EWZ Options History — May 2011

In May 2011, EWZ traded between $70.94 and $76.78. ATM implied volatility averaged 25.2%, placing in the 20.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.3% (HV 20d: 21.9%). Max pain ranged from $75.00 to $77.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.75.

Notable Days

  • 2011-05-06: Highest Volume — 110,751 contracts
  • 2011-05-31: Largest IV spike — 36.2% change
  • 2011-05-04: Highest IV Rank — 32.4%
  • 2011-05-16: Largest Expected Move — 7.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$73.25$70.94$76.78$76.78$75.22
Max Pain$75.29$75.00$77.00$77.00$75.00
ATM IV25.2%19.4%29.8%25.5%26.4%
Expected Move7.0%6.2%7.5%6.5%6.3%
HV 20d21.9%18.9%23.3%18.9%23.3%
HV 60d21.0%20.6%21.7%21.1%21.0%
IV Rank20.3%3.5%32.4%20.3%28.1%
IV Percentile32.7%1.6%67.5%34.1%46.8%
Term Structure1.2%-0.1%2.1%1.8%0.1%
VWIV25.3%21.6%27.7%23.3%23.9%
Skew 25d4.9%3.3%6.0%3.6%4.5%
Skew 10d9.5%7.2%11.6%7.2%9.6%
Call IV 25d22.4%19.4%24.2%21.2%19.8%
Put IV 25d27.3%23.8%29.6%24.8%24.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.862.513.563.172.55
Gamma HHI0.080.060.120.070.08
Net GEX-72.0M-113.9M-19.2M-26.5M-19.2M
Net DEX1.24B64.0M2.06B64.0M80.5M
Net VEX-16.9M-17.5M-16.1M-17.1M-17.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.750.553.712.342.95
Total Volume72,867.04831,479110,75146,59084,630
Total OI1,534,691.8571,381,6701,655,9611,381,6701,614,646

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-05-02$76.78$77.0025.5%6.5%18.9%20.3%23.3%3.6%1.8%-26.5M64.0M-17.1M2.343.17N/AN/A13,94132,649505,557876,113
2011-05-03$75.23$77.0029.0%6.9%19.8%30.2%24.2%3.7%2.1%-50.2M658.5M-17.2M1.453.46N/AN/A32,80047,506511,172892,943
2011-05-04$73.38$76.0029.8%7.3%21.3%32.4%24.6%4.5%1.7%-72.7M1.31B-16.8M1.093.20N/AN/A46,08450,117521,527903,492
2011-05-05$72.85$76.0026.2%7.2%21.1%22.0%25.4%3.3%2.1%-76.1M1.48B-16.9M1.603.56N/AN/A36,18457,773538,940919,924
2011-05-06$74.02$75.0025.1%7.5%21.8%19.1%26.9%5.7%1.4%-60.8M1.06B-17.3M1.572.70N/AN/A43,03667,715555,081926,610
2011-05-09$74.30$75.0026.2%7.2%21.9%22.3%25.8%5.3%1.5%-67.8M972.6M-17.1M1.533.07N/AN/A17,38126,509566,878941,317
2011-05-10$74.99$75.0024.1%6.9%21.9%16.2%27.1%4.6%1.7%-57.2M653.4M-16.9M3.712.57N/AN/A17,56165,103569,795944,114
2011-05-11$73.05$75.0022.9%7.3%22.3%12.8%25.9%5.0%1.0%-97.9M1.54B-17.1M2.022.90N/AN/A20,29141,042573,414991,567
2011-05-12$73.11$75.0024.5%7.0%22.3%17.4%25.7%4.5%1.9%-102.4M1.54B-17.2M1.872.57N/AN/A22,40241,791579,7341,004,277
2011-05-13$71.58$75.0025.6%7.3%23.2%20.5%26.7%5.4%1.3%-93.7M2.06B-16.3M1.992.90N/AN/A30,79661,430584,435988,890
2011-05-16$71.56$75.0026.3%7.5%22.9%22.5%27.3%5.4%1.1%-90.1M2.00B-16.1M1.822.61N/AN/A20,80037,914586,820992,786
2011-05-17$72.74$75.0025.8%7.4%23.1%20.9%27.7%6.0%1.6%-87.2M1.65B-16.6M2.452.77N/AN/A22,81155,805590,9571,006,466
2011-05-18$72.75$75.0025.2%7.2%22.4%19.3%25.6%5.5%1.4%-94.2M1.71B-16.7M1.482.72N/AN/A23,15634,334596,2911,039,826
2011-05-19$71.91$75.0025.9%7.4%21.2%21.4%26.6%5.8%1.1%-98.9M2.03B-16.5M1.532.91N/AN/A35,29253,883601,3021,048,735
2011-05-20$71.93$75.0024.8%7.1%20.9%21.2%24.1%5.2%1.3%-113.9M1.80B-16.4M1.182.77N/AN/A45,71753,926620,0291,035,932
2011-05-23$70.94$75.0026.0%7.5%21.2%25.4%26.4%5.4%-0.1%-81.3M1.64B-16.5M1.363.09N/AN/A32,73344,644507,172950,953
2011-05-24$72.17$75.0024.5%7.0%22.1%21.6%25.2%5.5%0.2%-68.5M1.26B-17.1M1.652.61N/AN/A11,87219,607530,668979,109
2011-05-25$72.07$75.0023.1%6.6%21.9%16.7%23.5%4.9%0.5%-71.4M1.31B-16.8M1.562.51N/AN/A24,18437,714532,971983,699
2011-05-26$73.41$75.0021.9%6.3%23.0%12.3%23.0%4.8%0.9%-50.0M829.6M-17.3M1.142.81N/AN/A25,92229,539549,4651,004,780
2011-05-27$74.34$75.0019.4%6.2%23.1%3.5%21.6%4.4%0.5%-33.2M424.2M-17.4M0.552.66N/AN/A41,08522,529554,9511,005,191
2011-05-31$75.22$75.0026.4%6.3%23.3%28.1%23.9%4.5%0.1%-19.2M80.5M-17.5M2.952.55N/AN/A21,42763,203572,5361,042,110