EWZ Options History — July 2012

In July 2012, EWZ traded between $50.03 and $53.56. ATM implied volatility averaged 28.6%, placing in the 12.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.9%. IV traded below realized volatility by 4.5% (HV 20d: 33.1%). Max pain ranged from $51.00 to $55.00. Net GEX was positive for 6 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.02.

Notable Days

  • 2012-07-27: Highest Volume — 105,300 contracts
  • 2012-07-30: Largest IV spike — 19.8% change
  • 2012-07-31: Highest IV Rank — 26.5%
  • 2012-07-24: Largest Expected Move — 8.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$51.77$50.03$53.56$52.58$52.45
Max Pain$51.93$51.00$55.00$55.00$51.50
ATM IV28.6%24.8%38.3%25.1%38.3%
Expected Move7.9%7.1%8.6%7.6%8.5%
HV 20d33.1%26.8%37.0%36.7%27.2%
HV 60d29.1%28.3%31.0%28.8%30.9%
IV Rank12.0%6.0%26.5%10.6%26.5%
IV Percentile37.7%15.9%72.6%21.4%72.6%
Term Structure0.2%-1.3%1.1%0.6%-1.3%
VWIV27.9%24.3%31.3%26.4%30.8%
Skew 25d4.9%3.3%5.9%4.1%4.8%
Skew 10d10.0%7.4%12.1%8.4%9.2%
Call IV 25d25.3%22.7%27.6%24.6%27.6%
Put IV 25d30.2%27.0%33.1%28.8%32.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.453.296.804.695.71
Gamma HHI0.070.060.090.060.06
Net GEX-6.6M-29.6M25.1M-189.1K-13.2M
Net DEX2.29B1.40B2.86B2.35B1.77B
Net VEX-15.5M-17.0M-14.3M-16.0M-16.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.020.212.710.382.71
Total Volume53,344.42928,385105,30063,21447,611
Total OI2,159,800.3331,868,6692,364,0422,171,1931,983,799

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-07-02$52.58$55.0025.1%7.6%36.7%10.6%26.4%4.1%0.6%-189.1K2.35B-16.0M0.384.69N/AN/A45,74617,468981,1871,190,006
2012-07-03$53.40$55.0026.0%7.6%37.0%7.9%26.7%3.3%0.5%20.9M1.95B-17.0M0.413.59N/AN/A57,14623,4951,012,2081,180,289
2012-07-05$53.24$55.0028.5%7.8%36.2%11.7%26.9%3.4%0.4%25.1M1.96B-17.0M0.724.46N/AN/A20,85514,9471,041,3331,205,433
2012-07-06$52.17$51.5027.9%8.1%36.6%10.8%28.9%5.5%0.1%6.8M2.38B-16.1M0.923.79N/AN/A26,80824,7811,029,8481,207,182
2012-07-09$51.77$51.5032.0%8.1%36.3%16.9%30.2%5.9%0.1%2.0M2.52B-15.4M0.363.51N/AN/A24,6148,8211,023,2211,204,221
2012-07-10$50.91$51.5032.9%8.3%35.8%18.3%27.1%5.8%0.1%-11.2M2.80B-14.6M0.213.29N/AN/A61,22712,7861,024,4421,211,000
2012-07-11$50.79$51.5027.7%8.0%35.4%10.4%29.6%5.3%0.3%-18.4M2.77B-14.6M1.704.49N/AN/A14,53324,7291,028,8801,205,158
2012-07-12$50.42$51.5028.3%8.1%35.5%11.3%28.7%5.2%0.8%-24.6M2.86B-14.6M0.704.21N/AN/A50,29435,4261,045,1741,218,207
2012-07-13$51.31$51.5026.6%7.6%36.1%8.7%27.4%4.7%1.1%-10.6M2.60B-15.5M1.664.47N/AN/A16,13626,8621,062,9171,235,251
2012-07-16$51.04$51.5027.6%7.9%35.8%10.3%27.2%4.7%0.4%-15.9M2.70B-14.9M0.604.49N/AN/A17,70710,6781,065,1381,248,460
2012-07-17$51.57$51.5026.4%7.6%36.0%8.4%26.0%4.4%0.2%-5.5M2.54B-15.2M0.863.83N/AN/A21,56518,5151,074,1431,253,550
2012-07-18$51.92$51.5025.3%7.2%33.5%6.7%26.3%4.2%0.9%5.1M2.42B-15.0M1.073.46N/AN/A23,98425,7831,082,7871,257,751
2012-07-19$52.70$51.5024.8%7.1%33.9%6.0%24.3%4.3%0.6%23.2M2.12B-15.8M0.754.08N/AN/A32,03924,0281,072,5701,269,038
2012-07-20$51.72$51.5026.0%7.4%28.2%7.7%25.6%5.2%0.4%-6.7M2.53B-15.0M1.274.07N/AN/A21,59727,4751,085,2931,278,749
2012-07-23$50.37$51.5029.4%8.4%29.7%13.0%31.3%5.6%0.2%-27.3M2.28B-14.3M2.114.58N/AN/A18,84339,708801,1161,067,553
2012-07-24$50.09$51.5030.0%8.6%27.9%13.8%29.8%5.9%-0.3%-29.6M2.35B-14.3M0.854.65N/AN/A20,79717,658811,7911,088,707
2012-07-25$50.03$51.0029.3%8.4%27.9%12.9%29.4%5.6%-0.1%-29.3M2.34B-14.3M1.174.92N/AN/A13,28215,533822,2301,090,611
2012-07-26$51.69$51.0026.5%7.6%30.1%8.6%26.7%4.5%-0.1%-20.0M1.99B-15.3M0.866.80N/AN/A28,01024,139829,5951,103,088
2012-07-27$53.56$51.0028.4%7.6%32.2%11.5%27.8%4.5%-0.7%-3.8M1.40B-16.9M0.765.50N/AN/A59,95845,342846,1331,111,310
2012-07-30$53.48$51.5034.1%7.9%26.8%20.0%29.8%5.0%-0.5%-4.5M1.45B-16.9M1.384.94N/AN/A24,89934,408870,7581,135,680
2012-07-31$52.45$51.5038.3%8.5%27.2%26.5%30.8%4.8%-1.3%-13.2M1.77B-16.6M2.715.71N/AN/A12,84634,765856,9931,126,806