EWZ Options History — April 2014

In April 2014, EWZ traded between $45.15 and $47.50. ATM implied volatility averaged 27.2%, placing in the 59.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.9% (HV 20d: 23.3%). Max pain ranged from $47.00 to $47.00. Net GEX was positive for 3 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.93.

Notable Days

  • 2014-04-08: Highest Volume — 232,642 contracts
  • 2014-04-24: Largest IV drop — 4.9% change
  • 2014-04-15: Highest IV Rank — 69.8%
  • 2014-04-15: Largest Expected Move — 7.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$46.84$45.15$47.50$45.15$47.04
Max Pain$47.00$47.00$47.00$47.00$47.00
ATM IV27.2%24.7%29.9%24.7%25.1%
Expected Move7.5%7.3%7.7%7.3%7.6%
HV 20d23.3%21.0%25.6%24.0%21.2%
HV 60d26.1%24.4%27.1%25.8%24.4%
IV Rank59.3%49.9%69.8%49.9%51.5%
IV Percentile67.8%41.3%89.3%44.8%41.3%
Term Structure-0.3%-0.7%0.4%-0.3%0.1%
VWIV28.1%23.7%36.0%24.9%36.0%
Skew 25d4.1%3.6%4.7%3.8%3.7%
Skew 10d8.3%6.4%10.3%8.2%8.1%
Call IV 25d25.5%23.3%27.9%23.3%23.6%
Put IV 25d29.6%26.9%32.1%27.1%27.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %7.035.7712.686.007.11
Gamma HHI0.060.050.080.070.06
Net GEX-21.6M-47.0M12.9M9.3M-33.0M
Net DEX332.2M-281.6M1.01B359.7M748.4M
Net VEX-22.6M-24.4M-19.0M-19.0M-24.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.930.803.191.601.70
Total Volume117,172.33336,297232,64287,43636,533
Total OI2,740,145.812,329,8543,041,5842,329,8542,895,263

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-04-01$45.15$47.0024.7%7.3%24.0%49.9%24.9%3.8%-0.3%9.3M359.7M-19.0M1.606.00N/AN/A33,64153,795932,7551,397,099
2014-04-02$46.24$47.0024.8%7.3%24.9%50.0%27.1%3.6%-0.2%12.9M-3.3M-19.5M3.196.93N/AN/A40,980130,659943,3571,408,825
2014-04-03$45.68$47.0025.5%7.3%25.6%52.8%24.6%3.9%-0.5%373.8K289.9M-19.8M1.756.28N/AN/A34,61360,570954,7181,495,939
2014-04-04$46.15$47.0026.3%7.4%23.3%56.1%23.7%3.7%-0.5%-53.5K81.6M-20.6M1.838.02N/AN/A60,920111,299982,0991,539,842
2014-04-07$47.39$47.0027.5%7.5%22.5%60.6%28.1%3.7%-0.3%-1.5M-281.6M-21.0M1.385.94N/AN/A69,37795,395975,2651,562,986
2014-04-08$47.29$47.0027.7%7.6%22.2%61.3%28.2%4.3%-0.7%-3.0M-164.5M-21.2M3.056.49N/AN/A57,392175,2501,008,7091,628,616
2014-04-09$47.15$47.0027.8%7.5%22.6%61.6%34.1%4.1%-0.4%-24.3M23.2M-22.8M2.877.46N/AN/A28,72282,3001,030,1201,746,573
2014-04-10$46.92$47.0028.4%7.6%21.9%64.2%32.8%3.7%-0.3%-27.5M128.4M-22.8M1.757.46N/AN/A27,77348,6361,043,3421,781,919
2014-04-11$47.39$47.0028.2%7.6%21.5%63.5%26.8%3.8%-0.4%-23.4M-100.0M-22.9M2.918.16N/AN/A23,19767,3911,056,3871,799,972
2014-04-14$47.25$47.0028.8%7.6%21.9%65.4%25.1%3.7%0.4%-28.1M-5.2M-22.6M1.287.41N/AN/A53,15768,2381,044,3561,803,551
2014-04-15$45.94$47.0029.9%7.7%24.8%69.8%30.8%4.2%0.1%-47.0M728.9M-23.3M3.097.73N/AN/A46,714144,2471,067,8001,855,114
2014-04-16$46.61$47.0028.5%7.5%25.0%64.5%28.1%3.9%-0.2%-44.1M407.5M-23.0M2.296.54N/AN/A50,471115,4131,068,7131,889,066
2014-04-17$47.50$47.0028.3%7.5%24.6%63.8%25.9%4.6%-0.2%-32.4M-15.7M-23.5M0.8012.68N/AN/A102,58581,8521,090,4261,951,158
2014-04-21$47.29$47.0028.0%7.5%24.9%62.5%26.3%4.4%-0.6%-17.5M472.1M-23.9M0.886.63N/AN/A22,91920,0851,005,2991,714,479
2014-04-22$47.15$47.0028.3%7.6%25.1%63.5%26.2%4.3%-0.7%-17.8M548.5M-23.7M3.106.19N/AN/A28,89089,5651,018,6281,724,281
2014-04-23$47.08$47.0026.9%7.6%25.1%58.4%27.2%4.7%-0.5%-23.3M675.4M-24.4M0.806.24N/AN/A56,85845,3681,027,8421,791,884
2014-04-24$47.47$47.0025.6%7.6%24.9%53.3%28.3%4.5%-0.4%-26.6M534.4M-23.8M1.365.77N/AN/A29,19439,7561,004,4161,811,060
2014-04-25$46.71$47.0026.8%7.6%21.1%58.0%29.3%4.7%-0.5%-47.0M1.01B-24.2M2.985.84N/AN/A15,05144,8201,010,1181,842,177
2014-04-28$46.98$47.0026.9%7.6%21.0%58.3%28.4%4.6%-0.0%-43.4M846.5M-24.3M0.996.22N/AN/A18,25518,042977,4571,834,551
2014-04-29$47.25$47.0026.2%7.6%21.1%55.5%28.2%4.2%0.1%-36.0M695.1M-24.2M1.046.58N/AN/A64,02166,675987,4301,839,470
2014-04-30$47.04$47.0025.1%7.6%21.2%51.5%36.0%3.7%0.1%-33.0M748.4M-24.2M1.707.11N/AN/A13,52323,0101,039,2311,856,032