EWZ Options History — November 2012

In November 2012, EWZ traded between $51.06 and $54.86. ATM implied volatility averaged 21.9%, placing in the 8.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.2% (HV 20d: 16.8%). Max pain ranged from $54.00 to $55.00. Net GEX was positive for 2 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.89.

Notable Days

  • 2012-11-16: Highest Volume — 152,340 contracts
  • 2012-11-07: Largest IV drop — 27.2% change
  • 2012-11-06: Highest IV Rank — 34.8%
  • 2012-11-15: Largest Expected Move — 6.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$52.47$51.06$54.86$54.40$51.58
Max Pain$54.57$54.00$55.00$54.50$54.00
ATM IV21.9%18.0%29.8%21.2%20.7%
Expected Move5.9%3.7%6.9%5.8%3.7%
HV 20d16.8%14.4%18.1%16.6%14.4%
HV 60d18.8%18.4%19.1%18.8%18.4%
IV Rank8.0%0.0%34.8%2.5%10.4%
IV Percentile11.9%0.0%68.3%1.2%3.2%
Term Structure1.0%-0.9%2.9%-0.6%2.2%
VWIV21.5%18.8%25.4%21.5%19.7%
Skew 25d5.0%3.2%7.4%3.6%4.8%
Skew 10d8.7%5.0%11.7%8.0%8.1%
Call IV 25d19.3%17.4%21.5%19.1%17.4%
Put IV 25d24.3%21.7%27.1%22.8%22.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %8.054.6515.5110.969.36
Gamma HHI0.090.060.170.060.10
Net GEX-21.6M-66.4M9.1M-2.3M-1.8M
Net DEX2.29B1.41B3.02B1.50B2.42B
Net VEX-13.4M-14.5M-12.0M-14.5M-13.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.890.451.590.791.50
Total Volume67,011.04827,243152,34057,62330,345
Total OI2,469,707.2862,287,2252,682,5262,287,2252,675,679

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-11-01$54.40$54.5021.2%5.8%16.6%2.5%21.5%3.6%-0.6%-2.3M1.50B-14.5M0.7910.96N/AN/A32,11225,5111,068,1791,219,046
2012-11-02$54.16$54.5023.1%6.1%16.3%9.0%21.0%3.2%-0.9%-6.1M1.64B-14.5M0.9315.51N/AN/A35,28332,7441,087,2641,234,820
2012-11-05$54.42$55.0027.7%6.3%16.2%27.1%21.5%7.4%2.9%-1.5M1.61B-14.3M0.795.99N/AN/A15,39912,1751,091,9281,242,457
2012-11-06$54.86$55.0029.8%6.1%16.4%34.8%20.0%6.6%1.7%9.1M1.41B-14.4M0.625.71N/AN/A43,35826,8751,107,4881,248,022
2012-11-07$54.06$55.0021.7%6.2%16.9%4.6%20.4%6.1%1.4%-8.4M1.81B-14.0M0.806.46N/AN/A30,96724,8751,122,3981,258,433
2012-11-08$53.19$55.0023.2%6.5%17.5%10.1%23.7%5.7%1.2%-34.9M2.23B-13.6M1.265.40N/AN/A22,52328,3011,133,4301,272,606
2012-11-09$52.77$55.0022.7%6.5%17.5%8.3%22.9%5.8%0.9%-46.0M2.42B-13.4M0.876.26N/AN/A24,40121,3011,141,4211,284,229
2012-11-12$52.50$55.0022.9%6.5%17.3%9.2%22.4%6.0%0.8%-56.8M2.54B-12.9M0.915.61N/AN/A14,24113,0021,146,7291,285,670
2012-11-13$52.04$55.0023.6%6.6%17.4%11.9%22.2%5.2%0.9%-66.4M2.71B-12.6M0.754.65N/AN/A29,59222,2121,152,8341,289,052
2012-11-14$51.26$55.0024.0%6.9%17.3%13.4%25.4%5.5%0.1%-64.8M3.00B-12.0M1.046.90N/AN/A28,70729,7501,172,7371,292,541
2012-11-15$51.21$55.0024.0%6.9%17.1%13.1%25.0%5.6%-0.3%-61.2M3.02B-12.0M1.598.04N/AN/A38,23560,8111,182,5201,297,124
2012-11-16$51.06$55.0022.6%6.5%16.7%7.9%22.1%6.3%1.8%-58.6M3.00B-12.0M0.668.58N/AN/A91,85660,4841,212,8391,305,919
2012-11-19$51.88$55.0020.8%6.0%18.1%1.2%21.0%3.8%0.8%-16.7M2.34B-13.5M0.458.15N/AN/A105,21846,9981,168,0381,239,502
2012-11-20$51.92$54.0020.4%5.8%17.8%0.0%20.3%4.1%0.9%-12.4M2.30B-13.3M0.867.53N/AN/A15,66713,4071,192,3951,251,259
2012-11-21$51.51$54.0019.4%5.6%17.6%0.0%20.9%4.6%1.3%-7.5M2.37B-13.5M1.159.59N/AN/A48,61355,9311,241,9811,268,811
2012-11-23$52.16$54.0018.8%5.4%16.2%0.0%19.9%3.7%1.9%-708.1K2.19B-13.5M0.639.63N/AN/A17,25310,9441,265,3021,294,812
2012-11-26$52.06$54.0018.6%5.3%16.2%0.0%21.1%4.3%0.8%-1.9M2.26B-13.3M0.707.35N/AN/A21,28714,8721,267,3901,290,115
2012-11-27$51.43$54.0019.7%5.7%16.0%4.0%21.2%4.1%0.9%-12.1M2.48B-13.1M1.009.95N/AN/A33,62233,6201,282,5731,292,127
2012-11-28$51.52$54.0018.1%5.2%16.1%0.0%18.8%4.8%0.8%-9.0M2.47B-13.2M0.489.06N/AN/A98,86647,6251,293,7521,307,905
2012-11-29$51.88$54.0018.0%5.2%16.3%0.0%20.0%4.3%1.1%7.1M2.34B-13.3M1.008.38N/AN/A24,11124,1381,359,2501,323,276
2012-11-30$51.58$54.0020.7%3.7%14.4%10.4%19.7%4.8%2.2%-1.8M2.42B-13.5M1.509.36N/AN/A12,15118,1941,353,2531,322,426