EWZ Options History — October 2016

In October 2016, EWZ traded between $34.08 and $38.13. ATM implied volatility averaged 30.4%, placing in the 7.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.9% (HV 20d: 27.5%). Max pain ranged from $34.00 to $38.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.92.

Notable Days

  • 2016-10-20: Highest Volume — 158,009 contracts
  • 2016-10-13: Largest IV drop — 5.1% change
  • 2016-10-12: Highest IV Rank — 19.2%
  • 2016-10-11: Largest Expected Move — 9.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$36.52$34.08$38.13$34.74$37.78
Max Pain$36.29$34.00$38.00$34.00$38.00
ATM IV30.4%27.1%34.8%31.6%28.3%
Expected Move8.8%7.8%9.8%8.8%8.9%
HV 20d27.5%18.8%39.6%38.4%18.8%
HV 60d28.4%27.2%28.9%28.3%27.3%
IV Rank7.1%0.0%19.2%9.1%3.7%
IV Percentile9.8%0.0%25.8%12.3%2.8%
Term Structure0.2%-1.2%2.1%0.6%-0.1%
VWIV31.4%27.6%34.5%31.0%31.6%
Skew 25d4.6%3.2%6.4%5.3%5.2%
Skew 10d9.7%7.2%15.0%15.0%8.2%
Call IV 25d28.7%25.5%33.1%29.1%26.9%
Put IV 25d33.3%29.4%38.1%34.5%32.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %12.348.8817.1713.1812.65
Gamma HHI0.100.080.110.090.10
Net GEX40.6M21.0M58.4M25.8M33.5M
Net DEX-2.07B-2.79B-1.06B-1.33B-2.37B
Net VEX-13.4M-13.9M-12.8M-13.3M-13.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.920.724.831.900.75
Total Volume99,43244,613158,00948,10658,121
Total OI2,913,282.2382,661,7983,140,6932,661,7983,087,341

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-10-03$34.74$34.0031.6%8.8%38.4%9.1%31.0%5.3%0.6%25.8M-1.33B-13.3M1.9013.18N/AN/A16,59831,5081,409,3311,252,467
2016-10-04$34.08$34.0032.6%9.0%38.4%12.3%32.1%5.1%0.9%21.0M-1.06B-13.2M2.9012.95N/AN/A34,36799,5141,416,6461,258,437
2016-10-05$34.96$34.0032.4%8.7%39.6%11.6%30.0%5.0%1.6%25.3M-1.42B-13.7M1.1713.58N/AN/A49,17857,6571,431,5101,317,142
2016-10-06$35.19$34.5032.0%9.7%39.6%10.6%33.9%4.7%2.1%33.6M-1.55B-13.9M3.3311.72N/AN/A13,52445,0771,473,6701,331,108
2016-10-07$35.44$34.5031.4%9.5%33.7%8.5%32.8%4.9%0.7%38.7M-1.70B-13.7M3.658.88N/AN/A14,43552,6591,475,9651,334,034
2016-10-10$35.90$34.5032.4%9.3%33.3%11.8%33.3%4.7%-0.0%42.5M-1.89B-13.4M1.779.46N/AN/A47,23983,4511,475,1991,338,604
2016-10-11$35.64$34.5033.4%9.8%25.9%14.7%32.5%6.4%1.3%41.6M-1.77B-13.6M2.088.93N/AN/A31,48165,4591,509,1391,361,407
2016-10-12$35.45$37.0034.8%9.7%26.1%19.2%34.5%3.2%-1.2%41.2M-1.66B-13.8M4.839.74N/AN/A7,65636,9571,532,2081,381,968
2016-10-13$35.88$37.0033.0%9.5%24.9%13.6%32.4%3.6%-0.0%47.0M-1.88B-13.7M1.6111.99N/AN/A21,23834,1711,534,8641,385,179
2016-10-14$36.11$37.0032.6%9.3%24.6%12.4%32.2%5.7%-0.1%51.7M-1.96B-13.5M1.2213.30N/AN/A29,92536,5261,535,1981,395,913
2016-10-17$36.34$37.0031.2%8.9%24.5%8.0%31.4%5.2%-0.9%58.4M-2.11B-13.0M1.0911.75N/AN/A65,52171,2761,544,8871,395,352
2016-10-18$37.39$37.0029.9%8.6%25.8%3.9%31.9%5.2%-0.8%54.2M-2.63B-12.8M2.1213.38N/AN/A27,42758,0871,554,8601,419,664
2016-10-19$37.32$37.0029.2%8.4%24.7%1.7%28.8%4.7%-0.6%52.8M-2.57B-13.1M2.0512.88N/AN/A46,45895,1141,569,9471,469,430
2016-10-20$37.78$37.0027.8%8.0%24.8%0.0%30.2%4.2%-0.4%48.4M-2.77B-13.1M0.7210.50N/AN/A92,05465,9551,576,1901,516,903
2016-10-21$37.81$37.0027.1%7.8%24.1%0.0%31.0%3.9%-0.3%44.6M-2.79B-13.3M2.2210.78N/AN/A29,50465,4571,596,9081,543,785
2016-10-24$38.13$37.0027.5%8.0%23.2%1.2%29.1%4.3%0.9%42.0M-2.60B-13.0M1.0212.80N/AN/A54,42155,2461,497,2751,378,600
2016-10-25$38.12$37.0027.1%7.8%23.2%0.0%27.6%3.7%0.1%42.2M-2.59B-13.2M1.3213.71N/AN/A46,35861,2191,515,4451,395,699
2016-10-26$37.81$38.0027.8%8.2%23.0%2.1%31.0%4.0%-0.1%36.5M-2.35B-13.3M1.4113.79N/AN/A49,84870,4961,526,5361,427,705
2016-10-27$37.82$38.0027.8%8.3%19.4%2.2%29.8%4.4%0.8%36.0M-2.40B-13.3M0.7516.03N/AN/A77,08857,6711,538,3691,446,941
2016-10-28$37.31$38.0028.2%8.4%20.6%3.4%32.3%4.0%0.3%34.9M-2.11B-13.3M2.4817.17N/AN/A38,00294,1291,569,7071,457,394
2016-10-31$37.78$38.0028.3%8.9%18.8%3.7%31.6%5.2%-0.1%33.5M-2.37B-13.3M0.7512.65N/AN/A33,25424,8671,573,2311,514,110