EWZ Options History — January 2017

In January 2017, EWZ traded between $34.42 and $37.90. ATM implied volatility averaged 30.1%, placing in the 9.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 7.2% (HV 20d: 22.9%). Max pain ranged from $32.50 to $36.50. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.03.

Notable Days

  • 2017-01-04: Highest Volume — 258,870 contracts
  • 2017-01-30: Largest IV spike — 9.2% change
  • 2017-01-03: Highest IV Rank — 21.1%
  • 2017-01-03: Largest Expected Move — 9.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$36.24$34.42$37.90$34.42$36.99
Max Pain$33.92$32.50$36.50$34.00$36.50
ATM IV30.1%26.5%34.2%34.2%29.1%
Expected Move8.6%7.5%9.6%9.6%8.2%
HV 20d22.9%20.0%26.3%26.3%21.4%
HV 60d36.7%36.2%37.1%36.6%36.2%
IV Rank9.5%0.0%21.1%21.1%7.7%
IV Percentile11.4%0.0%34.1%34.1%7.1%
Term Structure0.2%-0.2%0.8%-0.0%0.1%
VWIV30.7%23.8%37.9%33.6%23.8%
Skew 25d3.6%2.6%5.1%4.3%3.2%
Skew 10d8.0%5.0%11.0%10.3%6.3%
Call IV 25d28.9%25.7%32.7%32.7%28.1%
Put IV 25d32.5%28.3%37.0%37.0%31.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %12.106.0319.738.5611.31
Gamma HHI0.140.100.200.120.10
Net GEX46.1M4.5M95.5M52.0M4.5M
Net DEX-965.5M-1.80B-339.8M-570.5M-339.8M
Net VEX-9.2M-9.6M-8.7M-9.6M-9.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.030.381.860.461.63
Total Volume135,864.6537,977258,870174,50437,977
Total OI2,499,288.31,458,7703,253,6012,811,5891,645,661

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-01-03$34.42$34.0034.2%9.6%26.3%21.1%33.6%4.3%-0.0%52.0M-570.5M-9.6M0.468.56N/AN/A119,35255,1521,415,1841,396,405
2017-01-04$34.82$34.0032.7%9.2%26.3%16.9%32.8%4.1%0.0%62.2M-791.5M-9.6M0.3813.16N/AN/A187,31971,5511,443,6981,409,863
2017-01-05$35.22$32.5032.6%9.4%26.0%16.4%33.2%4.3%-0.1%67.8M-960.7M-9.5M0.406.03N/AN/A123,57949,8441,442,2351,424,314
2017-01-06$34.92$32.5031.9%9.4%25.7%14.5%37.9%5.1%0.5%65.6M-819.1M-9.5M0.8012.91N/AN/A67,88454,5951,464,9061,431,023
2017-01-09$34.86$32.5032.6%9.4%25.4%16.5%37.3%3.2%-0.1%68.1M-768.8M-9.2M0.7016.76N/AN/A84,45758,9661,460,1021,455,309
2017-01-10$35.28$32.5031.1%9.1%25.4%11.9%34.0%4.1%0.7%67.6M-988.6M-9.0M0.5910.37N/AN/A124,36872,9661,444,8161,474,515
2017-01-11$35.93$32.5031.3%9.0%25.0%12.5%33.3%3.6%0.2%72.0M-1.29B-9.2M0.6918.01N/AN/A109,26175,0331,487,6401,517,695
2017-01-12$36.41$32.5030.5%8.9%25.0%10.2%35.2%3.3%0.6%95.5M-1.80B-9.3M0.7113.88N/AN/A117,55983,7441,529,2991,505,190
2017-01-13$35.90$33.0030.1%8.6%21.7%9.1%31.6%3.5%-0.2%79.3M-1.32B-9.4M1.748.69N/AN/A41,52372,3321,572,7071,529,386
2017-01-17$36.12$33.0031.0%8.9%21.6%11.6%29.6%3.6%-0.1%72.7M-1.44B-8.8M0.7511.18N/AN/A57,54843,2221,548,9161,538,967
2017-01-18$35.78$34.0030.9%8.9%20.9%11.4%25.6%4.0%0.3%59.8M-1.37B-8.7M1.0019.73N/AN/A56,93156,6881,549,0701,529,462
2017-01-19$36.05$34.0030.6%8.8%20.0%10.5%32.5%3.5%0.1%63.2M-1.47B-8.8M1.3711.11N/AN/A86,717118,4361,580,2001,587,635
2017-01-20$36.64$34.0027.9%8.0%20.2%2.3%30.0%3.2%-0.2%32.9M-1.79B-8.9M1.2915.94N/AN/A73,63894,9921,598,8371,654,764
2017-01-23$37.59$35.0028.0%7.9%20.8%2.7%29.0%3.3%0.4%9.7M-640.1M-9.0M1.8611.47N/AN/A41,24776,568635,092823,678
2017-01-24$37.47$35.0027.6%7.8%21.2%1.5%28.0%3.2%0.4%9.2M-597.1M-9.2M1.2912.07N/AN/A29,52238,076659,713868,812
2017-01-25$37.90$35.0026.5%7.5%20.4%0.0%25.9%3.0%0.8%11.3M-705.6M-9.2M0.956.11N/AN/A46,48044,327669,170882,837
2017-01-26$37.60$35.0027.7%7.9%21.2%3.5%27.1%3.0%0.5%7.9M-596.1M-9.3M1.286.72N/AN/A34,16543,833681,851908,022
2017-01-27$37.72$35.0026.8%7.5%21.1%0.7%25.7%2.6%0.7%13.6M-649.2M-9.3M1.8113.38N/AN/A28,29651,335689,841915,499
2017-01-30$37.10$36.0029.2%8.4%22.1%7.9%28.6%3.1%0.1%7.2M-399.1M-9.2M0.8314.50N/AN/A47,86439,946701,828911,624
2017-01-31$36.99$36.5029.1%8.2%21.4%7.7%23.8%3.2%0.1%4.5M-339.8M-9.2M1.6311.31N/AN/A14,42823,549711,814933,847