EWZ Options History — July 2010

In July 2010, EWZ traded between $62.97 and $70.38. ATM implied volatility averaged 33.6%, placing in the 36.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.0% (HV 20d: 31.6%). Max pain ranged from $65.00 to $67.00. Net GEX was positive for 6 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.83.

Notable Days

  • 2010-07-15: Highest Volume — 150,602 contracts
  • 2010-07-12: Largest IV spike — 16.4% change
  • 2010-07-01: Highest IV Rank — 61.1%
  • 2010-07-01: Largest Expected Move — 11.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$66.96$62.97$70.38$62.97$70.38
Max Pain$65.67$65.00$67.00$67.00$66.00
ATM IV33.6%29.1%41.4%41.4%29.1%
Expected Move9.7%8.4%11.9%11.9%8.4%
HV 20d31.6%25.2%35.4%35.4%25.2%
HV 60d40.8%39.1%42.0%40.2%39.1%
IV Rank36.4%22.1%61.1%61.1%22.1%
IV Percentile41.5%13.5%86.9%86.9%13.5%
Term Structure1.1%-0.7%2.2%0.6%2.1%
VWIV35.5%28.5%43.9%41.8%30.8%
Skew 25d8.7%7.0%10.3%9.2%7.0%
Skew 10d18.0%13.9%22.0%19.4%13.9%
Call IV 25d30.0%25.4%37.7%37.7%25.7%
Put IV 25d38.7%32.6%46.9%46.9%32.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.242.906.133.023.75
Gamma HHI0.070.060.150.070.06
Net GEX-20.3M-53.6M19.2M-42.2M19.2M
Net DEX397.6M-634.4M1.58B1.58B-634.4M
Net VEX-17.2M-17.7M-16.2M-17.1M-17.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.830.556.211.392.02
Total Volume59,86823,921150,60258,41963,422
Total OI1,622,534.9051,395,4511,817,7671,620,0751,611,898

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-07-01$62.97$67.0041.4%11.9%35.4%61.1%41.8%9.2%0.6%-42.2M1.58B-17.1M1.393.02N/AN/A24,49433,925643,828976,247
2010-07-02$63.87$67.0037.2%10.7%33.4%47.8%41.5%7.1%2.2%-42.0M1.32B-17.2M6.214.17N/AN/A8,21251,011647,184981,577
2010-07-06$64.13$66.0039.6%11.4%32.7%55.3%43.9%9.2%-0.7%-46.6M1.33B-16.9M1.955.76N/AN/A21,13541,200648,9531,009,342
2010-07-07$66.02$66.0035.9%10.6%33.1%43.5%37.5%9.2%0.3%-37.7M707.3M-17.6M0.724.01N/AN/A28,50620,601661,6151,029,643
2010-07-08$66.61$66.0033.6%10.2%33.1%36.4%37.6%9.1%0.7%-30.1M483.4M-17.6M1.294.25N/AN/A20,44826,377675,2191,029,227
2010-07-09$67.34$66.0031.9%10.1%30.1%30.8%36.1%8.9%0.6%-18.6M9.3M-17.7M0.706.13N/AN/A33,25423,236682,7951,037,822
2010-07-12$65.92$66.0037.1%10.3%31.1%47.4%37.5%8.5%0.8%-38.3M713.1M-17.0M0.774.69N/AN/A30,91223,894690,8071,039,700
2010-07-13$66.93$65.0034.4%9.9%31.3%38.9%35.7%8.4%0.4%-28.5M343.3M-17.1M0.994.04N/AN/A12,04411,877710,8381,052,684
2010-07-14$66.42$66.0034.2%10.3%29.7%38.3%38.5%10.3%0.7%-41.1M592.7M-16.9M2.824.64N/AN/A19,63555,292701,2351,050,336
2010-07-15$66.15$66.0034.3%9.8%29.6%38.4%35.8%10.0%1.1%-53.6M676.1M-16.7M4.304.60N/AN/A28,426122,176709,6571,072,919
2010-07-16$64.15$65.0037.0%10.6%31.5%47.2%36.3%9.9%0.7%-37.8M1.54B-16.4M1.344.53N/AN/A22,11329,544723,6821,094,085
2010-07-19$65.07$65.0033.8%9.7%31.9%36.8%36.6%8.7%1.6%-27.3M768.4M-16.2M1.504.57N/AN/A13,84520,761552,403843,048
2010-07-20$67.23$65.0032.6%9.3%33.9%33.1%32.5%8.9%1.6%-16.4M301.0M-16.6M0.823.85N/AN/A58,11447,812559,983855,262
2010-07-21$66.93$65.0033.3%9.5%33.4%35.3%36.8%9.7%1.1%-12.9M322.0M-17.0M3.063.37N/AN/A6,77820,712598,717876,487
2010-07-22$69.03$65.0031.2%8.9%35.1%28.6%33.0%8.9%1.2%-1.5M-186.7M-17.3M1.142.90N/AN/A21,81024,891600,998887,203
2010-07-23$69.47$65.0030.9%8.8%34.4%27.5%30.8%8.3%1.5%2.9M-324.3M-17.3M2.933.96N/AN/A18,05852,942609,019896,214
2010-07-26$69.24$65.0029.4%8.4%33.8%22.9%28.5%8.0%1.9%4.3M-276.5M-17.5M0.553.96N/AN/A28,23915,432618,721935,073
2010-07-27$69.00$65.0029.7%8.5%33.5%23.8%32.4%8.4%1.8%6.3M-218.8M-17.5M2.764.14N/AN/A13,69237,800634,112940,896
2010-07-28$69.50$66.0030.4%8.7%26.6%26.1%30.8%8.3%1.9%6.2M-300.5M-17.7M0.575.15N/AN/A46,65626,574636,304960,388
2010-07-29$69.83$66.0029.5%8.5%25.6%23.3%30.2%7.5%1.8%9.9M-397.4M-17.6M0.663.66N/AN/A31,03420,344644,324942,788
2010-07-30$70.38$66.0029.1%8.4%25.2%22.1%30.8%7.0%2.1%19.2M-634.4M-17.7M2.023.75N/AN/A21,03142,391665,609946,289