EWZ Options History — February 2011

In February 2011, EWZ traded between $70.22 and $74.82. ATM implied volatility averaged 25.2%, placing in the 15.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.9% (HV 20d: 23.2%). Max pain ranged from $76.00 to $77.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.02.

Notable Days

  • 2011-02-09: Highest Volume — 153,707 contracts
  • 2011-02-22: Largest IV spike — 18.5% change
  • 2011-02-10: Highest IV Rank — 21.0%
  • 2011-02-09: Largest Expected Move — 7.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$72.93$70.22$74.82$74.68$74.27
Max Pain$76.42$76.00$77.00$77.00$76.00
ATM IV25.2%22.6%26.9%24.3%26.3%
Expected Move7.3%6.5%7.9%7.0%7.1%
HV 20d23.2%20.8%25.6%21.5%23.7%
HV 60d21.9%20.9%22.6%21.8%20.9%
IV Rank15.9%8.4%21.0%13.4%19.2%
IV Percentile19.0%2.8%33.7%10.7%31.0%
Term Structure1.5%-0.1%3.1%1.7%1.2%
VWIV25.9%23.2%28.9%25.4%23.9%
Skew 25d5.6%4.6%6.5%5.8%4.9%
Skew 10d11.5%8.8%13.8%11.0%9.4%
Call IV 25d23.0%20.8%24.8%22.3%22.4%
Put IV 25d28.6%25.5%30.7%28.1%27.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.462.515.614.942.51
Gamma HHI0.080.070.170.080.07
Net GEX-76.8M-116.9M-40.4M-69.3M-50.2M
Net DEX1.27B504.4M2.24B916.2M738.1M
Net VEX-14.5M-15.7M-13.0M-13.8M-15.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.020.624.411.741.87
Total Volume81,419.94737,847153,70740,31269,768
Total OI1,313,932.1581,155,9671,512,7471,155,9671,314,846

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-02-01$74.68$77.0024.3%7.0%21.5%13.4%25.4%5.8%1.7%-69.3M916.2M-13.8M1.744.94N/AN/A14,70525,607417,104738,863
2011-02-02$73.38$77.0026.5%7.6%22.0%19.9%25.8%6.5%0.6%-83.0M1.29B-13.7M3.554.49N/AN/A10,92738,819418,477745,468
2011-02-03$73.30$77.0025.2%7.2%21.8%16.0%27.0%5.4%1.6%-87.8M1.34B-13.7M1.415.13N/AN/A31,93145,094419,928758,960
2011-02-04$72.05$77.0025.6%7.8%22.2%17.3%27.9%6.4%1.0%-92.2M1.61B-13.2M0.804.44N/AN/A39,84931,864432,623760,771
2011-02-07$71.32$77.0026.1%7.8%22.3%18.7%26.1%5.7%1.1%-96.9M1.72B-13.1M1.724.89N/AN/A30,26352,025449,615771,082
2011-02-08$72.36$77.0023.8%7.4%23.0%12.0%25.0%5.2%2.1%-87.8M1.48B-13.3M1.325.41N/AN/A17,70923,351461,567799,697
2011-02-09$70.38$77.0026.5%7.9%23.0%19.9%26.9%5.7%1.2%-108.4M2.07B-13.0M4.154.21N/AN/A29,821123,886471,771811,790
2011-02-10$70.22$77.0026.9%7.7%20.8%21.0%27.0%5.8%1.4%-116.9M2.24B-13.9M1.774.59N/AN/A32,77757,985483,314892,451
2011-02-11$71.90$76.0025.3%7.2%22.8%16.2%26.3%6.0%2.2%-105.2M1.72B-14.8M1.434.41N/AN/A35,14250,214500,742922,325
2011-02-14$72.63$76.0024.3%7.0%23.3%13.5%24.4%5.8%2.4%-80.6M1.39B-14.7M1.124.64N/AN/A17,81320,034523,051930,620
2011-02-15$72.72$76.0024.2%6.9%23.2%13.2%24.1%5.8%2.5%-74.9M1.43B-14.7M0.625.09N/AN/A31,01819,124530,575922,435
2011-02-16$73.87$76.0023.7%6.8%23.8%11.5%24.7%5.6%2.3%-54.8M940.4M-15.4M1.035.59N/AN/A27,99328,771548,770928,545
2011-02-17$74.27$76.0023.7%6.8%23.6%11.6%23.2%5.2%2.3%-47.4M775.7M-15.5M0.854.19N/AN/A49,86942,538554,066938,561
2011-02-18$74.82$76.0022.6%6.5%23.4%8.4%24.3%4.6%3.1%-86.1M504.4M-15.4M1.244.23N/AN/A37,88547,094567,547945,200
2011-02-22$72.56$76.0026.8%7.7%25.2%20.7%28.4%5.6%-0.1%-62.5M1.19B-15.0M2.513.62N/AN/A39,87699,900444,840775,909
2011-02-23$73.20$76.0026.7%7.7%25.3%20.5%28.9%5.9%0.5%-60.3M1.03B-15.3M3.783.62N/AN/A21,69381,956450,084790,022
2011-02-24$73.80$76.0025.6%7.3%25.6%17.3%27.3%5.4%0.8%-55.4M922.2M-15.7M4.415.61N/AN/A22,60899,717461,830820,093
2011-02-25$73.89$76.0023.8%7.2%25.0%11.9%26.4%5.0%1.1%-40.4M813.2M-15.2M2.983.21N/AN/A24,48172,872470,993790,176
2011-02-28$74.27$76.0026.3%7.1%23.7%19.2%23.9%4.9%1.2%-50.2M738.1M-15.6M1.872.51N/AN/A24,34845,420480,486834,360