EWZ Options History — January 2010

In January 2010, EWZ traded between $64.69 and $231.57. ATM implied volatility averaged 31.1%, placing in the 7.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 339.3% (HV 20d: 370.4%). Max pain ranged from $73.00 to $219.00. Net GEX was positive for 8 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.49.

Notable Days

  • 2010-01-20: Highest Volume — 337,419 contracts
  • 2010-01-11: Largest IV spike — 14.6% change
  • 2010-01-29: Highest IV Rank — 17.6%
  • 2010-01-29: Largest Expected Move — 10.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$80.78$64.69$231.57$231.57$64.69
Max Pain$81.63$73.00$219.00$219.00$73.00
ATM IV31.1%26.1%36.2%28.9%36.2%
Expected Move9.3%7.8%10.4%9.4%10.4%
HV 20d370.4%25.9%390.5%25.9%387.8%
HV 60d217.4%36.3%228.0%36.3%226.4%
IV Rank7.9%0.0%17.6%0.3%17.6%
IV Percentile10.7%0.0%31.0%0.4%31.0%
Term Structure1.5%0.4%2.6%1.9%2.2%
VWIV32.5%27.7%37.0%33.4%37.0%
Skew 25d6.1%5.3%7.6%6.4%5.8%
Skew 10d12.7%10.9%15.1%13.1%11.7%
Call IV 25d29.7%25.0%33.8%30.0%33.8%
Put IV 25d35.8%30.3%39.7%36.4%39.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.283.195.704.415.70
Gamma HHI0.080.060.170.060.09
Net GEX-19.9M-61.8M20.4M12.5M-61.8M
Net DEX61.0M-1.43B2.07B-1.20B2.07B
Net VEX-12.6M-14.2M-11.1M-11.1M-13.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.490.633.271.620.74
Total Volume101,026.94730,171337,41930,17166,804
Total OI1,427,786.263493,6931,856,954493,6931,477,643

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-01-04$231.57$219.0028.9%9.4%25.9%0.3%33.4%6.4%1.9%12.5M-1.20B-11.1M1.624.41N/AN/A11,52218,649190,880302,813
2010-01-05$77.28$73.0029.2%9.5%390.2%0.8%34.4%6.4%1.8%15.3M-1.24B-11.2M2.674.36N/AN/A19,34651,561585,905919,932
2010-01-06$77.79$74.0027.8%9.2%390.4%0.0%30.9%5.9%1.6%14.3M-1.39B-11.2M0.914.74N/AN/A25,51723,097595,043951,016
2010-01-07$76.93$74.0028.9%9.1%390.5%1.9%32.8%6.0%1.4%7.3M-1.10B-11.4M0.703.88N/AN/A41,03128,797605,508959,000
2010-01-08$77.47$74.0026.1%8.8%390.5%0.0%29.3%5.9%1.6%17.6M-1.43B-11.5M0.634.04N/AN/A41,47226,231630,575960,905
2010-01-11$77.28$75.0029.9%8.7%390.4%6.3%30.0%5.5%1.9%20.4M-1.40B-11.3M2.724.42N/AN/A17,15046,633658,217976,842
2010-01-12$76.11$75.0030.6%8.9%390.0%7.5%33.1%5.6%1.5%4.6M-961.6M-11.9M3.274.64N/AN/A23,51776,883660,873999,137
2010-01-13$75.89$75.0027.5%8.8%389.8%2.3%31.0%5.9%1.3%-9.8M-826.2M-11.7M1.534.76N/AN/A29,84745,617670,0761,039,321
2010-01-14$74.48$75.0031.1%8.9%389.6%8.2%31.0%5.9%1.6%-21.5M-254.0M-11.9M0.964.16N/AN/A99,49595,447684,7221,033,063
2010-01-15$73.54$75.0029.1%8.4%389.5%5.1%29.7%5.5%2.5%-56.5M154.8M-12.9M1.553.65N/AN/A48,92476,062758,0671,098,887
2010-01-19$74.62$75.0027.1%7.8%390.3%1.6%27.7%5.3%2.6%6.7M-294.8M-12.8M1.553.19N/AN/A38,38559,360469,756562,469
2010-01-20$72.46$74.0029.4%8.4%389.9%5.6%28.6%5.5%1.4%-10.8M225.3M-12.7M1.743.55N/AN/A122,981214,438487,953583,382
2010-01-21$69.13$74.0033.4%9.6%389.4%12.7%32.8%5.6%0.7%-36.9M1.04B-13.6M1.624.69N/AN/A55,50889,955564,564733,067
2010-01-22$67.97$74.0035.8%10.2%389.4%16.9%35.4%7.1%0.4%-49.3M1.34B-13.7M0.974.77N/AN/A68,06766,368526,333769,413
2010-01-25$67.90$73.0035.2%10.1%389.2%15.9%34.0%7.6%0.9%-51.2M1.34B-13.9M1.433.76N/AN/A30,74243,829564,445800,794
2010-01-26$66.83$73.0035.2%10.1%388.6%15.9%35.0%6.4%0.9%-58.7M1.64B-14.0M1.124.16N/AN/A47,08752,659572,268828,604
2010-01-27$66.54$73.0035.3%10.1%388.4%16.0%35.7%6.6%1.1%-59.7M1.69B-14.1M1.824.04N/AN/A25,41946,157596,858844,346
2010-01-28$66.36$73.0035.0%10.0%388.3%15.6%35.1%6.5%1.5%-61.3M1.77B-14.2M0.814.50N/AN/A24,88320,072603,466861,796
2010-01-29$64.69$73.0036.2%10.4%387.8%17.6%37.0%5.8%2.2%-61.8M2.07B-13.6M0.745.70N/AN/A38,50228,302608,889868,754