FXI Options History — August 2007

In August 2007, FXI traded between $39.91 and $51.02. ATM implied volatility averaged 45.1%, placing in the 87.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.4% (HV 20d: 44.7%). Max pain ranged from $43.33 to $46.00. Net GEX was positive for 2 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 0 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.81.

Notable Days

  • 2007-08-27: Highest Volume — 153,378 contracts
  • 2007-08-27: Largest IV spike — 28.0% change
  • 2007-08-03: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2007-08-28: Largest Expected Move — 16.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$44.94$39.91$51.02$45.73$50.10
Max Pain$44.57$43.33$46.00$43.33$45.67
ATM IV45.1%37.0%57.2%40.1%49.0%
Expected Move12.9%10.8%16.4%11.5%14.0%
HV 20d44.7%32.6%63.0%32.6%60.6%
HV 60d33.7%28.2%43.0%29.1%43.0%
IV Rank87.1%61.6%100.0%80.5%76.2%
IV Percentile96.8%86.7%100.0%97.2%97.6%
Term Structure-1.9%-5.2%-0.0%-0.5%-0.7%
VWIV45.1%36.2%57.9%40.7%51.4%
Skew 25d7.0%4.8%9.4%4.8%7.2%
Skew 10d11.9%6.7%18.2%11.9%13.9%
Call IV 25d41.7%35.1%53.2%37.9%45.6%
Put IV 25d48.7%41.1%62.4%42.7%52.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %13.695.4049.5738.4217.22
Gamma HHI0.080.060.230.080.06
Net GEX-17.8M-47.8M389.0K-9.5M-488.0K
Net DEX-106.3M-705.8M850.0M-357.8M-655.4M
Net VEX-3.9M-4.6M-3.5M-3.7M-4.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.810.452.832.551.81
Total Volume62,578.43530,240153,37847,58977,160
Total OI765,786.913512,2471,007,985786,309751,653

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2007-08-01$45.73$43.3340.1%11.5%32.6%80.5%40.7%4.8%-0.5%-9.5M-357.8M-3.7M2.5538.4213,41034,179304,431481,878
2007-08-02$45.40$43.3338.7%11.1%32.7%74.3%38.9%5.3%-0.1%-12.9M-296.9M-3.8M2.3116.5811,11225,659309,324497,964
2007-08-03$43.39$43.3345.1%12.9%35.3%100.0%43.9%7.0%-1.5%-21.5M40.9M-4.0M2.3649.5715,43536,501311,883510,702
2007-08-06$43.73$46.0045.9%12.2%35.0%100.0%42.4%6.2%-2.5%-23.8M11.6M-3.9M2.835.4018,39352,008316,602520,968
2007-08-07$43.42$45.3340.5%11.6%34.9%76.7%39.4%6.1%-1.2%-29.4M55.4M-3.8M1.656.4117,97029,739320,613525,969
2007-08-08$45.30$45.0037.0%10.8%38.3%61.6%36.2%6.0%-0.0%-17.4M-304.1M-3.7M0.457.3032,22314,538330,576530,280
2007-08-09$43.59$45.0041.7%11.7%39.8%82.1%40.5%6.3%-0.9%-26.5M-452.5K-3.8M2.366.309,89123,346348,315523,560
2007-08-10$43.48$45.0044.7%12.5%39.7%94.7%42.6%6.9%-3.1%-28.9M36.4M-3.8M1.466.6612,27317,967350,580527,928
2007-08-13$43.22$45.0038.1%11.2%39.6%66.5%37.9%6.2%-0.8%-39.7M48.3M-3.5M2.587.6811,06128,494353,832537,768
2007-08-14$42.62$45.0040.4%11.6%39.7%76.2%39.2%6.4%-1.5%-47.8M243.0M-3.5M1.657.9128,47946,941357,876550,710
2007-08-15$40.86$45.0043.4%12.4%41.7%89.0%42.0%5.1%-2.5%-40.4M627.4M-3.5M2.8323.3536,333102,858368,229559,275
2007-08-16$39.91$44.0046.1%13.2%41.5%100.0%44.8%4.8%-3.7%-36.2M850.0M-3.6M2.0014.4646,66593,561380,745602,160
2007-08-17$41.47$44.0045.1%12.9%44.5%95.9%45.6%7.1%-2.3%-46.0M511.6M-3.7M2.4610.2516,68641,031406,902601,083
2007-08-20$42.47$44.0043.8%12.6%43.8%90.5%43.3%7.3%-1.8%-6.5M-30.9M-3.7M1.537.6412,93919,764221,802290,445
2007-08-21$43.00$44.0047.2%13.5%43.6%100.0%46.5%9.1%-2.8%-5.0M-72.9M-3.8M1.097.0018,69320,358228,972295,116
2007-08-22$45.97$44.0044.1%12.6%49.8%87.3%46.3%8.4%-1.6%-1.8M-332.8M-3.8M1.109.3823,04025,242238,104306,774
2007-08-23$46.00$44.0044.1%12.6%47.5%87.6%45.7%7.6%-1.9%-2.7M-328.8M-3.9M1.7610.0312,15921,351242,883323,136
2007-08-24$47.88$44.0042.3%12.1%49.0%80.1%44.9%6.4%-1.1%389.0K-510.9M-3.7M1.8216.1716,45829,907247,011325,665
2007-08-27$51.02$44.0054.1%15.5%51.9%100.0%56.2%8.0%-2.4%231.6K-705.8M-3.6M1.4812.7861,83091,548248,571337,095
2007-08-28$46.90$45.0057.2%16.4%60.8%100.0%57.9%9.2%-5.2%-6.0M-275.3M-4.4M1.7612.9641,83573,764274,113399,597
2007-08-29$49.36$45.3354.6%15.6%62.9%92.5%56.1%9.4%-3.1%-3.1M-533.6M-4.5M0.839.2524,28820,043296,343422,487
2007-08-30$48.83$45.6754.2%15.5%63.0%91.3%54.9%9.2%-2.3%-4.2M-463.0M-4.6M0.8612.0717,25014,922303,048430,131
2007-08-31$50.10$45.6749.0%14.0%60.6%76.2%51.4%7.2%-0.7%-488.0K-655.4M-4.4M1.8117.2227,48049,680314,505437,148