EWZ Options History — January 2016

In January 2016, EWZ traded between $17.34 and $20.22. ATM implied volatility averaged 43.7%, placing in the 61.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 10.8% (HV 20d: 32.8%). Max pain ranged from $19.00 to $22.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.64.

Notable Days

  • 2016-01-12: Highest Volume — 362,360 contracts
  • 2016-01-15: Largest IV spike — 9.3% change
  • 2016-01-21: Highest IV Rank — 73.6%
  • 2016-01-21: Largest Expected Move — 13.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$18.69$17.34$20.22$20.03$19.11
Max Pain$21.08$19.00$22.00$22.00$19.00
ATM IV43.7%40.3%47.4%43.0%40.3%
Expected Move12.4%11.2%13.6%12.1%11.2%
HV 20d32.8%29.8%35.5%33.9%34.9%
HV 60d36.4%35.3%37.9%36.7%37.9%
IV Rank61.6%50.6%73.6%59.5%50.6%
IV Percentile80.6%64.7%92.9%79.8%64.7%
Term Structure-0.0%-0.8%0.9%-0.5%0.8%
VWIV44.0%38.2%53.6%42.6%38.2%
Skew 25d5.0%3.0%6.7%3.1%5.0%
Skew 10d8.9%4.4%14.3%5.9%8.2%
Call IV 25d42.1%38.1%45.3%42.5%38.1%
Put IV 25d47.1%43.0%52.0%45.7%43.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.473.387.274.154.11
Gamma HHI0.170.130.200.170.13
Net GEX-12.4M-21.3M-5.0M-18.4M-5.0M
Net DEX2.15B1.01B3.15B2.97B1.01B
Net VEX-5.4M-7.1M-4.1M-6.1M-4.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.640.231.440.451.04
Total Volume173,613.105100,960362,360126,428172,632
Total OI3,242,970.4742,104,5634,235,6523,920,7472,486,086

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-01-04$20.03$22.0043.0%12.1%33.9%59.5%42.6%3.1%-0.5%-18.4M2.97B-6.1M0.454.15N/AN/A86,90739,5211,884,4872,036,260
2016-01-05$20.22$22.0041.6%11.8%34.4%54.9%40.7%3.0%0.2%-19.5M2.98B-6.0M0.553.60N/AN/A87,58248,3441,891,6252,040,919
2016-01-06$19.92$22.0041.3%11.8%34.5%54.0%42.9%3.3%-0.1%-21.3M3.02B-6.0M0.454.75N/AN/A165,54475,0051,899,7132,059,652
2016-01-07$19.25$22.0043.9%12.3%35.5%62.4%43.2%4.4%-0.2%-19.9M3.03B-5.6M0.235.27N/AN/A165,96637,6471,949,2552,059,026
2016-01-08$19.09$22.0043.8%12.4%33.7%62.0%43.0%4.9%-0.2%-19.0M3.09B-5.5M0.534.71N/AN/A162,28885,4531,959,0412,095,217
2016-01-11$18.96$22.0043.1%12.2%32.0%60.0%43.6%3.5%-0.5%-19.9M3.12B-5.5M1.093.38N/AN/A100,389109,3521,982,6772,120,860
2016-01-12$19.00$22.0042.8%12.0%32.1%58.9%40.7%4.0%-0.8%-16.8M3.10B-5.3M1.443.82N/AN/A148,768213,5922,001,3232,083,997
2016-01-13$18.62$22.0043.4%12.1%32.3%60.6%43.0%5.3%-0.7%-13.8M3.15B-5.4M0.375.16N/AN/A144,27353,1622,047,9022,153,337
2016-01-14$18.99$22.0041.6%11.8%33.8%54.8%41.0%4.7%-0.7%-13.6M2.97B-7.1M0.384.53N/AN/A136,58751,4482,063,2022,159,456
2016-01-15$18.34$22.0045.4%12.9%33.2%67.3%44.3%5.9%-0.7%-7.5M3.07B-5.8M0.324.21N/AN/A114,66537,0922,074,9382,160,714
2016-01-19$18.22$21.0045.6%13.0%32.9%67.9%44.9%5.8%0.9%-7.8M1.14B-4.9M0.644.79N/AN/A68,06943,8591,111,908992,655
2016-01-20$17.81$21.0045.6%13.1%29.8%68.0%49.1%6.3%0.3%-6.9M1.17B-4.1M0.965.00N/AN/A66,21663,7981,148,0331,019,653
2016-01-21$17.34$21.0047.4%13.6%29.8%73.6%46.6%6.7%-0.2%-7.3M1.21B-4.4M0.594.60N/AN/A113,89867,6431,181,5121,060,651
2016-01-22$18.01$20.0044.9%12.8%33.4%65.7%47.1%6.6%0.5%-8.8M1.13B-5.7M0.493.86N/AN/A71,81835,1051,233,2501,111,740
2016-01-25$17.70$20.0046.9%13.6%31.0%71.9%53.6%6.4%0.5%-7.3M1.20B-4.9M0.463.61N/AN/A69,22831,7321,263,0351,106,853
2016-01-26$17.88$20.0044.3%12.6%31.6%63.5%46.3%5.8%-0.1%-7.7M1.16B-5.1M0.464.24N/AN/A83,95738,6561,261,7111,103,295
2016-01-27$18.14$19.5043.4%12.3%32.0%60.6%43.3%4.9%0.3%-8.0M1.18B-4.8M0.387.27N/AN/A88,66633,8991,276,1151,115,911
2016-01-28$18.49$19.0041.4%11.7%33.5%54.3%41.6%4.5%0.3%-7.3M1.08B-5.8M1.413.91N/AN/A77,284108,6041,294,3741,126,056
2016-01-29$19.11$19.0040.3%11.2%34.9%50.6%38.2%5.0%0.8%-5.0M1.01B-4.6M1.044.11N/AN/A84,71387,9191,310,4191,175,667