FXI Options History — November 2008

In November 2008, FXI traded between $21.16 and $27.66. ATM implied volatility averaged 98.2%, placing in the 56.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 27.6%. IV traded below realized volatility by 50.5% (HV 20d: 148.7%). Max pain ranged from $25.00 to $30.00. Net GEX was positive for 17 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 1 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.77.

Notable Days

  • 2008-11-25: Highest Volume — 56,408 contracts
  • 2008-11-04: Largest IV drop — 16.6% change
  • 2008-11-20: Highest IV Rank — 70.7%
  • 2008-11-20: Largest Expected Move — 32.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$24.98$21.16$27.66$25.45$26.59
Max Pain$25.89$25.00$30.00$30.00$25.00
ATM IV98.2%81.2%114.0%97.3%88.5%
Expected Move27.6%23.3%32.7%27.9%25.4%
HV 20d148.7%124.3%168.3%158.4%124.3%
HV 60d124.2%114.0%132.8%114.0%132.6%
IV Rank56.8%42.0%70.7%56.1%48.4%
IV Percentile92.0%85.3%98.8%93.3%85.3%
Term Structure-6.5%-11.4%0.2%-5.9%-0.3%
VWIV95.7%83.6%108.4%95.0%92.9%
Skew 25d19.2%15.6%22.6%22.6%17.3%
Skew 10d37.5%29.5%41.7%40.5%38.1%
Call IV 25d85.8%72.5%102.9%83.3%80.8%
Put IV 25d105.0%90.2%121.5%105.9%98.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %14.649.3121.3410.5214.13
Gamma HHI0.090.070.130.100.11
Net GEX1.9M-2.6M5.4M3.1M3.1M
Net DEX272.5M62.5M499.8M300.3M100.1M
Net VEX-2.2M-2.7M-1.6M-2.3M-2.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.770.131.801.510.53
Total Volume32,441.21114,04156,40828,21320,132
Total OI925,140.158668,0801,076,687913,375761,181

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-11-03$25.45$30.0097.3%27.9%158.4%56.1%95.0%22.6%-5.9%3.1M300.3M-2.3M1.5110.5211,25316,960568,135345,240
2008-11-04$27.21$30.0081.2%23.3%159.4%42.0%83.6%17.7%-3.5%4.5M234.0M-2.5M0.7311.658,1185,923573,991358,419
2008-11-05$24.65$29.0089.2%25.6%163.0%49.0%87.0%18.8%-4.9%1.8M323.1M-2.2M1.3810.7011,05915,264575,840342,746
2008-11-06$22.69$28.00100.6%28.9%163.4%59.0%101.0%20.1%-10.3%39.4K419.6M-1.8M1.809.3110,75319,388578,194352,115
2008-11-07$25.60$25.0090.8%24.4%168.3%50.4%83.8%19.9%-6.0%2.3M282.7M-2.3M0.4713.3014,5366,800581,534360,928
2008-11-10$26.61$25.00101.6%25.5%154.1%59.8%89.3%19.4%-6.8%3.8M184.2M-2.5M0.6814.9418,91112,846588,204362,662
2008-11-11$25.05$25.00106.1%27.8%154.5%63.7%94.3%18.7%-8.0%2.1M276.4M-2.3M0.9821.3410,68610,498597,000367,335
2008-11-12$24.08$25.00107.9%28.1%144.6%65.3%99.0%20.9%-10.4%856.8K341.9M-2.1M0.3219.5918,6456,003600,191369,023
2008-11-13$27.66$25.0093.5%26.8%150.3%52.8%101.7%21.1%-7.1%5.4M98.3M-2.7M1.1313.0721,29324,047599,484369,958
2008-11-14$25.15$25.0096.6%27.7%152.5%55.5%91.8%19.9%-8.5%2.0M259.1M-2.3M0.5417.7116,3098,820611,092385,068
2008-11-17$25.10$25.00100.6%28.8%149.2%58.9%98.8%18.5%-11.4%1.6M281.0M-2.2M0.3017.3027,4158,108616,968390,110
2008-11-18$24.28$25.00108.1%31.0%145.4%65.5%106.5%21.8%-11.3%371.0K326.1M-2.1M0.5714.2416,0029,144637,059393,845
2008-11-19$22.28$25.00110.5%31.7%143.0%67.6%104.4%20.6%-9.7%-1.7M453.1M-1.8M0.9614.2519,12518,270641,981394,239
2008-11-20$21.16$25.00114.0%32.7%144.0%70.7%108.4%18.6%-11.2%-2.6M499.8M-1.6M0.5316.8019,08210,198655,617405,032
2008-11-21$24.46$25.0099.5%28.5%148.5%58.0%104.5%16.2%-6.7%2.6M360.0M-2.1M0.7713.5031,36124,016666,038410,649
2008-11-24$24.93$25.0091.9%26.3%142.2%51.3%89.3%16.9%-2.0%1.3M187.9M-2.1M0.1316.3041,6325,460386,761281,319
2008-11-25$24.41$25.0097.9%28.1%127.5%56.5%96.5%15.6%0.2%1.8M186.3M-2.1M0.5816.2635,63420,774418,597283,433
2008-11-26$27.23$25.0089.3%25.6%132.1%49.0%91.6%19.7%-0.3%3.5M62.5M-2.7M0.7413.3024,10017,818450,100297,575
2008-11-28$26.59$25.0088.5%25.4%124.3%48.4%92.9%17.3%-0.3%3.1M100.1M-2.6M0.5314.1313,1177,015455,914305,267