EWZ Options History — September 2018

In September 2018, EWZ traded between $30.70 and $34.35. ATM implied volatility averaged 50.1%, placing in the 83.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 14.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 11.6% (HV 20d: 38.5%). Max pain ranged from $33.00 to $34.00. Net GEX was positive for 12 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.82.

Notable Days

  • 2018-09-26: Highest Volume — 441,163 contracts
  • 2018-09-18: Largest IV drop — 10.5% change
  • 2018-09-04: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2018-09-13: Largest Expected Move — 15.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$32.36$30.70$34.35$30.97$33.70
Max Pain$33.11$33.00$34.00$34.00$33.00
ATM IV50.1%44.5%58.6%48.0%49.9%
Expected Move14.1%12.5%15.9%13.2%12.7%
HV 20d38.5%36.0%40.7%37.7%36.0%
HV 60d34.2%33.0%34.9%33.0%34.9%
IV Rank83.1%60.4%100.0%100.0%75.4%
IV Percentile97.7%93.3%100.0%100.0%97.6%
Term Structure4.8%-3.5%15.2%7.1%15.2%
VWIV48.6%43.2%54.5%45.4%43.5%
Skew 25d4.2%3.2%5.5%3.7%5.2%
Skew 10d7.1%5.4%9.5%6.8%9.5%
Call IV 25d47.0%40.7%56.5%46.0%40.7%
Put IV 25d51.3%45.9%60.9%49.7%45.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.471.684.671.752.32
Gamma HHI0.070.050.150.070.06
Net GEX19.0M-31.6M113.0M-18.6M54.4M
Net DEX871.6M-782.9M2.03B1.91B-329.6M
Net VEX-19.0M-22.0M-16.6M-16.6M-21.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.820.351.581.220.52
Total Volume299,058.789192,767441,163253,749309,925
Total OI4,432,358.7893,811,6875,187,9903,811,6874,801,752

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-09-04$30.97$34.0048.0%13.2%37.7%100.0%45.4%3.7%7.1%-18.6M1.91B-16.6M1.221.75N/AN/A114,228139,5212,022,1661,789,521
2018-09-05$31.31$34.0048.6%13.3%38.2%100.0%46.5%4.6%7.8%-16.0M1.76B-17.3M0.691.68N/AN/A136,65994,4002,075,8941,841,737
2018-09-06$32.00$33.0048.0%15.2%39.5%97.7%52.7%3.3%8.0%-3.9M1.38B-18.1M0.674.67N/AN/A150,895101,5682,140,1951,868,689
2018-09-07$32.56$33.0049.7%15.1%40.2%100.0%51.6%3.5%8.2%15.4M968.6M-19.1M0.493.07N/AN/A139,31667,9762,223,3091,914,873
2018-09-10$32.15$33.0054.3%15.6%37.1%100.0%52.6%4.8%-1.8%4.5M1.27B-18.1M0.782.71N/AN/A108,34984,4182,191,2121,887,064
2018-09-11$30.90$33.0056.4%15.6%39.2%100.0%51.9%5.5%-3.2%-20.6M1.99B-16.6M0.682.03N/AN/A154,508105,4912,237,3831,908,153
2018-09-12$31.31$33.0056.6%15.5%38.7%100.0%53.5%4.6%-2.5%-17.7M1.77B-17.4M0.422.19N/AN/A253,180106,9522,319,1911,973,483
2018-09-13$30.70$33.0058.6%15.9%38.2%100.0%54.5%4.4%-3.5%-31.6M2.03B-17.2M0.551.84N/AN/A206,680112,7702,499,2131,994,300
2018-09-14$31.28$33.0057.3%15.9%39.1%96.4%54.5%4.0%-2.8%-15.7M1.67B-18.0M1.581.86N/AN/A88,233139,4722,531,1092,026,538
2018-09-17$32.10$33.0055.5%15.7%40.4%91.1%54.1%3.6%-1.2%8.3M1.16B-18.4M0.932.68N/AN/A191,088177,7852,527,3782,013,324
2018-09-18$32.52$33.0049.6%14.1%40.7%74.8%49.3%3.4%1.0%26.6M841.2M-18.7M0.532.37N/AN/A237,859125,9732,605,0282,018,444
2018-09-19$32.45$33.0045.7%13.1%38.8%63.7%45.2%3.2%0.8%34.6M809.4M-18.9M0.993.14N/AN/A192,921190,5302,799,9552,055,135
2018-09-20$33.03$33.0044.8%12.8%38.8%61.0%44.1%4.2%0.7%59.1M287.7M-19.9M1.392.75N/AN/A140,112195,2882,882,6292,122,574
2018-09-21$33.78$33.0044.6%12.7%37.2%60.7%44.1%4.3%0.7%113.0M-383.5M-21.0M0.792.39N/AN/A176,526138,7242,934,9102,253,080
2018-09-24$32.91$33.0046.3%13.1%38.4%65.2%46.3%4.5%13.5%30.9M289.6M-20.0M1.132.21N/AN/A107,229121,1502,427,8991,844,154
2018-09-25$33.09$33.0046.0%13.2%37.6%64.6%46.0%4.5%13.6%31.8M148.3M-20.4M1.342.28N/AN/A97,408130,3822,478,6431,902,657
2018-09-26$33.73$33.0044.5%12.5%37.5%60.4%43.2%4.3%14.8%44.1M-231.3M-20.8M0.352.80N/AN/A326,678114,4852,481,7681,969,966
2018-09-27$34.35$33.0046.9%12.7%37.5%67.1%44.6%5.0%15.0%62.3M-782.9M-22.0M0.492.22N/AN/A271,148132,2902,626,9572,024,534
2018-09-28$33.70$33.0049.9%12.7%36.0%75.4%43.5%5.2%15.2%54.4M-329.6M-21.6M0.522.32N/AN/A204,123105,8022,722,0522,079,700