EEM Options History — December 2013

In December 2013, EEM traded between $40.47 and $42.07. ATM implied volatility averaged 19.7%, placing in the 36.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.0% (HV 20d: 17.7%). Max pain ranged from $41.00 to $41.00. Net GEX was positive for 1 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.80.

Notable Days

  • 2013-12-04: Highest Volume — 930,473 contracts
  • 2013-12-18: Largest IV drop — 12.4% change
  • 2013-12-05: Highest IV Rank — 51.7%
  • 2013-12-06: Largest Expected Move — 7.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$41.21$40.47$42.07$41.46$41.79
Max Pain$41.00$41.00$41.00$41.00$41.00
ATM IV19.7%16.4%22.8%21.3%18.4%
Expected Move6.7%6.3%7.4%6.8%6.3%
HV 20d17.7%16.4%19.0%18.1%16.8%
HV 60d17.1%16.1%18.7%18.7%16.3%
IV Rank36.1%19.6%51.7%44.2%29.5%
IV Percentile60.1%33.7%85.7%76.6%47.2%
Term Structure0.5%-0.5%1.4%0.3%-0.5%
VWIV24.2%21.9%27.7%23.8%24.8%
Skew 25d3.5%2.1%4.7%4.7%3.1%
Skew 10d7.0%4.6%10.0%9.0%8.2%
Call IV 25d18.6%15.6%21.0%19.5%17.6%
Put IV 25d22.1%18.4%25.7%24.2%20.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %10.623.8935.243.899.25
Gamma HHI0.110.070.460.070.08
Net GEX-169.6M-780.4M966.1K-99.5M-44.3M
Net DEX2.59B588.5M5.37B1.55B673.6M
Net VEX-30.8M-35.9M-26.5M-34.7M-26.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.800.504.481.031.30
Total Volume315,625.8144,272930,473161,033198,756
Total OI8,853,459.6195,987,17310,532,7879,432,5406,002,124

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-12-02$41.46$41.0021.3%6.8%18.1%44.2%23.8%4.7%0.3%-99.5M1.55B-34.7M1.033.8979,33681,6974,254,2125,178,328
2013-12-03$41.31$41.0022.2%6.8%17.8%48.5%24.1%4.5%-0.1%-124.7M2.14B-34.3M3.9311.9295,672376,4564,260,7235,202,124
2013-12-04$41.30$41.0021.9%6.9%16.4%46.9%25.3%4.3%0.5%-181.5M2.55B-34.9M3.7913.83194,210736,2634,277,5205,409,982
2013-12-05$41.08$41.0022.8%6.9%16.4%51.7%26.0%4.7%0.0%-209.6M3.33B-35.5M1.047.5961,02263,2144,392,4375,536,121
2013-12-06$41.97$41.0021.2%7.4%17.4%43.7%25.6%4.4%0.8%-28.6M893.9M-35.9M4.4835.2480,688361,1774,414,2305,557,460
2013-12-09$42.07$41.0020.3%6.8%17.3%39.1%24.0%4.3%1.4%966.1K588.5M-33.9M2.078.0677,449160,6534,399,3065,397,584
2013-12-10$42.00$41.0019.8%6.7%17.1%36.6%24.3%4.5%1.1%-14.8M736.6M-33.7M1.878.37118,564221,4114,411,5215,436,507
2013-12-11$41.11$41.0021.7%6.9%18.9%46.2%24.4%4.4%1.0%-162.5M3.07B-32.8M1.238.55162,298198,9444,454,1235,470,683
2013-12-12$40.85$41.0021.5%6.9%19.0%45.0%23.8%4.0%0.3%-256.8M4.11B-32.1M1.217.92130,865158,7494,480,0445,571,145
2013-12-13$40.89$41.0021.4%6.8%18.3%44.5%23.6%4.1%-0.1%-259.4M4.10B-31.5M0.7412.04278,233205,9354,471,2445,594,052
2013-12-16$41.23$41.0021.9%6.8%17.1%47.4%24.0%3.8%0.0%-152.2M3.04B-31.1M1.147.77159,356181,6734,606,0545,643,380
2013-12-17$40.86$41.0020.7%6.8%16.8%41.3%27.7%2.8%-0.0%-223.4M3.64B-29.4M0.5012.70359,638180,7534,646,0665,647,338
2013-12-18$41.31$41.0018.2%6.6%17.4%28.5%23.5%2.2%1.2%-78.0M2.66B-29.8M1.7410.19130,591227,5264,598,0195,685,214
2013-12-19$40.52$41.0017.9%6.6%18.0%27.3%23.4%2.1%0.3%-320.9M5.17B-28.0M2.948.41111,277326,9534,614,5875,701,639
2013-12-20$40.47$41.0017.4%6.7%18.0%24.9%23.3%2.6%0.5%-780.4M5.37B-27.8M1.2021.30147,908178,0784,644,8455,887,942
2013-12-23$40.83$41.0016.4%6.5%18.2%19.6%21.9%2.8%1.0%-153.3M2.63B-27.5M0.538.23167,42488,0712,531,3833,480,610
2013-12-24$41.02$41.0016.4%6.5%17.7%20.0%24.3%2.8%1.1%-133.5M2.30B-27.2M1.386.9621,42529,6262,523,0173,477,374
2013-12-26$40.65$41.0017.0%6.5%17.9%22.7%24.2%2.6%0.6%-180.1M2.99B-26.5M1.166.8920,48723,7852,530,4703,498,559
2013-12-27$41.26$41.0017.0%6.4%18.7%22.5%22.6%2.2%0.6%-95.7M1.75B-27.0M0.717.3748,96034,8232,538,1883,509,324
2013-12-30$41.48$41.0017.8%6.5%18.3%26.7%23.2%2.9%0.1%-63.1M1.12B-26.5M3.856.6730,534117,6622,548,3953,438,778
2013-12-31$41.79$41.0018.4%6.3%16.8%29.5%24.8%3.1%-0.5%-44.3M673.6M-26.5M1.309.2586,509112,2472,509,1163,493,008