EEM Options History — November 2019

In November 2019, EEM traded between $42.56 and $44.08. ATM implied volatility averaged 15.7%, placing in the 15.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.7% (HV 20d: 12.0%). Max pain ranged from $42.00 to $42.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.84.

Notable Days

  • 2019-11-04: Highest Volume — 917,462 contracts
  • 2019-11-04: Largest IV spike — 7.1% change
  • 2019-11-21: Highest IV Rank — 24.5%
  • 2019-11-13: Largest Expected Move — 5.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$43.21$42.56$44.08$43.22$42.56
Max Pain$42.00$42.00$42.00$42.00$42.00
ATM IV15.7%14.5%16.9%14.5%15.5%
Expected Move4.9%4.1%5.2%4.1%5.0%
HV 20d12.0%11.3%13.1%13.1%12.6%
HV 60d12.4%11.4%13.9%13.9%11.6%
IV Rank15.3%6.4%24.5%6.4%14.6%
IV Percentile26.2%6.3%43.3%6.3%25.0%
Term Structure0.2%-1.1%1.5%0.3%-0.3%
VWIV16.6%13.9%18.3%13.9%17.1%
Skew 25d2.8%2.3%3.4%2.3%2.9%
Skew 10d4.9%3.7%6.5%4.9%3.7%
Call IV 25d14.2%13.2%14.9%13.3%13.7%
Put IV 25d17.0%15.5%18.1%15.5%16.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %1.871.322.851.471.32
Gamma HHI0.100.070.140.140.07
Net GEX341.2M115.7M585.0M409.8M115.7M
Net DEX-2.39B-6.47B665.0M-3.11B665.0M
Net VEX-40.1M-42.8M-37.1M-39.6M-37.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.840.171.890.170.78
Total Volume368,447.3566,973917,462859,972250,345
Total OI10,222,231.159,203,22210,824,3019,203,22210,682,496

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-11-01$43.22$42.0014.5%4.1%13.1%6.4%13.9%2.3%0.3%409.8M-3.11B-39.6M0.171.47734,876125,0963,403,0085,800,214
2019-11-04$43.62$42.0015.5%5.1%12.6%13.5%16.1%2.6%0.3%456.3M-4.38B-39.4M0.172.46782,998134,4643,518,9605,819,665
2019-11-05$43.86$42.0015.2%5.0%12.0%11.1%17.0%2.4%0.4%477.3M-5.28B-39.6M0.221.93604,501130,9223,698,0985,908,907
2019-11-06$43.74$42.0015.4%5.0%12.2%12.5%16.5%2.5%0.4%515.8M-5.05B-42.0M0.191.99361,29668,1664,067,8295,964,125
2019-11-07$44.08$42.0014.8%4.8%12.1%8.4%16.1%2.3%0.4%585.0M-6.47B-41.0M0.561.67220,387123,3084,204,3336,005,852
2019-11-08$43.66$42.0015.0%4.9%11.4%9.7%16.7%2.4%0.4%558.7M-4.85B-42.3M0.771.75176,441135,1164,287,9896,055,983
2019-11-11$43.38$42.0015.6%5.1%11.3%14.3%16.5%3.0%1.3%450.0M-3.56B-42.8M0.662.23181,448120,0634,360,3386,092,920
2019-11-12$43.06$42.0015.9%5.1%11.5%15.9%17.4%2.9%1.5%367.7M-2.30B-42.2M1.691.46110,327186,8614,442,8766,159,704
2019-11-13$42.75$42.0016.3%5.2%11.9%19.1%17.3%2.9%1.5%155.3M-782.2M-42.4M1.891.41104,228196,5564,451,5966,223,612
2019-11-14$42.75$42.0016.5%5.1%11.9%20.1%18.3%2.8%1.4%167.9M-761.2M-42.0M1.581.47133,450210,7194,443,6716,223,545
2019-11-15$43.11$42.0015.8%4.9%12.0%15.7%16.4%2.5%1.5%296.3M-2.35B-41.6M0.721.40325,741234,4524,501,4756,322,826
2019-11-18$43.03$42.0016.5%4.9%11.8%20.0%16.6%3.2%-0.6%256.2M-1.23B-40.5M1.212.2457,03268,8074,228,8865,782,980
2019-11-19$43.16$42.0016.4%4.8%11.8%19.4%16.4%3.0%-0.8%322.4M-1.66B-39.9M1.101.95112,061123,3884,245,0845,821,969
2019-11-20$42.93$42.0016.9%4.9%12.0%23.1%17.4%3.3%-0.8%212.5M-788.5M-39.8M0.612.01104,45263,5884,262,2655,849,189
2019-11-21$42.84$42.0016.8%4.9%12.1%24.5%17.6%3.4%-0.9%156.2M-333.6M-39.1M1.762.2239,86070,3254,289,7465,870,322
2019-11-22$42.86$42.0016.0%4.7%11.9%18.5%15.3%3.1%-1.1%204.0M-407.9M-38.1M0.462.20111,60651,7684,306,4025,893,115
2019-11-25$43.28$42.0015.3%4.7%12.2%13.2%16.6%2.6%-0.8%380.2M-2.05B-37.5M0.201.79413,38582,1364,250,2615,866,995
2019-11-26$43.08$42.0015.5%4.8%12.1%14.4%16.6%2.7%-0.3%345.7M-1.32B-37.7M1.301.67153,090198,7154,542,1165,916,290
2019-11-27$43.18$42.0015.0%4.7%12.1%11.4%16.7%2.5%-0.5%390.8M-1.72B-38.3M0.762.8538,10928,8644,635,4886,043,493
2019-11-29$42.56$42.0015.5%5.0%12.6%14.6%17.1%2.9%-0.3%115.7M665.0M-37.1M0.781.32140,268110,0774,633,3576,049,139