EWZ Options History — July 2016

In July 2016, EWZ traded between $29.06 and $33.28. ATM implied volatility averaged 33.1%, placing in the 14.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.4%. IV traded below realized volatility by 4.2% (HV 20d: 37.4%). Max pain ranged from $28.00 to $31.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.58.

Notable Days

  • 2016-07-12: Highest Volume — 141,220 contracts
  • 2016-07-08: Largest IV drop — 5.4% change
  • 2016-07-05: Highest IV Rank — 29.3%
  • 2016-07-05: Largest Expected Move — 10.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$31.62$29.06$33.28$30.52$33.28
Max Pain$29.48$28.00$31.00$29.50$31.00
ATM IV33.1%30.1%36.6%35.0%30.1%
Expected Move9.4%8.2%10.5%9.5%8.2%
HV 20d37.4%25.8%45.3%43.1%27.3%
HV 60d37.2%35.1%39.5%39.5%35.5%
IV Rank14.1%0.0%29.3%24.6%0.0%
IV Percentile4.1%0.0%13.5%9.5%0.0%
Term Structure0.4%-0.8%1.9%-0.1%1.2%
VWIV33.7%29.3%38.6%34.4%29.3%
Skew 25d4.1%3.2%5.5%4.7%3.3%
Skew 10d8.8%6.6%11.6%10.7%9.0%
Call IV 25d31.4%28.8%34.7%32.5%28.8%
Put IV 25d35.5%32.1%39.8%37.2%32.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %8.026.0811.186.958.81
Gamma HHI0.080.070.110.070.09
Net GEX29.1M14.3M35.5M26.7M35.5M
Net DEX-956.4M-1.44B-172.6M-664.2M-1.44B
Net VEX-14.2M-14.6M-13.5M-14.4M-14.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.580.717.622.562.61
Total Volume89,717.1544,581141,22090,64344,581
Total OI2,745,814.62,622,2202,831,0002,718,4032,788,451

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-07-01$30.52$29.5035.0%9.5%43.1%24.6%34.4%4.7%-0.1%26.7M-664.2M-14.4M2.566.95N/AN/A25,43665,2071,430,5421,287,861
2016-07-05$29.54$28.0036.6%10.5%45.2%29.3%38.6%5.1%0.0%19.4M-332.6M-13.9M1.356.66N/AN/A48,33265,0351,423,6021,285,122
2016-07-06$29.33$28.5036.2%10.5%45.3%28.1%37.5%5.5%0.2%15.6M-226.5M-13.9M2.516.61N/AN/A31,62579,3861,424,3821,297,858
2016-07-07$29.06$28.0036.1%10.2%41.9%27.7%36.2%5.1%-0.1%14.3M-172.6M-13.5M2.627.32N/AN/A28,03673,3551,427,2481,305,439
2016-07-08$30.40$28.0034.1%10.0%44.2%21.9%38.2%4.2%0.5%26.8M-616.1M-14.1M3.806.57N/AN/A28,561108,6241,433,1061,310,469
2016-07-11$30.68$28.5035.3%9.9%40.6%25.3%34.8%4.7%-0.8%28.8M-703.9M-14.0M2.346.08N/AN/A31,04972,5981,430,6161,327,577
2016-07-12$31.01$28.5034.4%9.9%40.1%22.8%35.1%3.3%0.2%31.9M-832.9M-14.2M0.717.89N/AN/A82,53758,6831,434,4211,332,319
2016-07-13$31.33$29.0034.1%9.7%38.1%21.9%33.0%5.5%0.1%32.9M-861.0M-14.3M0.838.61N/AN/A49,25840,9951,461,0081,353,978
2016-07-14$32.03$28.5033.3%9.7%38.3%19.6%37.3%3.6%0.4%33.8M-1.18B-14.4M3.496.40N/AN/A20,56471,7941,467,9621,351,822
2016-07-15$32.04$29.0033.3%9.6%38.5%19.5%34.4%4.8%-0.1%33.0M-1.15B-14.4M1.717.83N/AN/A26,48045,3201,469,6491,361,351
2016-07-18$32.56$29.0032.6%9.3%38.4%11.7%33.9%3.2%0.9%32.0M-1.26B-14.5M1.278.90N/AN/A42,77054,2931,405,6011,216,619
2016-07-19$32.66$29.0032.0%9.1%38.0%9.1%32.9%3.5%1.1%34.4M-1.29B-14.5M1.469.94N/AN/A36,12152,5971,438,5491,237,274
2016-07-20$32.74$29.0031.7%9.1%38.1%8.2%31.7%4.1%1.9%34.8M-1.32B-14.5M3.069.26N/AN/A27,82885,1671,443,7911,244,008
2016-07-21$32.40$31.0032.0%9.1%37.8%2.7%31.9%3.3%0.4%33.9M-1.19B-14.4M7.6211.18N/AN/A9,05068,9721,462,9701,252,068
2016-07-22$32.88$31.0030.6%8.7%35.8%0.0%31.6%3.7%1.4%32.4M-1.30B-14.6M3.138.95N/AN/A15,39248,2481,458,5521,279,589
2016-07-25$32.41$31.0032.0%9.0%32.2%4.7%31.6%4.2%-0.3%29.8M-1.13B-14.3M2.347.60N/AN/A24,63757,6271,459,7951,281,682
2016-07-26$32.65$31.0031.1%8.7%30.6%1.7%31.2%3.4%0.5%29.7M-1.21B-14.4M2.746.97N/AN/A14,56339,8901,467,7871,303,175
2016-07-27$32.58$31.0030.8%8.5%28.0%0.4%29.5%3.4%0.8%29.5M-1.19B-14.1M2.1310.90N/AN/A22,10747,0971,468,7271,308,171
2016-07-28$32.27$31.0031.2%8.5%25.8%1.8%30.9%3.7%0.0%25.9M-1.07B-13.9M3.257.06N/AN/A11,88238,6461,472,1441,311,007
2016-07-29$33.28$31.0030.1%8.2%27.3%0.0%29.3%3.3%1.2%35.5M-1.44B-14.2M2.618.81N/AN/A12,34632,2351,473,0781,315,373