4999 EWC Nov 24 puts went up in 1 block on the CBOE on a Price Variation tag. ?

EWC

Shares of ?the iShares MSCI Canada Index (EWC) are up .22 to 24.59 today.? EWC is near the lower end of the 52 week range.

  • Paper traded 4999 EWC Nov 24 puts at .30.?
  • The ADV is 2380 contracts.?
  • The OI is 10236 contracts.

The volume went up in 1 block on the CBOE on a Price Variation tag. ?Another block of puts trade bringing the volume up over 10000 contracts.? It seems like the trader is giving up and selling out the puts with a time to go on the clock.? There might be stock against the position but no size traded concurrently with the puts.

  • IV 30 is trading 19%.?
  • HV10 is trading for 24%.?
  • IV 30 is trading above the HV 10.

Shares MSCI Canada ETF (the Fund), formerly iShares MSCI Canada Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded securities in the Canadian market, as measured by the MSCI Canada Index (the Index). The Index seeks to measure the performance of the Canadian equity market. It is a capitalization-weighted index that aims to capture 85% of the (publicly available) total market capitalization. The Fund invests in sectors, such as financials, energy, materials, industrials, telecommunication services, consumer discretionary, consumer staples, utilities, information technology and healthcare. BlackRock Fund Advisors (BFA) serves as the investment adviser to the Fund.