FXI Options History — May 2008

In May 2008, FXI traded between $49.86 and $54.55. ATM implied volatility averaged 35.9%, placing in the 22.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.2% (HV 20d: 35.8%). Max pain ranged from $51.00 to $53.33. Net GEX was positive for 6 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.26.

Notable Days

  • 2008-05-07: Highest Volume — 80,889 contracts
  • 2008-05-07: Largest IV spike — 15.2% change
  • 2008-05-12: Highest IV Rank — 31.9%
  • 2008-05-09: Largest Expected Move — 11.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$51.82$49.86$54.55$54.05$50.73
Max Pain$52.08$51.00$53.33$51.00$51.00
ATM IV35.9%33.2%40.4%36.9%33.2%
Expected Move10.4%9.5%11.5%10.6%9.5%
HV 20d35.8%32.0%39.7%37.5%32.1%
HV 60d50.9%49.2%52.1%51.8%49.2%
IV Rank22.1%16.1%31.9%24.3%16.2%
IV Percentile20.7%13.5%29.0%23.8%13.5%
Term Structure0.7%-1.4%2.9%0.6%2.0%
VWIV37.0%32.7%40.4%38.0%33.9%
Skew 25d5.8%4.8%6.8%6.4%5.1%
Skew 10d11.4%8.6%14.2%11.4%9.3%
Call IV 25d33.7%30.7%37.1%34.0%31.2%
Put IV 25d39.6%36.2%43.3%40.4%36.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %8.796.1712.6912.1112.47
Gamma HHI0.060.040.110.040.05
Net GEX-1.2M-12.5M23.9M11.0M-8.3M
Net DEX12.6M-603.8M400.1M-474.8M241.2M
Net VEX-9.6M-10.2M-9.1M-10.2M-9.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.260.393.070.570.86
Total Volume43,457.1438,58380,88944,2568,583
Total OI1,313,486.2861,018,5271,560,1951,378,3801,133,607

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-05-01$54.05$51.0036.9%10.6%37.5%24.3%38.0%6.4%0.6%11.0M-474.8M-10.2M0.5712.1128,12816,128640,047738,333
2008-05-02$54.55$51.0033.7%9.7%37.1%17.3%35.7%6.0%2.9%14.7M-600.0M-9.9M0.9412.6931,30529,454642,999734,358
2008-05-05$54.05$53.3333.9%10.4%36.8%17.7%38.7%4.8%0.8%13.2M-504.2M-9.8M1.066.1731,92033,885657,189750,867
2008-05-06$54.41$53.3333.7%10.2%35.0%17.2%37.3%5.3%0.2%12.7M-603.8M-10.0M0.817.7819,91116,092668,136784,791
2008-05-07$51.22$53.3338.8%11.0%39.7%28.5%39.6%6.3%-0.5%-4.9M213.0M-10.0M1.047.2239,69641,193669,885788,580
2008-05-08$51.98$53.3336.3%10.9%38.4%22.9%38.0%6.4%-0.2%-3.0M30.9M-10.1M1.966.4412,46824,375681,132800,613
2008-05-09$50.67$53.3337.8%11.5%39.0%26.3%40.2%6.1%-1.4%-9.5M345.7M-10.0M1.737.8723,92541,280682,647801,261
2008-05-12$50.92$53.3340.4%11.2%38.2%31.9%40.4%6.4%-0.4%-11.8M346.5M-9.7M1.767.7820,34635,838691,395820,152
2008-05-13$51.63$53.0037.8%10.6%38.2%26.2%37.9%6.8%0.6%-7.7M123.9M-9.9M1.177.3018,44121,582699,603836,007
2008-05-14$52.01$52.0033.3%10.2%36.5%16.3%36.8%5.9%0.9%-4.3M-16.2M-9.7M1.398.0817,84724,858706,932843,225
2008-05-15$52.73$52.0034.6%9.9%35.9%19.3%35.1%5.3%1.4%12.0M-269.8M-9.6M0.398.8126,14510,269709,002842,667
2008-05-16$52.91$51.6733.5%9.6%35.6%16.9%34.5%5.9%1.8%23.9M-371.4M-9.5M0.549.2825,39513,608718,938841,257
2008-05-19$52.98$51.6733.2%9.5%35.4%16.1%32.7%5.5%0.5%-915.2K-111.0M-9.3M0.5110.0136,65718,798445,572572,955
2008-05-20$50.80$52.0037.3%10.7%38.8%25.0%37.6%5.3%-0.1%-4.3M167.7M-9.4M0.698.7024,88217,247464,343584,181
2008-05-21$50.71$51.6737.6%10.8%32.5%25.8%37.7%5.8%-0.1%-3.8M161.2M-9.4M2.537.9610,92327,648472,179589,542
2008-05-22$51.18$51.6736.0%10.3%32.0%22.3%36.8%5.5%0.8%-7.0M182.9M-9.5M3.078.304,43113,593474,672610,659
2008-05-23$49.86$51.6737.1%10.6%32.9%24.8%36.6%5.5%1.2%-11.9M400.1M-9.3M0.688.5024,78916,923474,141619,263
2008-05-27$50.06$51.3337.5%10.8%32.9%25.6%37.0%6.1%0.8%-9.6M340.1M-9.2M1.208.6220,37324,345487,404621,786
2008-05-28$49.98$51.0035.7%10.2%32.9%21.6%35.8%6.0%1.9%-12.5M392.2M-9.3M1.128.3312,30313,734496,371640,668
2008-05-29$50.68$51.0035.8%10.3%33.2%21.8%36.4%5.7%0.7%-12.4M271.1M-9.1M2.4910.229,52523,757497,553648,300
2008-05-30$50.73$51.0033.2%9.5%32.1%16.2%33.9%5.1%2.0%-8.3M241.2M-9.3M0.8612.474,6203,963498,900634,707