EEM Options History — October 2014

In October 2014, EEM traded between $40.27 and $42.12. ATM implied volatility averaged 20.2%, placing in the 55.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.1% (HV 20d: 18.1%). Max pain ranged from $44.00 to $45.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.23.

Notable Days

  • 2014-10-15: Highest Volume — 865,851 contracts
  • 2014-10-15: Largest IV spike — 23.2% change
  • 2014-10-15: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2014-10-15: Largest Expected Move — 6.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$41.16$40.27$42.12$40.71$42.12
Max Pain$44.61$44.00$45.00$45.00$44.00
ATM IV20.2%16.9%27.0%20.7%16.9%
Expected Move5.5%5.0%6.4%5.7%5.0%
HV 20d18.1%15.4%19.9%15.4%17.8%
HV 60d15.1%14.3%15.9%14.3%15.7%
IV Rank55.6%32.5%100.0%60.6%32.5%
IV Percentile67.8%38.5%100.0%75.4%38.5%
Term Structure-0.3%-2.6%0.4%-0.2%0.1%
VWIV21.9%19.1%29.0%29.0%20.9%
Skew 25d4.9%2.5%9.0%5.5%2.5%
Skew 10d10.6%5.0%19.0%10.3%5.0%
Call IV 25d18.3%15.6%23.6%18.1%15.9%
Put IV 25d23.3%18.4%32.7%23.6%18.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %8.095.7514.017.176.14
Gamma HHI0.110.060.160.120.06
Net GEX-411.8M-635.7M-46.6M-572.2M-46.6M
Net DEX5.39B524.6M8.80B8.35B524.6M
Net VEX-34.6M-37.4M-30.0M-35.4M-32.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.230.665.814.441.07
Total Volume463,080.739198,452865,851519,265595,653
Total OI8,143,649.2617,199,7199,099,2308,108,5227,811,104

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-10-01$40.71$45.0020.7%5.7%15.4%60.6%29.0%5.5%-0.2%-572.2M8.35B-35.4M4.447.1795,437423,8282,775,7685,332,754
2014-10-02$40.93$45.0019.5%5.6%15.9%51.7%22.4%5.5%0.1%-582.8M8.00B-35.9M5.816.2881,464473,1862,837,4235,412,584
2014-10-03$41.28$45.0018.4%5.5%15.9%44.4%22.7%4.7%0.4%-527.1M6.82B-36.0M4.585.7559,320271,6972,871,6585,472,901
2014-10-06$41.78$45.0018.5%5.3%16.8%44.9%20.5%4.0%-0.1%-492.3M5.25B-36.1M2.717.42102,388277,3062,801,1125,455,569
2014-10-07$41.49$45.0019.9%5.7%16.7%54.8%19.7%4.5%-0.1%-512.9M6.03B-36.3M2.529.0056,315142,1372,882,8825,526,534
2014-10-08$42.10$45.0019.3%5.4%17.9%50.2%21.7%4.2%-0.2%-476.1M4.50B-36.7M1.986.62171,414339,3562,926,3465,578,972
2014-10-09$41.41$45.0020.5%5.7%18.5%59.1%21.4%4.4%-0.2%-510.6M6.10B-36.2M2.396.26181,402433,3002,975,9205,587,607
2014-10-10$40.78$45.0021.7%5.8%18.9%67.5%20.5%5.1%-0.4%-607.1M8.06B-36.6M1.9014.01144,967274,7783,117,4935,783,321
2014-10-13$40.98$45.0023.5%6.1%19.1%80.2%21.8%5.4%-0.1%-547.6M7.54B-36.7M4.109.62164,422673,5153,084,4035,776,443
2014-10-14$41.36$45.0021.9%6.0%18.7%69.0%22.2%5.4%0.1%-532.1M6.40B-37.0M0.997.11204,517203,3923,129,4595,733,411
2014-10-15$40.70$45.0027.0%6.4%19.2%100.0%23.5%9.0%-2.6%-541.0M7.98B-37.4M4.7312.15151,199714,6523,251,0745,767,374
2014-10-16$40.27$45.0025.0%6.3%19.2%86.9%23.6%7.3%-0.4%-635.7M8.80B-35.8M2.0512.29158,619324,6163,260,8935,838,337
2014-10-17$40.72$45.0022.7%5.8%19.9%71.0%21.4%6.0%-1.2%-467.9M7.37B-35.1M2.049.54125,358255,3013,337,5745,750,956
2014-10-20$40.85$45.0021.0%5.7%19.4%59.6%21.6%6.1%-0.3%-297.5M4.31B-34.6M1.209.08181,310216,9232,774,0364,425,683
2014-10-21$41.00$44.0019.6%5.5%19.5%50.4%21.3%5.3%-0.0%-283.4M4.00B-33.6M1.358.30136,601185,0142,832,9424,474,560
2014-10-22$40.75$44.0020.3%5.4%19.1%54.8%21.1%4.2%-0.4%-329.5M4.54B-33.2M0.758.09268,680202,0682,845,3924,515,969
2014-10-23$40.70$44.0020.1%5.3%18.4%53.9%24.1%4.9%-0.8%-350.8M4.69B-33.0M0.918.05151,814138,1232,846,7674,622,330
2014-10-24$41.05$44.0018.6%5.2%18.6%43.6%24.3%3.8%-0.3%-336.7M3.78B-32.8M0.667.35286,567190,1232,897,9304,618,664
2014-10-27$40.60$44.0017.3%5.1%17.4%35.2%19.1%4.1%0.2%-338.3M4.96B-30.0M1.725.76121,119207,9862,946,5304,513,539
2014-10-28$41.54$44.0017.5%5.0%19.4%36.1%20.3%3.8%0.3%-203.5M2.46B-32.3M0.956.54186,784177,9102,985,9394,569,968
2014-10-29$41.56$44.0017.8%5.0%17.8%38.4%21.4%3.9%-0.3%-178.0M2.30B-31.8M1.376.13204,969281,5003,075,9984,556,582
2014-10-30$41.99$44.0017.1%5.0%18.0%33.7%19.7%3.7%-0.0%-102.6M1.18B-32.2M1.007.41207,217206,6103,113,6624,607,570
2014-10-31$42.12$44.0016.9%5.0%17.8%32.5%20.9%2.5%0.1%-46.6M524.6M-32.2M1.076.14287,790307,8633,146,6614,664,443