EEM Options History — May 2013

In May 2013, EEM traded between $41.19 and $44.23. ATM implied volatility averaged 16.4%, placing in the 17.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.3% (HV 20d: 15.1%). Max pain ranged from $42.00 to $43.50. Net GEX was positive for 6 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.54.

Notable Days

  • 2013-05-01: Highest Volume — 524,226 contracts
  • 2013-05-31: Largest IV spike — 12.1% change
  • 2013-05-31: Highest IV Rank — 37.2%
  • 2013-05-31: Largest Expected Move — 6.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$43.09$41.19$44.23$42.79$41.19
Max Pain$42.90$42.00$43.50$42.00$43.00
ATM IV16.4%14.6%20.9%16.7%20.9%
Expected Move4.7%4.3%6.1%4.8%6.1%
HV 20d15.1%10.6%19.2%18.9%11.8%
HV 60d14.3%13.9%14.6%14.1%14.4%
IV Rank17.4%9.5%37.2%18.5%37.2%
IV Percentile32.2%11.9%71.0%32.1%71.0%
Term Structure0.1%-1.7%1.8%0.2%-1.5%
VWIV17.9%14.9%24.0%19.8%21.6%
Skew 25d3.3%2.3%5.4%4.3%5.4%
Skew 10d6.9%-0.5%11.9%9.4%10.2%
Call IV 25d15.3%13.8%18.6%15.6%18.6%
Put IV 25d18.6%16.5%24.0%19.9%24.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %34.983.9495.9029.2822.85
Gamma HHI0.090.060.140.060.11
Net GEX-86.3M-318.4M137.2M-57.6M-318.4M
Net DEX737.8M-1.49B5.04B928.8M5.04B
Net VEX-37.0M-39.0M-35.9M-36.2M-36.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.540.369.995.723.92
Total Volume253,751.364102,900524,226524,226406,139
Total OI6,413,622.8645,788,3386,795,0135,813,4056,732,068

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-05-01$42.79$42.0016.7%4.8%18.9%18.5%19.8%4.3%0.2%-57.6M928.8M-36.2M5.7229.2878,048446,1782,399,9733,413,432
2013-05-02$43.14$42.0016.0%4.6%18.9%15.6%16.4%3.4%0.2%-233.1M884.2M-37.7M1.2961.9067,27887,0512,432,7453,985,710
2013-05-03$43.64$42.0015.1%4.3%19.1%11.5%14.9%2.5%0.3%-69.1M-430.8M-36.9M1.0961.4685,54993,3482,474,4383,784,970
2013-05-06$43.58$42.5015.4%4.4%19.1%12.9%15.4%3.1%-0.4%-57.3M-392.8M-35.9M1.2747.7178,07399,1632,467,4313,797,021
2013-05-07$43.84$42.5014.9%4.3%19.2%10.6%15.6%3.1%0.2%2.5M-1.00B-36.1M1.5495.9065,079100,5102,520,7123,848,032
2013-05-08$44.23$43.5015.1%4.3%18.8%11.5%21.8%3.0%0.4%47.7M-1.49B-36.9M0.3627.81346,524126,3012,536,0653,850,965
2013-05-09$43.91$43.5015.4%4.4%19.1%12.8%15.6%2.8%0.2%43.9M-1.16B-39.0M6.3822.1540,523258,6192,801,7503,894,072
2013-05-10$43.67$43.5016.2%4.7%18.3%16.6%16.9%3.4%0.3%-33.7M-657.6M-38.7M1.3030.0152,58168,3302,787,7443,912,912
2013-05-13$43.29$43.5016.6%4.8%16.0%18.3%19.3%3.3%0.0%-112.4M217.8M-38.2M0.8535.1558,11649,4472,796,3883,915,206
2013-05-14$43.42$43.5016.4%4.7%14.6%17.2%16.7%2.5%-0.1%-54.2M-250.0M-37.7M1.9936.2566,522132,1172,820,4643,929,166
2013-05-15$43.38$43.5016.2%4.6%13.2%16.5%15.7%3.1%-0.0%-58.7M-236.5M-37.1M0.8534.79111,39794,5492,837,8153,957,198
2013-05-16$43.28$0.0016.1%4.6%13.3%16.2%24.0%2.7%-0.5%-81.3M-128.6M-36.6M2.353.9449,569116,4272,826,9133,947,650
2013-05-17$43.46$43.0015.4%4.5%12.7%13.1%15.7%2.6%-0.5%137.2M-533.8M-36.2M1.1449.7491,301103,7622,816,9913,970,444
2013-05-20$43.53$43.0014.6%4.3%12.7%9.5%15.4%2.8%0.7%39.0M-186.7M-35.9M1.1220.3376,61186,0592,576,6953,211,643
2013-05-21$43.44$43.0015.0%4.3%12.7%11.4%15.5%2.3%0.8%20.6M115.0M-36.7M1.6154.6868,108109,7072,621,6323,250,988
2013-05-22$42.95$43.0015.8%4.5%13.3%14.7%16.4%2.6%0.8%-48.6M1.00B-36.4M2.8019.78115,636323,6582,635,9793,310,504
2013-05-23$42.61$43.0016.5%4.7%13.4%17.7%17.2%3.5%1.8%-111.9M1.94B-37.1M4.3953.1986,558379,6782,678,0463,434,543
2013-05-24$42.32$43.0017.2%4.8%12.9%20.8%17.6%3.9%1.7%-142.4M2.52B-37.7M9.9926.1636,580365,3072,714,0913,514,217
2013-05-28$42.40$43.0018.1%5.3%12.0%24.6%19.8%4.3%-1.0%-227.6M2.73B-37.3M2.8011.3449,317138,2072,706,2303,743,032
2013-05-29$41.95$42.5019.0%5.4%11.3%28.6%20.6%4.4%-1.7%-287.4M3.69B-37.1M0.6510.96165,093106,6102,722,7823,832,651
2013-05-30$41.98$42.5018.7%5.4%10.6%27.3%21.1%4.3%-0.6%-294.9M3.64B-37.1M2.4614.2729,75173,1492,828,1903,860,205
2013-05-31$41.19$43.0020.9%6.1%11.8%37.2%21.6%5.4%-1.5%-318.4M5.04B-36.1M3.9222.8582,617323,5222,857,4103,874,658