EWZ Options History — January 2011

In January 2011, EWZ traded between $72.55 and $78.64. ATM implied volatility averaged 24.5%, placing in the 12.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.9% (HV 20d: 19.6%). Max pain ranged from $77.00 to $79.00. Net GEX was positive for 12 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.59.

Notable Days

  • 2011-01-12: Highest Volume — 122,523 contracts
  • 2011-01-13: Largest IV spike — 31.7% change
  • 2011-01-31: Highest IV Rank — 22.5%
  • 2011-01-31: Largest Expected Move — 7.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$76.23$72.55$78.64$78.12$73.20
Max Pain$77.90$77.00$79.00$79.00$77.00
ATM IV24.5%19.8%27.4%23.8%27.4%
Expected Move7.2%6.5%7.9%6.8%7.9%
HV 20d19.6%18.1%20.8%18.6%20.3%
HV 60d22.2%21.9%23.1%22.7%22.2%
IV Rank12.3%0.0%22.5%7.5%22.5%
IV Percentile12.6%0.0%32.9%4.8%32.9%
Term Structure1.7%0.8%2.8%2.4%0.9%
VWIV25.9%23.2%30.0%24.9%30.0%
Skew 25d4.8%3.7%6.5%5.7%6.2%
Skew 10d9.6%6.7%13.9%9.9%13.6%
Call IV 25d23.0%21.3%24.6%21.4%24.6%
Put IV 25d27.8%25.5%31.0%27.1%30.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.122.875.323.284.72
Gamma HHI0.100.070.550.070.08
Net GEX-8.6M-225.2M74.0M50.1M-76.9M
Net DEX939.8M-127.8M2.10B270.5M1.25B
Net VEX-14.1M-15.3M-13.1M-14.9M-13.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.590.393.011.182.25
Total Volume69,571.3529,172122,52375,23268,464
Total OI1,812,623.5963,2042,243,8292,012,1731,130,366

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-01-03$78.12$79.0023.8%6.8%18.6%7.5%24.9%5.7%2.4%50.1M270.5M-14.9M1.183.28N/AN/A34,53640,696842,7601,169,413
2011-01-04$78.47$79.0024.1%6.9%18.5%8.5%24.7%4.8%2.1%48.5M206.5M-14.9M0.973.38N/AN/A41,89740,709848,6051,187,704
2011-01-05$77.55$79.0022.7%6.5%18.7%4.1%23.3%4.1%2.8%43.7M658.8M-15.1M2.973.62N/AN/A21,43963,628870,2511,213,453
2011-01-06$76.78$79.0023.8%6.8%18.4%7.5%25.4%3.7%2.5%15.4M1.12B-15.3M2.862.87N/AN/A17,64150,371860,1561,240,576
2011-01-07$76.08$78.0023.8%7.7%18.1%7.6%27.4%5.5%0.9%3.8M1.48B-15.3M3.015.22N/AN/A7,27821,894859,0791,256,126
2011-01-10$75.31$78.0025.3%7.8%18.2%12.4%27.0%5.1%0.8%-13.0M1.90B-14.6M1.505.32N/AN/A21,83732,657861,8361,268,887
2011-01-11$76.93$78.0022.5%7.3%19.0%3.5%26.3%4.9%1.3%24.4M999.4M-14.9M0.404.83N/AN/A42,48817,023873,0351,276,319
2011-01-12$78.64$78.0019.8%7.0%20.5%0.0%24.5%4.5%1.2%74.0M-127.8M-14.4M0.394.53N/AN/A88,09234,431889,5071,276,001
2011-01-13$77.40$78.0026.0%7.5%19.8%18.5%28.0%4.4%1.1%40.0M713.6M-14.5M1.593.84N/AN/A26,68642,399866,7601,275,941
2011-01-14$77.40$78.0025.4%7.3%19.8%16.8%23.5%4.4%1.2%32.7M865.0M-14.6M0.464.43N/AN/A35,97116,401869,9891,308,154
2011-01-18$77.84$78.0024.4%7.0%19.9%13.6%23.2%4.6%1.4%64.0M479.9M-13.6M1.124.21N/AN/A30,39034,103894,0131,308,249
2011-01-19$76.88$78.0025.5%7.3%20.0%16.8%26.2%4.3%1.4%20.7M1.06B-13.8M1.503.79N/AN/A26,37039,457906,6511,302,498
2011-01-20$75.85$78.0025.6%7.3%19.9%17.1%26.4%4.8%1.8%3.0M1.57B-13.6M2.254.52N/AN/A23,08752,060908,4901,310,423
2011-01-21$74.99$78.0025.9%7.4%20.1%18.1%25.2%4.3%1.9%-225.2M2.10B-13.3M1.154.21N/AN/A42,61749,202913,4991,330,330
2011-01-24$75.99$77.0024.5%7.0%20.6%14.0%24.2%4.3%1.9%-42.1M500.5M-13.1M0.413.47N/AN/A28,02711,483357,491605,713
2011-01-25$75.25$77.0024.7%7.1%20.8%14.6%27.1%4.6%1.9%-46.4M673.5M-13.1M1.674.26N/AN/A31,91653,395366,890611,991
2011-01-26$75.27$77.0024.1%6.9%20.8%12.7%25.1%4.4%2.3%-52.2M693.2M-13.2M1.043.51N/AN/A23,83124,804389,077647,288
2011-01-27$74.14$77.0023.3%6.7%19.7%10.4%25.5%4.6%2.8%-63.9M995.9M-13.1M2.254.29N/AN/A21,03847,242405,930658,987
2011-01-28$72.55$77.0026.8%7.7%20.1%20.7%29.7%6.5%1.0%-71.6M1.38B-13.2M2.874.18N/AN/A22,21663,651408,229681,803
2011-01-31$73.20$77.0027.4%7.9%20.3%22.5%30.0%6.2%0.9%-76.9M1.25B-13.4M2.254.72N/AN/A21,05747,407412,290718,076