EWZ Options History — March 2016

In March 2016, EWZ traded between $21.57 and $26.92. ATM implied volatility averaged 49.6%, placing in the 80.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 14.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 5.6% (HV 20d: 55.2%). Max pain ranged from $21.00 to $25.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.69.

Notable Days

  • 2016-03-03: Highest Volume — 315,859 contracts
  • 2016-03-04: Largest IV spike — 14.8% change
  • 2016-03-31: Highest IV Rank — 95.9%
  • 2016-03-28: Largest Expected Move — 15.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$25.36$21.57$26.92$21.57$26.32
Max Pain$23.25$21.00$25.00$23.00$25.00
ATM IV49.6%43.1%54.2%43.1%54.2%
Expected Move14.1%12.9%15.8%13.4%13.4%
HV 20d55.2%45.6%61.2%55.0%59.4%
HV 60d48.6%43.3%52.0%43.5%50.9%
IV Rank80.9%59.7%95.9%59.7%95.9%
IV Percentile91.3%67.5%99.2%67.5%99.2%
Term Structure-0.9%-3.3%0.9%-0.2%-1.1%
VWIV49.3%44.4%57.6%46.5%48.3%
Skew 25d4.3%1.7%5.9%4.5%5.6%
Skew 10d9.0%6.3%13.8%9.1%9.4%
Call IV 25d48.1%41.6%51.7%41.6%51.7%
Put IV 25d52.4%46.1%57.3%46.1%57.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %7.573.6313.053.845.72
Gamma HHI0.090.070.110.090.10
Net GEX24.4M5.3M44.4M5.3M20.2M
Net DEX-326.4M-1.01B657.7M657.7M-241.2M
Net VEX-11.0M-12.7M-7.2M-7.2M-12.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.690.172.310.282.31
Total Volume206,798.318115,405315,859197,178241,919
Total OI2,882,906.3182,342,3693,480,3362,677,8412,708,313

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-03-01$21.57$23.0043.1%13.4%55.0%59.7%46.5%4.5%-0.2%5.3M657.7M-7.2M0.283.84N/AN/A153,82343,3551,437,9301,239,911
2016-03-02$22.09$22.5043.3%13.4%48.5%60.5%47.7%4.5%-0.3%11.7M450.4M-7.9M0.463.63N/AN/A126,72758,3151,494,7821,244,810
2016-03-03$23.75$21.0045.3%12.9%50.9%66.9%44.4%4.7%-0.9%20.9M6.7M-8.9M0.239.67N/AN/A256,21459,6451,522,1981,259,145
2016-03-04$25.03$21.5052.0%13.6%52.1%88.7%48.3%1.7%-2.9%27.7M-394.4M-10.0M0.9311.71N/AN/A153,258141,8221,568,9901,266,684
2016-03-07$24.80$22.0049.8%13.7%51.1%81.5%48.1%4.5%-1.0%26.7M-326.1M-9.9M0.359.70N/AN/A105,49937,1021,616,0891,342,474
2016-03-08$24.92$22.0050.0%14.0%49.7%82.2%49.4%3.0%-0.9%25.8M-342.0M-10.1M0.179.38N/AN/A259,74544,3291,605,6761,352,404
2016-03-09$25.12$22.5049.9%13.8%49.0%81.7%48.6%4.5%-2.2%28.5M-438.8M-11.0M0.199.50N/AN/A243,91647,1531,756,7701,369,732
2016-03-10$26.02$23.0049.0%13.9%49.6%79.1%47.9%4.2%-0.7%35.0M-754.0M-11.2M0.3210.26N/AN/A226,33172,3131,746,9321,379,778
2016-03-11$26.21$23.0048.9%14.0%45.6%78.6%47.8%4.3%-1.1%36.2M-803.7M-11.5M0.3610.21N/AN/A167,99461,2451,786,2211,426,912
2016-03-14$25.96$23.0048.2%13.7%46.5%76.3%47.5%4.7%-1.2%36.7M-646.1M-11.3M0.417.38N/AN/A91,96137,7701,787,8791,435,504
2016-03-15$23.78$23.0052.2%14.9%59.0%89.4%51.3%3.5%-3.3%16.0M115.1M-10.2M0.639.31N/AN/A132,90384,1461,811,2561,468,457
2016-03-16$24.31$23.0050.1%14.4%58.2%82.7%49.6%4.1%-1.2%21.8M-12.6M-10.5M0.2613.05N/AN/A114,75329,3741,858,7681,518,041
2016-03-17$26.24$23.0052.4%15.0%61.2%90.0%51.8%4.3%-0.2%44.4M-834.7M-11.7M0.276.49N/AN/A140,83838,4681,897,2051,526,633
2016-03-18$26.74$23.0050.3%14.4%61.2%83.0%49.7%3.9%0.5%23.6M-1.01B-12.3M0.525.61N/AN/A134,86669,5361,931,5711,548,765
2016-03-21$26.89$24.0049.5%14.0%58.6%80.5%49.5%4.0%-0.6%24.2M-521.4M-12.0M0.926.03N/AN/A59,99255,4131,296,3171,046,052
2016-03-22$26.92$24.0046.6%13.7%57.0%71.3%45.8%3.8%-1.5%25.0M-559.6M-12.4M0.585.10N/AN/A115,59266,9341,317,3111,068,956
2016-03-23$25.70$24.0050.1%14.9%60.4%82.4%52.2%5.9%-0.9%21.6M-183.9M-11.8M0.936.49N/AN/A122,158113,8901,370,0461,103,119
2016-03-24$25.57$24.5051.0%15.3%60.5%85.4%53.6%5.0%0.3%13.6M-92.8M-11.7M1.585.42N/AN/A47,36374,6491,400,2951,153,323
2016-03-28$26.65$24.5053.5%15.8%60.4%93.6%57.6%5.4%-1.0%21.7M-357.6M-12.3M1.516.76N/AN/A69,235104,3201,375,7901,136,552
2016-03-29$26.66$25.0051.3%14.7%60.5%86.4%51.1%4.5%0.9%23.5M-408.9M-12.4M0.675.82N/AN/A102,01968,1981,408,6461,186,498
2016-03-30$26.77$25.0050.3%13.5%58.8%83.3%48.1%3.8%-0.5%27.6M-479.2M-12.7M1.255.43N/AN/A77,40297,0781,449,5341,201,670
2016-03-31$26.32$25.0054.2%13.4%59.4%95.9%48.3%5.6%-1.1%20.2M-241.2M-12.6M2.315.72N/AN/A73,092168,8271,454,5511,253,762