2011-07-22$47.74$47.0020.9%6.0%21.5%30.6%22.5%3.3%1.2%-54.8M176.8M-31.5M2.8133.9228,88681,1051,556,6112,860,272
2011-07-25$47.57$47.0021.6%6.2%21.6%34.8%23.0%3.4%1.0%-73.3M372.8M-31.6M1.6219.7122,91837,0851,546,3192,886,519
2011-07-26$47.64$47.0021.8%6.3%21.3%36.2%22.8%3.1%1.2%-60.4M215.2M-31.4M2.0819.3428,27158,8991,552,2762,864,798
2011-07-27$46.87$47.0025.8%7.4%21.8%58.8%26.5%4.2%-0.2%-113.4M1.21B-32.1M1.1318.3275,71985,6891,566,0042,889,329
2011-07-28$46.89$47.0026.2%7.5%21.5%61.0%26.4%5.5%-0.2%-109.5M1.17B-32.6M0.5117.83238,821120,9471,580,8832,908,919
2011-07-29$47.11$47.0032.4%7.9%21.2%96.0%27.9%6.1%-1.8%-81.5M718.6M-34.0M0.6526.10164,957107,1231,757,5412,977,685