EWZ Options History — December 2014

In December 2014, EWZ traded between $33.76 and $40.21. ATM implied volatility averaged 32.7%, placing in the 25.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.0%. IV traded below realized volatility by 6.7% (HV 20d: 39.3%). Max pain ranged from $40.00 to $43.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.42.

Notable Days

  • 2014-12-17: Highest Volume — 324,366 contracts
  • 2014-12-15: Largest IV spike — 13.3% change
  • 2014-12-15: Highest IV Rank — 34.1%
  • 2014-12-16: Largest Expected Move — 10.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$37.03$33.76$40.21$40.21$36.57
Max Pain$40.91$40.00$43.00$43.00$40.00
ATM IV32.7%29.1%38.0%34.1%32.4%
Expected Move9.0%8.2%10.4%8.6%9.1%
HV 20d39.3%30.1%45.2%42.2%30.1%
HV 60d46.6%43.2%47.8%47.5%43.2%
IV Rank25.6%19.9%34.1%27.8%25.1%
IV Percentile79.6%70.2%90.1%86.1%78.2%
Term Structure-0.2%-1.4%0.9%-0.8%0.0%
VWIV31.5%28.2%36.7%30.2%31.6%
Skew 25d3.4%0.2%5.5%3.3%4.0%
Skew 10d6.3%-0.1%12.0%5.0%9.1%
Call IV 25d31.1%27.8%36.5%31.6%30.6%
Put IV 25d34.5%30.7%40.9%35.0%34.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %11.666.5316.2913.469.35
Gamma HHI0.120.090.270.090.13
Net GEX-64.9M-84.7M-44.0M-66.1M-45.2M
Net DEX5.53B4.34B6.74B4.65B4.38B
Net VEX-11.7M-15.7M-9.0M-15.7M-10.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.420.662.620.952.31
Total Volume130,583.63612,996324,366115,26612,996
Total OI4,247,303.3643,451,2595,063,8204,326,8113,453,358

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-12-01$40.21$43.0034.1%8.6%42.2%27.8%30.2%3.3%-0.8%-66.1M4.65B-15.7M0.9513.46N/AN/A59,20556,0612,125,0432,201,768
2014-12-02$39.54$43.0032.7%8.5%41.7%25.6%29.7%2.8%-0.2%-71.7M5.00B-14.6M1.5116.29N/AN/A33,73251,0952,144,3322,210,920
2014-12-03$39.91$43.0030.3%8.2%41.7%21.8%28.2%2.0%-0.7%-74.3M4.90B-14.6M0.9811.88N/AN/A74,01072,7472,150,4152,220,529
2014-12-04$39.13$43.0030.0%8.2%42.1%21.3%30.2%3.1%-0.1%-82.7M5.37B-13.3M1.3316.26N/AN/A31,34041,8332,149,9842,227,618
2014-12-05$39.34$43.0029.1%8.3%39.7%19.9%28.9%2.9%0.2%-83.6M5.39B-13.5M2.4112.84N/AN/A44,525107,1822,169,8712,262,519
2014-12-08$37.95$41.0031.3%8.6%41.0%23.4%29.9%2.1%-0.6%-82.7M5.80B-12.6M0.8912.72N/AN/A81,98173,3002,159,6922,280,978
2014-12-09$37.95$41.0031.1%8.6%41.0%23.0%30.1%2.3%-0.1%-84.7M5.98B-12.4M1.2413.37N/AN/A48,82860,7602,197,1142,309,958
2014-12-10$37.22$41.0032.3%9.0%41.3%25.0%31.4%0.2%-0.4%-81.2M6.21B-11.7M1.0210.17N/AN/A47,82348,7592,213,7212,322,556
2014-12-11$36.72$41.0032.9%9.0%41.4%26.0%31.7%0.2%-0.8%-77.7M6.34B-11.1M2.6213.05N/AN/A42,299110,7392,236,4742,331,674
2014-12-12$35.72$41.0033.6%9.1%41.8%27.0%32.2%1.2%-0.7%-72.3M6.55B-10.6M1.1614.28N/AN/A97,495112,6922,249,3272,372,230
2014-12-15$34.41$40.0038.0%10.2%43.4%34.1%35.7%3.8%-1.3%-55.1M6.62B-9.2M1.5612.74N/AN/A93,817146,8282,267,2622,355,187
2014-12-16$33.76$40.0037.6%10.4%43.6%33.3%36.7%4.4%0.9%-51.7M6.74B-9.0M1.3615.89N/AN/A128,822175,8382,310,0092,414,368
2014-12-17$35.11$40.0036.3%10.1%45.2%31.2%35.9%5.1%-1.4%-72.9M6.54B-10.8M1.1912.52N/AN/A148,217176,1492,361,4952,518,406
2014-12-18$35.60$40.0034.3%9.6%44.1%28.2%34.5%4.2%0.4%-63.9M6.73B-11.0M1.429.96N/AN/A59,58684,8262,450,2562,602,700
2014-12-19$36.01$40.0032.7%9.3%44.4%25.5%31.3%4.1%-0.5%-84.6M6.55B-11.1M1.179.52N/AN/A38,42144,9452,461,6972,602,123
2014-12-22$36.60$40.0032.2%9.0%35.4%24.8%31.3%4.9%0.2%-44.0M4.73B-11.2M2.246.53N/AN/A40,46790,7671,595,8791,932,304
2014-12-23$36.49$40.0031.4%9.1%34.4%23.5%30.3%4.6%0.7%-48.0M4.73B-11.0M1.618.97N/AN/A34,14954,9891,603,1811,929,187
2014-12-24$36.56$40.0031.3%8.8%34.5%23.4%30.1%5.5%0.1%-48.3M4.81B-11.0M1.529.77N/AN/A27,46441,8531,604,6331,959,816
2014-12-26$36.54$40.0031.9%9.0%33.7%24.3%30.4%5.0%-0.0%-46.7M4.58B-11.1M1.067.24N/AN/A40,21042,7071,605,4041,901,927
2014-12-29$36.45$40.0032.1%9.3%32.5%24.6%33.1%4.0%0.5%-45.3M4.69B-10.8M1.0510.34N/AN/A33,66235,4101,602,1501,921,350
2014-12-30$36.76$40.0031.6%9.0%30.4%23.9%30.4%4.4%-0.1%-45.0M4.34B-11.0M0.669.48N/AN/A14,6559,6561,610,4981,840,761
2014-12-31$36.57$40.0032.4%9.1%30.1%25.1%31.6%4.0%0.0%-45.2M4.38B-10.7M2.319.35N/AN/A3,9329,0641,611,6701,841,688