EWZ Options History — May 2018

In May 2018, EWZ traded between $35.25 and $41.73. ATM implied volatility averaged 29.0%, placing in the 35.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.6% (HV 20d: 25.4%). Max pain ranged from $41.00 to $43.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.61.

Notable Days

  • 2018-05-29: Highest Volume — 265,879 contracts
  • 2018-05-17: Largest IV spike — 13.6% change
  • 2018-05-29: Highest IV Rank — 74.3%
  • 2018-05-29: Largest Expected Move — 10.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$39.30$35.25$41.73$41.72$35.75
Max Pain$42.45$41.00$43.00$43.00$41.00
ATM IV29.0%25.3%34.6%26.8%30.2%
Expected Move8.3%7.4%10.2%7.6%8.6%
HV 20d25.4%20.7%32.4%24.0%32.4%
HV 60d23.7%21.6%26.8%24.8%26.8%
IV Rank35.0%15.4%74.3%21.0%54.1%
IV Percentile60.9%25.4%95.6%39.3%75.0%
Term Structure0.1%-1.5%2.1%-0.2%-1.4%
VWIV29.2%26.6%35.4%26.9%30.3%
Skew 25d3.3%2.2%5.2%4.6%2.4%
Skew 10d5.9%2.5%8.5%8.3%3.4%
Call IV 25d27.3%23.5%32.7%24.4%28.7%
Put IV 25d30.7%26.7%34.9%29.0%31.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.872.2414.883.882.61
Gamma HHI0.100.070.140.070.10
Net GEX-44.6M-68.9M-1.9M-23.9M-58.5M
Net DEX1.02B224.6M1.93B466.6M1.88B
Net VEX-9.4M-10.2M-8.6M-9.3M-9.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.610.413.681.241.62
Total Volume122,313.72751,815265,87953,966129,077
Total OI1,740,544.8641,395,3462,193,6711,395,3462,193,671

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-05-01$41.72$43.0026.8%7.6%24.0%21.0%26.9%4.6%-0.2%-23.9M466.6M-9.3M1.243.88N/AN/A24,04929,917624,799770,547
2018-05-02$41.05$43.0027.0%7.7%24.5%21.8%26.6%4.5%-0.5%-37.9M660.5M-9.2M1.9114.88N/AN/A25,14747,933632,458782,641
2018-05-03$40.84$43.0026.8%7.9%24.2%21.1%27.9%5.2%0.3%-40.6M722.9M-9.2M1.573.13N/AN/A36,83257,657648,566799,857
2018-05-04$40.79$43.0025.8%7.7%23.8%17.5%27.7%4.3%0.7%-61.1M779.5M-9.1M3.683.70N/AN/A16,85061,934659,989828,342
2018-05-07$40.10$43.0026.8%7.9%22.4%21.0%28.2%4.4%0.6%-46.3M921.4M-8.8M1.964.03N/AN/A19,38937,907637,786823,284
2018-05-08$40.16$43.0026.5%7.9%21.8%20.0%27.8%3.9%0.9%-48.2M899.3M-8.8M2.243.10N/AN/A20,81546,646647,374834,060
2018-05-09$40.32$43.0026.0%7.9%20.7%18.1%26.8%3.2%1.3%-47.1M849.5M-9.0M0.413.91N/AN/A129,02353,492655,740848,221
2018-05-10$41.73$43.0025.3%7.4%24.7%15.4%27.8%3.1%0.5%-1.9M224.6M-10.1M1.762.95N/AN/A43,15076,072768,097871,223
2018-05-11$41.00$43.0025.9%7.6%24.7%17.6%27.2%2.9%1.1%-36.0M536.0M-10.1M1.722.64N/AN/A26,01144,635777,704902,444
2018-05-14$40.59$43.0026.6%7.6%24.3%20.1%27.6%3.1%2.1%-35.7M708.3M-9.8M2.183.63N/AN/A16,30335,512776,619915,016
2018-05-15$40.08$43.0027.7%8.0%23.3%24.2%27.9%2.7%1.3%-47.2M907.0M-9.5M2.145.50N/AN/A24,08651,658780,597931,092
2018-05-16$40.55$43.0027.3%7.8%21.1%22.7%27.5%3.0%1.5%-45.6M744.4M-9.7M0.883.98N/AN/A81,62771,976786,537946,572
2018-05-17$39.06$42.0031.0%8.8%24.2%36.1%30.3%2.5%1.1%-48.4M1.23B-9.5M1.103.81N/AN/A62,09568,120856,072982,774
2018-05-18$38.28$42.0031.5%8.9%24.7%37.8%31.1%2.8%0.8%-55.7M1.48B-9.4M1.583.02N/AN/A71,344112,680897,8841,007,391
2018-05-21$38.41$42.0031.6%8.7%24.8%48.3%30.6%3.7%-1.0%-45.7M1.12B-9.6M1.232.72N/AN/A36,48144,734858,325960,388
2018-05-22$39.43$42.0032.5%9.2%27.2%52.6%32.7%3.6%-1.4%-27.6M745.5M-10.2M2.012.84N/AN/A45,21890,985875,416971,936
2018-05-23$38.77$42.0032.3%8.9%27.6%55.0%31.1%2.8%-1.3%-44.1M988.9M-9.9M0.602.68N/AN/A83,05749,454897,369997,344
2018-05-24$38.07$42.0031.9%8.9%26.8%52.7%30.8%3.2%-1.0%-58.9M1.25B-10.0M1.192.24N/AN/A78,01692,685950,8191,023,949
2018-05-25$37.20$42.0032.2%8.8%27.2%54.5%31.1%2.7%-1.4%-68.9M1.55B-9.6M1.173.13N/AN/A84,81399,425980,0321,041,694
2018-05-29$35.25$42.0034.6%10.2%31.7%74.3%35.4%2.2%-1.2%-47.4M1.93B-8.6M1.533.81N/AN/A105,293160,586990,7681,035,866
2018-05-30$35.48$41.0031.8%9.2%32.1%63.5%29.6%2.4%-1.5%-55.4M1.92B-8.9M1.633.08N/AN/A75,438122,7801,029,4911,091,233
2018-05-31$35.75$41.0030.2%8.6%32.4%54.1%30.3%2.4%-1.4%-58.5M1.88B-9.4M1.622.61N/AN/A49,33479,7431,062,4221,131,249