EEM Options History — December 2025

In December 2025, EEM traded between $52.64 and $55.22. ATM implied volatility averaged 15.6%, placing in the 10.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.1% (HV 20d: 12.4%). Max pain ranged from $48.00 to $54.00. Net GEX was positive for 17 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.37.

Notable Days

  • 2025-12-15: Highest Volume — 6,042,301 contracts
  • 2025-12-09: Largest IV spike — 30.2% change
  • 2025-12-09: Highest IV Rank — 28.4%
  • 2025-12-02: Largest Expected Move — 5.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$54.28$52.64$55.22$54.30$54.75
Max Pain$51.41$48.00$54.00$51.00$54.00
ATM IV15.6%13.3%20.8%16.3%15.1%
Expected Move4.4%3.8%5.3%5.2%4.3%
HV 20d12.4%9.6%14.4%14.4%13.0%
HV 60d15.5%14.8%16.1%15.2%16.0%
IV Rank10.1%1.7%28.4%13.2%7.7%
IV Percentile41.6%1.6%89.7%61.9%38.1%
Term Structure-0.2%-2.1%0.9%-0.9%0.0%
VWIV15.8%13.3%18.4%18.4%15.7%
Skew 25d1.7%-9.3%4.3%3.2%3.0%
Skew 10d4.7%-5.0%9.1%4.5%6.1%
Call IV 25d14.5%12.7%16.8%14.9%13.9%
Put IV 25d16.2%5.9%19.5%18.1%16.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %26.3319.8247.9822.6521.97
Gamma HHI0.090.070.130.070.09
Net GEX49.2M-273.1M213.9M69.5M128.6M
Net DEX-3.13B-7.46B1.70B-5.37B-1.07B
Net VEX-21.0M-22.5M-18.9M-22.1M-20.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.370.026.171.200.73
Total Volume371,835.54514,3906,042,30197,987102,794
Total OI6,045,979.6364,166,7877,252,2136,814,5454,405,253

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2025-12-01$54.30$51.0016.3%5.2%14.4%13.2%18.4%3.2%-0.9%69.5M-5.37B-22.1M1.2022.6544,64153,3462,546,4854,268,060
2025-12-02$54.34$51.0016.1%5.3%14.1%12.5%17.7%2.5%-0.9%82.8M-5.53B-21.1M0.6121.3271,28243,1902,560,8264,271,825
2025-12-03$54.34$51.0017.8%5.2%12.8%18.3%17.2%0.6%-2.1%91.0M-5.62B-21.4M0.6322.8746,63929,5882,597,8304,302,419
2025-12-04$54.30$48.0017.4%4.0%12.3%17.1%17.2%1.7%0.3%91.5M-5.52B-21.6M5.6629.7310,12857,3042,604,7004,318,359
2025-12-05$54.70$48.0015.3%4.5%12.4%10.1%15.2%0.6%-0.0%94.2M-6.18B-22.0M0.2230.54131,33229,2342,619,4614,371,043
2025-12-08$54.59$48.0016.0%4.6%12.1%12.2%16.2%1.8%0.5%92.3M-6.26B-20.1M0.4622.9878,18236,1922,652,0984,382,414
2025-12-09$54.55$48.0020.8%4.7%9.6%28.4%16.8%-0.4%0.1%91.1M-6.31B-20.7M0.3222.6178,94025,2852,731,0454,405,504
2025-12-10$55.22$48.0016.9%4.2%10.6%15.4%15.3%0.3%0.4%179.9M-7.46B-19.4M0.2928.6390,23625,8402,762,8464,406,869
2025-12-11$54.89$48.0016.3%4.3%10.8%13.2%14.8%-9.3%-1.4%144.5M-7.03B-18.9M0.8730.2536,75431,9732,802,0354,416,207
2025-12-12$54.23$48.0014.3%4.2%11.0%6.7%15.1%1.5%0.9%11.7M-5.71B-20.2M0.3927.91134,97752,1692,821,1424,431,071
2025-12-15$54.14$48.0014.5%4.2%11.0%7.3%15.9%1.0%0.3%-82.8M-5.18B-20.0M0.0229.985,926,385115,9162,798,4734,391,239
2025-12-16$53.00$54.0015.7%4.5%12.6%10.0%16.1%3.4%-1.3%-219.9M1.46B-21.9M1.5147.9874,161112,3231,803,9864,455,681
2025-12-17$52.64$54.0016.7%4.8%12.7%13.4%18.3%4.3%0.1%-273.1M1.70B-22.1M6.1722.389,38657,8931,821,8504,460,737
2025-12-18$53.31$54.0015.2%4.4%13.6%8.2%15.4%2.8%-0.1%-193.9M749.9M-21.8M1.0324.0065,00766,9181,822,0744,441,582
2025-12-19$53.81$54.0014.6%4.2%13.1%6.2%15.5%3.5%-0.2%-13.2M126.6M-21.1M1.5222.6261,93994,3401,864,2134,455,963
2025-12-22$54.00$54.0013.9%4.0%13.2%3.8%13.3%3.3%0.6%62.7M-424.0M-20.6M2.0323.2250,537102,6731,345,5292,821,258
2025-12-23$54.30$54.0013.9%4.0%12.9%3.7%14.8%2.5%0.2%93.2M-623.3M-22.1M0.8625.6361,40752,8371,389,7592,897,352
2025-12-24$54.41$54.0013.8%4.0%12.9%3.3%13.9%3.3%0.4%149.1M-796.9M-22.5M0.9223.827,5066,8841,443,2422,944,104
2025-12-26$54.78$54.0013.3%3.8%12.8%1.7%13.6%2.4%-0.1%213.9M-1.33B-20.8M1.3119.8216,81322,0091,443,3992,960,908
2025-12-29$54.64$54.0014.3%4.0%12.8%5.3%14.2%2.3%-0.4%121.7M-1.07B-21.4M1.5527.6216,57925,7651,417,8032,954,379
2025-12-30$54.94$54.0014.1%4.0%12.9%4.6%16.8%2.7%-0.0%148.4M-1.43B-20.2M1.9230.657,89515,1831,429,8182,970,711
2025-12-31$54.75$54.0015.1%4.3%13.0%7.7%15.7%3.0%0.0%128.6M-1.07B-20.9M0.7321.9759,56543,2291,435,4452,969,808