EWZ Options History — February 2017

In February 2017, EWZ traded between $37.01 and $40.10. ATM implied volatility averaged 26.3%, placing in the 4.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 7.1% (HV 20d: 19.2%). Max pain ranged from $36.50 to $40.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.86.

Notable Days

  • 2017-02-15: Highest Volume — 184,942 contracts
  • 2017-02-28: Largest IV spike — 7.2% change
  • 2017-02-28: Highest IV Rank — 16.8%
  • 2017-02-28: Largest Expected Move — 9.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$38.41$37.01$40.10$37.17$37.74
Max Pain$38.71$36.50$40.00$36.50$40.00
ATM IV26.3%24.2%30.3%28.1%30.3%
Expected Move7.6%7.2%9.1%7.9%9.1%
HV 20d19.2%17.4%22.8%18.3%22.8%
HV 60d29.6%26.7%36.2%36.2%26.9%
IV Rank4.3%0.0%16.8%4.8%16.8%
IV Percentile3.7%0.0%17.9%4.8%17.9%
Term Structure0.5%-0.1%1.3%1.0%-0.1%
VWIV26.9%23.4%32.4%23.4%32.4%
Skew 25d2.8%2.2%3.5%3.2%3.4%
Skew 10d5.6%3.3%7.6%7.6%4.3%
Call IV 25d25.4%23.0%29.0%26.8%29.0%
Put IV 25d28.2%25.6%32.4%30.0%32.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %10.686.7818.5018.5017.30
Gamma HHI0.130.080.220.110.08
Net GEX20.0M4.5M41.0M6.4M5.3M
Net DEX-756.4M-1.50B-223.7M-389.6M-223.7M
Net VEX-9.1M-9.7M-8.8M-9.2M-9.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.860.655.272.085.19
Total Volume68,239.26332,244184,94232,24472,104
Total OI1,778,061.4741,654,2291,983,2901,657,8661,797,717

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-02-01$37.17$36.5028.1%7.9%18.3%4.8%23.4%3.2%1.0%6.4M-389.6M-9.2M2.0818.50N/AN/A10,47121,773719,832938,034
2017-02-02$37.29$38.0027.3%8.1%18.1%2.4%30.8%3.1%1.0%8.1M-432.6M-9.0M2.418.32N/AN/A14,45834,803722,589941,723
2017-02-03$37.58$38.0026.2%7.6%17.9%0.0%27.9%2.4%0.2%16.6M-535.2M-9.0M0.808.74N/AN/A35,89728,881729,174953,535
2017-02-06$37.09$38.0026.6%7.8%18.3%1.2%27.2%3.3%0.2%10.0M-384.4M-8.9M1.7412.41N/AN/A20,84636,361744,191946,883
2017-02-07$37.01$38.0026.0%7.7%18.4%0.0%26.3%3.1%0.7%4.5M-339.4M-8.8M0.658.02N/AN/A37,71224,551745,936969,564
2017-02-08$37.54$38.0024.6%7.2%18.5%0.0%27.2%3.5%0.6%13.6M-512.0M-8.8M1.388.82N/AN/A29,31340,494761,737981,477
2017-02-09$37.48$38.0024.2%7.3%17.7%0.0%24.2%2.9%1.3%12.4M-506.0M-8.9M1.277.20N/AN/A29,67637,592773,128997,198
2017-02-10$38.23$38.0024.3%7.2%18.4%0.4%24.6%2.6%1.2%26.8M-766.0M-9.1M1.2710.10N/AN/A26,22833,387794,8841,022,454
2017-02-13$38.53$38.0024.8%7.2%17.4%1.7%26.9%2.6%0.5%25.5M-806.9M-9.0M0.847.57N/AN/A32,88527,485801,9041,032,161
2017-02-14$38.94$38.0025.1%7.3%17.5%2.7%25.5%2.5%0.2%31.2M-1.01B-9.2M0.899.95N/AN/A24,28521,570827,8911,045,449
2017-02-15$39.99$38.0025.9%7.4%18.6%4.6%26.3%2.2%0.1%41.0M-1.50B-9.1M0.8310.80N/AN/A100,89784,045824,7541,056,106
2017-02-16$39.40$39.0025.7%7.4%19.9%4.1%25.6%2.8%0.2%32.9M-1.20B-9.2M3.438.72N/AN/A12,09441,459862,1481,106,024
2017-02-17$39.15$40.0025.4%7.3%19.8%3.5%25.2%2.4%0.4%32.1M-1.04B-9.2M1.207.80N/AN/A26,26731,540862,5081,120,782
2017-02-21$39.99$40.0025.7%7.2%19.2%4.1%25.4%2.4%0.5%30.3M-1.24B-8.9M0.836.78N/AN/A49,69941,348752,942901,287
2017-02-22$40.10$40.0026.1%7.5%19.0%5.2%27.8%2.3%0.2%30.9M-1.28B-9.2M1.6015.14N/AN/A32,87452,642791,130916,439
2017-02-23$39.68$40.0026.8%7.6%19.4%7.2%27.5%2.5%0.5%27.0M-1.11B-9.4M1.9112.46N/AN/A25,75249,173808,319948,132
2017-02-24$38.47$40.0028.3%8.1%22.5%11.4%27.6%2.9%0.2%10.5M-546.3M-9.7M1.7612.88N/AN/A25,60545,057821,987970,348
2017-02-27$38.50$40.0028.2%8.1%22.5%11.2%28.5%2.6%0.3%14.7M-555.4M-9.4M5.2711.35N/AN/A5,95531,367818,472974,329
2017-02-28$37.74$40.0030.3%9.1%22.8%16.8%32.4%3.4%-0.1%5.3M-223.7M-9.3M5.1917.30N/AN/A11,65160,453816,425981,292