EWZ Options History — September 2016

In September 2016, EWZ traded between $32.02 and $35.07. ATM implied volatility averaged 32.2%, placing in the 11.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.1% (HV 20d: 32.1%). Max pain ranged from $34.00 to $35.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.87.

Notable Days

  • 2016-09-16: Highest Volume — 130,583 contracts
  • 2016-09-13: Largest IV spike — 15.4% change
  • 2016-09-14: Highest IV Rank — 25.2%
  • 2016-09-14: Largest Expected Move — 10.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$33.68$32.02$35.07$33.56$33.75
Max Pain$34.17$34.00$35.00$34.00$34.00
ATM IV32.2%28.7%36.7%31.6%31.1%
Expected Move9.2%7.5%10.5%8.4%8.9%
HV 20d32.1%19.9%37.9%19.9%37.9%
HV 60d30.6%28.5%33.4%30.8%29.1%
IV Rank11.0%0.0%25.2%6.7%7.7%
IV Percentile11.4%0.0%23.4%8.3%6.7%
Term Structure0.1%-0.7%0.7%0.1%0.5%
VWIV32.5%26.2%37.0%30.8%32.0%
Skew 25d4.5%3.4%5.5%4.2%4.0%
Skew 10d9.2%5.4%12.9%8.8%9.3%
Call IV 25d30.3%26.9%34.4%29.7%28.8%
Put IV 25d34.8%31.1%39.6%34.0%32.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %15.636.5769.8769.8715.60
Gamma HHI0.090.070.120.090.08
Net GEX19.2M612.3K40.0M8.1M25.2M
Net DEX-980.8M-1.81B-139.6M-1.02B-967.4M
Net VEX-13.3M-13.6M-13.0M-13.5M-13.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.870.734.721.731.76
Total Volume80,176.85750,021130,58368,83372,229
Total OI2,959,176.192,522,3713,449,1633,192,6672,658,775

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-09-01$33.56$34.0031.6%8.4%19.9%6.7%30.8%4.2%0.1%8.1M-1.02B-13.5M1.7369.87N/AN/A25,18243,6511,557,9531,634,714
2016-09-02$34.35$34.0029.0%7.5%21.2%0.0%26.2%4.7%0.5%31.5M-1.48B-13.5M1.206.57N/AN/A27,52733,0221,573,9271,625,996
2016-09-06$35.01$34.0029.0%8.5%22.2%0.2%29.9%3.9%-0.0%35.9M-1.79B-13.0M1.258.53N/AN/A28,12635,0251,571,1581,600,022
2016-09-07$34.99$34.0028.7%8.4%21.9%0.0%29.5%4.3%0.5%36.7M-1.77B-13.1M1.2112.14N/AN/A48,53858,6471,580,1571,607,476
2016-09-08$35.07$34.5028.9%8.5%21.6%0.7%30.7%3.4%0.4%40.0M-1.81B-13.5M1.829.97N/AN/A37,16567,5701,623,5371,650,280
2016-09-09$33.17$35.0032.7%9.4%28.4%12.7%33.2%4.7%-0.1%12.1M-727.1M-13.5M4.7213.47N/AN/A20,34595,9671,646,4951,686,470
2016-09-12$33.86$35.0031.5%9.1%29.3%9.0%32.2%4.7%0.7%13.7M-1.02B-13.3M1.6512.91N/AN/A35,75159,1211,644,3451,695,419
2016-09-13$32.07$35.0036.4%10.3%34.5%24.3%35.4%5.5%-0.7%2.8M-139.6M-13.0M2.0111.60N/AN/A39,06378,5541,659,7901,705,150
2016-09-14$32.02$34.0036.7%10.5%34.5%25.2%37.0%5.2%-0.1%1.1M-142.1M-13.1M1.198.67N/AN/A32,00738,1381,675,5031,715,894
2016-09-15$32.92$34.0034.9%10.0%36.3%19.6%34.7%5.0%-0.2%612.3K-551.4M-13.4M1.0613.67N/AN/A38,64540,7811,688,2541,724,722
2016-09-16$32.71$34.0034.9%10.0%36.3%19.6%33.3%4.8%-0.1%9.9M-464.7M-13.3M0.7312.94N/AN/A75,47255,1111,710,9181,738,245
2016-09-19$32.78$34.0034.7%9.9%36.2%19.0%34.9%4.6%0.2%16.5M-630.1M-13.3M2.3211.62N/AN/A16,48538,2901,352,9361,169,435
2016-09-20$33.22$34.0035.0%10.0%35.8%19.8%34.2%4.7%0.2%18.4M-766.5M-13.6M1.7613.56N/AN/A20,99936,8891,356,0541,177,087
2016-09-21$34.12$34.0030.9%8.9%37.0%6.9%31.6%4.1%0.7%23.5M-1.08B-13.4M1.8120.89N/AN/A18,71433,9091,359,2981,173,857
2016-09-22$34.25$34.0031.1%8.9%37.0%7.5%31.3%3.9%-0.1%26.3M-1.20B-13.5M2.0517.57N/AN/A24,81450,9411,363,0631,177,033
2016-09-23$33.85$34.0031.6%9.1%37.1%9.1%33.4%4.2%0.0%24.3M-1.06B-13.4M3.7915.40N/AN/A23,85490,4751,374,5911,191,019
2016-09-26$33.44$34.0033.1%9.6%37.1%13.8%33.8%4.4%0.2%16.3M-841.1M-13.3M2.0214.10N/AN/A16,58533,4361,376,1471,218,332
2016-09-27$33.87$34.0031.5%8.9%35.7%8.8%33.4%4.5%0.3%17.6M-962.1M-13.3M2.2114.10N/AN/A20,51145,3991,380,8321,231,379
2016-09-28$34.60$34.0030.5%8.6%36.5%5.8%31.4%4.9%0.2%23.7M-1.28B-13.4M2.0310.77N/AN/A19,30639,2221,388,9461,239,282
2016-09-29$33.62$34.0033.1%9.5%37.9%14.0%32.8%4.9%0.0%20.1M-889.0M-13.2M1.0114.29N/AN/A33,89934,3491,400,1591,238,050
2016-09-30$33.75$34.0031.1%8.9%37.9%7.7%32.0%4.0%0.5%25.2M-967.4M-13.1M1.7615.60N/AN/A26,21246,0171,414,5251,244,250