EWI Options History — April 2011

In April 2011, EWI traded between $36.44 and $40.30. ATM implied volatility averaged 19.0%, placing in the 3.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 4.8% (HV 20d: 23.8%). Max pain ranged from $38.00 to $40.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.80.

Notable Days

  • 2011-04-12: Highest Volume — 83 contracts
  • 2011-04-12: Largest IV spike — 41.4% change
  • 2011-04-18: Highest IV Rank — 9.6%
  • 2011-04-18: Largest Expected Move — 7.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$38.23$36.44$40.30$37.42$40.30
Max Pain$38.20$38.00$40.00$40.00$40.00
ATM IV19.0%15.7%24.4%19.7%17.4%
Expected Move6.1%4.7%7.0%5.7%5.0%
HV 20d23.8%18.2%29.9%29.1%21.9%
HV 60d26.7%25.7%28.3%28.3%25.7%
IV Rank3.3%0.0%9.6%2.3%1.8%
IV Percentile4.8%0.0%19.1%2.7%2.5%
Term Structure3.3%1.0%8.6%2.6%8.0%
VWIV20.5%16.7%23.7%18.7%17.7%
Skew 25d7.6%-1.8%15.6%10.3%-1.5%
Skew 10d6.3%-2.8%11.7%8.6%-2.8%
Call IV 25d16.6%11.3%26.6%19.6%17.7%
Put IV 25d24.2%14.5%29.8%29.8%16.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %69.0633.41112.6534.50109.56
Gamma HHI0.670.320.910.710.35
Net GEX-46.0K-93.0K-8.0K-57.4K-15.0K
Net DEX142.0K-85.2K423.4K423.4K-58.4K
Net VEX-960-1.4K-667-1.4K-713
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.800.800.800.800.80
Total Volume10.7083105
Total OI282.65191376362228

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-04-01$37.42$40.0019.7%5.7%29.1%2.3%18.7%10.3%2.6%-57.4K423.4K-1.4K0.0034.50N/AN/A01060302
2011-04-04$37.64$38.0016.7%6.7%29.1%0.0%0.0%12.4%5.2%-75.5K410.9K-1.3K0.0085.27N/AN/A0060302
2011-04-05$37.56$38.0017.7%6.5%29.0%1.2%0.0%13.6%2.9%-71.7K384.6K-1.2K0.0072.10N/AN/A0060302
2011-04-06$38.38$38.0019.8%6.8%29.9%3.5%23.7%9.0%3.9%-74.2K231.4K-1.1K0.0074.84N/AN/A0960302
2011-04-07$38.24$38.0018.4%6.8%27.5%1.9%0.0%8.4%2.4%-85.1K256.2K-1.2K0.0072.70N/AN/A0660304
2011-04-08$38.60$38.0017.0%6.7%27.6%0.4%23.4%7.5%1.0%-75.0K157.5K-1.1K0.0074.45N/AN/A0660308
2011-04-11$38.52$38.0015.7%6.4%27.7%0.0%21.8%8.2%2.9%-86.8K164.7K-1.0K0.0076.23N/AN/A0360313
2011-04-12$38.10$38.0022.2%6.8%27.2%7.1%0.0%15.6%2.0%-93.0K253.2K-1.1K0.0081.90N/AN/A08360316
2011-04-13$38.10$38.0016.3%6.6%20.6%0.6%22.9%13.7%1.8%-61.2K142.2K-9360.0084.39N/AN/A0760236
2011-04-14$38.04$38.0021.5%6.2%18.2%6.4%21.4%11.0%3.4%-79.3K165.3K-9420.8078.94N/AN/A5460238
2011-04-15$37.76$38.0022.4%6.4%18.2%7.3%22.3%9.1%1.5%-68.3K181.9K-9240.0078.81N/AN/A03265230
2011-04-18$36.44$38.0024.4%7.0%20.2%9.6%22.8%8.7%2.0%-8.0K112.6K-8540.0057.15N/AN/A0255136
2011-04-19$36.82$38.0023.9%6.8%20.5%9.0%20.0%8.6%1.8%-8.4K90.0K-8520.0063.78N/AN/A0355137
2011-04-20$37.66$38.0018.4%5.3%22.0%3.0%18.2%8.0%2.7%-8.7K37.4K-8090.0034.87N/AN/A01155136
2011-04-21$38.06$38.0018.3%5.3%21.2%2.9%0.0%0.9%2.8%-11.6K30.9K-8440.0046.17N/AN/A0355146
2011-04-25$38.22$38.0019.5%5.6%20.4%4.2%0.0%-1.8%8.6%-9.2K25.2K-8340.00112.65N/AN/A0055148
2011-04-26$38.70$38.0016.5%4.7%20.7%0.9%16.7%5.6%5.8%-11.9K-19.1K-7470.0066.28N/AN/A0555148
2011-04-27$39.86$38.0017.7%5.1%22.8%2.1%0.0%3.3%2.0%-9.4K-65.3K-7230.0033.41N/AN/A01055153
2011-04-28$40.08$38.0017.4%5.0%22.4%1.8%17.4%1.2%3.4%-10.1K-85.2K-6670.0043.26N/AN/A01055163
2011-04-29$40.30$40.0017.4%5.0%21.9%1.8%17.7%-1.5%8.0%-15.0K-58.4K-7130.00109.56N/AN/A0555173