EWZ Options History — May 2010

In May 2010, EWZ traded between $58.61 and $71.80. ATM implied volatility averaged 43.0%, placing in the 68.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.2%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.4% (HV 20d: 44.4%). Max pain ranged from $70.00 to $73.00. Net GEX was positive for 1 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 2 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.04.

Notable Days

  • 2010-05-20: Highest Volume — 257,317 contracts
  • 2010-05-04: Largest IV spike — 25.7% change
  • 2010-05-06: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2010-05-20: Largest Expected Move — 15.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$64.52$58.61$71.80$71.80$63.52
Max Pain$71.65$70.00$73.00$73.00$70.00
ATM IV43.0%31.2%53.7%31.2%39.8%
Expected Move12.2%9.0%15.4%9.0%11.4%
HV 20d44.4%25.4%54.0%25.4%53.9%
HV 60d31.3%23.9%36.5%23.9%36.5%
IV Rank68.2%30.2%100.0%30.2%55.8%
IV Percentile80.6%24.2%100.0%24.2%77.0%
Term Structure-2.1%-7.2%1.6%1.6%0.0%
VWIV43.6%31.3%52.6%31.3%41.1%
Skew 25d12.5%7.2%18.9%7.2%11.6%
Skew 10d27.7%14.0%41.9%14.0%23.5%
Call IV 25d37.4%28.5%47.9%28.5%35.5%
Put IV 25d50.0%35.7%65.2%35.7%47.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %5.203.747.305.204.49
Gamma HHI0.090.060.370.060.08
Net GEX-64.0M-94.0M48.1M-44.8M-67.2M
Net DEX2.21B563.2M3.68B563.2M1.91B
Net VEX-15.7M-17.2M-13.2M-16.9M-17.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.040.654.181.590.66
Total Volume115,645.942,141257,31753,27445,003
Total OI1,689,362.61,467,8771,939,8411,467,8771,834,709

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-05-03$71.80$73.0031.2%9.0%25.4%30.2%31.3%7.2%1.6%-44.8M563.2M-16.9M1.595.20N/AN/A20,57632,698564,343903,534
2010-05-04$67.97$73.0039.3%11.3%31.4%57.0%39.9%8.0%-0.4%-57.6M1.54B-16.1M2.085.01N/AN/A41,09985,674563,868907,980
2010-05-05$67.20$73.0042.1%12.1%31.2%66.5%42.4%9.6%-1.5%-59.5M1.73B-16.2M3.644.72N/AN/A33,036120,271573,649932,115
2010-05-06$64.33$72.0052.1%14.9%33.3%100.0%51.4%11.2%-5.5%-66.0M2.31B-15.7M2.087.30N/AN/A53,743111,740584,637972,081
2010-05-07$63.90$73.0049.8%13.0%33.1%92.3%44.2%13.5%-2.3%-66.4M2.43B-15.8M1.606.16N/AN/A48,23577,100607,633987,399
2010-05-10$69.17$72.0039.1%10.8%45.5%56.4%39.6%11.8%-0.1%-63.0M1.15B-17.2M2.276.57N/AN/A28,46264,678629,118995,928
2010-05-11$67.45$72.0042.4%11.7%46.1%67.3%42.4%11.9%-1.2%-73.6M1.62B-16.8M2.254.36N/AN/A16,99538,290631,2921,014,621
2010-05-12$68.22$72.0037.2%10.7%46.1%50.3%39.2%11.0%-1.1%-76.5M1.46B-16.7M0.656.10N/AN/A33,48921,633635,0501,022,535
2010-05-13$67.61$72.0035.8%10.3%46.1%45.6%37.2%9.9%-0.7%-78.3M1.59B-16.3M1.034.43N/AN/A20,72921,412661,8341,019,732
2010-05-14$65.78$72.0039.6%11.4%46.4%58.3%43.5%13.0%-2.0%-84.7M2.17B-15.8M1.724.93N/AN/A30,08051,749667,1161,024,513
2010-05-17$65.09$72.0039.9%11.4%46.4%59.1%42.4%12.6%-2.1%-94.0M2.42B-15.0M4.185.79N/AN/A25,271105,749674,0981,038,473
2010-05-18$63.08$72.0044.3%12.7%47.0%73.9%45.3%12.4%-4.2%-88.0M2.94B-14.5M3.444.85N/AN/A32,385111,513681,0911,083,648
2010-05-19$61.57$72.0045.5%13.0%47.3%77.9%49.2%15.3%-4.1%-81.4M3.40B-14.2M3.765.04N/AN/A26,716100,410697,8381,124,960
2010-05-20$58.61$72.0053.7%15.4%49.1%100.0%52.6%18.9%-7.2%-59.5M3.68B-13.2M1.776.41N/AN/A92,767164,550709,8691,114,291
2010-05-21$61.14$71.0047.7%13.7%52.5%81.0%49.0%16.4%-3.9%48.1M3.41B-14.5M1.935.53N/AN/A80,155154,738762,4931,177,348
2010-05-24$60.28$70.0048.4%13.9%52.4%83.4%48.1%14.8%-2.6%-67.1M2.65B-15.1M1.424.02N/AN/A28,08639,874652,1811,050,591
2010-05-25$59.78$70.0046.4%13.3%50.4%76.9%48.7%16.1%-1.6%-67.6M2.76B-14.7M1.734.37N/AN/A40,01569,255667,2991,058,173
2010-05-26$60.10$70.0046.2%13.3%50.1%76.4%45.0%13.2%-1.5%-66.9M2.66B-15.2M1.604.91N/AN/A53,24584,983691,3211,068,146
2010-05-27$63.78$70.0039.5%11.3%54.0%55.1%39.9%12.2%-0.9%-66.6M1.85B-16.8M1.453.74N/AN/A43,47463,040710,5161,091,229
2010-05-28$63.52$70.0039.8%11.4%53.9%55.8%41.1%11.6%0.0%-67.2M1.91B-17.0M0.664.49N/AN/A27,14917,854724,4381,110,271