EWZ Options History — May 2013

In May 2013, EWZ traded between $50.89 and $55.67. ATM implied volatility averaged 16.6%, placing in the 21.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.4%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.1% (HV 20d: 17.8%). Max pain ranged from $54.00 to $56.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.67.

Notable Days

  • 2013-05-29: Highest Volume — 98,108 contracts
  • 2013-05-31: Largest IV spike — 69.7% change
  • 2013-05-31: Highest IV Rank — 44.6%
  • 2013-05-31: Largest Expected Move — 5.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$54.40$50.89$55.67$54.47$50.89
Max Pain$55.73$54.00$56.00$54.00$56.00
ATM IV16.6%11.8%24.9%24.3%24.9%
Expected Move4.4%3.4%5.5%5.3%5.5%
HV 20d17.8%12.1%23.9%23.9%18.0%
HV 60d17.9%17.1%18.7%17.9%18.7%
IV Rank21.5%7.8%44.6%43.0%44.6%
IV Percentile16.4%0.4%71.8%61.1%71.8%
Term Structure4.6%-5.2%11.1%-5.2%4.7%
VWIV17.6%12.8%22.4%20.2%22.4%
Skew 25d5.7%1.4%9.1%3.4%9.1%
Skew 10d8.9%5.2%15.2%7.0%15.2%
Call IV 25d14.7%11.7%17.9%17.5%17.9%
Put IV 25d20.4%17.8%27.1%20.8%27.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %6.944.658.314.797.39
Gamma HHI0.090.060.120.080.08
Net GEX-56.1M-88.5M-22.3M-44.5M-87.2M
Net DEX758.2M279.3M2.03B664.5M2.03B
Net VEX-14.5M-15.2M-13.4M-14.9M-13.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.670.165.420.971.86
Total Volume46,46512,44598,10841,81583,596
Total OI1,582,661.4091,458,1121,699,6481,458,1121,699,648

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-05-01$54.47$54.0024.3%5.3%23.9%43.0%20.2%3.4%-5.2%-44.5M664.5M-14.9M0.974.79N/AN/A21,20520,610549,950908,162
2013-05-02$54.68$54.0019.4%5.3%23.9%29.3%18.7%3.3%-2.8%-46.6M713.0M-14.5M1.294.65N/AN/A14,10618,198550,856916,916
2013-05-03$54.81$54.0017.2%4.9%23.3%23.1%18.0%2.8%-2.6%-43.7M601.2M-14.8M0.865.50N/AN/A6,6745,771559,895927,998
2013-05-06$54.74$56.0020.0%4.5%23.3%31.0%18.9%6.7%5.0%-46.8M597.0M-14.8M1.766.19N/AN/A13,69924,177558,664925,356
2013-05-07$55.57$56.0018.1%4.5%22.8%25.6%16.7%5.5%3.3%-28.0M322.0M-14.8M0.846.39N/AN/A22,74319,157567,392940,819
2013-05-08$55.67$56.0016.6%4.5%22.5%21.5%16.8%4.6%2.5%-22.3M279.3M-14.5M1.596.41N/AN/A15,78125,161578,131948,612
2013-05-09$55.23$56.0017.3%4.5%22.5%23.3%18.6%6.2%5.2%-36.0M429.9M-15.0M1.936.45N/AN/A19,78138,099583,599967,327
2013-05-10$54.81$56.0016.9%4.5%22.6%22.4%15.6%6.1%4.6%-49.6M625.1M-15.0M2.316.12N/AN/A7,64417,623595,030980,185
2013-05-13$54.73$56.0019.5%4.9%17.5%29.6%20.0%6.0%3.6%-52.1M664.4M-14.7M3.256.92N/AN/A12,50540,631592,167979,424
2013-05-14$54.40$56.0018.4%4.1%17.0%26.4%15.6%8.7%10.6%-63.4M634.6M-14.1M0.386.93N/AN/A17,0516,418598,275997,928
2013-05-15$54.43$56.0017.9%4.4%14.6%25.2%17.4%7.0%6.3%-64.6M742.2M-14.7M0.187.76N/AN/A25,4094,579609,6491,000,268
2013-05-16$54.42$56.0013.1%3.8%14.6%11.6%18.6%8.2%11.1%-68.1M645.6M-14.1M1.928.12N/AN/A24,71747,430627,233998,633
2013-05-17$54.46$56.0014.0%4.0%13.8%14.2%17.1%4.8%4.6%-73.3M872.8M-14.9M1.528.16N/AN/A15,63023,721649,0081,028,490
2013-05-20$54.93$56.0011.8%3.4%14.0%7.8%12.9%6.2%9.7%-57.8M514.9M-14.4M0.168.31N/AN/A52,2488,559601,652959,987
2013-05-21$55.27$56.0012.7%3.6%13.6%10.4%18.1%4.6%5.2%-50.9M508.5M-15.1M1.427.76N/AN/A24,18934,304644,784961,302
2013-05-22$54.91$56.0012.0%3.4%13.5%8.4%12.8%6.0%10.2%-52.5M474.8M-14.5M1.476.72N/AN/A10,52615,519659,897977,802
2013-05-23$54.65$56.0014.9%4.3%13.5%16.7%16.3%5.0%4.7%-62.8M778.0M-15.2M5.427.82N/AN/A9,20749,910665,042979,676
2013-05-24$54.58$56.0015.5%4.4%12.2%18.3%17.5%1.4%0.5%-62.4M832.2M-14.5M2.797.54N/AN/A7,94722,138668,062952,860
2013-05-28$54.31$56.0012.3%3.5%12.1%9.2%14.9%5.2%6.8%-54.9M773.5M-13.9M1.096.72N/AN/A9,43810,256666,106952,440
2013-05-29$52.40$56.0014.5%4.1%16.0%15.4%20.7%7.3%6.5%-79.1M1.47B-13.9M1.837.87N/AN/A34,65763,451667,971957,812
2013-05-30$52.37$56.0014.6%4.2%15.5%15.9%18.4%6.9%6.0%-88.5M1.51B-13.9M1.958.10N/AN/A26,32051,445681,366982,177
2013-05-31$50.89$56.0024.9%5.5%18.0%44.6%22.4%9.1%4.7%-87.2M2.03B-13.4M1.867.39N/AN/A29,24254,354695,9131,003,735