EWZ Options History — June 2012

In June 2012, EWZ traded between $49.07 and $54.50. ATM implied volatility averaged 30.9%, placing in the 19.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.5% (HV 20d: 29.4%). Max pain ranged from $51.00 to $58.00. Net GEX was positive for 2 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.98.

Notable Days

  • 2012-06-20: Highest Volume — 273,019 contracts
  • 2012-06-06: Largest IV drop — 19.4% change
  • 2012-06-04: Highest IV Rank — 34.7%
  • 2012-06-04: Largest Expected Move — 10.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$51.39$49.07$54.50$50.74$51.70
Max Pain$53.71$51.00$58.00$58.00$55.50
ATM IV30.9%24.7%41.7%39.0%24.7%
Expected Move8.9%7.1%10.3%10.1%7.7%
HV 20d29.4%25.3%36.3%27.9%36.3%
HV 60d24.0%22.0%28.5%22.4%28.5%
IV Rank19.1%10.0%34.7%30.9%10.0%
IV Percentile49.5%19.0%84.1%77.4%19.0%
Term Structure0.3%-1.0%1.6%-0.1%0.7%
VWIV31.0%23.7%37.7%36.0%27.2%
Skew 25d7.9%3.7%10.9%9.1%4.3%
Skew 10d15.4%7.2%21.4%16.6%9.1%
Call IV 25d28.1%24.0%31.7%31.7%25.0%
Put IV 25d36.1%27.7%42.1%40.8%29.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.612.724.993.183.92
Gamma HHI0.090.060.140.100.06
Net GEX-36.6M-56.6M12.5M-54.6M-9.3M
Net DEX3.21B1.80B3.84B3.72B2.57B
Net VEX-14.7M-16.4M-12.7M-14.4M-15.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.980.341.951.310.86
Total Volume98,598.04838,214273,01972,603113,913
Total OI2,292,197.6191,848,8992,784,5172,392,0552,144,197

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-06-01$50.74$58.0039.0%10.1%27.9%30.9%36.0%9.1%-0.1%-54.6M3.72B-14.4M1.313.18N/AN/A31,46741,1361,065,4671,326,588
2012-06-04$50.61$51.5041.7%10.3%27.3%34.7%37.7%10.9%-1.0%-56.3M3.78B-14.0M1.113.40N/AN/A29,50332,8471,061,7171,325,769
2012-06-05$50.82$51.0039.1%9.9%27.3%31.0%35.0%9.4%-0.5%-56.0M3.69B-14.6M1.262.93N/AN/A35,93945,3391,084,6541,339,587
2012-06-06$52.05$51.0031.6%9.5%28.9%20.0%31.9%9.0%-0.5%-54.6M3.40B-15.5M1.302.75N/AN/A36,18347,1141,096,3181,369,086
2012-06-07$52.79$51.0028.9%9.0%29.4%16.1%32.4%9.5%0.4%-49.0M3.12B-15.9M0.832.94N/AN/A56,81047,0021,118,6531,364,621
2012-06-08$52.04$51.0028.9%9.2%29.4%16.2%30.5%9.5%0.4%-56.4M3.47B-15.2M0.343.18N/AN/A41,41313,9191,134,7391,381,556
2012-06-11$50.82$51.0033.9%10.0%30.1%23.4%33.7%10.6%-0.9%-56.6M3.84B-14.3M0.742.72N/AN/A30,78222,6761,155,0501,386,184
2012-06-12$51.57$51.5028.7%9.5%27.7%15.9%35.7%10.1%-0.6%-54.5M3.67B-14.5M1.092.91N/AN/A35,54438,7861,169,2491,392,257
2012-06-13$51.60$51.5029.2%9.8%27.0%16.6%34.0%10.9%-0.5%-52.9M3.71B-14.4M0.893.72N/AN/A63,97856,9631,186,3271,410,658
2012-06-14$51.81$51.5034.3%9.8%27.1%23.9%31.6%9.7%-0.0%-50.1M3.71B-15.2M0.904.72N/AN/A88,17579,4001,222,2721,445,305
2012-06-15$52.44$54.0031.5%9.0%25.3%19.9%30.4%10.0%1.6%-34.4M3.71B-15.4M0.582.98N/AN/A78,27045,5281,290,8751,493,642
2012-06-18$52.58$54.0027.7%7.9%25.3%14.3%28.9%5.8%1.5%-7.7M2.26B-14.9M1.164.91N/AN/A17,68020,534817,0701,031,829
2012-06-19$54.50$54.0025.4%7.3%27.4%11.1%23.7%4.7%1.2%3.7M1.80B-16.1M0.674.59N/AN/A116,77177,796828,5311,046,213
2012-06-20$54.10$55.0024.9%7.1%25.3%10.4%24.9%3.7%1.6%12.5M1.96B-16.4M0.484.12N/AN/A184,43388,586907,0121,090,960
2012-06-21$51.19$55.5029.4%8.4%32.6%16.9%28.7%6.7%0.9%-22.4M2.76B-15.2M0.793.69N/AN/A64,86451,006889,1581,136,976
2012-06-22$50.75$58.0029.1%8.3%32.8%16.4%28.2%6.3%1.0%-31.1M3.11B-14.7M1.183.73N/AN/A28,49033,699899,5321,187,990
2012-06-25$49.35$56.0030.8%8.8%33.3%18.9%30.1%7.0%0.6%-39.2M3.32B-13.6M0.693.10N/AN/A23,14616,007908,4301,180,389
2012-06-26$49.42$56.0030.6%8.8%33.0%18.6%31.3%6.7%0.4%-34.8M3.22B-13.2M1.613.41N/AN/A18,03629,035910,7991,158,663
2012-06-27$49.31$55.5029.8%8.5%32.3%17.4%30.3%6.1%0.4%-33.0M3.22B-12.9M1.953.83N/AN/A28,69756,063919,9121,150,836
2012-06-28$49.07$55.5029.8%8.5%32.0%17.4%29.5%6.4%0.6%-32.8M3.27B-12.7M0.814.99N/AN/A56,86046,169937,1601,169,919
2012-06-29$51.70$55.5024.7%7.7%36.3%10.0%27.2%4.3%0.7%-9.3M2.57B-15.4M0.863.92N/AN/A61,26752,646960,9761,183,221