EWZ Options History — April 2013

In April 2013, EWZ traded between $52.44 and $55.71. ATM implied volatility averaged 19.4%, placing in the 29.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.9% (HV 20d: 18.4%). Max pain ranged from $53.50 to $55.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.25.

Notable Days

  • 2013-04-11: Highest Volume — 90,840 contracts
  • 2013-04-15: Largest IV spike — 21.1% change
  • 2013-04-17: Highest IV Rank — 36.5%
  • 2013-04-17: Largest Expected Move — 6.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$53.95$52.44$55.71$53.97$55.15
Max Pain$54.41$53.50$55.00$55.00$54.00
ATM IV19.4%17.4%21.9%18.5%20.7%
Expected Move5.3%4.8%6.3%4.8%5.0%
HV 20d18.4%12.0%23.5%15.7%23.5%
HV 60d15.5%13.2%17.9%13.3%17.9%
IV Rank29.2%23.7%36.5%26.7%33.0%
IV Percentile26.7%14.3%41.3%20.2%38.1%
Term Structure-2.6%-5.3%0.7%0.5%-3.3%
VWIV19.1%17.1%24.4%18.9%17.7%
Skew 25d3.2%2.1%4.8%2.8%2.9%
Skew 10d6.6%4.6%10.9%5.9%5.9%
Call IV 25d17.3%15.9%20.3%16.1%16.2%
Put IV 25d20.5%18.6%24.9%18.9%19.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %5.243.3310.236.704.82
Gamma HHI0.080.070.130.080.08
Net GEX-61.6M-104.6M-34.7M-61.4M-34.7M
Net DEX1.04B364.4M1.73B1.14B445.5M
Net VEX-14.5M-15.1M-14.1M-14.4M-14.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.250.342.490.820.68
Total Volume40,659.13619,31990,84026,14638,792
Total OI1,463,986.4551,348,5151,617,0761,387,3331,444,140

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-04-01$53.97$55.0018.5%4.8%15.7%26.7%18.9%2.8%0.5%-61.4M1.14B-14.4M0.826.70N/AN/A14,38111,765531,481855,852
2013-04-02$53.59$55.0019.0%4.8%15.6%28.1%17.8%2.8%0.7%-64.6M1.26B-14.2M1.043.33N/AN/A11,84212,301543,722854,655
2013-04-03$53.35$55.0019.9%4.8%15.5%30.8%17.7%2.9%0.5%-68.1M1.29B-14.2M2.193.59N/AN/A9,26920,271549,125861,569
2013-04-04$53.23$55.0018.4%5.0%12.1%26.5%17.1%3.0%0.4%-69.2M1.34B-14.2M2.433.99N/AN/A11,32627,517549,929871,243
2013-04-05$54.11$55.0017.4%5.1%12.4%23.7%17.9%2.8%-2.6%-59.8M1.03B-14.9M1.834.82N/AN/A18,31533,512561,993889,250
2013-04-08$54.07$54.5020.4%5.0%12.0%32.1%17.9%2.9%-2.7%-65.0M1.07B-14.8M0.734.66N/AN/A11,1818,138570,335911,432
2013-04-09$55.14$54.5019.9%4.9%14.4%30.6%17.6%2.5%-2.7%-47.3M594.8M-15.0M1.554.21N/AN/A12,47919,313578,040911,381
2013-04-10$55.71$54.5017.5%5.0%15.0%24.1%18.3%2.1%-2.2%-40.1M364.4M-15.1M0.704.45N/AN/A31,56422,191578,683919,546
2013-04-11$55.20$55.0017.4%5.0%14.6%23.7%17.8%2.3%-2.2%-51.6M585.0M-15.0M2.495.31N/AN/A26,05664,784587,618929,613
2013-04-12$54.98$55.0017.5%5.0%14.6%24.1%18.5%2.5%-3.2%-69.3M641.9M-15.1M1.275.57N/AN/A10,06112,827584,106948,272
2013-04-15$52.91$55.0021.3%6.1%19.7%34.5%22.4%4.2%-5.3%-81.9M1.53B-14.6M1.724.07N/AN/A20,19634,764581,566946,503
2013-04-16$53.71$54.0019.5%5.6%20.6%29.7%19.8%3.4%-3.1%-77.9M1.28B-14.5M0.676.55N/AN/A28,16618,918589,442953,635
2013-04-17$52.51$54.0021.9%6.3%21.9%36.5%23.5%4.3%-5.0%-80.7M1.69B-14.3M2.155.77N/AN/A19,59242,176606,567957,495
2013-04-18$52.44$54.0021.9%6.3%21.9%36.4%24.4%4.8%-4.5%-85.2M1.73B-14.2M1.254.04N/AN/A32,12640,108607,462968,737
2013-04-19$53.20$54.0020.0%5.7%21.9%30.9%19.7%3.9%-3.1%-104.6M1.58B-14.1M1.436.03N/AN/A8,10111,611627,708989,368
2013-04-22$53.12$54.0019.6%5.6%21.9%29.9%20.4%4.5%-4.2%-59.9M1.18B-14.1M0.7410.23N/AN/A11,1298,247488,949859,566
2013-04-23$53.76$53.5018.9%5.4%22.3%28.0%18.5%2.9%-2.9%-54.1M980.5M-14.1M0.344.76N/AN/A54,70518,688493,155860,398
2013-04-24$54.29$54.0018.2%5.2%22.4%25.8%18.0%2.7%-3.5%-39.2M699.4M-14.6M0.748.40N/AN/A12,9139,504524,690867,460
2013-04-25$54.56$54.0018.0%5.2%22.2%25.3%17.8%3.0%-2.4%-38.2M660.2M-14.5M0.855.49N/AN/A18,81715,949527,171875,002
2013-04-26$53.72$54.0019.6%5.4%22.9%29.8%20.2%3.4%-4.0%-51.7M925.9M-14.5M0.944.74N/AN/A12,71011,988535,847886,108
2013-04-29$54.16$54.0020.3%5.2%22.8%31.7%17.5%3.3%-2.5%-49.9M856.5M-14.2M0.923.76N/AN/A18,86417,344538,886890,002
2013-04-30$55.15$54.0020.7%5.0%23.5%33.0%17.7%2.9%-3.3%-34.7M445.5M-14.6M0.684.82N/AN/A23,05615,736541,355902,785