EWZ Options History — November 2018

In November 2018, EWZ traded between $37.43 and $41.55. ATM implied volatility averaged 35.8%, placing in the 30.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.6%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.6% (HV 20d: 36.4%). Max pain ranged from $36.00 to $37.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.19.

Notable Days

  • 2018-11-02: Highest Volume — 372,419 contracts
  • 2018-11-20: Largest IV spike — 8.2% change
  • 2018-11-20: Highest IV Rank — 35.6%
  • 2018-11-01: Largest Expected Move — 11.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$39.60$37.43$41.55$41.01$39.70
Max Pain$36.10$36.00$37.00$36.00$37.00
ATM IV35.8%33.0%37.8%37.6%33.0%
Expected Move10.6%9.9%11.3%11.3%10.2%
HV 20d36.4%32.7%42.5%42.4%32.7%
HV 60d38.4%37.1%39.8%39.8%37.1%
IV Rank30.7%23.8%35.6%35.0%23.9%
IV Percentile72.3%59.9%79.8%79.4%59.9%
Term Structure-0.4%-2.4%1.8%0.3%-0.5%
VWIV37.6%33.4%41.6%37.9%33.4%
Skew 25d6.3%4.6%7.6%7.1%5.6%
Skew 10d12.1%9.5%14.9%14.1%10.2%
Call IV 25d32.9%30.4%34.7%34.3%30.4%
Put IV 25d39.2%35.8%41.4%41.4%36.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.842.847.095.643.09
Gamma HHI0.080.070.120.090.08
Net GEX122.2M23.3M210.8M209.0M91.6M
Net DEX-2.72B-6.28B142.2M-5.56B-1.86B
Net VEX-19.8M-23.6M-16.4M-23.6M-16.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.190.382.820.610.38
Total Volume213,914.23861,824372,419308,327161,132
Total OI5,275,200.5714,145,2336,371,4506,232,4564,362,905

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-11-01$41.01$36.0037.6%11.3%42.4%35.0%37.9%7.1%0.3%209.0M-5.56B-23.6M0.615.64N/AN/A191,153117,1743,139,2673,093,189
2018-11-02$41.55$36.0037.3%11.1%42.5%34.2%41.6%7.6%0.1%210.8M-6.28B-23.6M1.454.41N/AN/A152,287220,1323,217,4343,154,016
2018-11-05$41.22$36.0037.5%11.1%36.9%34.7%38.9%7.1%-0.1%202.9M-5.46B-23.3M2.824.17N/AN/A65,440184,3593,114,6162,822,459
2018-11-06$40.35$36.0037.3%11.1%37.6%34.3%39.3%7.0%0.1%189.1M-4.35B-23.1M1.662.93N/AN/A127,047211,4933,134,9032,836,729
2018-11-07$40.26$36.0035.8%10.8%34.3%30.8%36.7%6.9%-0.0%196.0M-4.26B-22.4M1.503.04N/AN/A85,044127,8683,162,3442,880,935
2018-11-08$39.02$36.0037.0%10.9%36.1%33.6%37.4%5.8%-0.0%141.3M-2.57B-21.8M1.023.16N/AN/A86,85388,3683,172,0232,889,484
2018-11-09$39.55$36.0036.6%10.5%35.9%32.5%38.1%6.1%0.1%178.6M-3.25B-21.7M0.853.49N/AN/A112,90295,9263,195,0122,920,222
2018-11-12$38.90$36.0036.8%10.8%36.4%33.2%37.1%6.1%0.6%136.2M-2.38B-20.3M0.743.05N/AN/A81,38059,8823,084,3642,812,876
2018-11-13$38.28$36.0036.2%10.7%35.2%31.6%36.3%6.2%1.3%99.1M-1.49B-19.6M1.013.85N/AN/A177,432179,1303,070,6152,828,209
2018-11-14$38.90$36.0035.4%10.4%35.4%29.7%39.5%5.8%0.9%96.2M-2.27B-19.6M1.163.19N/AN/A138,873161,7583,062,4052,924,858
2018-11-15$39.95$36.0034.7%10.2%35.7%27.9%36.6%5.4%0.9%154.0M-3.49B-19.7M1.017.09N/AN/A103,600104,7523,034,1602,979,420
2018-11-16$40.45$36.0033.5%9.9%36.0%25.1%34.8%4.6%1.8%131.9M-4.17B-18.9M0.653.60N/AN/A151,39898,3852,985,4602,952,680
2018-11-19$39.90$36.0035.0%10.1%35.5%28.7%37.2%5.9%-1.8%80.5M-1.87B-18.3M0.893.34N/AN/A75,09567,0272,104,0442,049,959
2018-11-20$38.70$36.0037.8%10.9%37.0%35.6%37.6%6.5%-1.9%47.3M-881.9M-18.2M1.115.17N/AN/A65,39472,5652,124,3302,067,117
2018-11-21$39.28$36.0035.4%10.1%36.4%29.6%38.0%6.3%-1.5%65.8M-1.37B-18.1M2.212.98N/AN/A36,68280,9312,144,5292,076,068
2018-11-23$38.70$36.0036.2%10.6%36.4%31.7%38.5%6.5%-2.4%44.3M-874.1M-17.5M0.685.26N/AN/A36,81725,0072,152,0802,096,146
2018-11-26$37.43$36.0036.9%11.2%37.4%33.2%38.2%6.3%-1.7%23.3M142.2M-16.5M0.623.78N/AN/A110,83468,6022,101,7232,043,510
2018-11-27$38.89$36.0035.0%10.7%37.4%28.8%36.5%6.7%-1.2%65.8M-1.09B-16.9M1.033.22N/AN/A149,344153,1292,148,7992,070,264
2018-11-28$39.71$37.0034.2%10.5%33.4%26.9%37.1%6.5%-1.0%96.0M-1.74B-18.9M1.502.84N/AN/A65,67698,6952,225,5882,223,051
2018-11-29$39.91$36.0033.0%10.3%33.5%23.8%38.5%6.2%-1.4%106.4M-2.08B-16.7M2.013.27N/AN/A34,05468,5792,207,5692,113,850
2018-11-30$39.70$37.0033.0%10.2%32.7%23.9%33.4%5.6%-0.5%91.6M-1.86B-16.4M0.383.09N/AN/A116,76444,3682,210,4822,152,423