EEM Options History — July 2016

In July 2016, EEM traded between $33.76 and $36.20. ATM implied volatility averaged 19.0%, placing in the 11.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.4%. IV traded below realized volatility by 9.3% (HV 20d: 28.3%). Max pain ranged from $33.00 to $34.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.63.

Notable Days

  • 2016-07-14: Highest Volume — 887,946 contracts
  • 2016-07-08: Largest IV drop — 9.7% change
  • 2016-07-05: Highest IV Rank — 25.9%
  • 2016-07-05: Largest Expected Move — 6.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$35.33$33.76$36.20$34.72$36.20
Max Pain$33.58$33.00$34.00$34.00$34.00
ATM IV19.0%17.3%21.9%20.1%17.3%
Expected Move5.4%4.8%6.3%5.5%4.8%
HV 20d28.3%15.8%33.1%31.9%15.8%
HV 60d23.0%21.9%23.3%23.0%21.9%
IV Rank11.4%0.0%25.9%18.8%0.0%
IV Percentile9.9%0.0%42.5%15.5%0.0%
Term Structure0.3%-0.3%0.8%0.5%0.7%
VWIV20.0%17.3%27.1%18.7%17.3%
Skew 25d3.8%3.1%5.3%4.1%3.8%
Skew 10d8.2%6.3%11.6%10.0%7.6%
Call IV 25d17.6%15.5%19.9%18.3%15.5%
Put IV 25d21.4%19.2%25.2%22.3%19.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %5.583.819.003.909.00
Gamma HHI0.100.070.140.080.13
Net GEX293.3M106.2M489.5M252.2M323.6M
Net DEX-2.31B-4.36B793.4M-1.47B-3.51B
Net VEX-37.5M-40.2M-35.9M-40.2M-35.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.630.603.241.200.67
Total Volume520,932.95224,829887,946439,254552,088
Total OI8,798,394.557,974,0299,872,9048,954,2138,678,093

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-07-01$34.72$34.0020.1%5.5%31.9%18.8%18.7%4.1%0.5%252.2M-1.47B-40.2M1.203.90199,262239,9923,931,3295,022,884
2016-07-05$33.99$33.0021.9%6.3%32.6%25.9%24.2%5.3%0.3%149.4M287.5M-39.6M1.243.96170,515210,6033,944,7334,985,746
2016-07-06$33.85$33.0021.4%6.1%32.4%24.1%22.9%4.9%-0.2%129.3M650.9M-39.1M1.094.54256,886280,8303,955,5005,021,210
2016-07-07$33.76$33.0020.8%6.0%32.3%21.6%27.1%4.8%-0.3%106.2M793.4M-38.8M1.704.17199,648339,6964,072,8125,065,049
2016-07-08$34.51$33.0018.8%5.5%33.1%13.3%20.4%3.8%0.3%255.7M-921.2M-37.9M3.035.00166,835505,8664,036,4265,145,448
2016-07-11$34.87$33.5018.5%5.4%31.8%12.3%19.4%3.9%0.3%324.5M-1.84B-37.2M1.604.00229,692368,1124,010,0105,190,700
2016-07-12$35.33$33.5018.7%5.5%31.3%13.1%19.0%3.3%0.8%414.9M-2.98B-37.1M2.253.81165,109371,7054,058,2535,265,036
2016-07-13$35.28$33.5018.1%5.3%31.3%10.7%18.5%3.6%0.3%413.2M-2.87B-37.0M1.073.87398,087427,1824,092,4035,343,055
2016-07-14$35.79$33.5018.4%5.4%31.4%11.5%19.4%3.1%0.3%489.5M-4.36B-37.7M0.914.41464,786423,1604,320,1795,405,515
2016-07-15$35.71$33.5019.1%5.5%31.4%14.4%18.5%3.2%0.1%260.2M-4.10B-37.8M1.135.97338,852383,9794,373,3855,499,519
2016-07-18$35.98$33.5018.7%5.4%31.4%11.3%19.5%3.5%0.1%290.1M-3.24B-37.4M2.346.03166,680390,6773,607,2704,366,759
2016-07-19$35.62$33.5018.9%5.4%31.4%11.9%19.3%3.4%0.2%269.8M-2.51B-37.5M3.244.5393,285302,2393,651,0264,409,553
2016-07-20$35.84$33.5018.1%5.2%31.3%8.8%18.6%3.3%0.2%298.1M-2.92B-37.0M2.535.22151,094382,8423,659,1524,432,065
2016-07-21$35.72$33.5018.9%5.4%31.3%11.4%21.8%3.5%0.2%285.9M-2.64B-37.3M2.745.96118,011323,3023,713,1304,569,970
2016-07-22$35.95$34.0017.9%5.1%30.4%4.3%18.7%3.6%0.5%353.6M-3.12B-36.5M1.177.24103,602121,2273,711,9134,643,859
2016-07-25$35.62$34.0019.5%5.6%21.1%7.5%20.1%3.9%0.3%264.8M-2.34B-37.2M1.616.16122,588197,2053,701,6514,639,153
2016-07-26$35.91$34.0018.6%5.3%19.6%3.6%19.5%4.1%0.6%298.0M-2.85B-36.8M1.297.15158,951205,1133,735,8534,718,144
2016-07-27$35.99$34.0018.5%5.2%17.7%3.0%18.4%3.6%0.5%325.8M-3.13B-36.1M0.608.66302,199182,0343,726,3124,720,164
2016-07-28$36.02$34.0017.7%5.0%16.0%0.0%17.9%4.0%0.5%360.4M-3.12B-36.4M1.137.95189,935214,7903,788,5444,756,088
2016-07-29$36.20$34.0017.3%4.8%15.8%0.0%17.3%3.8%0.7%323.6M-3.51B-35.9M0.679.00329,835222,2533,834,0514,844,042