FXI Options History — April 2008

In April 2008, FXI traded between $46.81 and $53.45. ATM implied volatility averaged 45.2%, placing in the 43.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 10.5% (HV 20d: 55.7%). Max pain ranged from $45.00 to $51.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.16.

Notable Days

  • 2008-04-22: Highest Volume — 181,356 contracts
  • 2008-04-16: Largest IV drop — 9.5% change
  • 2008-04-02: Highest IV Rank — 58.7%
  • 2008-04-08: Largest Expected Move — 14.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$49.67$46.81$53.45$48.40$52.93
Max Pain$49.59$45.00$51.00$45.00$50.33
ATM IV45.2%38.2%51.3%51.0%38.2%
Expected Move13.1%10.9%14.8%14.6%10.9%
HV 20d55.7%39.2%70.7%70.7%39.2%
HV 60d57.7%53.8%61.8%61.5%53.8%
IV Rank43.6%27.1%58.7%58.1%27.1%
IV Percentile44.1%25.0%65.1%64.3%25.0%
Term Structure0.4%-2.6%2.7%0.3%-0.2%
VWIV45.8%37.7%53.5%53.5%37.7%
Skew 25d7.5%5.3%10.0%10.0%6.0%
Skew 10d13.6%9.1%17.1%16.6%11.3%
Call IV 25d42.1%35.3%47.1%46.8%35.3%
Put IV 25d49.6%41.3%56.8%56.8%41.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %9.716.8116.3813.669.37
Gamma HHI0.070.040.190.060.05
Net GEX11.3M3.0M32.9M7.9M8.4M
Net DEX-101.6M-402.6M311.3M-62.3M-268.2M
Net VEX-8.4M-10.2M-7.5M-7.7M-10.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.160.547.761.270.77
Total Volume66,624.54528,986181,356121,31775,264
Total OI1,288,916.3181,007,1421,458,5611,165,4071,357,407

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-04-01$48.40$45.0051.0%14.6%70.7%58.1%53.5%10.0%0.3%7.9M-62.3M-7.7M1.2713.6653,52367,794562,845602,562
2008-04-02$47.38$45.0051.3%14.7%69.4%58.7%51.9%9.9%0.2%6.4M108.9M-7.7M1.0014.9317,40317,460582,531627,738
2008-04-03$49.35$45.0048.8%14.0%70.6%53.5%49.9%7.3%1.7%11.3M-243.1M-7.9M0.9313.0944,13341,262586,671636,681
2008-04-04$48.87$51.0047.8%14.2%68.4%51.5%50.1%7.8%-1.6%10.9M-170.2M-7.7M0.849.6927,66923,265596,772654,513
2008-04-07$50.00$51.0046.3%14.0%68.7%48.4%48.4%8.5%-0.7%15.7M-402.6M-8.0M0.588.4429,79617,316613,755663,888
2008-04-08$48.68$51.0046.9%14.8%69.1%49.8%52.0%8.7%-2.6%13.9M-169.3M-8.0M2.167.8316,81836,270625,410667,674
2008-04-09$46.97$51.0047.3%14.6%62.0%50.4%49.0%8.1%-1.6%6.8M212.3M-7.7M0.626.8935,96422,413633,339689,307
2008-04-10$48.55$50.0048.2%13.8%61.1%52.5%47.1%9.4%-0.1%14.3M-102.6M-8.2M0.876.8928,41324,837656,421707,682
2008-04-11$47.63$50.0048.5%13.9%60.8%49.8%49.0%7.7%-0.1%12.0M105.1M-8.1M0.738.6724,35417,799666,915717,429
2008-04-14$46.81$50.0050.3%14.4%56.9%53.7%49.9%7.9%-1.6%9.1M311.3M-7.6M0.796.8517,22313,617672,579724,446
2008-04-15$47.53$50.0047.7%13.7%56.4%48.1%45.6%8.4%-0.2%14.9M153.7M-7.7M0.547.8624,08112,972681,156729,405
2008-04-16$49.19$50.0043.2%12.4%55.1%38.1%43.5%7.1%2.6%28.5M-312.8M-7.8M1.0110.6643,68944,166692,697728,703
2008-04-17$48.33$50.0043.9%12.6%47.8%39.7%43.8%7.3%2.2%32.9M-73.3M-7.6M0.929.9933,51930,810701,904742,947
2008-04-18$49.12$50.0042.6%12.2%47.4%36.8%42.0%7.1%2.7%14.7M-360.3M-7.6M0.5411.0135,42419,044717,570740,991
2008-04-21$49.80$50.0039.6%11.4%47.4%30.3%40.9%6.4%1.4%6.2M79.7M-7.6M0.7916.3818,35714,445511,464495,678
2008-04-22$49.57$50.0042.3%12.1%45.1%36.1%42.4%6.9%1.5%5.7M103.4M-7.5M7.7612.9520,703160,653511,470495,678
2008-04-23$52.54$50.3345.5%13.1%47.3%43.2%44.9%7.9%1.1%3.0M-274.6M-9.6M0.556.8187,30347,937528,675651,639
2008-04-24$53.45$50.3343.2%12.4%47.4%38.0%43.7%5.7%1.0%6.1M-325.2M-10.1M0.557.1656,64631,200576,090683,325
2008-04-25$52.74$50.3341.2%11.8%47.3%33.6%41.3%5.3%1.5%6.0M-214.0M-10.2M0.717.4716,95312,033598,467698,178
2008-04-28$52.45$50.3340.7%11.7%46.9%32.6%41.3%5.5%1.0%6.4M-173.6M-10.0M0.837.4016,16713,488606,207703,524
2008-04-29$52.49$50.3339.1%11.2%40.3%29.0%39.4%5.3%0.2%6.9M-158.7M-9.8M0.869.6339,64833,909607,437706,389
2008-04-30$52.93$50.3338.2%10.9%39.2%27.1%37.7%6.0%-0.2%8.4M-268.2M-10.0M0.779.3742,57932,685631,683725,724