EWZ Options History — October 2011

In October 2011, EWZ traded between $50.89 and $64.51. ATM implied volatility averaged 42.2%, placing in the 35.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.7%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.1% (HV 20d: 44.2%). Max pain ranged from $53.00 to $60.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.43.

Notable Days

  • 2011-10-24: Highest Volume — 170,450 contracts
  • 2011-10-31: Largest IV spike — 47.6% change
  • 2011-10-03: Highest IV Rank — 79.5%
  • 2011-10-03: Largest Expected Move — 17.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$57.36$50.89$64.51$50.89$62.37
Max Pain$56.48$53.00$60.00$59.00$59.00
ATM IV42.2%28.1%72.5%72.5%41.5%
Expected Move11.7%8.2%17.4%17.4%10.3%
HV 20d44.2%40.2%50.1%40.3%43.3%
HV 60d45.7%42.6%48.8%42.9%47.4%
IV Rank35.4%15.0%79.5%79.5%34.4%
IV Percentile86.2%61.9%99.6%99.6%87.7%
Term Structure-0.5%-4.7%1.0%-4.7%-0.6%
VWIV42.1%32.5%57.6%56.2%37.7%
Skew 25d12.2%7.5%16.6%16.6%8.7%
Skew 10d24.5%17.8%30.9%30.9%18.8%
Call IV 25d35.2%26.2%52.9%52.9%31.9%
Put IV 25d47.4%33.7%69.5%69.5%40.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.423.825.714.204.55
Gamma HHI0.090.070.110.100.07
Net GEX-38.8M-51.8M-23.7M-43.8M-28.0M
Net DEX2.60B1.23B3.70B3.65B1.85B
Net VEX-15.2M-18.2M-12.5M-13.1M-17.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.430.723.601.072.10
Total Volume77,99036,262170,45062,33856,872
Total OI2,127,040.4761,893,5232,235,1882,065,9922,164,517

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-10-03$50.89$59.0072.5%17.4%40.3%79.5%56.2%16.6%-4.7%-43.8M3.65B-13.1M1.074.20N/AN/A30,17732,161821,0561,244,936
2011-10-04$50.97$60.0062.8%15.9%40.6%65.3%57.6%13.2%-1.4%-46.4M3.70B-12.5M1.775.58N/AN/A34,50561,121817,2681,232,985
2011-10-05$52.19$60.0052.6%13.8%40.4%50.6%46.5%11.6%0.1%-51.8M3.60B-13.2M0.724.17N/AN/A47,65034,206831,9951,262,260
2011-10-06$54.80$59.0044.0%12.7%45.6%38.1%45.8%10.9%-0.4%-47.5M3.08B-14.7M1.024.42N/AN/A40,46741,423862,9411,254,992
2011-10-07$54.04$54.0045.3%13.2%43.6%39.9%44.1%15.6%-0.9%-44.5M3.20B-14.4M1.354.04N/AN/A22,38730,238874,9481,261,036
2011-10-10$56.15$53.0043.7%12.0%46.1%37.6%42.8%13.8%-0.4%-46.9M2.84B-15.1M1.333.96N/AN/A15,58020,682870,8141,256,948
2011-10-11$56.72$54.0042.3%11.5%46.4%35.5%43.3%13.2%-0.1%-44.0M2.67B-15.5M0.803.96N/AN/A28,37322,708878,2601,265,946
2011-10-12$58.32$54.0038.9%11.0%47.5%30.6%39.7%11.8%-0.1%-37.6M2.27B-16.1M1.124.80N/AN/A32,65736,533890,9781,271,934
2011-10-13$57.79$54.0036.9%10.6%47.4%27.7%37.5%12.0%0.4%-39.7M2.46B-15.5M3.603.90N/AN/A18,97268,281894,8731,276,628
2011-10-14$58.79$55.0035.2%10.1%47.9%25.3%38.8%11.2%0.8%-40.6M2.18B-15.9M1.413.82N/AN/A27,99639,476896,7291,296,243
2011-10-17$56.48$55.0042.4%12.1%49.1%35.7%41.1%12.8%-1.3%-44.7M2.79B-14.7M2.153.90N/AN/A16,56835,616900,7151,274,123
2011-10-18$58.00$55.0037.9%10.9%50.1%29.1%36.4%11.6%-0.4%-42.7M2.47B-15.1M0.794.68N/AN/A24,47219,363901,1441,283,441
2011-10-19$57.38$56.0040.3%11.5%47.5%32.6%42.1%12.5%-0.9%-41.3M2.61B-14.8M1.863.95N/AN/A16,76531,212911,8681,282,206
2011-10-20$56.29$56.0042.0%12.0%40.2%35.2%45.0%13.1%-0.4%-46.2M2.87B-14.4M1.274.22N/AN/A29,73637,890916,3851,293,871
2011-10-21$57.55$55.0038.2%10.9%40.2%29.6%42.4%12.8%0.4%-33.0M2.56B-14.7M1.413.92N/AN/A29,46541,681933,5141,301,674
2011-10-24$59.86$56.0033.9%9.7%42.0%23.4%38.8%12.1%0.2%-29.4M2.05B-15.5M1.153.90N/AN/A79,23291,218769,7201,123,803
2011-10-25$58.67$57.0039.0%11.2%42.4%30.8%41.2%13.7%-1.1%-29.5M2.49B-15.5M1.365.57N/AN/A39,32753,480824,4931,183,792
2011-10-26$59.64$58.0036.2%10.4%41.3%26.8%38.2%13.0%-0.7%-29.0M2.31B-16.1M1.363.90N/AN/A54,03373,557845,5831,202,538
2011-10-27$63.14$58.0032.1%9.2%45.1%20.8%35.9%9.3%0.6%-24.2M1.62B-17.5M0.955.71N/AN/A86,71982,060870,2461,248,933
2011-10-28$64.51$59.0028.1%8.2%41.9%15.0%32.5%7.5%1.0%-23.7M1.23B-18.2M1.335.66N/AN/A22,68730,244898,6351,272,879
2011-10-31$62.37$59.0041.5%10.3%43.3%34.4%37.7%8.7%-0.6%-28.0M1.85B-17.5M2.104.55N/AN/A18,33038,542892,5641,271,953