EWZ Options History — July 2008

In July 2008, EWZ traded between $694.26 and $790.02. ATM implied volatility averaged 40.6%, placing in the 27.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 8.0% (HV 20d: 32.6%). Max pain ranged from $720.00 to $810.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.05.

Notable Days

  • 2008-07-08: Highest Volume — 9,346 contracts
  • 2008-07-07: Largest IV spike — 11.6% change
  • 2008-07-07: Highest IV Rank — 37.6%
  • 2008-07-11: Largest Expected Move — 12.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$732.31$694.26$790.02$790.02$731.16
Max Pain$765.00$720.00$810.00$810.00$720.00
ATM IV40.6%36.7%44.6%36.7%37.1%
Expected Move11.6%10.5%12.7%10.5%10.6%
HV 20d32.6%30.0%36.8%34.1%33.8%
HV 60d34.5%31.6%35.9%33.5%33.4%
IV Rank27.3%18.2%37.6%22.2%18.2%
IV Percentile35.8%16.7%57.9%19.8%16.7%
Term Structure-0.5%-1.9%1.0%1.0%0.1%
VWIV40.5%36.1%44.6%39.4%37.0%
Skew 25d6.5%4.8%8.1%5.8%5.5%
Skew 10d11.2%7.9%14.0%9.8%10.7%
Call IV 25d37.1%34.2%39.4%35.4%34.2%
Put IV 25d43.6%39.2%45.9%41.3%39.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %7.964.3212.708.359.87
Gamma HHI0.250.180.490.180.22
Net GEX-30.2M-54.5M-14.7M-15.8M-25.9M
Net DEX898.6M420.5M1.41B420.5M682.7M
Net VEX-9.5M-10.3M-6.6M-10.0M-9.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.050.355.713.271.35
Total Volume3,971.1369549,3465,929954
Total OI83,619.40969,95795,03076,39585,628

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-07-01$790.02$810.0036.7%10.5%34.1%22.2%39.4%5.8%1.0%-15.8M420.5M-10.0M3.278.35N/AN/A1,3904,53931,98044,415
2008-07-02$755.64$810.0040.6%11.6%36.2%29.9%41.4%5.4%0.2%-27.0M864.6M-9.6M2.017.65N/AN/A2,0894,20332,33246,295
2008-07-03$747.54$810.0040.0%11.5%31.1%28.6%41.0%5.9%0.7%-31.9M998.5M-9.7M2.2512.70N/AN/A1,4993,37433,49748,769
2008-07-07$736.65$810.0044.6%12.0%30.5%37.6%41.4%6.4%-0.4%-37.7M1.16B-9.1M2.617.62N/AN/A2,1015,48133,45649,389
2008-07-08$735.84$765.0041.7%11.9%30.5%32.0%41.2%7.3%-0.7%-39.4M1.24B-9.0M5.718.87N/AN/A1,3937,95335,30649,926
2008-07-09$713.79$765.0041.0%11.9%30.0%30.6%41.0%7.2%-1.1%-41.2M1.41B-8.7M0.857.18N/AN/A1,8871,61035,02251,584
2008-07-10$739.35$765.0041.8%12.0%33.3%32.2%41.0%7.2%-0.4%-29.9M982.3M-9.4M0.778.61N/AN/A3,3902,61636,01249,919
2008-07-11$734.76$765.0044.3%12.7%32.9%37.0%44.6%6.6%-1.4%-27.4M887.0M-10.1M2.348.22N/AN/A9252,16938,71449,988
2008-07-14$743.22$765.0040.7%11.7%33.4%29.1%40.9%7.4%-0.3%-31.1M823.2M-6.6M0.357.34N/AN/A2,29779429,69440,263
2008-07-15$742.14$765.0043.7%12.5%33.0%31.9%41.3%6.8%-1.1%-29.7M830.6M-10.1M1.566.98N/AN/A2,2453,51440,24051,930
2008-07-16$750.15$765.0040.1%11.5%31.7%24.4%43.5%7.3%-0.1%-30.6M732.8M-10.3M2.927.52N/AN/A4051,18140,09353,961
2008-07-17$727.20$765.0042.0%12.0%32.9%28.4%40.7%8.1%-1.2%-54.5M1.12B-9.8M1.5811.41N/AN/A9401,48840,22054,567
2008-07-18$728.28$765.0041.3%11.8%33.0%27.0%40.3%6.6%-0.7%-50.1M983.5M-9.8M2.287.05N/AN/A1,1512,62740,29754,733
2008-07-21$743.31$765.0037.4%10.7%32.9%18.9%39.1%6.4%0.0%-14.7M521.4M-9.8M0.846.46N/AN/A1,3051,10032,04343,338
2008-07-22$732.87$765.0040.7%11.7%33.0%25.6%41.3%6.8%-1.2%-18.6M668.6M-9.6M2.089.03N/AN/A8001,66732,28943,760
2008-07-23$721.80$765.0039.1%11.2%33.2%22.3%38.8%7.5%-0.2%-21.8M766.4M-9.4M1.8910.11N/AN/A1,2972,45632,73444,547
2008-07-24$697.50$765.0042.8%12.3%32.3%30.1%39.6%6.2%-1.4%-25.6M1.01B-9.2M1.435.25N/AN/A1,4222,02933,24346,359
2008-07-25$696.60$765.0040.9%11.7%30.9%26.2%39.7%5.8%-0.6%-28.3M1.06B-9.2M1.774.32N/AN/A1,4342,53933,79047,819
2008-07-28$694.26$720.0042.6%12.2%30.8%29.6%41.9%6.3%-1.9%-29.3M1.09B-9.2M3.726.49N/AN/A3081,14634,56748,781
2008-07-29$706.95$720.0038.0%10.9%31.7%20.1%39.8%6.2%-0.2%-30.2M969.8M-9.4M2.656.80N/AN/A5811,54234,50949,333
2008-07-30$741.87$720.0037.3%10.7%36.8%18.7%36.1%4.8%-0.1%-23.2M562.5M-9.9M0.877.30N/AN/A1,8821,64234,57049,715
2008-07-31$731.16$720.0037.1%10.6%33.8%18.2%37.0%5.5%0.1%-25.9M682.7M-9.9M1.359.87N/AN/A40654835,43950,189