EWZ Options History — December 2013

In December 2013, EWZ traded between $43.41 and $45.67. ATM implied volatility averaged 23.0%, placing in the 45.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.3% (HV 20d: 22.8%). Max pain ranged from $47.00 to $47.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.87.

Notable Days

  • 2013-12-17: Highest Volume — 304,866 contracts
  • 2013-12-06: Largest IV drop — 6.5% change
  • 2013-12-03: Highest IV Rank — 58.2%
  • 2013-12-11: Largest Expected Move — 7.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$44.57$43.41$45.67$45.33$44.68
Max Pain$47.00$47.00$47.00$47.00$47.00
ATM IV23.0%20.8%25.7%25.2%21.6%
Expected Move7.5%6.9%7.7%7.7%6.9%
HV 20d22.8%18.6%25.7%25.7%18.6%
HV 60d21.3%20.1%23.4%23.4%20.8%
IV Rank45.6%34.7%58.2%56.3%38.0%
IV Percentile53.1%40.5%71.8%67.5%45.2%
Term Structure0.9%-0.4%2.7%0.8%0.1%
VWIV25.8%23.1%28.8%26.1%25.4%
Skew 25d4.3%2.2%6.7%5.7%2.6%
Skew 10d6.8%3.4%9.5%7.9%5.0%
Call IV 25d21.8%19.7%24.6%23.2%20.8%
Put IV 25d26.1%22.5%29.3%28.9%23.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %8.066.049.416.048.63
Gamma HHI0.110.090.120.120.11
Net GEX-83.8M-101.6M-62.0M-90.4M-62.0M
Net DEX3.41B2.90B4.08B3.17B2.90B
Net VEX-12.2M-13.3M-11.2M-12.1M-11.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.870.704.301.152.51
Total Volume84,314.3333,717304,866111,70818,846
Total OI2,690,173.8572,333,7963,081,0582,508,3562,334,663

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-12-02$45.33$47.0025.2%7.7%25.7%56.3%26.1%5.7%0.8%-90.4M3.17B-12.1M1.156.04N/AN/A52,06459,644993,7471,514,609
2013-12-03$44.72$47.0025.7%7.6%25.4%58.2%26.6%5.3%-0.4%-94.1M3.37B-11.9M1.477.25N/AN/A76,978112,8301,016,1951,533,206
2013-12-04$44.51$47.0024.9%7.6%23.9%55.4%25.7%5.9%0.6%-96.5M3.55B-12.8M2.007.63N/AN/A45,94691,7121,086,2501,618,441
2013-12-05$44.62$47.0025.1%7.7%24.0%56.0%24.8%6.5%1.1%-97.2M3.53B-13.0M1.518.93N/AN/A45,83469,3831,110,8391,660,649
2013-12-06$45.22$47.0023.5%7.5%23.2%50.4%23.1%5.5%1.6%-87.8M3.34B-13.3M1.438.12N/AN/A23,71433,8971,135,6031,689,387
2013-12-09$45.52$47.0022.6%7.4%23.4%47.3%24.2%6.1%2.0%-80.3M3.11B-13.1M3.007.51N/AN/A6,24718,7461,133,5821,647,039
2013-12-10$45.67$47.0022.1%7.5%23.4%45.5%25.6%6.7%2.7%-81.1M3.06B-13.0M4.247.76N/AN/A24,865105,5401,135,0121,651,360
2013-12-11$44.26$47.0023.2%7.7%25.5%49.5%28.5%6.3%1.2%-89.6M3.61B-12.6M3.508.31N/AN/A16,99059,4871,147,4561,673,310
2013-12-12$44.46$47.0023.9%7.7%25.0%52.0%24.2%5.2%0.9%-91.6M3.56B-12.7M1.068.00N/AN/A33,13735,1151,156,7341,695,060
2013-12-13$44.34$47.0023.4%7.7%23.3%44.6%25.2%5.9%1.6%-89.2M3.66B-12.6M4.307.46N/AN/A16,61571,4641,173,3501,711,903
2013-12-16$44.48$47.0024.3%7.7%22.5%48.2%0.0%4.3%1.2%-96.7M3.61B-12.5M1.077.17N/AN/A28,90030,8261,154,5661,739,533
2013-12-17$44.54$47.0024.3%7.5%21.6%48.3%0.0%2.3%0.9%-101.6M3.59B-12.2M0.707.68N/AN/A179,718125,1481,174,4441,749,473
2013-12-18$44.69$47.0023.3%7.4%21.2%44.5%28.8%2.8%1.4%-79.4M3.91B-12.6M0.769.03N/AN/A45,83434,7241,255,0451,826,013
2013-12-19$44.06$47.0022.3%7.4%21.0%40.6%24.8%2.9%0.5%-96.4M3.86B-11.9M0.897.13N/AN/A44,59439,5951,276,1091,747,698
2013-12-20$43.41$47.0022.6%7.4%21.4%41.8%25.6%2.8%0.7%-87.9M4.08B-11.5M1.948.67N/AN/A29,91658,0091,273,9171,733,490
2013-12-23$44.10$47.0021.6%7.3%21.6%37.8%27.5%3.3%0.9%-70.6M3.22B-11.5M0.858.69N/AN/A13,62311,629939,4081,407,720
2013-12-24$44.35$47.0021.0%7.2%21.5%35.4%25.3%3.3%1.0%-68.8M3.14B-11.5M1.438.87N/AN/A1,5322,185945,2001,406,573
2013-12-26$43.98$47.0021.3%7.3%21.5%36.5%26.6%2.2%0.5%-72.3M3.21B-11.2M3.819.41N/AN/A8,95734,128945,6791,407,024
2013-12-27$44.69$47.0020.8%7.2%22.3%34.7%26.9%2.8%0.6%-62.3M3.05B-11.4M0.808.48N/AN/A18,46614,848950,8061,408,762
2013-12-30$44.37$47.0021.5%7.1%22.0%37.4%25.4%2.7%0.2%-64.7M3.06B-11.2M0.908.52N/AN/A15,21613,699941,2771,392,519
2013-12-31$44.68$47.0021.6%6.9%18.6%38.0%25.4%2.6%0.1%-62.0M2.90B-11.3M2.518.63N/AN/A5,37413,472948,8391,385,824