EWZ Options History — September 2008

In September 2008, EWZ traded between $458.91 and $630.90. ATM implied volatility averaged 59.6%, placing in the 59.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 17.0%. IV traded below realized volatility by 6.7% (HV 20d: 66.3%). Max pain ranged from $585.00 to $720.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 1 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.13.

Notable Days

  • 2008-09-09: Highest Volume — 17,451 contracts
  • 2008-09-29: Largest IV spike — 69.6% change
  • 2008-09-29: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2008-09-29: Largest Expected Move — 30.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$545.18$458.91$630.90$630.90$506.79
Max Pain$621.43$585.00$720.00$720.00$585.00
ATM IV59.6%41.1%105.8%41.1%89.3%
Expected Move17.0%11.8%30.3%11.8%25.6%
HV 20d66.3%36.7%113.2%36.7%113.2%
HV 60d47.9%34.6%71.1%34.6%71.1%
IV Rank59.6%26.5%100.0%26.5%78.8%
IV Percentile86.3%42.5%100.0%42.5%99.6%
Term Structure-6.8%-22.9%0.2%-1.4%-16.5%
VWIV59.2%40.3%106.1%40.3%87.8%
Skew 25d8.7%4.0%21.4%4.0%15.0%
Skew 10d16.2%8.0%35.4%8.0%25.8%
Call IV 25d56.0%39.4%97.4%39.4%80.0%
Put IV 25d64.7%43.4%118.8%43.4%95.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %13.075.0525.505.0514.81
Gamma HHI0.170.110.230.190.14
Net GEX-15.0M-26.5M-3.5M-25.4M-5.4M
Net DEX1.58B763.5M2.26B1.45B1.21B
Net VEX-8.6M-10.5M-6.9M-7.8M-8.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.130.272.202.201.97
Total Volume8,926.0481,02117,4513,5956,153
Total OI121,656.52495,964146,42295,964116,733

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-09-02$630.90$720.0041.1%11.8%36.7%26.5%40.3%4.0%-1.4%-25.4M1.45B-7.8M2.205.05N/AN/A1,1242,47140,53655,428
2008-09-03$618.66$720.0041.3%11.8%37.0%27.0%43.7%4.7%0.2%-25.8M1.58B-7.4M1.328.12N/AN/A4,0165,28440,97655,735
2008-09-04$584.01$720.0046.1%13.2%40.1%36.8%47.5%4.5%-0.9%-26.2M1.87B-7.2M0.995.48N/AN/A7,3497,27544,09259,462
2008-09-05$579.87$630.0044.4%12.6%39.9%33.4%43.0%7.0%-0.9%-26.5M1.88B-7.7M1.2911.23N/AN/A3,6494,71648,54163,493
2008-09-08$567.45$630.0045.3%12.7%40.0%35.2%43.6%5.8%-1.4%-26.4M1.95B-7.4M0.787.03N/AN/A7,9876,25151,04365,152
2008-09-09$525.51$630.0053.6%14.3%46.0%52.3%50.2%7.1%-3.6%-22.0M2.26B-6.9M1.559.61N/AN/A6,84610,60554,90368,342
2008-09-10$539.55$630.0049.8%14.0%47.8%44.5%47.1%6.9%-3.3%-20.0M2.00B-7.7M1.339.46N/AN/A5,1016,80659,50767,743
2008-09-11$545.85$630.0049.6%14.2%47.0%44.0%47.4%8.1%-3.1%-20.6M1.86B-8.6M0.7311.36N/AN/A5,0123,67161,23270,642
2008-09-12$573.93$630.0047.7%13.7%51.5%40.1%48.0%6.4%-2.0%-17.3M1.42B-10.0M0.559.56N/AN/A4,8782,68764,44571,245
2008-09-15$520.20$630.0061.6%17.7%60.7%68.9%62.8%7.7%-8.2%-16.3M1.94B-8.6M0.9311.00N/AN/A8,0237,48466,32272,525
2008-09-16$527.40$630.0057.9%16.6%61.2%61.1%57.3%9.8%-8.6%-16.0M1.95B-8.4M1.8813.49N/AN/A3,2856,17967,20872,328
2008-09-17$479.16$585.0066.1%19.0%67.7%78.1%67.6%7.5%-11.1%-15.0M2.25B-7.3M0.8317.91N/AN/A4,5903,81868,88874,867
2008-09-18$495.00$585.0067.3%19.3%67.1%80.5%63.3%10.0%-13.0%-15.3M2.08B-8.0M0.9825.50N/AN/A4,2004,11871,06774,669
2008-09-19$569.70$585.0062.8%18.0%86.2%71.2%64.3%9.2%-11.8%-5.4M1.26B-10.5M0.8519.41N/AN/A6,5495,56171,45474,968
2008-09-22$566.55$585.0063.2%18.1%86.2%72.1%63.4%8.8%-8.4%-5.4M763.5M-10.3M0.7914.74N/AN/A7,1575,67949,83459,619
2008-09-23$530.37$585.0067.0%19.2%88.5%80.1%70.4%9.8%-8.3%-5.9M1.11B-10.2M0.8617.16N/AN/A2,9392,52655,14363,597
2008-09-24$529.02$585.0066.2%19.0%88.5%78.4%66.8%10.5%-7.4%-6.0M1.11B-9.4M1.0312.31N/AN/A50351851,57760,340
2008-09-25$557.46$585.0062.8%18.0%90.2%71.2%60.5%10.0%-5.3%-3.5M798.3M-10.0M0.5116.58N/AN/A2,2421,15551,67660,269
2008-09-26$542.52$585.0062.4%17.9%90.1%70.4%63.0%9.4%-3.9%-4.2M982.5M-9.7M0.2713.19N/AN/A3,39793352,90860,808
2008-09-29$458.91$585.00105.8%30.3%106.0%100.0%106.1%21.4%-22.9%-5.7M1.39B-7.7M2.1121.51N/AN/A1,5143,19654,58360,887
2008-09-30$506.79$585.0089.3%25.6%113.2%78.8%87.8%15.0%-16.5%-5.4M1.21B-8.9M1.9714.81N/AN/A2,0704,08354,72062,013