EWZ Options History — March 2009

In March 2009, EWZ traded between $95.25 and $122.67. ATM implied volatility averaged 66.7%, placing in the 27.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 18.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.5% (HV 20d: 63.3%). Max pain ranged from $99.00 to $111.00. Net GEX was positive for 8 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.94.

Notable Days

  • 2009-03-10: Highest Volume — 96,103 contracts
  • 2009-03-30: Largest IV spike — 11.4% change
  • 2009-03-02: Highest IV Rank — 39.0%
  • 2009-03-02: Largest Expected Move — 23.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$109.93$95.25$122.67$95.25$113.10
Max Pain$107.32$99.00$111.00$111.00$111.00
ATM IV66.7%57.3%83.1%83.1%61.7%
Expected Move18.9%16.4%23.8%23.8%17.7%
HV 20d63.3%57.1%68.8%63.3%57.1%
HV 60d63.1%60.9%65.2%64.4%62.0%
IV Rank27.4%20.7%39.0%39.0%23.8%
IV Percentile58.1%47.2%77.8%77.8%50.0%
Term Structure-1.9%-8.3%1.3%-8.3%0.1%
VWIV67.1%57.8%84.2%76.3%57.8%
Skew 25d14.7%10.4%19.2%19.2%10.4%
Skew 10d28.1%18.1%37.9%37.9%18.1%
Call IV 25d58.6%51.9%74.1%74.1%56.6%
Put IV 25d73.4%64.0%93.3%93.3%66.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %10.366.4914.246.9413.99
Gamma HHI0.070.060.110.070.06
Net GEX-1.2M-21.2M35.3M-19.4M-6.6M
Net DEX182.6M-544.3M1.11B1.11B148.9M
Net VEX-9.1M-10.3M-7.7M-7.7M-10.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.940.317.130.500.41
Total Volume40,669.514,77996,10336,04227,026
Total OI752,548.818543,191947,513729,328640,403

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-03-02$95.25$111.0083.1%23.8%63.3%39.0%76.3%19.2%-8.3%-19.4M1.11B-7.7M0.506.94N/AN/A24,09611,946349,058380,270
2009-03-03$96.54$111.0079.6%22.8%63.6%36.5%84.2%16.9%-5.9%-19.2M1.04B-7.7M3.539.62N/AN/A6,11221,590360,281380,258
2009-03-04$103.35$111.0072.8%20.9%67.6%31.7%71.7%17.2%-3.5%-10.6M594.4M-8.5M1.616.49N/AN/A15,76425,328353,662385,635
2009-03-05$100.62$111.0076.4%21.9%67.9%34.3%77.4%18.0%-5.4%-15.3M801.8M-8.4M1.248.40N/AN/A17,90422,175362,659394,419
2009-03-06$100.41$99.0076.4%20.6%66.1%34.3%76.6%17.6%-3.8%-17.1M803.0M-8.3M2.117.77N/AN/A8,84118,657365,401394,382
2009-03-09$99.06$99.0079.1%21.1%61.8%36.2%74.3%17.4%-4.7%-21.2M921.9M-7.9M1.179.67N/AN/A12,69514,870366,296396,501
2009-03-10$106.80$99.0070.3%18.9%68.8%29.9%72.9%16.7%-2.5%-4.0M293.2M-8.6M2.759.00N/AN/A25,64470,459374,940399,931
2009-03-11$106.56$105.0069.1%19.0%66.7%29.1%61.1%16.5%-1.6%-11.6M455.3M-9.2M1.338.06N/AN/A13,15117,544388,589457,843
2009-03-12$109.98$105.0064.1%18.4%67.7%25.5%68.2%15.1%-1.0%-4.0M143.4M-9.4M0.3310.54N/AN/A34,23411,342388,434467,384
2009-03-13$109.29$105.0065.8%18.9%67.6%26.8%64.2%14.7%-1.5%-3.1M178.1M-9.3M1.0610.47N/AN/A12,98213,700398,631466,525
2009-03-16$108.42$105.0064.8%18.6%67.4%26.0%63.5%15.1%-0.5%-8.9M255.3M-9.0M2.778.99N/AN/A18,27350,556397,351472,598
2009-03-17$111.87$105.0061.0%17.5%63.9%23.3%60.7%14.6%0.4%8.2M10.1M-9.4M0.9610.15N/AN/A17,88217,163406,135509,230
2009-03-18$114.66$105.0060.1%17.2%64.0%22.7%60.4%13.5%1.3%32.5M-414.1M-9.3M3.0711.83N/AN/A8,04524,713405,408499,623
2009-03-19$115.83$105.0062.4%17.9%64.0%24.3%68.4%14.1%-1.1%35.3M-446.8M-9.6M1.7510.20N/AN/A27,86848,805402,912519,099
2009-03-20$114.15$108.0062.3%17.9%62.4%24.3%59.2%14.4%-1.4%27.0M-242.3M-9.4M0.3111.22N/AN/A36,47211,145415,728531,785
2009-03-23$122.67$111.0057.9%16.6%59.1%21.1%61.7%13.2%0.7%6.9M-544.3M-9.4M0.6212.89N/AN/A21,44013,241229,546313,645
2009-03-24$118.41$111.0060.8%17.4%58.4%23.2%61.8%12.9%-1.1%4.6M-352.5M-9.4M3.3411.14N/AN/A4,56415,250238,427315,389
2009-03-25$119.73$111.0059.0%16.9%58.4%21.9%61.4%12.3%0.4%4.6M-379.3M-9.4M5.6112.41N/AN/A7,09739,842237,496324,881
2009-03-26$122.55$111.0057.3%16.4%58.6%20.7%70.0%12.2%-0.3%5.3M-493.2M-9.9M7.1312.82N/AN/A9,04864,505242,059357,585
2009-03-27$117.60$111.0058.7%16.8%60.7%21.7%59.2%11.3%0.8%-1.9M-116.2M-10.3M0.4911.11N/AN/A12,0555,926248,763382,236
2009-03-30$111.66$111.0065.4%18.8%57.1%26.5%64.9%10.8%-2.0%-8.5M243.4M-10.2M0.6514.24N/AN/A8,9835,796251,579383,097
2009-03-31$113.10$111.0061.7%17.7%57.1%23.8%57.8%10.4%0.1%-6.6M148.9M-10.1M0.4113.99N/AN/A19,2317,795256,327384,076