EWZ Options History — March 2014

In March 2014, EWZ traded between $39.11 and $45.04. ATM implied volatility averaged 28.4%, placing in the 64.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.6% (HV 20d: 25.8%). Max pain ranged from $47.00 to $47.00. Net GEX was positive for 4 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.63.

Notable Days

  • 2014-03-27: Highest Volume — 292,722 contracts
  • 2014-03-10: Largest IV spike — 7.6% change
  • 2014-03-10: Highest IV Rank — 78.3%
  • 2014-03-14: Largest Expected Move — 7.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$41.20$39.11$45.04$39.95$45.04
Max Pain$47.00$47.00$47.00$47.00$47.00
ATM IV28.4%25.4%32.1%31.3%25.6%
Expected Move7.5%7.2%7.8%7.5%7.4%
HV 20d25.8%24.0%30.6%30.6%24.2%
HV 60d25.0%24.3%26.8%24.3%25.8%
IV Rank64.0%52.4%78.3%75.0%53.4%
IV Percentile77.2%51.2%95.2%94.0%52.8%
Term Structure-0.3%-1.9%1.0%-0.7%-0.2%
VWIV26.2%23.2%29.9%26.6%26.2%
Skew 25d5.1%3.7%6.6%5.8%4.0%
Skew 10d10.4%6.8%14.0%11.9%8.3%
Call IV 25d26.4%24.2%29.5%28.7%24.2%
Put IV 25d31.4%28.1%35.5%34.5%28.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %8.545.0129.126.695.01
Gamma HHI0.140.070.290.100.07
Net GEX-40.1M-102.9M13.0M-38.7M9.1M
Net DEX1.75B262.3M2.77B2.01B347.9M
Net VEX-16.1M-18.6M-14.8M-14.9M-18.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.630.763.503.321.28
Total Volume114,926.76239,085292,722120,62258,753
Total OI2,418,641.6672,057,7242,716,1372,203,2292,248,587

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-03-03$39.95$47.0031.3%7.5%30.6%75.0%26.6%5.8%-0.7%-38.7M2.01B-14.9M3.326.69N/AN/A27,91192,711894,2301,308,999
2014-03-04$40.57$47.0030.3%7.4%28.5%71.4%26.3%5.6%-0.6%-41.1M1.88B-15.4M1.238.11N/AN/A75,69293,081902,8831,358,512
2014-03-05$40.83$47.0028.1%7.4%26.8%62.9%27.1%4.6%-0.2%-37.7M1.83B-15.9M1.846.95N/AN/A19,21635,304953,1861,417,696
2014-03-06$41.28$47.0027.8%7.5%26.9%61.7%26.7%4.7%0.0%-32.8M1.65B-16.1M0.956.80N/AN/A35,33333,393955,2601,443,430
2014-03-07$40.32$47.0029.8%7.6%26.1%69.5%25.3%5.0%-0.2%-52.5M2.10B-15.6M1.106.12N/AN/A47,57152,198981,9201,458,116
2014-03-10$39.63$47.0032.1%7.6%26.6%78.3%25.9%5.5%-1.9%-66.9M2.42B-15.0M1.508.89N/AN/A40,59261,052980,7961,469,038
2014-03-11$39.38$47.0031.6%7.7%26.1%76.5%23.2%5.7%-0.7%-78.9M2.57B-14.8M1.667.39N/AN/A27,19045,107988,9491,510,024
2014-03-12$39.68$47.0030.3%7.6%25.3%71.3%26.8%5.4%-1.6%-80.6M2.51B-14.9M1.5710.46N/AN/A38,74761,019990,1861,528,767
2014-03-13$39.22$47.0030.7%7.7%24.9%73.0%24.5%6.3%-1.2%-90.4M2.71B-15.0M2.587.16N/AN/A35,15790,8811,017,6061,558,160
2014-03-14$39.11$47.0031.1%7.8%24.3%74.3%27.1%6.6%-1.5%-80.9M2.74B-15.0M2.0210.76N/AN/A25,40151,4071,033,7841,563,091
2014-03-17$39.41$47.0029.2%7.8%24.5%67.2%29.9%6.0%-0.2%-102.9M2.77B-14.9M3.506.43N/AN/A14,15549,5961,028,2141,604,459
2014-03-18$40.37$47.0027.0%7.6%24.1%58.8%25.6%5.0%-0.2%-80.5M2.21B-15.5M2.575.05N/AN/A72,118185,1801,034,1161,617,989
2014-03-19$40.53$47.0026.4%7.5%24.0%56.4%25.7%4.9%0.8%-54.6M2.10B-15.8M1.1310.46N/AN/A64,47072,8361,071,0971,586,871
2014-03-20$41.48$47.0026.8%7.5%25.1%57.9%28.2%4.8%-0.2%-11.1M1.63B-16.6M1.457.17N/AN/A47,04168,4211,113,4531,600,896
2014-03-21$41.67$47.0026.2%7.5%24.7%55.5%25.4%4.2%1.0%6.0M1.50B-16.6M0.769.79N/AN/A48,15836,7521,124,5011,591,636
2014-03-24$42.16$47.0027.5%7.5%25.0%60.7%26.2%5.0%0.0%-14.1M1.11B-16.7M1.589.31N/AN/A47,76975,644805,1401,252,584
2014-03-25$42.68$47.0026.5%7.4%24.9%56.9%25.9%4.8%0.2%-4.6M917.4M-17.2M1.586.32N/AN/A42,17166,559835,6941,274,051
2014-03-26$42.52$47.0026.3%7.4%25.0%55.9%26.1%4.9%0.3%-6.6M1.05B-17.2M0.875.40N/AN/A20,88318,202867,2131,310,804
2014-03-27$44.49$47.0026.2%7.2%27.6%55.5%23.8%3.7%-0.0%5.7M370.5M-18.0M0.8629.12N/AN/A157,759134,963878,1631,317,482
2014-03-28$44.87$47.0025.4%7.4%26.7%52.4%26.8%3.8%0.2%13.0M262.3M-18.6M0.965.95N/AN/A73,17369,896940,7431,373,149
2014-03-31$45.04$47.0025.6%7.4%24.2%53.4%26.2%4.0%-0.2%9.1M347.9M-18.5M1.285.01N/AN/A25,74533,008909,8511,338,736