EWZ Options History — January 2022

In January 2022, EWZ traded between $26.62 and $31.64. ATM implied volatility averaged 34.1%, placing in the 30.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.9% (HV 20d: 31.3%). Max pain ranged from $29.00 to $33.00. Net GEX was positive for 11 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.13.

Notable Days

  • 2022-01-20: Highest Volume — 411,177 contracts
  • 2022-01-25: Largest IV drop — 7.2% change
  • 2022-01-24: Highest IV Rank — 51.3%
  • 2022-01-24: Largest Expected Move — 11.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$29.02$26.62$31.64$27.37$31.64
Max Pain$30.07$29.00$33.00$33.00$30.00
ATM IV34.1%31.3%38.9%33.5%33.0%
Expected Move9.8%8.9%11.4%9.3%9.5%
HV 20d31.3%27.4%36.0%36.0%31.1%
HV 60d33.6%31.9%35.7%34.5%31.9%
IV Rank30.7%18.4%51.3%27.9%25.9%
IV Percentile44.6%22.2%78.2%40.1%37.7%
Term Structure0.0%-1.8%5.8%0.4%0.5%
VWIV34.7%31.0%39.4%33.9%35.4%
Skew 25d5.1%3.4%7.2%4.0%5.2%
Skew 10d9.4%5.5%13.2%6.8%10.2%
Call IV 25d32.2%30.0%35.5%32.2%31.0%
Put IV 25d37.3%34.0%42.7%36.2%36.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %13.522.6246.8413.0723.11
Gamma HHI0.100.080.150.100.10
Net GEX1.0M-43.1M38.0M-15.5M38.0M
Net DEX598.3M-428.1M1.44B1.22B-428.1M
Net VEX-6.9M-8.6M-5.5M-6.0M-8.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.130.393.111.391.52
Total Volume196,874.65123,047411,177168,669123,047
Total OI2,369,938.451,990,7702,807,2342,303,1162,220,019

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2022-01-03$27.37$33.0033.5%9.3%36.0%27.9%33.9%4.0%0.4%-15.5M1.22B-6.0M1.3913.07N/AN/A70,43198,2381,289,6201,013,496
2022-01-04$27.24$33.0034.0%9.4%34.9%30.2%32.0%4.5%0.2%-16.8M1.23B-5.9M0.6625.06N/AN/A174,184115,5391,300,3451,020,576
2022-01-05$26.62$32.5034.9%9.7%34.8%34.1%33.0%4.7%-0.1%-36.5M1.44B-5.6M0.8623.45N/AN/A82,63871,1181,280,2151,067,958
2022-01-06$26.77$29.0033.4%9.5%33.5%27.3%33.8%3.4%0.2%-40.2M1.42B-5.6M1.1946.84N/AN/A69,44782,7811,311,3511,086,819
2022-01-07$27.28$29.0032.2%9.7%34.2%22.1%33.6%3.9%0.2%-18.3M1.24B-5.9M1.584.09N/AN/A59,04093,5071,350,3701,100,626
2022-01-10$26.95$29.0033.5%9.5%34.1%28.0%31.4%5.1%-0.4%-43.1M1.37B-5.5M0.953.17N/AN/A72,10768,3511,274,7941,109,469
2022-01-11$27.91$29.0031.3%9.1%27.4%18.4%33.1%3.9%0.1%-20.9M1.02B-5.9M1.162.62N/AN/A65,84476,3601,302,5851,135,438
2022-01-12$28.82$29.0031.5%8.9%29.3%19.1%31.1%4.1%-0.2%4.0M691.7M-6.3M0.7341.62N/AN/A132,36197,0571,313,6151,145,519
2022-01-13$28.81$29.0032.2%9.1%29.3%22.2%31.6%4.6%-0.5%9.5M668.2M-6.5M0.648.77N/AN/A93,24959,2531,373,6061,146,087
2022-01-14$29.17$29.0032.4%9.2%29.1%23.0%31.0%4.4%-0.3%21.9M492.0M-6.7M0.923.08N/AN/A102,57094,5181,400,2441,147,511
2022-01-18$28.83$30.0034.1%9.8%29.2%30.7%34.2%5.4%-0.8%16.7M706.0M-6.5M0.5410.95N/AN/A96,63952,3981,425,7201,079,896
2022-01-19$29.90$30.0033.6%9.6%29.1%28.3%34.9%5.7%-0.6%35.7M283.6M-7.0M0.652.65N/AN/A101,50565,9021,453,8541,097,674
2022-01-20$30.16$30.0034.6%10.0%29.1%32.7%36.6%6.2%-0.8%37.6M179.2M-7.1M1.9115.97N/AN/A141,425269,7521,468,4701,108,230
2022-01-21$29.94$30.0036.4%10.6%29.3%40.6%37.6%6.5%-1.4%-6.0M467.1M-7.6M1.989.85N/AN/A127,893252,8801,466,7151,340,519
2022-01-24$29.47$30.0038.9%11.4%30.1%51.3%39.4%7.2%-1.8%-12.0M482.4M-7.9M0.885.61N/AN/A72,30163,410882,5181,108,252
2022-01-25$30.52$30.0036.1%10.7%32.0%39.1%38.6%5.7%-0.1%9.6M18.6M-8.2M1.166.59N/AN/A60,78770,206928,6521,124,394
2022-01-26$30.73$30.0036.3%10.6%31.8%39.9%37.3%6.7%5.8%13.1M-62.6M-8.3M0.398.09N/AN/A191,41874,829949,7561,153,950
2022-01-27$31.25$30.0036.2%10.7%30.8%39.6%35.6%6.3%-0.1%21.6M-261.1M-8.6M0.484.96N/AN/A118,63556,530982,5181,196,464
2022-01-28$31.07$30.0035.0%10.3%30.7%34.5%39.3%5.5%0.2%22.1M-209.3M-8.5M3.1110.81N/AN/A53,348165,9951,023,2411,217,683
2022-01-31$31.64$30.0033.0%9.5%31.1%25.9%35.4%5.2%0.5%38.0M-428.1M-8.4M1.5223.11N/AN/A48,85574,1921,016,0721,203,947