EWZ Options History — December 2011

In December 2011, EWZ traded between $55.69 and $61.48. ATM implied volatility averaged 33.9%, placing in the 23.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.6%. IV traded below realized volatility by 4.0% (HV 20d: 37.9%). Max pain ranged from $62.00 to $75.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.07.

Notable Days

  • 2011-12-13: Highest Volume — 250,999 contracts
  • 2011-12-09: Largest IV drop — 14.7% change
  • 2011-12-08: Highest IV Rank — 33.0%
  • 2011-12-08: Largest Expected Move — 10.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$58.34$55.69$61.48$59.88$57.39
Max Pain$73.76$62.00$75.00$62.00$75.00
ATM IV33.9%26.9%40.5%35.7%26.9%
Expected Move9.6%8.3%10.7%10.1%9.1%
HV 20d37.9%29.7%40.6%39.0%29.7%
HV 60d41.1%38.7%43.4%42.8%38.7%
IV Rank23.4%13.3%33.0%26.0%13.3%
IV Percentile66.0%49.2%81.3%70.6%49.2%
Term Structure1.6%-2.2%3.9%-1.0%1.3%
VWIV34.3%29.6%39.3%37.4%32.8%
Skew 25d8.0%5.3%11.1%6.2%5.8%
Skew 10d15.7%11.0%22.3%12.9%11.2%
Call IV 25d30.2%26.0%33.4%33.3%29.0%
Put IV 25d38.2%31.9%44.2%39.5%34.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.813.786.206.184.37
Gamma HHI0.130.080.570.090.12
Net GEX-37.3M-185.2M-17.8M-32.5M-23.7M
Net DEX3.47B2.37B4.61B2.87B3.70B
Net VEX-12.6M-14.9M-10.8M-14.5M-11.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.070.341.940.791.94
Total Volume61,394.199,679250,99960,9609,679
Total OI2,379,130.3812,092,9142,721,2322,397,8152,226,715

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-12-01$59.88$62.0035.7%10.1%39.0%26.0%37.4%6.2%-1.0%-32.5M2.87B-14.5M0.796.18N/AN/A34,10926,8511,016,1371,381,678
2011-12-02$60.01$62.0033.7%10.2%39.0%23.1%36.4%6.8%-2.2%-47.7M2.82B-14.6M0.666.20N/AN/A41,08227,2171,029,1411,393,653
2011-12-05$61.48$75.0038.0%9.9%40.1%29.4%34.4%10.8%0.8%-20.1M2.37B-14.7M0.794.59N/AN/A31,08824,4591,048,6091,387,702
2011-12-06$61.36$75.0040.3%10.0%40.0%32.7%35.9%11.1%1.0%-19.0M2.37B-14.9M0.534.09N/AN/A19,85110,6101,064,0441,394,768
2011-12-07$61.12$75.0037.6%10.2%39.7%28.7%34.1%10.5%0.9%-17.8M2.45B-14.6M1.534.30N/AN/A19,12429,1671,072,2031,397,872
2011-12-08$58.86$75.0040.5%10.7%37.4%33.0%39.3%11.1%0.9%-34.8M3.23B-13.8M1.914.40N/AN/A20,99840,1541,075,9161,413,936
2011-12-09$60.30$75.0034.5%9.9%38.4%24.3%35.7%10.0%1.7%-29.4M2.79B-13.7M1.254.48N/AN/A22,75728,5351,075,2021,413,437
2011-12-12$58.48$75.0038.2%10.5%38.9%29.7%38.5%9.3%1.7%-39.9M3.38B-12.8M0.994.54N/AN/A17,32317,1371,061,7111,412,616
2011-12-13$57.65$75.0035.6%10.0%39.0%25.9%37.1%9.6%2.2%-42.6M3.68B-12.0M1.055.03N/AN/A122,618128,3811,067,1041,409,852
2011-12-14$56.55$75.0035.0%10.1%39.2%24.9%35.7%10.1%2.0%-48.9M4.61B-11.3M1.614.63N/AN/A32,08251,7391,173,3291,520,907
2011-12-15$56.59$75.0033.2%9.5%39.1%22.4%37.7%9.1%3.6%-48.3M4.59B-11.3M1.474.32N/AN/A21,15331,1551,178,5221,523,236
2011-12-16$56.94$75.0032.8%9.4%38.6%21.7%35.1%9.3%3.9%-185.2M4.53B-11.5M1.633.96N/AN/A19,60531,9711,183,2621,537,970
2011-12-19$55.69$75.0034.9%10.0%39.3%24.9%34.2%7.1%1.5%-32.9M3.96B-10.8M0.495.69N/AN/A86,59342,821899,3821,193,532
2011-12-20$57.54$75.0032.4%9.3%40.6%21.2%32.0%6.0%1.2%-25.5M3.69B-12.0M0.565.51N/AN/A34,10319,223942,9041,224,150
2011-12-21$57.38$75.0031.9%9.1%40.4%20.4%30.8%5.9%2.1%-22.5M3.67B-11.8M0.344.87N/AN/A62,73621,309958,6831,220,207
2011-12-22$57.98$75.0029.9%8.6%37.8%17.6%30.9%6.2%2.5%-18.9M3.54B-12.1M1.395.70N/AN/A29,85841,524973,5841,227,730
2011-12-23$58.33$75.0028.8%8.3%37.4%16.1%29.6%5.9%2.5%-21.7M3.48B-12.6M0.704.36N/AN/A7,3685,141985,9331,243,954
2011-12-27$58.12$75.0029.3%8.4%35.2%16.7%30.0%5.9%2.5%-21.5M3.56B-12.0M1.234.87N/AN/A16,61720,452972,9311,235,644
2011-12-28$56.55$75.0031.8%9.1%36.4%20.3%31.8%6.4%1.8%-24.8M3.82B-11.3M1.003.78N/AN/A8,2308,191975,6271,231,307
2011-12-29$56.92$75.0030.3%8.7%30.1%18.2%30.7%5.3%2.1%-25.1M3.80B-11.4M0.545.15N/AN/A17,0489,219977,3181,239,330
2011-12-30$57.39$75.0026.9%9.1%29.7%13.3%32.8%5.8%1.3%-23.7M3.70B-11.6M1.944.37N/AN/A3,2896,390981,6591,245,056