EWZ Options History — August 2015

In August 2015, EWZ traded between $23.94 and $28.08. ATM implied volatility averaged 38.6%, placing in the 28.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 8.3% (HV 20d: 30.3%). Max pain ranged from $32.00 to $35.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.95.

Notable Days

  • 2015-08-06: Highest Volume — 269,139 contracts
  • 2015-08-24: Largest IV spike — 18.4% change
  • 2015-08-24: Highest IV Rank — 44.6%
  • 2015-08-24: Largest Expected Move — 14.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$26.21$23.94$28.08$28.08$24.87
Max Pain$33.17$32.00$35.00$32.00$32.00
ATM IV38.6%34.2%47.7%35.4%43.9%
Expected Move11.3%9.6%14.0%10.1%13.3%
HV 20d30.3%26.4%36.4%30.0%36.4%
HV 60d28.3%27.2%30.7%27.9%30.7%
IV Rank28.7%21.2%44.6%23.2%36.9%
IV Percentile85.6%68.7%92.1%79.4%90.5%
Term Structure-0.3%-1.5%0.8%-0.3%-1.1%
VWIV39.4%33.6%49.1%36.4%49.1%
Skew 25d5.7%3.4%9.5%5.5%7.7%
Skew 10d9.7%6.1%18.3%7.4%14.2%
Call IV 25d36.5%32.6%44.1%33.0%41.1%
Put IV 25d42.2%37.5%53.6%38.5%48.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %5.203.288.556.794.79
Gamma HHI0.100.070.120.070.10
Net GEX-28.3M-35.8M-22.3M-32.6M-25.5M
Net DEX3.19B2.96B3.32B2.96B3.23B
Net VEX-8.6M-9.6M-7.1M-9.6M-7.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.950.562.901.321.75
Total Volume181,660.14345,050269,13945,050254,066
Total OI2,916,421.8572,626,2003,086,1692,626,2003,061,330

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-08-03$28.08$32.0035.4%10.1%30.0%23.2%36.4%5.5%-0.3%-32.6M2.96B-9.6M1.326.79N/AN/A19,39725,6531,053,9281,572,272
2015-08-04$27.94$32.0034.5%9.8%30.0%21.8%35.7%5.9%-0.6%-33.5M3.04B-9.4M0.925.55N/AN/A90,16482,6691,065,5541,593,494
2015-08-05$27.82$32.0034.2%9.6%29.1%21.2%33.6%4.9%-0.5%-35.8M3.06B-9.3M0.694.10N/AN/A100,89069,9041,069,1521,614,241
2015-08-06$27.25$35.0036.3%10.6%29.1%24.8%35.6%4.2%-0.2%-35.2M3.15B-8.8M0.895.82N/AN/A142,268126,8711,082,7731,627,394
2015-08-07$26.83$34.0036.8%10.7%26.4%25.7%37.3%4.7%-0.3%-29.0M3.21B-9.0M0.954.39N/AN/A115,574109,3291,152,7001,677,449
2015-08-10$27.74$34.0036.6%10.7%28.9%25.3%35.3%5.9%0.6%-28.7M3.10B-9.5M0.604.48N/AN/A116,95470,3131,169,1261,685,640
2015-08-11$26.99$34.0037.4%11.0%29.3%26.8%37.0%5.4%0.8%-27.2M3.18B-9.1M2.906.08N/AN/A21,68462,7971,178,7511,691,665
2015-08-12$26.79$34.0037.6%10.9%29.2%27.1%39.1%5.3%0.4%-27.8M3.21B-9.1M0.725.31N/AN/A100,36972,1351,197,6621,703,742
2015-08-13$26.23$34.0038.5%11.1%29.5%28.7%38.1%5.4%0.4%-28.7M3.25B-8.7M0.844.97N/AN/A118,79799,2381,206,8751,712,366
2015-08-14$26.25$34.0037.9%10.9%29.3%27.7%36.7%5.8%-0.1%-27.3M3.29B-8.7M0.754.86N/AN/A119,40290,1111,226,5431,741,031
2015-08-17$26.18$33.5036.3%10.4%29.3%24.8%37.1%4.0%0.2%-29.6M3.23B-8.8M0.763.28N/AN/A132,530100,3421,219,0461,726,800
2015-08-18$26.40$33.0036.0%10.4%29.7%24.3%37.8%4.2%-0.3%-29.0M3.19B-8.8M0.564.86N/AN/A157,79289,0861,245,7761,740,787
2015-08-19$25.75$33.0037.0%10.6%29.6%26.1%37.6%3.7%0.1%-28.4M3.29B-8.3M1.114.83N/AN/A28,13931,2411,260,4141,773,292
2015-08-20$26.06$33.0038.0%10.9%27.3%27.8%39.0%3.4%-0.9%-26.3M3.24B-8.7M0.683.96N/AN/A110,28175,4181,281,6191,783,033
2015-08-21$25.20$33.0040.3%11.6%28.3%31.7%40.8%4.3%-1.1%-24.8M3.32B-8.2M0.694.31N/AN/A95,27765,5291,293,9451,790,170
2015-08-24$24.14$33.0047.7%14.0%31.1%44.6%48.5%9.5%-1.5%-22.3M3.19B-7.3M0.938.55N/AN/A88,46482,2921,215,8731,719,622
2015-08-25$23.94$33.0043.5%12.9%29.7%37.3%44.5%7.7%-0.3%-24.4M3.25B-7.1M0.625.63N/AN/A82,77451,3331,224,3811,749,161
2015-08-26$24.75$33.0041.5%12.6%31.7%33.8%43.0%7.2%-0.9%-26.7M3.25B-7.4M0.926.68N/AN/A114,121105,4361,242,5181,751,343
2015-08-27$25.85$32.5039.0%11.6%36.3%29.4%40.5%7.3%-0.6%-26.4M3.12B-8.6M0.564.94N/AN/A124,96069,4021,260,1281,797,094
2015-08-28$25.37$32.5041.8%12.4%36.4%33.2%45.4%7.5%-1.0%-25.0M3.19B-8.4M0.725.01N/AN/A117,66884,1931,272,4981,813,671
2015-08-31$24.87$32.0043.9%13.3%36.4%36.9%49.1%7.7%-1.1%-25.5M3.23B-7.7M1.754.79N/AN/A92,221161,8451,262,4271,798,903