EWZ Options History — September 2011

In September 2011, EWZ traded between $52.01 and $65.91. ATM implied volatility averaged 44.9%, placing in the 39.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.2% (HV 20d: 38.6%). Max pain ranged from $60.00 to $68.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.32.

Notable Days

  • 2011-09-22: Highest Volume — 168,769 contracts
  • 2011-09-06: Largest IV spike — 41.9% change
  • 2011-09-30: Highest IV Rank — 60.3%
  • 2011-09-30: Largest Expected Move — 16.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$58.79$52.01$65.91$65.91$52.01
Max Pain$62.00$60.00$68.00$67.00$60.00
ATM IV44.9%31.2%59.3%33.1%59.3%
Expected Move12.6%9.5%16.4%9.5%16.4%
HV 20d38.6%30.5%53.3%51.9%40.8%
HV 60d39.6%36.9%42.9%36.9%42.9%
IV Rank39.3%19.4%60.3%22.2%60.3%
IV Percentile95.0%87.7%98.8%90.5%98.8%
Term Structure-1.8%-4.8%1.9%0.1%-3.4%
VWIV45.2%33.7%58.9%33.7%55.2%
Skew 25d13.2%7.3%18.1%7.3%17.5%
Skew 10d25.5%16.4%32.8%16.4%31.4%
Call IV 25d37.9%29.5%48.5%30.2%48.5%
Put IV 25d51.1%37.5%66.1%37.5%66.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.653.436.383.434.51
Gamma HHI0.120.090.180.090.10
Net GEX-52.6M-79.3M-32.7M-32.7M-44.7M
Net DEX2.85B1.49B3.53B1.49B3.53B
Net VEX-16.7M-20.2M-13.2M-20.2M-13.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.320.412.100.681.76
Total Volume94,683.8141,896168,769162,720107,240
Total OI2,013,438.6671,717,5322,256,9692,038,5092,028,897

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-09-01$65.91$67.0033.1%9.5%51.9%22.2%33.7%7.3%0.1%-32.7M1.49B-20.2M0.683.43N/AN/A96,75165,969806,5261,231,983
2011-09-02$63.86$68.0031.2%9.5%53.3%19.4%37.2%9.5%1.8%-43.8M2.17B-19.8M1.953.77N/AN/A39,68477,568847,1181,261,660
2011-09-06$62.93$63.0044.2%11.3%39.4%38.4%41.0%13.2%-1.7%-58.3M2.52B-18.9M1.305.30N/AN/A27,14235,212833,2551,283,177
2011-09-07$64.51$63.0034.7%10.2%37.4%24.6%38.8%11.7%-0.6%-42.0M1.96B-19.8M1.624.46N/AN/A15,99825,898851,6341,278,648
2011-09-08$63.72$63.0036.8%10.7%35.8%27.6%39.3%12.1%-0.9%-52.6M2.24B-19.3M1.694.54N/AN/A22,14937,519854,8811,290,268
2011-09-09$60.97$63.0049.8%12.8%36.2%46.5%45.8%13.4%-4.2%-73.1M2.98B-18.2M1.435.18N/AN/A35,81651,268863,0091,294,925
2011-09-12$59.99$62.0051.5%13.0%36.3%48.9%45.9%13.2%-3.9%-70.2M3.22B-17.3M1.574.81N/AN/A44,79170,389858,8151,293,374
2011-09-13$59.86$62.0044.4%12.3%34.6%38.6%42.6%13.4%-2.4%-70.7M3.24B-17.0M1.224.88N/AN/A44,29753,973873,0151,294,128
2011-09-14$60.37$62.0043.4%12.2%34.8%37.1%43.8%13.0%-2.0%-76.1M3.12B-17.5M1.255.07N/AN/A38,41247,906890,2561,312,525
2011-09-15$60.92$62.0038.8%11.1%34.1%30.4%41.1%11.8%-0.4%-79.3M2.99B-17.5M1.334.74N/AN/A36,03847,892899,2161,322,103
2011-09-16$60.95$62.0033.9%9.7%30.5%23.4%36.3%10.5%1.9%-64.2M2.98B-17.2M1.394.12N/AN/A59,85283,312922,1701,334,799
2011-09-19$59.44$62.0038.7%11.1%31.4%30.4%36.9%11.2%-0.6%-46.5M2.50B-16.8M0.414.19N/AN/A44,86318,456646,1561,071,376
2011-09-20$58.77$62.0038.5%11.0%31.6%30.1%36.9%11.6%-0.3%-47.7M2.62B-16.4M1.054.01N/AN/A34,76536,432660,0281,088,915
2011-09-21$56.20$61.0045.8%13.1%33.9%40.6%42.8%12.6%-2.4%-48.1M2.98B-15.0M0.665.31N/AN/A54,05435,480675,7591,089,374
2011-09-22$52.39$60.0056.5%16.2%41.1%56.2%56.3%14.7%-3.7%-40.6M3.39B-13.2M1.584.27N/AN/A65,534103,235704,1681,103,862
2011-09-23$53.60$60.0054.1%15.5%42.5%52.7%53.2%15.4%-2.9%-41.0M3.23B-14.3M0.703.86N/AN/A66,50746,546719,0471,133,128
2011-09-26$54.49$60.0052.4%15.0%42.7%50.2%56.9%15.4%-2.5%-41.0M3.09B-14.8M1.004.44N/AN/A36,86136,745741,9031,131,831
2011-09-27$55.60$60.0047.5%13.6%41.6%43.1%49.8%14.6%-1.7%-41.4M2.94B-15.2M2.106.38N/AN/A16,36034,438753,4341,144,765
2011-09-28$54.17$60.0055.0%15.8%41.5%54.0%58.9%17.2%-4.8%-43.1M3.24B-14.1M2.025.30N/AN/A32,46565,607758,6611,166,434
2011-09-29$54.03$60.0052.5%15.1%40.1%50.4%56.3%18.1%-3.7%-47.2M3.32B-14.0M1.045.05N/AN/A46,42848,508771,5011,195,488
2011-09-30$52.01$60.0059.3%16.4%40.8%60.3%55.2%17.5%-3.4%-44.7M3.53B-13.6M1.764.51N/AN/A38,87568,365807,2301,221,667