EEM Options History — July 2015

In July 2015, EEM traded between $36.34 and $39.81. ATM implied volatility averaged 19.0%, placing in the 46.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.4%. IV traded below realized volatility by 4.2% (HV 20d: 23.3%). Max pain ranged from $39.00 to $41.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.49.

Notable Days

  • 2015-07-07: Highest Volume — 608,010 contracts
  • 2015-07-08: Largest IV spike — 27.0% change
  • 2015-07-08: Highest IV Rank — 99.5%
  • 2015-07-08: Largest Expected Move — 7.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$38.01$36.34$39.81$39.60$37.08
Max Pain$39.36$39.00$41.00$41.00$39.00
ATM IV19.0%15.5%26.9%19.4%18.8%
Expected Move5.4%4.5%7.5%6.0%5.3%
HV 20d23.3%15.1%25.4%15.7%25.2%
HV 60d17.1%13.9%18.2%14.5%18.2%
IV Rank46.3%23.2%99.5%49.2%44.3%
IV Percentile68.2%20.6%99.6%86.9%78.6%
Term Structure-0.0%-1.0%0.5%-0.0%0.2%
VWIV19.6%15.3%27.6%20.9%18.0%
Skew 25d3.9%3.1%5.4%3.7%3.6%
Skew 10d8.4%5.9%10.8%7.7%8.1%
Call IV 25d17.6%14.5%25.1%17.8%17.4%
Put IV 25d21.5%17.9%30.5%21.5%21.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.822.805.872.803.20
Gamma HHI0.080.060.100.070.09
Net GEX-207.7M-297.9M-65.7M-117.2M-297.9M
Net DEX5.11B2.99B6.82B3.35B6.13B
Net VEX-34.7M-38.0M-32.0M-37.6M-33.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.490.543.450.590.54
Total Volume430,468.136273,269608,010465,342555,495
Total OI7,056,831.4556,516,2677,868,1476,789,1227,195,709

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-07-01$39.60$41.0019.4%6.0%15.7%49.2%20.9%3.7%-0.0%-117.2M3.35B-37.6M0.592.80292,573172,7692,826,8673,962,255
2015-07-02$39.81$41.0018.6%5.7%15.1%43.7%21.0%3.3%-0.3%-65.7M2.99B-38.0M1.052.86191,091199,8932,875,8003,975,390
2015-07-06$38.65$40.0020.8%5.8%18.2%58.1%22.3%4.0%-0.1%-215.5M4.79B-35.9M1.205.19190,820228,3292,853,9553,970,241
2015-07-07$38.11$40.0021.2%6.0%18.7%61.2%21.2%4.3%-0.2%-237.0M5.51B-34.7M1.264.77268,584339,4262,909,2713,990,297
2015-07-08$36.81$40.0026.9%7.5%21.9%99.5%27.6%5.4%-1.0%-209.7M6.70B-34.1M1.335.87201,768267,8093,014,2314,081,943
2015-07-09$37.57$39.0025.4%7.0%22.7%89.2%24.2%4.9%-1.0%-202.3M5.77B-35.8M0.785.07218,814170,1653,084,3144,130,029
2015-07-10$38.49$39.0021.6%6.1%24.7%63.9%22.0%4.6%-0.3%-173.1M4.54B-36.9M1.634.59160,343260,9023,178,1884,181,598
2015-07-13$38.76$39.0018.8%5.4%25.0%45.1%20.3%4.0%0.1%-198.0M4.39B-35.8M3.454.0691,456315,7053,186,1734,252,500
2015-07-14$38.78$39.0017.1%4.9%24.7%33.7%18.2%3.9%-0.0%-201.5M4.38B-35.3M1.843.7396,206177,0633,205,8724,346,998
2015-07-15$38.31$39.0017.2%4.9%25.0%34.5%18.9%3.8%-0.1%-238.0M5.19B-34.7M2.784.10103,727288,2273,223,8304,349,993
2015-07-16$38.81$39.0015.5%4.5%25.4%23.2%15.3%3.5%0.2%-199.8M4.38B-35.3M0.903.75273,103246,9923,250,0694,431,491
2015-07-17$38.75$39.0016.4%4.7%25.2%27.8%16.7%3.2%-0.2%-111.4M4.39B-35.6M1.213.78181,025219,0343,428,8014,439,346
2015-07-20$38.52$39.5016.4%4.7%25.2%28.2%17.3%3.7%0.4%-145.8M3.93B-35.0M0.913.81152,476138,0792,579,8693,936,398
2015-07-21$38.55$39.5016.0%4.6%24.6%25.5%16.4%3.2%0.2%-149.2M3.87B-34.6M1.823.24101,794184,8492,583,5363,970,018
2015-07-22$37.96$39.0016.2%4.6%24.6%26.4%15.9%3.2%0.2%-210.6M4.73B-33.5M1.462.92150,671220,4652,593,4083,981,305
2015-07-23$37.60$39.0016.9%4.8%24.7%31.3%17.1%3.1%0.5%-252.1M5.36B-33.3M2.233.02136,311303,8362,608,9154,034,693
2015-07-24$37.10$39.0018.5%5.3%24.7%42.1%18.3%3.8%0.5%-265.8M6.08B-33.2M1.863.62193,191359,8662,693,4954,081,448
2015-07-27$36.34$39.0021.5%6.2%25.4%62.9%21.9%4.8%-0.0%-253.5M6.82B-32.0M2.313.35144,033333,2162,719,2634,094,245
2015-07-28$36.72$39.0019.6%5.6%25.1%49.5%20.7%4.3%0.3%-267.2M6.44B-32.2M1.943.66123,825240,5822,745,5264,126,541
2015-07-29$37.14$39.0017.8%5.1%24.9%37.4%17.0%3.9%0.2%-273.6M5.93B-33.1M0.783.42299,638235,1652,793,2264,190,901
2015-07-30$36.76$39.0018.4%5.2%25.0%41.7%20.0%3.9%0.1%-284.8M6.65B-32.8M0.853.22237,793203,1902,867,4554,304,889
2015-07-31$37.08$39.0018.8%5.3%25.2%44.3%18.0%3.6%0.2%-297.9M6.13B-33.9M0.543.20361,586193,9092,831,0504,364,659