EEM Options History — November 2015

In November 2015, EEM traded between $33.54 and $36.12. ATM implied volatility averaged 21.3%, placing in the 27.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.2% (HV 20d: 20.2%). Max pain ranged from $36.00 to $37.00. Net GEX was positive for 2 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.26.

Notable Days

  • 2015-11-20: Highest Volume — 734,530 contracts
  • 2015-11-18: Largest IV drop — 7.2% change
  • 2015-11-13: Highest IV Rank — 36.0%
  • 2015-11-13: Largest Expected Move — 6.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$34.73$33.54$36.12$35.53$33.99
Max Pain$36.85$36.00$37.00$36.00$37.00
ATM IV21.3%19.2%23.5%19.2%22.7%
Expected Move6.1%5.4%6.9%5.6%6.4%
HV 20d20.2%18.9%21.6%21.0%20.3%
HV 60d26.2%22.9%28.0%28.0%23.2%
IV Rank27.7%19.3%36.0%19.3%33.1%
IV Percentile74.0%63.5%82.9%63.5%81.7%
Term Structure0.3%-1.4%1.8%0.1%-0.4%
VWIV21.7%19.0%24.7%19.0%22.1%
Skew 25d4.1%3.0%5.1%4.0%4.7%
Skew 10d8.3%6.0%10.7%8.0%9.1%
Call IV 25d19.5%17.5%21.1%17.5%20.0%
Put IV 25d23.6%21.0%26.0%21.5%24.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %5.422.2131.563.084.83
Gamma HHI0.090.080.160.080.10
Net GEX-166.8M-341.0M43.8M-28.6M-216.3M
Net DEX6.86B3.53B9.71B4.91B7.95B
Net VEX-33.9M-38.2M-30.0M-36.9M-30.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.260.562.810.991.15
Total Volume446,801.35133,170734,530403,503199,025
Total OI10,670,035.159,821,57311,527,9939,821,57310,586,027

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-11-02$35.53$36.0019.2%5.6%21.0%19.3%19.0%4.0%0.1%-28.6M4.91B-36.9M0.993.08202,662200,8414,328,0645,493,509
2015-11-03$36.12$36.0019.3%5.7%21.6%19.7%20.4%3.5%-0.1%43.8M3.53B-38.2M0.992.81332,618328,4584,364,3615,599,839
2015-11-04$35.68$36.0020.7%5.9%20.3%25.1%20.9%3.7%-0.2%-2.3M4.51B-38.1M1.033.18267,031274,9884,495,6395,708,630
2015-11-05$35.81$37.0020.1%5.9%20.0%22.9%22.7%3.7%-0.0%3.8M4.35B-38.0M1.473.37205,521302,6274,551,3515,780,342
2015-11-06$35.29$37.0020.8%6.1%20.6%25.7%23.0%3.7%0.5%-59.1M5.74B-37.0M1.3531.56166,465224,7654,593,0945,864,973
2015-11-09$34.81$37.0021.0%6.2%21.0%26.3%21.9%3.5%0.3%-234.3M7.20B-33.0M1.145.83151,143171,8984,600,0125,880,053
2015-11-10$34.28$37.0021.4%6.4%21.0%27.8%23.5%4.4%0.8%-225.1M7.95B-34.0M1.523.29182,097277,1454,665,6765,965,114
2015-11-11$34.51$37.0021.7%6.4%21.0%29.0%23.7%4.6%0.6%-211.1M7.59B-34.4M1.454.43180,269261,7184,674,2066,001,817
2015-11-12$33.99$37.0022.4%6.6%18.9%31.7%23.8%5.0%0.8%-265.4M8.65B-33.6M1.683.24165,611278,3474,713,6486,108,129
2015-11-13$33.54$37.0023.5%6.9%19.2%36.0%24.7%4.9%1.0%-341.0M9.71B-32.7M2.352.78191,828451,1404,750,3636,230,621
2015-11-16$34.17$37.0022.7%6.6%20.5%32.9%23.0%5.1%1.3%-280.4M8.53B-32.9M1.685.6949,62983,5414,708,5066,265,523
2015-11-17$34.16$37.0022.5%6.5%20.6%32.2%23.8%4.7%1.1%-278.7M8.51B-32.4M0.782.21293,675228,3964,736,1316,255,568
2015-11-18$34.48$37.0020.9%6.0%20.6%25.9%20.7%4.0%1.8%-273.4M7.95B-32.7M0.713.15366,477258,6134,851,3716,299,224
2015-11-19$34.78$37.0020.9%5.9%19.2%25.9%20.0%3.8%1.2%-225.9M7.13B-33.7M0.563.06430,858239,2964,946,7096,339,441
2015-11-20$35.13$37.0020.4%5.6%19.5%24.2%19.2%3.0%1.6%-111.4M5.99B-34.1M0.572.73468,342266,1885,157,6106,370,383
2015-11-23$34.79$37.0020.8%5.4%19.4%25.7%19.8%4.7%-0.4%-97.1M6.24B-32.4M2.8113.0371,243200,0914,702,7855,746,122
2015-11-24$34.96$37.0021.7%5.6%19.3%28.9%20.0%3.8%-1.4%-83.8M6.03B-32.7M0.714.94134,40695,2864,751,2135,935,297
2015-11-25$34.73$37.0021.8%5.8%19.0%29.3%19.6%3.9%-0.9%-122.8M6.49B-32.0M0.982.56186,662183,6144,739,4405,925,618
2015-11-27$33.94$37.0022.4%6.1%20.3%31.6%23.1%4.2%-1.0%-327.1M8.21B-30.3M1.322.58156,644206,8694,760,9085,953,386
2015-11-30$33.99$37.0022.7%6.4%20.3%33.1%22.1%4.7%-0.4%-216.3M7.95B-30.0M1.154.8392,450106,5754,722,1025,863,925