EWZ Options History — April 2016

In April 2016, EWZ traded between $24.93 and $29.57. ATM implied volatility averaged 48.6%, placing in the 68.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.2% (HV 20d: 48.4%). Max pain ranged from $25.00 to $27.50. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 0 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.13.

Notable Days

  • 2016-04-13: Highest Volume — 328,787 contracts
  • 2016-04-18: Largest IV drop — 13.9% change
  • 2016-04-04: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2016-04-06: Largest Expected Move — 15.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$27.68$24.93$29.57$26.87$29.57
Max Pain$27.14$25.00$27.50$25.00$27.50
ATM IV48.6%37.3%60.5%53.9%37.3%
Expected Move13.4%10.5%15.9%13.4%10.7%
HV 20d48.4%40.3%59.5%54.7%41.1%
HV 60d51.7%48.5%52.8%51.0%48.5%
IV Rank68.0%35.1%100.0%95.0%35.1%
IV Percentile72.0%31.0%100.0%98.8%31.0%
Term Structure-1.8%-4.1%-0.3%-2.1%-0.5%
VWIV46.2%35.0%54.1%46.9%39.4%
Skew 25d6.1%4.0%10.7%5.7%6.4%
Skew 10d12.6%8.0%18.5%13.2%14.6%
Call IV 25d45.8%34.4%58.2%51.6%34.4%
Put IV 25d51.9%40.6%63.1%57.3%40.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %7.205.1414.315.785.14
Gamma HHI0.100.080.170.090.09
Net GEX25.5M764.4K46.1M17.8M37.5M
Net DEX-546.8M-1.27B379.5M-317.6M-1.11B
Net VEX-14.4M-15.9M-12.5M-13.4M-15.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.130.483.062.023.06
Total Volume198,284.143111,505328,787136,798198,537
Total OI3,234,141.7622,851,2593,592,9002,873,6673,355,294

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-04-01$26.87$25.0053.9%13.4%54.7%95.0%46.9%5.7%-2.1%17.8M-317.6M-13.4M2.025.78N/AN/A45,28491,5141,488,0591,385,608
2016-04-04$25.64$27.0057.5%15.4%54.9%100.0%54.0%4.5%-1.5%8.6M109.5M-12.6M2.566.10N/AN/A54,601139,6911,470,4841,380,775
2016-04-05$25.37$27.0059.6%15.9%55.0%100.0%48.3%4.0%-2.2%6.0M193.5M-12.8M0.886.30N/AN/A108,74495,6571,490,5461,378,609
2016-04-06$25.18$27.0060.5%15.9%55.0%100.0%53.6%5.2%-2.6%4.7M278.9M-13.0M0.485.27N/AN/A144,95870,1621,535,7791,413,467
2016-04-07$24.93$27.0057.5%15.1%55.1%91.6%51.4%5.0%-2.6%764.4K379.5M-12.5M0.486.26N/AN/A148,61072,0261,565,9211,430,743
2016-04-08$26.51$27.0056.9%15.2%58.0%89.8%51.4%5.3%-2.6%21.8M-298.7M-13.8M0.747.80N/AN/A134,48499,5501,628,2081,448,046
2016-04-11$27.19$27.0058.1%15.4%58.6%93.1%53.4%5.1%-4.1%28.7M-606.4M-14.5M0.995.78N/AN/A104,477103,4871,670,3581,469,880
2016-04-12$28.09$27.0056.8%15.5%59.5%89.6%54.1%6.2%-2.2%37.1M-1.01B-14.5M0.666.41N/AN/A133,56787,8881,709,2531,522,785
2016-04-13$28.88$27.0053.1%14.5%49.1%79.4%52.4%6.9%-2.6%43.2M-1.27B-15.1M2.228.25N/AN/A102,076226,7111,749,6931,574,358
2016-04-14$28.50$27.0050.6%13.8%49.5%72.3%50.0%7.0%-2.6%30.8M-1.03B-15.1M0.697.70N/AN/A146,972100,8691,790,7441,734,492
2016-04-15$28.61$27.0051.5%14.5%42.4%74.8%47.7%10.7%-1.8%23.6M-1.11B-15.1M0.698.33N/AN/A193,319133,9631,829,9241,762,976
2016-04-18$27.81$27.5044.4%12.8%43.5%54.9%45.7%6.1%-3.3%28.9M-417.4M-14.3M1.1610.89N/AN/A88,700102,9891,717,6821,598,740
2016-04-19$28.80$27.5041.4%11.8%45.1%46.7%42.9%6.7%-1.1%46.1M-830.5M-14.8M0.727.73N/AN/A101,67773,4721,739,1621,626,906
2016-04-20$28.63$27.5042.0%12.0%45.2%48.3%42.3%6.1%-1.2%36.8M-711.7M-15.1M0.887.64N/AN/A69,82561,2631,770,8951,664,943
2016-04-21$28.04$27.5042.5%12.2%42.3%49.7%42.7%6.1%-1.8%20.7M-454.7M-14.9M0.876.52N/AN/A59,70851,7971,765,6881,673,709
2016-04-22$28.04$27.5040.9%11.7%42.2%45.3%41.6%6.4%-0.3%22.8M-435.8M-14.7M0.646.46N/AN/A142,13290,2491,771,8841,676,794
2016-04-25$27.68$27.5042.0%12.2%40.3%48.5%42.2%5.9%-0.7%19.3M-304.4M-14.9M0.965.65N/AN/A73,73171,0721,708,3901,556,176
2016-04-26$28.49$27.5039.1%11.1%41.4%40.2%36.9%6.5%-0.8%27.4M-593.0M-15.2M0.946.02N/AN/A68,63264,2911,695,7081,563,630
2016-04-27$29.25$27.5038.4%11.1%42.2%38.3%38.8%6.3%-0.7%34.8M-975.7M-15.6M1.0114.31N/AN/A95,09896,4461,701,5581,573,383
2016-04-28$29.23$27.5037.7%10.5%41.5%36.3%35.0%5.6%-0.6%37.9M-966.6M-15.6M1.046.81N/AN/A56,71659,0221,719,9591,605,768
2016-04-29$29.57$27.5037.3%10.7%41.1%35.1%39.4%6.4%-0.5%37.5M-1.11B-15.9M3.065.14N/AN/A48,922149,6151,734,1991,621,095