EWZ Options History — February 2014

In February 2014, EWZ traded between $38.03 and $41.63. ATM implied volatility averaged 27.9%, placing in the 62.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.4%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.2% (HV 20d: 28.1%). Max pain ranged from $47.00 to $47.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.85.

Notable Days

  • 2014-02-27: Highest Volume — 209,722 contracts
  • 2014-02-18: Largest IV spike — 6.4% change
  • 2014-02-03: Highest IV Rank — 72.5%
  • 2014-02-03: Largest Expected Move — 7.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$40.19$38.03$41.63$38.03$41.00
Max Pain$47.00$47.00$47.00$47.00$47.00
ATM IV27.9%26.4%30.6%30.6%27.9%
Expected Move7.4%7.2%7.8%7.8%7.4%
HV 20d28.1%21.6%30.6%21.6%29.2%
HV 60d23.9%22.3%24.8%22.3%23.9%
IV Rank62.2%56.5%72.5%72.5%62.2%
IV Percentile83.1%73.4%92.9%92.9%83.3%
Term Structure-0.2%-1.0%0.8%-0.8%0.1%
VWIV27.0%25.2%30.4%26.8%25.2%
Skew 25d4.9%4.1%5.5%5.5%4.7%
Skew 10d10.0%8.1%11.3%10.3%10.4%
Call IV 25d26.0%24.5%28.1%28.1%26.1%
Put IV 25d30.9%28.9%33.6%33.6%30.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %7.045.349.969.966.54
Gamma HHI0.110.080.140.100.10
Net GEX-52.4M-82.0M-17.5M-65.7M-29.5M
Net DEX1.91B1.36B2.45B2.45B1.64B
Net VEX-14.1M-15.6M-11.6M-11.6M-15.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.850.645.404.440.75
Total Volume92,788.42145,961209,722128,69345,961
Total OI2,147,336.6321,835,1282,382,5451,835,1282,223,104

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-02-03$38.03$47.0030.6%7.8%21.6%72.5%26.8%5.5%-0.8%-65.7M2.45B-11.6M4.449.96N/AN/A23,638105,055683,7131,151,415
2014-02-04$39.16$47.0029.8%7.6%24.9%69.4%27.5%5.0%-0.7%-70.9M2.26B-13.0M1.079.52N/AN/A60,89865,299698,4081,233,716
2014-02-05$39.08$47.0029.5%7.6%24.9%68.4%27.0%4.8%-1.0%-69.3M2.29B-13.3M2.225.75N/AN/A31,28569,330746,4631,269,569
2014-02-06$40.36$47.0027.9%7.5%28.0%62.2%25.9%4.8%0.3%-54.4M1.86B-14.5M1.716.75N/AN/A55,02694,052755,8331,306,886
2014-02-07$40.64$47.0026.9%7.3%28.0%58.1%26.6%4.4%0.1%-53.1M1.80B-14.8M0.885.82N/AN/A29,28025,812795,3641,379,017
2014-02-10$39.99$47.0027.5%7.3%27.5%60.6%27.5%4.9%-0.5%-66.9M2.10B-14.1M5.406.95N/AN/A12,26966,222787,9931,372,764
2014-02-11$40.75$47.0026.4%7.3%28.5%56.5%27.9%4.4%-1.0%-51.9M1.77B-14.3M0.646.97N/AN/A30,75219,811793,0651,372,979
2014-02-12$40.02$47.0027.5%7.4%28.7%60.7%26.6%4.9%-0.5%-69.8M2.09B-14.0M2.227.78N/AN/A36,45880,810804,0001,379,706
2014-02-13$40.52$47.0026.5%7.2%29.2%56.9%25.5%4.6%-0.9%-56.1M1.85B-14.2M1.466.31N/AN/A35,26251,541833,3011,404,279
2014-02-14$40.64$47.0026.7%7.3%29.2%57.4%25.6%4.1%-0.6%-51.3M1.74B-14.6M0.825.34N/AN/A68,22355,988851,7151,421,099
2014-02-18$39.53$47.0028.4%7.5%30.6%64.0%27.1%5.4%0.8%-82.0M2.26B-13.7M2.799.52N/AN/A25,23970,521880,9541,416,389
2014-02-19$39.78$47.0028.3%7.4%30.6%63.6%25.6%5.1%0.2%-79.7M2.18B-14.1M2.908.04N/AN/A15,24844,250894,9121,463,460
2014-02-20$40.22$47.0028.0%7.4%30.6%62.7%30.3%5.1%0.3%-64.8M1.93B-14.2M1.466.05N/AN/A39,00557,083898,8311,459,789
2014-02-21$40.76$47.0026.9%7.3%29.8%58.4%30.4%4.8%0.4%-17.5M1.64B-14.6M1.765.34N/AN/A26,81347,295906,5441,476,001
2014-02-24$40.75$47.0027.9%7.3%27.7%61.9%27.3%5.2%-0.0%-25.9M1.56B-14.4M1.708.10N/AN/A20,24534,369788,1461,220,798
2014-02-25$40.40$47.0028.4%7.4%27.9%64.1%27.9%5.1%-0.2%-32.3M1.74B-14.1M1.277.65N/AN/A20,45226,030787,7291,231,243
2014-02-26$40.37$47.0028.2%7.5%27.9%63.4%25.9%5.0%-0.4%-33.2M1.78B-14.1M0.895.68N/AN/A33,79529,941799,2311,251,517
2014-02-27$41.63$47.0027.2%7.3%28.7%59.4%25.8%4.8%0.2%-21.6M1.36B-14.8M0.675.70N/AN/A125,31284,410795,4901,263,973
2014-02-28$41.00$47.0027.9%7.4%29.2%62.2%25.2%4.7%0.1%-29.5M1.64B-15.6M0.756.54N/AN/A26,31419,647900,0161,323,088