EWI Options History — September 2012

In September 2012, EWI traded between $23.50 and $26.78. ATM implied volatility averaged 30.9%, placing in the 18.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.9% (HV 20d: 30.0%). Max pain ranged from $22.00 to $28.00. Net GEX was positive for 2 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 14.49.

Notable Days

  • 2012-09-28: Highest Volume — 863 contracts
  • 2012-09-11: Largest IV spike — 19.3% change
  • 2012-09-27: Highest IV Rank — 25.3%
  • 2012-09-27: Largest Expected Move — 9.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$25.35$23.50$26.78$23.68$24.06
Max Pain$26.53$22.00$28.00$22.00$26.00
ATM IV30.9%25.7%34.5%32.6%32.9%
Expected Move9.0%7.4%9.9%9.3%9.4%
HV 20d30.0%19.7%36.4%20.6%36.4%
HV 60d42.5%38.6%44.9%44.3%38.6%
IV Rank18.5%9.6%25.3%20.6%22.4%
IV Percentile15.8%2.8%35.7%18.3%26.2%
Term Structure2.5%-0.5%4.5%4.5%3.6%
VWIV30.7%16.2%36.1%36.1%32.6%
Skew 25d8.6%0.2%15.9%13.2%11.3%
Skew 10d15.9%-1.9%83.3%15.0%13.4%
Call IV 25d25.8%18.5%33.1%26.6%25.2%
Put IV 25d34.4%29.4%39.8%39.8%36.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %28.5015.0051.7916.5934.30
Gamma HHI0.300.230.450.410.41
Net GEX-83.9K-230.6K98.5K64.4K-230.6K
Net DEX-7.1M-12.4M3.5M-6.0M3.5M
Net VEX-18.3K-28.0K-15.7K-28.0K-19.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio14.490.06102.071.290.10
Total Volume214.8421286367863
Total OI11,941.3164,93714,59213,9426,044

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-09-04$23.68$22.0032.6%9.3%20.6%20.6%36.1%13.2%4.5%64.4K-6.0M-28.0K1.2916.59N/AN/A29385,5848,358
2012-09-05$23.50$22.0031.8%9.1%19.7%19.2%33.9%8.3%4.1%98.5K-5.6M-27.1K11.0015.89N/AN/A4445,5838,364
2012-09-06$24.76$22.0031.2%9.0%26.6%18.4%30.8%15.9%2.2%-70.9K-10.1M-17.6K1.6515.29N/AN/A1272095,5878,378
2012-09-07$25.56$28.0029.2%8.9%27.6%15.0%28.0%9.8%-0.5%-124.3K-11.1M-17.0K4.2349.05N/AN/A22915,6248,420
2012-09-10$25.10$28.0026.1%9.0%29.0%9.7%0.0%12.9%2.6%-50.3K-10.1M-18.9K102.0735.16N/AN/A77155,6398,504
2012-09-11$25.66$28.0031.1%9.1%29.3%18.2%16.2%12.0%2.3%-73.2K-10.8M-19.7K1.8051.79N/AN/A741335,6398,896
2012-09-12$26.00$28.0030.5%9.6%29.4%18.1%35.4%5.4%2.0%-87.2K-11.6M-17.8K1.0141.28N/AN/A39395,6768,916
2012-09-13$26.62$28.0032.3%9.2%29.8%21.3%35.5%7.3%0.0%-84.0K-12.1M-17.4K0.5632.25N/AN/A53305,6558,915
2012-09-14$26.78$28.0032.8%9.4%29.3%22.2%27.7%9.5%2.6%-82.7K-12.4M-16.7K0.6042.63N/AN/A36225,6378,909
2012-09-17$26.68$28.0031.4%9.0%29.6%19.8%0.0%7.2%1.7%-83.1K-12.3M-16.2K0.0043.91N/AN/A0125,6368,905
2012-09-18$25.90$28.0033.2%9.5%32.0%23.0%33.6%2.6%3.5%-97.8K-11.4M-16.5K0.8218.42N/AN/A70575,5818,917
2012-09-19$26.04$28.0030.6%8.8%31.4%18.3%30.0%15.0%2.6%-82.6K-11.4M-16.6K0.1815.07N/AN/A2345,5518,959
2012-09-20$25.40$28.0028.3%8.1%33.2%14.3%28.3%9.3%3.9%-107.7K-10.7M-15.8K0.6915.00N/AN/A26185,5648,962
2012-09-21$25.50$28.0027.8%8.0%32.3%13.3%30.6%10.0%3.9%-91.0K-10.8M-16.1K0.4824.49N/AN/A44215,5438,758
2012-09-24$25.56$26.0025.7%7.4%32.0%9.6%25.7%5.8%4.2%-108.0K1.6M-15.8K0.0635.11N/AN/A3223994,538
2012-09-25$25.18$26.0030.6%8.8%32.8%18.3%29.3%3.2%0.7%-111.6K1.6M-15.7K4.8617.07N/AN/A4174134,538
2012-09-26$24.62$26.0033.9%9.7%34.1%24.1%33.1%0.2%2.3%-125.8K2.1M-16.4K53.7318.18N/AN/A84034124,548
2012-09-27$24.98$26.0034.5%9.9%34.3%25.3%34.6%4.5%1.2%-146.4K2.3M-17.9K75.6020.03N/AN/A107564114,922
2012-09-28$24.06$26.0032.9%9.4%36.4%22.4%32.6%11.3%3.6%-230.6K3.5M-19.6K0.1034.30N/AN/A785784195,625