EWZ Options History — March 2011

In March 2011, EWZ traded between $71.77 and $77.51. ATM implied volatility averaged 25.0%, placing in the 15.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.4% (HV 20d: 21.7%). Max pain ranged from $72.00 to $76.00. Net GEX was positive for 2 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 23 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.65.

Notable Days

  • 2011-03-16: Highest Volume — 113,285 contracts
  • 2011-03-28: Largest IV spike — 20.7% change
  • 2011-03-01: Highest IV Rank — 28.7%
  • 2011-03-16: Largest Expected Move — 8.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$74.37$71.77$77.51$73.13$77.51
Max Pain$73.74$72.00$76.00$76.00$75.00
ATM IV25.0%18.4%29.5%29.5%18.4%
Expected Move7.0%5.6%8.4%7.5%5.7%
HV 20d21.7%19.7%24.3%24.3%19.7%
HV 60d21.5%20.9%21.9%20.9%21.7%
IV Rank15.7%0.0%28.7%28.7%0.0%
IV Percentile26.1%0.0%61.1%60.3%0.0%
Term Structure1.5%0.3%2.7%1.1%2.1%
VWIV25.1%21.1%29.5%26.1%21.8%
Skew 25d5.7%4.2%8.1%4.7%4.2%
Skew 10d11.6%8.7%16.6%9.3%8.7%
Call IV 25d21.7%18.3%25.8%23.8%18.6%
Put IV 25d27.4%22.5%33.9%28.5%22.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.923.115.123.273.60
Gamma HHI0.080.060.290.070.07
Net GEX-46.4M-129.2M17.2M-63.6M17.2M
Net DEX637.8M-583.9M1.85B1.09B-583.9M
Net VEX-15.9M-17.0M-15.2M-15.7M-17.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.650.453.192.590.45
Total Volume65,565.65223,067113,28533,85056,284
Total OI1,358,377.2171,031,5301,597,9081,354,9031,325,164

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-03-01$73.13$76.0029.5%7.5%24.3%28.7%26.1%4.7%1.1%-63.6M1.09B-15.7M2.593.27N/AN/A9,42324,427493,267861,636
2011-03-02$74.34$76.0027.7%7.1%23.9%23.4%24.4%5.0%1.3%-50.7M768.1M-15.9M2.013.84N/AN/A14,75129,717492,046873,699
2011-03-03$75.47$76.0024.9%6.6%23.6%15.1%23.0%4.2%1.7%-32.6M359.1M-15.7M0.583.94N/AN/A27,02915,813495,624894,400
2011-03-04$75.71$72.0024.4%7.0%23.6%13.7%25.1%5.8%1.7%-24.8M266.8M-15.9M0.924.01N/AN/A30,10627,815508,062895,959
2011-03-07$74.79$72.0028.7%7.3%23.1%26.3%27.2%6.3%1.2%-36.0M626.1M-15.5M2.553.62N/AN/A11,12328,370512,906900,596
2011-03-08$74.84$73.0029.1%7.1%22.7%27.6%26.0%5.9%1.7%-37.7M633.0M-15.6M1.473.77N/AN/A9,33513,732512,885917,601
2011-03-09$74.48$73.0024.6%7.3%22.3%14.2%26.8%5.5%1.7%-47.5M784.3M-15.5M2.463.98N/AN/A21,51952,938515,578920,620
2011-03-10$72.54$74.0027.0%7.7%22.1%21.3%29.5%6.2%1.3%-93.9M1.54B-15.6M2.784.03N/AN/A17,83449,572526,665952,797
2011-03-11$73.14$73.0026.8%7.7%22.2%20.7%25.8%6.6%1.1%-89.0M1.34B-15.4M0.694.82N/AN/A51,33635,374533,426968,166
2011-03-14$73.99$73.0025.6%7.3%21.0%17.1%26.2%6.2%1.5%-55.0M987.8M-15.6M1.544.57N/AN/A19,61730,237549,135973,480
2011-03-15$73.22$73.0027.2%7.8%21.1%21.8%26.7%6.5%0.9%-78.7M1.28B-15.4M1.693.85N/AN/A23,56739,870549,511968,526
2011-03-16$71.77$73.0029.2%8.4%22.3%27.9%29.5%8.1%0.3%-106.1M1.80B-15.3M3.195.12N/AN/A27,01086,275557,476972,056
2011-03-17$71.93$73.0027.9%8.0%21.5%24.0%27.0%8.1%0.4%-129.2M1.85B-15.2M1.434.00N/AN/A42,06359,963566,149996,063
2011-03-18$73.30$73.0025.8%7.4%22.6%17.8%28.0%7.3%1.3%-108.8M1.26B-15.3M1.573.80N/AN/A39,91962,637591,4031,006,505
2011-03-21$73.59$73.0023.9%6.8%22.5%12.1%24.8%6.5%1.1%-34.5M375.1M-15.2M1.673.43N/AN/A25,61342,730344,853686,677
2011-03-22$74.71$74.0022.0%6.3%20.1%6.7%23.2%5.9%2.0%-25.0M155.9M-15.4M1.343.66N/AN/A36,72549,263360,235705,263
2011-03-23$75.23$74.0021.7%6.2%20.1%5.6%21.1%5.3%2.4%-18.5M89.2M-16.2M0.753.88N/AN/A48,18736,259378,115745,812
2011-03-24$75.20$74.0021.7%6.2%19.9%5.7%24.6%4.8%2.7%-10.8M48.0M-16.7M1.703.93N/AN/A25,07842,589411,516769,063
2011-03-25$75.26$74.0020.9%6.2%19.9%3.3%24.4%4.8%2.6%-12.2M35.6M-16.9M1.373.88N/AN/A32,07844,055420,056788,098
2011-03-28$74.44$74.0025.2%6.6%20.3%16.1%23.1%4.6%1.5%-25.7M292.0M-17.0M2.324.28N/AN/A12,12328,088436,287803,274
2011-03-29$75.23$74.0023.8%6.3%19.7%12.0%22.2%4.5%1.8%-14.7M64.0M-16.9M1.183.11N/AN/A31,07636,529440,973815,119
2011-03-30$76.72$74.0020.0%5.6%20.1%0.6%21.5%4.3%2.2%10.9M-386.7M-17.0M1.773.69N/AN/A21,65238,309462,847843,087
2011-03-31$77.51$75.0018.4%5.7%19.7%0.0%21.8%4.2%2.1%17.2M-583.9M-17.0M0.453.60N/AN/A38,93617,348467,554857,610