EWZ Options History — November 2011

In November 2011, EWZ traded between $54.30 and $63.24. ATM implied volatility averaged 41.3%, placing in the 34.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.5% (HV 20d: 40.9%). Max pain ranged from $59.00 to $63.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 0 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.40.

Notable Days

  • 2011-11-28: Highest Volume — 164,953 contracts
  • 2011-11-09: Largest IV spike — 21.9% change
  • 2011-11-01: Highest IV Rank — 45.8%
  • 2011-11-25: Largest Expected Move — 13.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$59.56$54.30$63.24$60.56$59.02
Max Pain$62.10$59.00$63.00$59.00$61.00
ATM IV41.3%36.1%49.3%49.3%39.6%
Expected Move11.3%9.9%13.1%11.7%10.1%
HV 20d40.9%33.3%45.5%45.5%39.4%
HV 60d41.5%40.6%43.3%43.3%43.0%
IV Rank34.2%26.5%45.8%45.8%31.7%
IV Percentile85.1%77.0%93.7%93.7%79.8%
Term Structure-1.4%-2.8%-0.3%-2.5%-1.2%
VWIV40.4%34.7%47.2%44.6%36.9%
Skew 25d10.5%6.9%12.6%11.9%6.9%
Skew 10d20.6%13.1%25.2%24.3%13.1%
Call IV 25d34.9%30.2%41.2%36.5%32.8%
Put IV 25d45.5%39.7%50.1%48.3%39.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %5.163.787.165.046.52
Gamma HHI0.080.060.250.070.09
Net GEX-37.6M-93.8M-17.4M-31.5M-36.2M
Net DEX2.72B1.69B3.85B2.37B3.09B
Net VEX-15.8M-18.0M-12.2M-17.2M-13.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.400.552.891.490.91
Total Volume59,908.61927,358164,95361,79793,542
Total OI2,265,645.812,177,1452,360,7402,187,8342,360,740

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-11-01$60.56$59.0049.3%11.7%45.5%45.8%44.6%11.9%-2.5%-31.5M2.37B-17.2M1.495.04N/AN/A24,80236,995901,1081,286,726
2011-11-02$61.79$59.0044.6%10.9%45.3%38.9%38.5%11.2%-1.3%-29.7M2.06B-17.6M1.494.99N/AN/A34,58051,603900,9331,290,222
2011-11-03$61.97$59.0037.9%10.5%42.8%29.2%37.5%11.8%-0.9%-30.0M2.11B-17.7M0.555.14N/AN/A56,74931,481919,5261,315,579
2011-11-04$62.03$63.0037.7%10.5%42.2%28.9%36.4%11.9%-1.6%-24.2M2.04B-18.0M1.174.45N/AN/A21,91125,528948,1981,321,217
2011-11-07$62.49$63.0040.7%10.6%40.5%33.2%37.9%11.1%-2.1%-22.4M1.90B-18.0M1.404.27N/AN/A15,15121,148945,6361,328,488
2011-11-08$63.24$63.0036.1%9.9%40.5%26.5%34.7%9.6%-1.0%-17.4M1.69B-17.9M1.154.06N/AN/A15,45417,764947,7951,334,758
2011-11-09$59.99$63.0044.0%11.9%44.5%38.0%42.1%12.3%-2.4%-35.7M2.62B-17.1M2.675.78N/AN/A16,59044,229949,9591,344,863
2011-11-10$60.40$63.0040.2%11.5%44.4%32.5%41.4%12.0%-1.5%-38.7M2.56B-17.0M2.894.77N/AN/A7,74822,405952,8301,356,674
2011-11-11$61.76$63.0036.9%10.6%44.7%27.8%38.5%10.7%-0.8%-33.6M2.17B-17.4M1.134.92N/AN/A24,07627,230953,5781,365,333
2011-11-14$61.02$63.0038.8%11.1%42.2%30.4%40.0%11.7%-1.5%-35.8M2.38B-16.7M1.043.78N/AN/A18,60519,355936,7831,365,994
2011-11-15$61.35$63.0038.2%10.9%41.3%29.6%38.6%11.5%-1.1%-32.8M2.28B-16.7M0.974.31N/AN/A22,45521,851940,7001,357,439
2011-11-16$60.43$63.0040.6%11.6%41.5%33.1%42.9%11.8%-1.6%-31.6M2.50B-16.3M2.285.18N/AN/A8,35119,007949,0471,359,579
2011-11-17$59.19$63.0043.4%12.4%41.6%37.2%42.7%12.6%-2.8%-39.6M2.87B-15.7M1.065.31N/AN/A23,45324,930945,9521,368,047
2011-11-18$59.05$63.0039.8%11.4%41.0%31.9%42.3%10.9%-0.7%-93.8M2.97B-15.2M1.545.63N/AN/A16,81925,889949,2291,375,558
2011-11-21$57.78$63.0041.3%11.8%39.2%34.2%41.8%10.0%-0.9%-41.0M3.21B-14.4M1.176.45N/AN/A21,45825,073890,0851,287,060
2011-11-22$57.15$62.0040.6%11.6%38.7%33.1%40.4%8.8%-0.3%-43.8M3.38B-13.9M1.074.78N/AN/A20,54521,905893,7761,295,681
2011-11-23$54.99$62.0043.2%12.4%40.3%36.9%43.8%9.0%-0.5%-43.9M3.74B-12.8M1.645.56N/AN/A16,92727,790910,9911,303,048
2011-11-25$54.30$62.0047.3%13.1%33.3%42.8%47.2%9.0%-1.5%-43.3M3.85B-12.2M1.604.43N/AN/A13,19821,110908,9321,301,366
2011-11-28$56.39$62.0044.6%12.2%35.6%39.0%40.4%8.7%-1.8%-40.8M3.46B-12.8M1.177.16N/AN/A76,13588,818912,2641,295,930
2011-11-29$55.79$62.0043.7%11.3%34.2%37.7%40.0%7.8%-1.1%-43.5M3.82B-12.5M1.055.79N/AN/A66,15669,265958,7751,348,163
2011-11-30$59.02$61.0039.6%10.1%39.4%31.7%36.9%6.9%-1.2%-36.2M3.09B-13.9M0.916.52N/AN/A49,00444,538992,9161,367,824