EEM Options History — July 2013

In July 2013, EEM traded between $37.39 and $40.07. ATM implied volatility averaged 22.7%, placing in the 45.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 4.1% (HV 20d: 26.8%). Max pain ranged from $38.00 to $41.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.38.

Notable Days

  • 2013-07-05: Highest Volume — 1,137,215 contracts
  • 2013-07-02: Largest IV spike — 12.6% change
  • 2013-07-03: Highest IV Rank — 67.3%
  • 2013-07-03: Largest Expected Move — 8.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$38.94$37.39$40.07$38.56$39.06
Max Pain$39.10$38.00$41.00$38.50$40.00
ATM IV22.7%18.9%27.9%23.0%21.0%
Expected Move6.5%5.4%8.0%6.6%6.0%
HV 20d26.8%22.0%32.4%27.8%22.0%
HV 60d21.8%20.4%22.5%20.9%21.9%
IV Rank45.0%28.2%67.3%46.0%37.3%
IV Percentile80.6%57.9%98.0%85.3%75.0%
Term Structure-0.2%-0.7%0.8%-0.4%-0.7%
VWIV23.8%19.4%32.0%22.6%23.1%
Skew 25d5.1%4.0%7.4%5.5%4.9%
Skew 10d11.4%7.9%16.6%12.8%10.8%
Call IV 25d20.9%17.4%24.8%20.4%19.1%
Put IV 25d26.0%21.8%32.2%26.0%23.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %12.014.2327.5814.9110.06
Gamma HHI0.080.070.110.090.08
Net GEX-219.2M-383.1M-88.0M-225.0M-266.4M
Net DEX4.88B1.26B9.16B6.40B4.02B
Net VEX-43.6M-46.9M-39.2M-41.7M-42.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.380.537.630.532.48
Total Volume399,394.591116,6681,137,215367,312299,783
Total OI9,561,638.0918,614,96310,732,5698,799,1239,198,512

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-07-01$38.56$38.5023.0%6.6%27.8%46.0%22.6%5.5%-0.4%-225.0M6.40B-41.7M0.5314.91240,357126,9553,742,1685,056,955
2013-07-02$37.92$38.5025.9%7.4%28.1%58.7%24.5%7.2%-0.2%-251.8M7.62B-40.6M4.4512.17104,472465,3783,809,4785,075,811
2013-07-03$37.58$38.0027.9%8.0%27.6%67.3%32.0%7.4%-0.6%-312.2M8.39B-41.0M4.869.7566,926325,0513,718,6725,329,578
2013-07-05$37.40$38.0026.2%7.5%27.3%60.0%28.3%7.1%-0.2%-341.3M9.16B-39.2M0.824.23624,980512,2353,751,6295,538,296
2013-07-08$37.39$38.0025.1%7.2%27.3%55.2%23.4%6.9%-0.4%-383.1M9.08B-40.8M0.6214.99180,932112,8573,972,6015,757,154
2013-07-09$37.87$38.0022.4%6.4%27.6%43.6%23.4%5.3%-0.3%-366.9M8.15B-40.9M4.0727.5875,924309,0604,091,6745,764,446
2013-07-10$37.52$38.0024.3%7.0%27.2%51.6%24.0%5.6%-0.3%-356.0M8.65B-40.7M7.6311.7980,560614,5784,120,2035,756,449
2013-07-11$39.35$0.0023.0%6.6%32.4%46.2%25.2%5.2%-0.3%-188.2M4.10B-46.2M1.3112.39241,144315,0984,176,6445,897,684
2013-07-12$38.90$39.0024.6%7.1%31.7%53.1%25.3%5.3%-0.2%-238.8M5.32B-46.9M2.1313.9798,613209,6344,255,3436,023,942
2013-07-15$39.47$39.0023.3%6.6%31.7%47.6%26.7%4.4%-0.1%-173.6M3.88B-45.6M2.6726.6791,603244,4854,249,0735,963,107
2013-07-16$39.46$39.0024.2%6.9%31.6%51.5%26.4%4.3%-0.7%-168.9M4.03B-45.6M3.0111.5986,674260,9384,292,6956,029,268
2013-07-17$39.85$39.0023.2%6.6%31.8%47.2%25.4%4.5%-0.2%-124.0M3.08B-46.5M1.6521.45230,970381,3124,350,1606,124,017
2013-07-18$39.38$39.0023.5%6.8%29.9%48.6%24.8%4.3%0.5%-153.9M4.42B-45.6M1.9815.18166,910329,7144,454,9926,124,065
2013-07-19$39.28$39.0022.1%6.3%24.7%42.0%22.7%4.1%0.8%-143.8M4.56B-45.2M1.3515.30138,018185,8264,481,0826,251,487
2013-07-22$39.71$41.0020.9%6.0%24.6%37.2%21.1%4.2%-0.1%-155.8M2.38B-42.7M0.587.21322,893186,5553,644,9314,970,032
2013-07-23$40.07$40.0019.9%5.7%23.2%32.5%21.4%4.0%0.3%-88.0M1.26B-45.8M1.505.30125,042187,4663,825,8135,058,565
2013-07-24$39.69$40.0020.7%5.9%22.7%36.3%20.8%4.4%-0.3%-136.7M2.11B-45.3M2.217.9286,739191,8203,876,6035,116,062
2013-07-25$39.86$40.0019.4%5.6%22.5%30.4%19.4%4.4%0.1%-137.9M2.03B-45.6M2.855.2240,055114,0793,919,6525,199,795
2013-07-26$39.83$40.0018.9%5.4%22.4%28.2%20.7%4.4%0.0%-144.4M2.05B-44.7M2.605.0832,37884,2903,937,2885,233,078
2013-07-29$39.36$39.0020.5%5.9%22.8%35.4%22.2%5.0%-0.3%-221.2M3.24B-43.6M0.985.5569,33467,7673,899,9105,197,907
2013-07-30$39.27$40.0020.3%5.8%22.8%34.5%20.1%4.8%-0.2%-243.8M3.51B-43.0M2.086.0051,067106,2093,913,8265,205,391
2013-07-31$39.06$40.0021.0%6.0%22.0%37.3%23.1%4.9%-0.7%-266.4M4.02B-42.8M2.4810.0686,041213,7423,936,5065,262,006