EEM Options History — September 2022

In September 2022, EEM traded between $34.91 and $39.58. ATM implied volatility averaged 22.7%, placing in the 32.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.0% (HV 20d: 18.7%). Max pain ranged from $38.00 to $41.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.39.

Notable Days

  • 2022-09-30: Highest Volume — 564,289 contracts
  • 2022-09-13: Largest IV spike — 17.1% change
  • 2022-09-29: Highest IV Rank — 55.3%
  • 2022-09-29: Largest Expected Move — 8.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$37.49$34.91$39.58$39.03$34.91
Max Pain$39.21$38.00$41.00$41.00$38.00
ATM IV22.7%19.0%27.5%22.3%25.6%
Expected Move6.5%5.6%8.1%6.4%7.3%
HV 20d18.7%14.6%21.2%14.8%21.1%
HV 60d17.9%16.5%20.1%20.1%17.8%
IV Rank32.7%15.6%55.3%31.1%46.5%
IV Percentile61.8%29.0%91.7%61.5%83.3%
Term Structure0.1%-0.7%0.8%-0.0%0.8%
VWIV23.2%20.1%28.3%22.5%24.9%
Skew 25d4.6%3.4%6.2%4.2%5.4%
Skew 10d8.7%6.2%11.8%7.8%10.3%
Call IV 25d20.8%17.7%25.0%20.5%23.2%
Put IV 25d25.4%21.1%31.2%24.7%28.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %36.419.1260.6639.8941.65
Gamma HHI0.160.110.610.120.17
Net GEX-219.6M-464.3M-134.5M-174.3M-210.5M
Net DEX6.12B4.20B7.46B5.15B7.46B
Net VEX-28.6M-32.7M-20.2M-32.2M-24.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.390.472.320.811.63
Total Volume297,325.238126,683564,289126,683564,289
Total OI6,356,855.195,587,7177,113,4776,335,8906,457,717

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2022-09-01$39.03$41.0022.3%6.4%14.8%31.1%22.5%4.2%-0.0%-174.3M5.15B-32.2M0.8139.8970,02256,6612,853,1343,482,756
2022-09-02$38.69$41.0021.9%6.2%15.0%29.1%21.5%3.8%0.2%-208.8M5.60B-31.0M1.4624.4251,59875,1142,882,3393,502,454
2022-09-06$38.35$40.0022.4%6.6%15.2%31.6%21.2%4.6%0.3%-233.7M6.12B-29.6M1.2859.72165,258211,3052,867,8703,522,237
2022-09-07$38.62$40.0021.5%6.0%15.5%27.3%21.7%4.1%0.1%-247.8M5.94B-29.9M1.0441.42179,660187,6142,886,6183,593,463
2022-09-08$38.36$39.0020.4%6.0%14.6%22.3%22.0%3.5%0.3%-265.8M6.26B-30.1M0.8939.4476,44967,6852,949,0733,633,018
2022-09-09$39.00$39.0019.0%5.6%16.0%15.6%22.2%3.4%0.3%-252.9M5.29B-31.5M1.2460.6662,76477,5702,981,2353,655,384
2022-09-12$39.58$39.0019.4%5.6%16.5%17.6%20.1%3.5%0.1%-179.1M4.20B-32.7M0.6156.10117,30871,8693,003,4873,653,413
2022-09-13$38.31$39.0022.8%6.7%19.8%33.0%22.2%4.4%0.6%-242.8M6.05B-31.1M1.4543.03177,528257,9783,076,7383,685,266
2022-09-14$38.57$39.0021.9%6.1%20.1%28.9%23.5%3.9%-0.7%-274.3M5.93B-30.9M0.4721.86148,16969,8373,110,1453,735,604
2022-09-15$38.15$39.0022.0%6.3%20.3%29.5%22.0%4.5%-0.3%-250.8M6.57B-29.9M2.1214.5982,999175,8223,218,7433,752,515
2022-09-16$37.76$39.0020.8%5.9%20.4%23.7%21.8%4.7%-0.2%-252.4M7.19B-29.5M1.7032.35180,747306,7163,257,4413,856,036
2022-09-19$37.91$39.0021.7%6.2%20.1%28.0%21.9%4.5%-0.0%-134.5M4.90B-29.3M0.5837.45102,99859,5532,404,2973,183,420
2022-09-20$37.77$39.0021.4%6.1%20.0%26.6%22.5%5.0%0.6%-134.5M5.00B-29.7M2.219.1267,405149,2232,472,1323,223,374
2022-09-21$37.14$39.0022.8%6.5%20.4%33.1%22.2%4.0%-0.1%-165.4M5.74B-29.1M1.5740.4664,079100,8632,501,9323,329,526
2022-09-22$37.03$39.0022.3%6.4%20.3%30.9%23.8%5.1%-0.1%-464.3M6.18B-20.2M1.6729.7486,404144,4382,557,8003,379,840
2022-09-23$36.00$39.0023.9%6.8%20.2%38.2%23.8%4.7%-0.1%-193.0M6.99B-25.6M1.2639.9290,746114,4922,583,2203,476,410
2022-09-26$35.63$39.0025.8%7.5%20.0%47.4%28.3%5.2%-0.1%-188.3M6.99B-25.8M2.1049.57132,357277,9322,577,7713,475,840
2022-09-27$35.49$39.0026.9%7.8%20.0%52.3%27.3%5.8%-0.2%-185.6M7.06B-25.4M1.8541.18162,454301,0982,618,8873,515,721
2022-09-28$35.87$39.0024.1%7.0%20.6%39.4%24.3%5.3%0.4%-186.4M6.74B-26.8M0.9917.37263,373259,4912,662,2073,568,609
2022-09-29$35.05$38.5027.5%8.1%21.2%55.3%27.6%6.2%0.2%-167.4M7.21B-25.3M2.3224.76130,222301,7402,795,1813,551,106
2022-09-30$34.91$38.0025.6%7.3%21.1%46.5%24.9%5.4%0.8%-210.5M7.46B-24.8M1.6341.65214,403349,8862,816,5553,641,162