EEM Options History — October 2013

In October 2013, EEM traded between $41.37 and $43.65. ATM implied volatility averaged 20.4%, placing in the 39.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.5% (HV 20d: 19.0%). Max pain ranged from $41.50 to $44.50. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.55.

Notable Days

  • 2013-10-22: Highest Volume — 550,890 contracts
  • 2013-10-10: Largest IV drop — 14.6% change
  • 2013-10-08: Highest IV Rank — 66.8%
  • 2013-10-08: Largest Expected Move — 7.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$42.54$41.37$43.65$41.61$42.50
Max Pain$42.55$41.50$44.50$42.00$43.50
ATM IV20.4%16.8%25.8%21.8%18.3%
Expected Move5.9%4.8%7.4%6.3%5.2%
HV 20d19.0%14.6%23.4%23.4%15.3%
HV 60d20.1%19.6%22.1%22.1%19.6%
IV Rank39.9%21.5%66.8%46.6%29.3%
IV Percentile64.6%37.7%96.0%79.4%48.8%
Term Structure0.1%-1.2%1.2%-0.2%0.6%
VWIV21.4%16.9%29.5%21.8%17.5%
Skew 25d4.6%2.9%7.5%4.6%3.5%
Skew 10d9.8%5.8%15.9%8.9%8.2%
Call IV 25d18.6%15.3%23.4%20.0%17.0%
Put IV 25d23.2%19.1%30.2%24.6%20.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %8.614.6922.397.895.84
Gamma HHI0.080.060.110.060.08
Net GEX145.5M18.5M311.1M26.2M35.2M
Net DEX-2.29B-4.75B-265.1M-783.6M-824.6M
Net VEX-39.4M-40.6M-36.5M-40.2M-39.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.550.263.992.520.82
Total Volume300,975.739120,984550,890217,783120,984
Total OI8,323,560.2177,804,6319,109,1587,804,6319,109,158

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-10-01$41.61$42.0021.8%6.3%23.4%46.6%21.8%4.6%-0.2%26.2M-783.6M-40.2M2.527.8961,834155,9493,581,5274,223,104
2013-10-02$41.61$41.5022.5%6.5%22.9%50.4%22.7%4.8%-0.2%39.9M-906.3M-40.6M0.896.5380,22571,0863,616,3144,218,386
2013-10-03$41.51$41.5023.2%6.6%22.9%53.5%24.0%4.8%-0.3%29.7M-718.8M-40.4M1.296.10104,062134,6863,610,7774,235,889
2013-10-04$42.05$41.5021.8%6.3%22.9%46.9%21.4%4.9%-0.1%84.6M-1.71B-40.4M2.755.6974,068203,4213,657,0204,276,690
2013-10-07$41.64$41.5024.5%7.0%21.3%60.3%28.4%6.4%-0.8%42.4M-775.0M-39.8M3.998.3330,264120,7403,629,9984,241,833
2013-10-08$41.37$41.5025.8%7.4%21.3%66.8%26.2%6.9%-1.1%18.5M-265.1M-40.2M3.146.8833,525105,4023,639,5554,287,259
2013-10-09$41.65$41.5025.6%7.3%21.4%65.8%29.5%7.5%-1.2%19.1M-597.2M-40.3M0.266.57415,321109,8443,645,8004,348,278
2013-10-10$42.54$0.0021.9%6.3%22.2%47.2%23.8%6.0%-0.1%147.6M-2.63B-40.2M0.4612.50332,149153,5393,747,4484,396,435
2013-10-11$42.81$42.0020.2%5.8%22.3%38.6%22.1%5.8%-0.3%178.7M-3.22B-40.1M2.069.3759,894123,2853,773,1564,456,172
2013-10-14$43.02$41.5020.5%5.8%22.1%40.1%23.8%5.7%1.1%197.2M-3.55B-39.1M1.066.8889,40794,3993,760,2614,450,477
2013-10-15$42.66$41.5022.7%6.5%22.4%51.0%24.4%6.2%-0.0%167.4M-2.71B-39.6M1.9818.5399,066195,7773,807,2344,470,872
2013-10-16$42.92$42.0020.0%5.7%17.3%37.5%21.8%5.1%1.2%214.0M-3.35B-39.2M0.8722.39224,808196,5573,852,6774,570,803
2013-10-17$43.23$42.0018.9%5.4%17.4%32.5%18.1%4.3%0.5%267.4M-4.30B-37.9M0.5810.72272,260156,8853,904,0754,621,167
2013-10-18$43.31$42.0017.0%4.8%15.1%22.6%19.1%3.6%0.6%311.1M-4.75B-38.1M1.356.22202,260272,7024,087,6604,693,808
2013-10-21$43.23$44.5016.8%4.9%15.1%21.5%18.8%3.9%1.1%288.1M-3.65B-36.5M1.635.9882,499134,1843,826,1114,137,640
2013-10-22$43.65$43.5017.1%4.9%15.1%23.3%16.9%3.1%0.9%306.8M-4.38B-37.8M0.495.16369,526181,3643,856,8064,230,930
2013-10-23$42.72$44.0018.9%5.4%16.9%32.5%18.3%3.6%0.6%200.9M-2.32B-40.5M1.167.58195,748227,4024,138,8354,339,286
2013-10-24$42.57$44.0019.0%5.5%17.0%32.5%19.3%3.3%-0.4%141.0M-1.81B-40.1M3.4913.54121,020422,4894,094,7404,464,530
2013-10-25$42.75$44.0018.8%5.4%16.7%31.6%19.0%3.0%-0.6%121.2M-1.80B-39.9M0.817.61105,84886,2604,116,4894,758,183
2013-10-28$43.01$43.5018.3%5.2%15.9%29.4%17.9%2.9%0.4%170.4M-2.56B-38.8M1.876.4545,09984,4124,083,9064,716,260
2013-10-29$43.12$43.5018.3%5.2%14.6%29.0%18.2%2.9%0.6%177.3M-2.70B-38.8M0.724.69128,83592,4924,089,3124,757,414
2013-10-30$42.95$43.5018.2%5.2%14.7%28.6%20.2%3.0%0.7%161.8M-2.38B-38.6M1.526.52139,009211,8564,121,5664,796,044
2013-10-31$42.50$43.5018.3%5.2%15.3%29.3%17.5%3.5%0.6%35.2M-824.6M-39.1M0.825.8466,52754,4574,148,6254,960,533