EEM Options History — November 2017

In November 2017, EEM traded between $45.66 and $47.82. ATM implied volatility averaged 14.8%, placing in the 29.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.3% (HV 20d: 11.5%). Max pain ranged from $44.50 to $45.50. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 3.40.

Notable Days

  • 2017-11-01: Highest Volume — 957,371 contracts
  • 2017-11-15: Largest IV spike — 10.1% change
  • 2017-11-30: Highest IV Rank — 56.6%
  • 2017-11-30: Largest Expected Move — 4.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$46.72$45.66$47.82$46.52$46.13
Max Pain$45.05$44.50$45.50$45.50$45.50
ATM IV14.8%13.4%17.0%13.8%17.0%
Expected Move4.2%3.8%4.8%4.0%4.8%
HV 20d11.5%9.7%14.6%9.9%14.6%
HV 60d11.2%10.4%12.1%12.0%12.1%
IV Rank29.6%13.0%56.6%15.0%56.6%
IV Percentile54.5%23.4%84.5%30.2%84.5%
Term Structure0.3%-1.4%1.8%0.4%-0.6%
VWIV15.6%13.4%18.5%15.7%16.7%
Skew 25d3.7%2.9%4.9%3.1%4.5%
Skew 10d8.2%6.8%9.9%7.5%8.7%
Call IV 25d13.4%12.3%15.4%12.9%15.4%
Put IV 25d17.1%15.3%20.0%16.0%20.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.052.014.353.383.56
Gamma HHI0.120.080.160.110.09
Net GEX158.9M-190.8M442.8M123.9M27.4M
Net DEX-4.17B-6.89B-483.3M-4.24B-1.78B
Net VEX-37.7M-40.8M-33.9M-36.7M-37.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio3.400.8011.512.181.49
Total Volume528,989.667226,644957,371957,371490,757
Total OI9,053,666.2388,345,0659,674,8808,345,0658,999,789

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-11-01$46.52$45.5013.8%4.0%9.9%15.0%15.7%3.1%0.4%123.9M-4.24B-36.7M2.183.38301,394655,9772,630,6275,714,438
2017-11-02$46.60$44.5013.4%4.1%9.7%13.0%13.4%2.9%0.4%181.3M-4.56B-39.8M4.502.36104,940471,8152,877,2035,945,083
2017-11-03$46.34$45.0013.7%4.1%9.8%14.9%15.0%3.1%0.2%129.8M-3.77B-38.9M5.164.01109,577565,5092,907,2116,121,986
2017-11-06$46.84$45.0013.5%4.0%10.3%13.4%14.5%3.4%0.4%184.3M-4.84B-39.2M6.662.3964,360428,8092,925,3636,102,142
2017-11-07$46.54$45.0014.1%4.2%10.2%17.6%18.5%3.2%0.5%141.3M-4.12B-39.1M5.263.02130,555686,7282,928,2356,104,488
2017-11-08$46.74$45.0014.1%4.2%10.1%17.0%16.5%3.2%0.7%157.2M-4.52B-40.0M7.523.2351,576387,8382,945,5196,249,360
2017-11-09$46.52$45.0014.4%4.3%10.3%19.5%17.5%3.4%0.8%103.8M-3.76B-39.6M11.513.5546,063530,1102,964,8486,293,579
2017-11-10$46.30$45.0014.0%4.1%10.0%16.7%15.7%3.0%0.7%68.2M-3.13B-39.3M5.914.3598,876584,2062,971,3526,371,170
2017-11-13$46.22$45.0015.1%4.4%10.0%24.0%16.9%3.7%1.1%15.6M-2.60B-40.8M6.213.1658,100360,8633,001,2536,438,467
2017-11-14$45.87$45.0014.6%4.2%10.2%20.7%14.6%3.8%1.8%-130.9M-1.39B-40.3M1.822.92150,466273,5473,034,2666,522,880
2017-11-15$45.66$45.0016.1%4.6%10.3%43.4%16.1%4.2%1.0%-190.8M-483.3M-40.8M1.823.99237,126430,8833,070,8366,521,361
2017-11-16$46.60$45.0015.1%4.2%12.4%34.0%15.4%3.5%1.2%226.8M-4.58B-37.5M1.644.16154,640252,8463,073,2176,517,816
2017-11-17$46.84$45.0014.0%3.8%12.5%25.4%15.4%3.8%1.1%97.8M-5.35B-36.6M1.963.11200,149393,2513,090,1286,584,752
2017-11-20$47.06$45.0014.4%4.0%12.2%29.7%14.0%4.5%0.4%176.8M-4.66B-35.5M0.992.56266,704265,3772,691,7465,732,632
2017-11-21$47.72$45.0015.5%4.1%13.0%41.1%14.0%4.0%-1.0%291.3M-6.43B-35.0M0.842.01296,383247,6892,800,1605,720,977
2017-11-22$47.82$45.0015.3%3.9%12.9%39.5%14.3%3.4%-0.7%404.0M-6.89B-33.9M0.942.03241,335226,4522,930,6395,730,724
2017-11-24$47.71$45.0015.2%4.1%12.7%37.5%13.8%3.6%-1.4%442.8M-6.59B-34.2M1.243.05182,631226,8683,060,9055,789,833
2017-11-27$47.04$45.0015.9%4.3%13.3%45.3%15.2%4.9%-0.2%336.1M-4.79B-35.4M1.312.07151,995198,6783,174,0835,772,174
2017-11-28$47.36$45.0016.4%4.3%13.1%50.2%17.0%4.3%-1.2%377.1M-5.73B-34.4M0.802.59198,229158,8373,076,6385,780,410
2017-11-29$46.63$45.5016.1%4.7%14.2%47.0%17.4%4.1%0.7%172.8M-3.29B-37.3M1.722.6483,395143,2493,109,8335,848,868
2017-11-30$46.13$45.5017.0%4.8%14.6%56.6%16.7%4.5%-0.6%27.4M-1.78B-37.0M1.493.56197,406293,3513,122,6915,877,098