EWZ Options History — January 2014

In January 2014, EWZ traded between $39.21 and $43.43. ATM implied volatility averaged 24.6%, placing in the 49.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.6% (HV 20d: 21.0%). 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 10 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.07.

Notable Days

  • 2014-01-29: Highest Volume — 260,383 contracts
  • 2014-01-24: Largest IV spike — 12.1% change
  • 2014-01-29: Highest IV Rank — 66.7%
  • 2014-01-31: Largest Expected Move — 7.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$41.67$39.21$43.43$43.19$39.24
Max Pain$47.00$47.00$47.00$47.00$47.00
ATM IV24.6%22.2%29.1%24.7%28.4%
Expected Move7.2%6.9%7.7%7.2%7.7%
HV 20d21.0%19.8%22.5%21.6%19.9%
HV 60d21.7%20.9%22.3%21.8%22.2%
IV Rank49.6%40.1%66.7%49.9%64.1%
IV Percentile61.3%42.9%90.9%63.1%88.1%
Term Structure-0.0%-0.8%0.7%0.0%-0.0%
VWIV25.8%23.8%28.9%26.0%28.7%
Skew 25d3.6%2.9%5.1%2.9%4.5%
Skew 10d7.0%5.1%9.6%5.2%9.2%
Call IV 25d23.3%20.9%27.1%23.6%26.4%
Put IV 25d26.9%24.1%31.5%26.5%30.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %8.985.2615.179.3215.17
Gamma HHI0.150.110.350.130.11
Net GEX-68.1M-93.7M-40.8M-76.8M-63.2M
Net DEX2.71B1.43B3.48B3.29B2.13B
Net VEX-11.7M-12.2M-10.9M-10.9M-12.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.070.504.703.031.13
Total Volume95,485.76214,069260,38383,284155,755
Total OI2,075,107.4761,327,8822,540,1992,341,9661,830,261

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-01-02$43.19$47.0024.7%7.2%21.6%49.9%26.0%2.9%0.0%-76.8M3.29B-10.9M3.039.32N/AN/A20,65362,631953,5991,388,367
2014-01-03$43.43$47.0023.7%7.2%21.7%46.0%25.7%3.2%0.2%-80.4M3.32B-11.2M4.7011.16N/AN/A21,11299,123970,1201,433,692
2014-01-06$42.92$47.0024.3%7.1%22.0%48.3%26.2%3.0%-0.6%-77.5M3.33B-11.2M1.587.74N/AN/A10,09715,925949,3171,393,501
2014-01-07$42.92$47.0023.0%7.0%21.2%43.3%25.0%2.9%-0.4%-77.7M3.29B-11.1M2.577.66N/AN/A24,48463,030955,0241,393,906
2014-01-08$42.51$47.0023.1%7.0%21.1%43.7%24.7%3.1%-0.2%-80.9M3.38B-11.0M1.7412.40N/AN/A16,43728,537963,9841,379,781
2014-01-09$41.98$47.0024.6%7.1%21.2%49.5%24.4%3.3%-0.5%-93.7M3.48B-11.0M1.275.95N/AN/A67,10284,900977,8061,393,639
2014-01-10$42.69$47.0023.1%7.1%19.8%43.6%25.2%3.2%0.1%-69.2M3.24B-11.8M0.509.67N/AN/A51,64625,8831,036,8211,437,348
2014-01-13$42.25$47.0024.3%7.0%19.9%48.2%25.6%3.3%-0.6%-71.2M3.36B-11.7M2.538.64N/AN/A12,17830,8521,068,9151,427,769
2014-01-14$42.66$47.0022.9%7.0%20.4%42.7%28.2%3.2%0.1%-62.4M3.25B-12.0M1.1111.04N/AN/A12,34313,7371,075,9031,434,075
2014-01-15$42.66$47.0022.5%7.0%20.3%41.3%24.9%3.1%0.3%-60.1M3.24B-12.0M1.205.26N/AN/A6,3827,6871,081,5271,435,884
2014-01-16$42.38$47.0022.8%7.1%20.3%42.6%27.5%3.0%-0.4%-68.0M3.29B-11.9M4.198.87N/AN/A8,00033,5571,083,6411,433,251
2014-01-17$42.21$47.0022.2%7.1%20.2%40.1%24.8%3.1%-0.4%-80.1M3.34B-12.0M2.015.80N/AN/A27,42255,2491,087,6271,452,572
2014-01-21$41.76$47.0022.9%7.0%20.0%42.7%23.8%3.7%0.5%-40.8M1.48B-11.7M2.866.45N/AN/A41,676119,008504,656823,226
2014-01-22$42.25$47.0022.4%6.9%20.1%41.1%24.5%3.2%0.6%-45.7M1.43B-12.2M0.856.69N/AN/A30,41525,798537,290925,007
2014-01-23$41.19$47.0023.8%7.2%20.7%46.4%25.1%3.9%0.5%-63.0M1.75B-11.8M2.817.98N/AN/A25,81172,647561,223944,587
2014-01-24$39.97$47.0026.7%7.3%22.4%57.4%25.3%4.1%0.4%-64.2M2.07B-11.6M1.436.06N/AN/A47,65567,998579,797994,195
2014-01-27$39.99$47.0027.9%7.3%22.5%62.2%25.6%5.1%-0.2%-59.7M2.01B-11.8M1.4214.03N/AN/A39,45956,055589,2371,009,889
2014-01-28$40.05$47.0027.9%7.3%21.3%62.0%28.9%4.3%-0.1%-57.2M1.97B-12.0M2.8210.82N/AN/A35,49899,982610,3081,022,289
2014-01-29$39.21$47.0029.1%7.5%22.0%66.7%26.2%4.4%-0.8%-70.5M2.21B-11.7M2.3911.20N/AN/A76,777183,606612,6221,062,995
2014-01-30$39.64$47.0027.2%7.4%22.4%59.6%24.6%4.6%0.7%-68.2M2.03B-12.2M1.416.62N/AN/A53,12874,966664,5391,097,067
2014-01-31$39.24$47.0028.4%7.7%19.9%64.1%28.7%4.5%-0.0%-63.2M2.13B-12.1M1.1315.17N/AN/A73,24582,510698,4521,131,809