EWZ Options History — May 2016

In May 2016, EWZ traded between $25.49 and $29.09. ATM implied volatility averaged 40.6%, placing in the 44.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.3% (HV 20d: 37.3%). Max pain ranged from $26.00 to $29.50. Net GEX was positive for 16 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.63.

Notable Days

  • 2016-05-04: Highest Volume — 250,178 contracts
  • 2016-05-27: Largest IV drop — 9.4% change
  • 2016-05-24: Highest IV Rank — 53.3%
  • 2016-05-03: Largest Expected Move — 12.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$27.34$25.49$29.09$28.97$25.49
Max Pain$27.12$26.00$29.50$29.50$27.00
ATM IV40.6%36.5%43.8%38.9%39.3%
Expected Move11.6%11.1%12.8%11.7%11.6%
HV 20d37.3%34.8%41.6%37.7%34.8%
HV 60d47.8%43.4%49.0%48.4%43.4%
IV Rank44.4%33.0%53.3%39.7%40.8%
IV Percentile41.5%19.0%58.7%36.9%33.7%
Term Structure0.0%-2.7%3.6%0.5%-0.9%
VWIV40.9%37.9%44.5%42.6%39.9%
Skew 25d7.0%4.9%9.8%6.6%8.9%
Skew 10d14.2%7.9%19.3%15.4%13.3%
Call IV 25d37.3%34.0%39.5%36.2%35.1%
Put IV 25d44.3%41.9%47.2%42.8%44.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %5.974.619.655.029.65
Gamma HHI0.080.070.100.090.08
Net GEX4.5M-21.7M25.8M21.2M-3.7M
Net DEX80.3M-756.1M717.4M-647.8M717.4M
Net VEX-14.2M-15.6M-11.7M-15.6M-11.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.630.743.751.962.12
Total Volume125,929.95250,188250,178149,32684,033
Total OI3,387,184.9053,155,5693,545,8083,342,1613,211,667

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-05-02$28.97$29.5038.9%11.7%37.7%39.7%42.6%6.6%0.5%21.2M-647.8M-15.6M1.965.02N/AN/A50,52398,8031,694,8111,647,350
2016-05-03$27.73$29.5042.1%12.8%41.3%48.5%43.9%6.8%-0.2%8.2M-84.6M-15.1M1.615.41N/AN/A65,054104,5371,708,4581,669,429
2016-05-04$28.12$29.5040.2%12.0%41.2%43.2%43.7%7.2%0.1%11.1M-209.4M-15.2M3.755.75N/AN/A52,660197,5181,690,2701,675,718
2016-05-05$27.66$26.0040.8%11.4%41.6%44.9%39.3%6.7%-0.2%-10.0M142.3M-15.3M0.744.80N/AN/A58,38043,2961,699,2291,831,898
2016-05-06$27.93$26.0040.0%11.5%35.9%42.8%44.5%6.8%0.2%8.7M-168.8M-15.1M1.694.82N/AN/A34,86258,9651,711,2941,706,818
2016-05-09$27.52$26.0043.6%11.9%35.4%53.0%43.1%7.7%-1.6%4.3M33.6M-14.6M1.894.71N/AN/A53,258100,4141,687,8361,699,734
2016-05-10$28.89$26.0040.2%11.4%37.7%43.2%42.0%5.9%-0.5%21.2M-635.2M-15.3M1.575.00N/AN/A57,90591,1831,698,1021,718,180
2016-05-11$29.04$26.0039.1%11.2%36.4%40.2%37.9%4.9%0.8%24.5M-756.1M-15.6M1.764.96N/AN/A51,56490,8511,718,1221,742,094
2016-05-12$29.09$27.0039.1%11.1%36.1%40.2%38.1%6.3%-0.2%25.8M-729.4M-15.5M1.665.31N/AN/A52,81987,6521,723,6961,767,210
2016-05-13$27.84$27.0040.8%11.6%39.4%45.1%42.7%6.5%-0.9%2.5M-34.6M-15.2M2.214.61N/AN/A37,10081,8971,730,1511,803,248
2016-05-16$27.94$27.0040.5%11.5%38.1%44.2%40.3%7.0%1.0%3.2M-117.9M-14.7M1.454.69N/AN/A50,73373,3891,721,4641,792,208
2016-05-17$27.43$27.0042.5%12.2%36.3%49.9%38.8%7.6%1.0%-5.9M155.9M-14.7M2.034.96N/AN/A28,23457,4001,731,0711,796,784
2016-05-18$26.80$27.0040.6%11.6%37.1%44.5%40.3%5.6%-0.2%-17.7M445.9M-13.9M1.245.00N/AN/A64,69880,2821,724,0361,805,599
2016-05-19$26.52$27.0039.8%11.2%36.6%42.1%39.4%6.8%3.6%-21.7M621.2M-13.8M1.904.65N/AN/A43,54582,7691,734,0931,811,715
2016-05-20$26.83$27.0040.0%11.4%37.0%42.8%38.6%6.2%0.5%7.1M448.1M-13.7M0.746.53N/AN/A62,78846,5981,742,0041,792,497
2016-05-23$25.95$27.0041.0%11.9%38.4%45.7%40.9%6.6%0.6%3.2M529.8M-12.9M0.778.36N/AN/A76,60159,0721,596,8661,558,703
2016-05-24$26.17$27.0043.8%11.9%36.8%53.3%42.6%8.0%-2.7%4.3M458.4M-12.8M1.016.15N/AN/A49,73850,3531,591,0871,572,056
2016-05-25$26.12$27.0042.9%12.0%35.0%50.8%42.0%7.8%-1.3%3.2M491.6M-12.7M1.847.63N/AN/A36,52267,1971,602,6071,587,851
2016-05-26$26.32$27.0040.3%11.3%35.3%43.5%39.7%7.9%0.4%5.0M412.1M-12.8M1.158.06N/AN/A23,31626,8721,613,3831,601,247
2016-05-27$25.80$27.0036.5%11.1%35.1%33.0%38.7%9.8%1.1%137.0K613.1M-12.3M1.079.35N/AN/A53,69557,4531,617,2391,603,058
2016-05-31$25.49$27.0039.3%11.6%34.8%40.8%39.9%8.9%-0.9%-3.7M717.4M-11.7M2.129.65N/AN/A26,96257,0711,614,8091,596,858