EWZ Options History — October 2010

In October 2010, EWZ traded between $76.10 and $80.92. ATM implied volatility averaged 26.7%, placing in the 15.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 8.1% (HV 20d: 18.7%). Max pain ranged from $74.00 to $76.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 21 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.03.

Notable Days

  • 2010-10-05: Highest Volume — 193,300 contracts
  • 2010-10-14: Largest IV spike — 27.1% change
  • 2010-10-27: Highest IV Rank — 26.8%
  • 2010-10-27: Largest Expected Move — 8.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$78.33$76.10$80.92$78.12$77.04
Max Pain$75.24$74.00$76.00$74.00$76.00
ATM IV26.7%21.8%30.3%24.5%28.7%
Expected Move7.9%7.0%8.7%7.0%8.2%
HV 20d18.7%13.8%23.7%15.3%22.8%
HV 60d23.3%21.9%24.2%24.1%23.4%
IV Rank15.1%0.0%26.8%7.4%21.8%
IV Percentile17.4%0.0%40.9%2.8%29.4%
Term Structure1.2%0.5%2.3%2.3%1.0%
VWIV28.6%26.8%30.6%26.8%29.3%
Skew 25d5.4%4.4%7.0%4.4%5.0%
Skew 10d11.6%8.9%20.9%8.9%9.4%
Call IV 25d25.4%22.8%28.0%22.8%26.4%
Put IV 25d30.8%27.2%32.9%27.2%31.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.653.7613.373.854.39
Gamma HHI0.070.060.100.100.06
Net GEX47.4M8.6M76.4M63.9M28.7M
Net DEX-2.55B-4.48B-808.7M-2.78B-1.42B
Net VEX-22.8M-24.1M-21.4M-21.6M-23.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.030.381.990.460.72
Total Volume87,158.95238,140193,300131,45799,855
Total OI2,261,747.5712,059,6672,467,0772,059,6672,379,497

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-10-01$78.12$74.0024.5%7.0%15.3%7.4%26.8%4.4%2.3%63.9M-2.78B-21.6M0.463.85N/AN/A89,90841,549914,5121,145,155
2010-10-04$78.16$75.0024.6%7.7%15.1%7.5%26.8%7.0%0.9%74.8M-2.88B-21.7M0.884.31N/AN/A53,46047,131955,9041,158,813
2010-10-05$79.68$75.0023.8%7.4%13.8%5.2%27.9%6.9%1.0%76.3M-3.63B-21.6M0.953.83N/AN/A99,11794,183988,2761,188,582
2010-10-06$78.64$75.0025.2%7.7%15.3%9.6%28.9%6.8%0.9%74.7M-3.11B-22.8M1.994.31N/AN/A43,11585,5881,021,7981,222,168
2010-10-07$77.58$75.0025.4%7.9%16.7%10.2%29.7%6.6%0.8%65.9M-2.56B-23.4M1.484.06N/AN/A31,11645,9251,041,5451,256,752
2010-10-08$79.03$75.0023.3%7.6%17.4%3.6%28.2%6.0%1.2%70.3M-3.38B-22.7M1.293.76N/AN/A25,36232,7201,041,1071,276,732
2010-10-11$79.30$75.0024.9%7.7%15.4%8.7%27.8%5.3%1.1%70.8M-3.56B-22.1M0.383.97N/AN/A39,78715,2951,044,6171,282,144
2010-10-12$79.10$75.0024.8%7.7%15.4%8.3%29.0%5.5%1.4%76.4M-3.51B-22.3M1.094.04N/AN/A25,43027,7841,066,5471,288,577
2010-10-13$80.92$75.0021.8%7.5%16.4%0.0%28.6%4.9%1.5%68.0M-4.48B-21.4M0.394.79N/AN/A87,51634,4841,078,4751,302,567
2010-10-14$80.53$75.0027.7%7.9%16.7%18.5%28.1%5.4%0.7%69.9M-4.32B-22.3M1.0313.37N/AN/A42,74144,0831,117,2431,321,161
2010-10-15$80.40$75.0027.2%7.8%16.1%16.9%27.6%5.2%1.5%65.4M-4.28B-22.4M1.024.58N/AN/A45,61246,6421,125,1781,341,899
2010-10-18$80.07$75.0027.5%7.9%16.4%17.9%28.2%4.9%1.5%39.8M-2.98B-22.0M1.434.57N/AN/A15,72322,417950,0121,116,411
2010-10-19$77.65$75.0028.5%8.2%20.7%21.1%29.9%5.4%1.9%26.3M-1.70B-23.3M1.234.71N/AN/A41,98551,702953,3161,131,427
2010-10-20$78.44$75.0028.3%8.1%20.8%20.4%27.6%5.2%1.2%27.1M-2.14B-22.7M0.974.06N/AN/A45,17243,854975,9891,162,873
2010-10-21$76.67$75.0029.9%8.6%22.6%25.6%30.6%5.0%0.9%17.2M-1.13B-24.1M1.694.45N/AN/A39,30466,404998,5811,195,344
2010-10-22$76.10$76.0029.1%8.3%22.7%23.1%28.8%4.5%1.6%8.6M-851.7M-23.5M0.923.88N/AN/A50,48246,4531,005,7581,227,868
2010-10-25$76.80$76.0028.4%8.1%22.8%20.7%29.3%5.2%0.9%13.7M-1.18B-23.1M1.003.85N/AN/A23,15223,1221,030,3291,252,902
2010-10-26$77.74$76.0028.4%8.1%22.7%20.8%28.1%4.9%1.1%24.3M-1.69B-23.8M1.133.89N/AN/A18,11320,5091,040,7431,249,617
2010-10-27$76.24$76.0030.3%8.7%23.7%26.8%30.2%5.0%0.5%13.5M-808.7M-23.8M0.604.69N/AN/A32,14219,3401,047,2641,262,951
2010-10-28$76.67$76.0029.2%8.4%23.4%23.3%29.2%4.6%0.5%20.1M-1.07B-23.8M0.934.22N/AN/A37,36534,6961,067,0571,269,008
2010-10-29$77.04$76.0028.7%8.2%22.8%21.8%29.3%5.0%1.0%28.7M-1.42B-23.5M0.724.39N/AN/A58,17441,6811,097,7911,281,706