EWZ Options History — September 2013

In September 2013, EWZ traded between $42.92 and $49.72. ATM implied volatility averaged 26.9%, placing in the 62.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.4%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.9% (HV 20d: 27.8%). Max pain ranged from $41.50 to $48.00. Net GEX was positive for 3 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.39.

Notable Days

  • 2013-09-18: Highest Volume — 175,837 contracts
  • 2013-09-09: Largest IV spike — 25.1% change
  • 2013-09-03: Highest IV Rank — 89.1%
  • 2013-09-03: Largest Expected Move — 8.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$47.07$42.92$49.72$42.92$47.91
Max Pain$45.58$41.50$48.00$45.00$48.00
ATM IV26.9%23.4%34.6%34.6%28.8%
Expected Move7.4%6.7%8.4%8.4%7.5%
HV 20d27.8%26.5%30.6%26.7%26.9%
HV 60d26.5%25.2%27.3%26.1%25.7%
IV Rank62.5%50.2%89.1%89.1%68.9%
IV Percentile77.7%60.7%98.4%98.4%90.5%
Term Structure-0.5%-1.7%0.4%-0.8%-0.7%
VWIV26.3%22.4%29.4%29.4%25.4%
Skew 25d4.5%3.3%7.2%7.2%4.5%
Skew 10d9.2%6.6%14.6%14.6%8.7%
Call IV 25d23.9%21.6%26.2%26.2%24.5%
Put IV 25d28.4%25.4%33.5%33.5%29.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %6.274.6410.3810.386.68
Gamma HHI0.080.050.110.110.05
Net GEX-20.2M-45.8M21.7M-45.8M-20.4M
Net DEX1.13B-63.7M2.53B2.53B1.26B
Net VEX-14.3M-15.6M-12.2M-12.2M-14.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.390.343.580.591.22
Total Volume82,276.4524,591175,83773,48270,969
Total OI2,286,415.851,951,8182,670,4192,215,9002,030,971

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-09-03$42.92$45.0034.6%8.4%26.7%89.1%29.4%7.2%-0.8%-45.8M2.53B-12.2M0.5910.38N/AN/A46,15827,324880,1751,335,725
2013-09-04$43.22$45.0032.6%7.9%26.5%82.2%26.9%6.5%0.2%-41.5M2.43B-12.5M0.677.94N/AN/A37,16224,985900,0441,354,873
2013-09-05$44.26$45.0027.4%7.6%27.5%64.0%27.6%4.8%0.2%-33.1M2.01B-13.1M0.9410.36N/AN/A32,24430,470896,9791,360,594
2013-09-06$45.29$41.5026.0%7.7%26.5%59.1%27.3%5.3%-0.7%-22.2M1.52B-13.7M0.864.92N/AN/A36,42231,484909,6801,371,009
2013-09-09$46.93$42.0032.5%7.6%28.6%81.8%28.3%4.6%-1.1%-12.7M941.8M-14.3M1.474.85N/AN/A46,06967,855918,8571,373,828
2013-09-10$47.03$42.5032.2%7.7%28.6%80.9%28.8%5.0%-1.0%-19.4M977.8M-14.6M1.525.32N/AN/A44,19667,381930,3371,405,561
2013-09-11$46.81$43.0025.6%7.4%28.5%57.7%23.9%4.5%-0.7%-21.1M1.05B-14.4M2.455.26N/AN/A24,52960,145939,3271,440,755
2013-09-12$46.27$45.0025.6%7.3%28.8%57.6%28.2%4.5%-0.5%-29.5M1.35B-14.0M2.055.93N/AN/A17,16035,208950,8751,477,057
2013-09-13$46.67$45.0025.4%7.3%28.8%57.2%25.9%4.2%-0.8%-27.3M1.19B-14.2M1.734.64N/AN/A23,54040,818957,7371,493,276
2013-09-16$46.73$45.0026.4%7.6%27.6%60.6%28.8%4.4%-1.4%-31.7M1.22B-14.0M2.224.65N/AN/A28,86163,980944,8031,503,497
2013-09-17$47.32$45.5026.8%7.7%26.8%62.1%27.5%3.9%-1.7%-33.5M1.02B-14.3M1.204.81N/AN/A49,77859,526954,6181,533,219
2013-09-18$49.72$46.5025.7%7.4%30.5%58.1%25.5%3.3%-0.8%-8.2M18.0M-15.2M0.524.76N/AN/A115,83460,003989,6561,568,081
2013-09-19$49.55$46.5024.1%6.9%28.9%52.5%25.3%3.9%0.0%21.7M-63.7M-15.6M0.606.11N/AN/A78,00346,8121,075,9391,567,973
2013-09-20$48.52$46.5025.7%7.4%30.6%58.2%27.3%4.2%-0.9%-24.2M309.9M-15.2M1.676.31N/AN/A33,91256,7281,100,6911,569,728
2013-09-23$49.00$47.5024.4%7.0%27.7%53.7%24.0%4.3%0.2%3.7M707.2M-15.2M0.725.17N/AN/A47,75634,610810,4211,141,397
2013-09-24$48.94$48.0023.4%6.7%26.5%50.2%22.4%4.3%0.4%998.7K756.1M-14.7M0.346.85N/AN/A46,05415,838824,1801,172,348
2013-09-25$48.25$48.0023.8%6.8%26.7%51.6%23.5%4.0%0.3%-16.4M1.08B-14.5M1.228.18N/AN/A31,07537,843796,5321,176,739
2013-09-26$48.20$48.0023.6%6.8%26.6%50.8%23.2%3.5%0.4%-19.7M1.11B-14.6M3.584.85N/AN/A10,96639,240815,0031,210,390
2013-09-27$47.94$48.0024.2%6.9%26.8%52.8%26.0%3.7%0.2%-23.3M1.25B-14.6M2.287.35N/AN/A7,49217,099821,9611,223,481
2013-09-30$47.91$48.0028.8%7.5%26.9%68.9%25.4%4.5%-0.7%-20.4M1.26B-14.5M1.226.68N/AN/A32,02338,946815,2741,215,697