EWZ Options History — February 2016

In February 2016, EWZ traded between $18.61 and $21.11. ATM implied volatility averaged 46.7%, placing in the 71.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 3.9% (HV 20d: 50.6%). Max pain ranged from $19.00 to $23.00. Net GEX was positive for 3 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.71.

Notable Days

  • 2016-02-12: Highest Volume — 311,258 contracts
  • 2016-02-02: Largest IV spike — 9.4% change
  • 2016-02-09: Highest IV Rank — 88.8%
  • 2016-02-09: Largest Expected Move — 14.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$19.89$18.61$21.11$19.90$20.48
Max Pain$22.38$19.00$23.00$19.00$23.00
ATM IV46.7%40.6%52.0%40.6%44.5%
Expected Move13.5%11.5%14.9%11.5%13.7%
HV 20d50.6%38.3%54.5%38.3%53.9%
HV 60d41.6%37.0%43.9%37.0%42.4%
IV Rank71.4%51.8%88.8%51.8%64.2%
IV Percentile85.6%65.1%98.8%65.1%76.2%
Term Structure-0.5%-1.8%1.0%0.5%-0.1%
VWIV48.5%43.3%53.1%43.3%48.7%
Skew 25d6.2%4.5%7.8%4.9%5.1%
Skew 10d11.3%8.3%13.7%10.7%8.6%
Call IV 25d44.6%39.3%49.2%39.3%42.8%
Put IV 25d50.8%44.2%56.4%44.2%47.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.143.166.733.723.55
Gamma HHI0.130.090.170.120.13
Net GEX-3.4M-8.3M2.0M-4.1M-2.7M
Net DEX959.8M776.5M1.14B903.0M909.4M
Net VEX-6.4M-6.9M-5.3M-6.0M-6.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.710.332.980.530.43
Total Volume162,709.393,960311,258143,637186,817
Total OI2,685,109.12,488,3282,956,0002,500,0792,607,332

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-02-01$19.90$19.0040.6%11.5%38.3%51.8%43.3%4.9%0.5%-4.1M903.0M-6.0M0.533.72N/AN/A94,06049,5771,333,4661,166,613
2016-02-02$18.61$19.0044.5%13.3%43.5%64.2%45.3%6.7%0.4%-6.6M1.14B-5.3M0.923.98N/AN/A87,50380,7311,353,1921,171,664
2016-02-03$19.69$19.0047.4%14.2%48.3%73.9%52.4%6.6%-0.2%-4.7M965.6M-6.3M0.704.10N/AN/A170,121118,9061,337,0511,217,604
2016-02-04$20.48$23.0046.9%13.6%50.1%72.0%48.4%6.8%-0.3%465.5K797.8M-6.9M0.614.90N/AN/A83,16350,9191,408,0961,260,381
2016-02-05$19.99$23.0048.8%13.7%49.2%78.4%50.3%7.8%-0.8%44.8K896.9M-6.8M0.336.61N/AN/A127,77541,9741,410,0211,277,793
2016-02-08$19.56$23.0051.9%14.2%49.8%88.3%53.1%7.4%-1.8%-1.7M979.7M-6.6M1.226.73N/AN/A53,56265,2921,457,6631,281,520
2016-02-09$19.36$23.0052.0%14.9%49.9%88.8%52.8%7.2%0.3%-4.1M1.06B-6.4M0.793.44N/AN/A52,35841,6021,462,6091,304,641
2016-02-10$19.74$23.0050.0%13.9%50.4%82.2%52.3%6.2%-1.5%-3.0M989.7M-6.3M0.664.23N/AN/A79,17252,5131,465,2861,300,990
2016-02-11$18.98$23.0051.5%14.6%51.9%86.9%52.7%7.6%-0.6%-7.3M1.14B-6.1M0.434.94N/AN/A101,09343,1581,498,7591,302,770
2016-02-12$19.36$23.0049.2%14.3%51.9%79.7%51.9%6.7%1.0%-4.4M1.03B-6.3M2.984.17N/AN/A78,167233,0911,497,8921,282,683
2016-02-16$19.44$23.0047.9%13.8%50.2%75.5%48.2%6.9%-1.3%-8.3M1.08B-6.0M0.334.01N/AN/A83,49927,6821,478,3841,360,536
2016-02-17$20.21$23.0047.2%13.5%51.6%73.0%48.0%6.8%-1.1%-2.3M854.0M-6.6M0.594.62N/AN/A92,42754,5651,502,2241,365,319
2016-02-18$19.68$22.5045.6%13.0%51.9%67.8%45.9%6.3%0.5%-5.8M962.4M-6.4M0.553.80N/AN/A103,90257,3231,536,2281,378,892
2016-02-19$19.83$23.0044.1%12.7%50.5%63.2%43.4%5.9%-0.6%-4.3M1.05B-6.2M0.483.37N/AN/A104,73049,9851,546,9301,409,070
2016-02-22$21.11$23.0043.5%12.7%53.2%61.2%45.4%5.0%-0.7%2.0M776.5M-6.9M0.653.22N/AN/A119,17977,2301,320,1531,199,750
2016-02-23$20.56$23.0043.9%12.9%53.9%62.2%46.0%6.0%-0.7%-1.8M877.6M-6.5M0.613.41N/AN/A83,07650,6581,292,2381,196,090
2016-02-24$20.38$23.0045.1%13.5%54.2%66.3%48.7%4.7%-1.1%-2.8M906.8M-6.6M0.363.30N/AN/A122,84543,6751,326,0481,211,306
2016-02-25$20.36$23.0044.7%13.2%54.1%64.9%46.0%4.8%-1.4%-2.4M889.3M-6.6M0.573.53N/AN/A86,08348,9861,361,3361,219,801
2016-02-26$20.02$23.0044.5%13.3%54.5%64.4%46.7%4.5%-0.6%-4.5M992.5M-6.5M0.503.16N/AN/A104,72452,0631,362,2701,237,581
2016-02-29$20.48$23.0044.5%13.7%53.9%64.2%48.7%5.1%-0.1%-2.7M909.4M-6.5M0.433.55N/AN/A130,88555,9321,378,9031,228,429