EEM Options History — January 2023

In January 2023, EEM traded between $38.23 and $42.47. ATM implied volatility averaged 19.2%, placing in the 13.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.1% (HV 20d: 18.1%). Max pain ranged from $38.00 to $39.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.74.

Notable Days

  • 2023-01-11: Highest Volume — 957,381 contracts
  • 2023-01-30: Largest IV spike — 15.1% change
  • 2023-01-03: Highest IV Rank — 29.9%
  • 2023-01-03: Largest Expected Move — 6.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$40.97$38.23$42.47$38.23$41.28
Max Pain$38.80$38.00$39.00$39.00$39.00
ATM IV19.2%16.4%22.5%22.5%18.5%
Expected Move5.6%4.9%6.4%6.4%5.6%
HV 20d18.1%15.2%20.0%16.5%16.0%
HV 60d22.4%20.6%24.0%23.9%20.9%
IV Rank13.9%0.1%29.9%29.9%10.3%
IV Percentile14.8%0.4%48.0%48.0%7.9%
Term Structure0.2%-0.5%1.1%0.1%0.1%
VWIV19.4%17.3%22.3%21.7%19.8%
Skew 25d2.7%2.2%3.5%2.9%3.5%
Skew 10d5.2%3.6%7.0%5.4%7.0%
Call IV 25d18.3%15.5%21.8%21.3%17.3%
Put IV 25d21.0%18.5%24.1%24.1%20.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %25.382.1657.892.552.53
Gamma HHI0.120.090.150.090.12
Net GEX415.7M126.4M565.8M126.4M341.9M
Net DEX-4.08B-6.85B784.3M784.3M-3.20B
Net VEX-33.4M-34.9M-28.6M-28.6M-34.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.740.092.040.430.20
Total Volume435,927.45155,661957,381155,661435,553
Total OI6,745,455.855,591,0217,970,7496,160,1646,230,134

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2023-01-03$38.23$39.0022.5%6.4%16.5%29.9%21.7%2.9%0.1%126.4M784.3M-28.6M0.432.55109,01946,6423,407,2722,752,892
2023-01-04$39.30$39.0022.4%6.3%18.9%29.4%22.3%2.3%-0.1%226.8M-1.34B-30.4M0.4612.33467,585217,2873,473,4902,752,866
2023-01-05$39.28$39.0022.0%6.4%18.9%27.3%21.6%2.4%-0.2%281.3M-1.50B-32.2M1.272.6769,54788,5653,783,5992,789,314
2023-01-06$40.06$39.0021.0%6.2%20.0%22.5%21.2%2.4%0.6%375.3M-3.15B-33.1M0.5254.06391,843205,1253,841,0722,814,293
2023-01-09$40.41$39.0021.2%6.3%20.0%23.6%21.8%2.3%0.9%429.5M-4.05B-34.9M0.4357.89465,077202,0924,123,2512,890,974
2023-01-10$40.64$39.0020.4%5.8%20.0%19.9%21.3%2.4%-0.2%389.1M-3.96B-33.3M0.4648.11274,788125,9463,893,4322,931,207
2023-01-11$40.78$38.0020.3%6.0%19.8%19.3%20.4%2.2%0.6%388.7M-4.35B-34.2M1.273.47422,545534,8363,963,3993,011,907
2023-01-12$40.97$38.0018.6%5.4%19.5%10.9%18.7%2.2%0.3%466.7M-5.02B-33.6M0.2353.17724,297166,6134,222,3643,229,515
2023-01-13$41.31$38.0017.0%5.0%19.6%3.1%17.5%2.3%1.0%550.0M-5.90B-34.4M0.992.44172,834171,7004,563,2683,246,705
2023-01-17$41.06$38.0018.3%5.2%17.6%9.0%17.9%2.5%0.2%543.8M-5.34B-33.3M1.3151.2081,946107,1144,527,4693,143,694
2023-01-18$40.83$39.0019.1%5.5%18.0%12.9%19.4%2.7%1.1%513.5M-4.66B-33.8M2.0451.46199,381406,3534,563,4803,161,530
2023-01-19$41.14$39.0018.7%5.4%17.9%11.4%18.3%2.5%-0.5%565.8M-5.53B-33.4M0.792.87123,67098,2454,631,4073,227,756
2023-01-20$41.66$39.0018.1%5.2%18.1%8.1%17.8%3.2%-0.5%441.4M-6.85B-34.0M0.912.16204,424186,9824,671,1063,299,643
2023-01-23$42.00$39.0018.4%5.4%18.1%9.6%18.2%2.9%-0.2%431.9M-4.37B-33.6M0.0954.14550,83951,3013,251,7072,339,314
2023-01-24$42.00$39.0017.9%5.2%17.3%7.2%18.5%3.1%-0.2%442.3M-4.32B-32.9M1.5551.1392,898144,0543,311,7912,368,329
2023-01-25$42.08$39.0017.6%5.2%17.2%5.8%17.9%2.9%0.2%445.9M-4.51B-34.1M0.5643.72231,523129,8733,416,6782,510,499
2023-01-26$42.47$39.0017.4%5.1%16.7%4.9%17.3%3.0%-0.2%506.0M-5.59B-34.1M0.476.42148,92270,2313,547,3222,557,591
2023-01-27$42.31$39.0016.4%4.9%15.2%0.1%17.8%3.0%0.6%472.2M-5.33B-34.8M0.383.02174,89966,3513,602,4542,607,533
2023-01-30$41.50$39.0018.9%5.6%16.9%12.0%19.0%3.3%0.2%375.6M-3.50B-34.9M0.442.31248,525109,1243,603,4742,645,386
2023-01-31$41.28$39.0018.5%5.6%16.0%10.3%19.8%3.5%0.1%341.9M-3.20B-34.1M0.202.53363,24772,3063,570,0812,660,053