EWZ Options History — September 2010

In September 2010, EWZ traded between $69.54 and $76.95. ATM implied volatility averaged 26.8%, placing in the 14.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.2% (HV 20d: 26.6%). Max pain ranged from $68.00 to $73.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 21 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.34.

Notable Days

  • 2010-09-28: Highest Volume — 166,787 contracts
  • 2010-09-07: Largest IV spike — 15.5% change
  • 2010-09-07: Highest IV Rank — 19.9%
  • 2010-09-07: Largest Expected Move — 8.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$72.64$69.54$76.95$70.55$76.95
Max Pain$70.24$68.00$73.00$69.00$73.00
ATM IV26.8%24.6%28.4%27.2%24.6%
Expected Move7.8%7.0%8.6%7.8%7.0%
HV 20d26.6%14.8%30.5%29.9%14.8%
HV 60d27.1%24.0%29.2%29.2%24.0%
IV Rank14.8%7.6%19.9%16.0%7.6%
IV Percentile9.3%2.8%15.9%7.9%2.8%
Term Structure2.3%1.4%3.5%2.1%2.8%
VWIV28.1%26.2%32.2%29.9%26.4%
Skew 25d6.3%4.9%7.9%5.7%5.2%
Skew 10d12.9%9.6%15.5%11.1%9.6%
Call IV 25d24.4%22.7%26.7%25.1%22.7%
Put IV 25d30.7%27.9%34.7%30.9%27.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.772.485.182.674.90
Gamma HHI0.110.070.350.070.10
Net GEX49.0M-72.0K147.6M7.3M72.8M
Net DEX-958.0M-2.31B-30.9M-372.2M-2.31B
Net VEX-17.0M-21.4M-15.6M-16.4M-21.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.340.445.021.411.55
Total Volume89,734.57131,204166,78786,836136,249
Total OI1,743,203.9051,402,8461,992,3541,685,9991,988,373

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-09-01$70.55$69.0027.2%7.8%29.9%16.0%29.9%5.7%2.1%7.3M-372.2M-16.4M1.412.67N/AN/A36,06150,775673,9691,012,030
2010-09-02$70.82$69.0026.4%7.6%29.9%13.4%27.5%4.9%2.7%14.1M-488.0M-16.4M1.302.48N/AN/A25,45433,188691,5541,030,120
2010-09-03$70.63$68.0024.6%8.1%29.8%7.7%29.5%7.5%3.5%17.2M-478.2M-16.2M1.395.18N/AN/A30,86842,797705,5211,050,730
2010-09-07$69.54$68.0028.4%8.6%30.2%19.9%32.2%7.9%2.5%-72.0K-30.9M-16.0M1.224.50N/AN/A14,03017,174708,8741,058,234
2010-09-08$70.49$68.0027.1%8.4%30.5%15.6%29.5%7.6%2.6%13.0M-366.0M-15.9M1.143.91N/AN/A28,52232,523705,5111,060,472
2010-09-09$70.78$68.0027.8%8.0%27.8%17.8%27.1%7.5%3.2%24.5M-525.9M-15.6M3.643.76N/AN/A14,22351,744723,6531,077,293
2010-09-10$70.91$68.0027.7%7.9%27.8%17.4%28.5%7.3%2.8%28.8M-556.6M-15.6M5.024.27N/AN/A13,00365,299727,7381,074,707
2010-09-13$72.84$69.0026.0%7.4%29.1%12.0%26.5%7.0%3.1%58.7M-1.23B-15.7M0.573.35N/AN/A41,32023,527730,1201,104,893
2010-09-14$72.65$70.0026.6%7.6%28.5%14.0%26.2%6.9%2.8%68.9M-1.23B-15.7M0.454.33N/AN/A102,91246,120748,6971,102,108
2010-09-15$72.33$71.0027.8%8.0%28.4%17.9%28.8%7.0%2.1%92.5M-1.15B-16.1M1.164.38N/AN/A43,19850,217824,0611,125,390
2010-09-16$72.43$71.0027.7%7.9%28.4%17.5%30.5%7.0%2.2%96.8M-1.24B-16.3M1.133.83N/AN/A30,00133,904835,0181,131,909
2010-09-17$71.78$71.0027.6%7.9%28.1%17.3%28.1%6.8%2.1%147.6M-925.1M-16.2M0.633.70N/AN/A37,01823,379842,2711,150,083
2010-09-20$72.46$71.0027.2%7.8%28.1%15.8%27.7%5.6%1.7%26.3M-559.2M-16.1M1.012.91N/AN/A33,96534,161607,106795,740
2010-09-21$72.88$71.0026.1%7.5%27.2%12.5%27.3%5.6%1.9%33.0M-688.3M-16.3M0.773.69N/AN/A30,85323,793622,733814,907
2010-09-22$73.40$71.0026.8%7.7%26.5%14.6%27.3%6.1%1.6%39.5M-880.2M-16.6M0.913.54N/AN/A41,94738,125640,700827,848
2010-09-23$74.18$71.0027.8%8.0%26.4%17.7%28.3%5.8%1.7%46.6M-1.17B-17.3M1.113.14N/AN/A78,58387,448671,406847,875
2010-09-24$73.90$72.0027.1%7.8%25.6%15.7%27.7%5.0%1.8%44.2M-1.03B-18.7M0.443.72N/AN/A54,94724,370719,246916,488
2010-09-27$74.39$72.0027.5%7.9%22.5%16.7%27.5%5.3%1.4%54.5M-1.24B-19.0M0.913.32N/AN/A41,61838,042749,226927,683
2010-09-28$75.40$72.0026.3%7.5%19.6%13.2%27.8%5.7%1.8%65.6M-1.60B-19.4M0.663.52N/AN/A100,39066,397771,256952,620
2010-09-29$76.15$72.0025.3%7.3%19.5%9.9%26.5%5.1%2.4%76.5M-2.04B-20.6M1.734.15N/AN/A61,015105,266852,3371,006,782
2010-09-30$76.95$73.0024.6%7.0%14.8%7.6%26.4%5.2%2.8%72.8M-2.31B-21.4M1.554.90N/AN/A53,41882,831893,3891,094,984