65300 EFA Nov 62 calls went up in 1 block on ARCA.?

EFA

Shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund (EFA) are down.73 to 60.21 today. ?EFA is near the middle of the 52 week range.

  • Paper traded 65300 EFA Nov 62 calls at .10. ?
  • The ADV 62k.?
  • The OI is 94k contracts.

The volume went up in 1 block on ARCA.? Total volume is over 80k contracts as traders are taking today?s pullback to close some short call positions.? This could be profit taking or risk control but either way the drop in prices in enough reason to close short contracts.? There was no counter to this close so they did not re initiate a short call in EFA.

  • IV 30 is trading for 14%.?
  • HV10 is trading for 9%.?
  • IV 30 is trading above the HV 10.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF, formerly iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund (the Fund), is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund?s investment objective is to seek investment results that correspond to the price and yield performance of its underlying index, MSCI EAFE Index (the Index).