FXI Options History — February 2009

In February 2009, FXI traded between $24.31 and $28.47. ATM implied volatility averaged 60.1%, placing in the 23.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 17.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.5% (HV 20d: 58.6%). Max pain ranged from $27.00 to $27.00. Net GEX was positive for 15 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.24.

Notable Days

  • 2009-02-06: Highest Volume — 182,689 contracts
  • 2009-02-17: Largest IV spike — 19.3% change
  • 2009-02-23: Highest IV Rank — 31.1%
  • 2009-02-23: Largest Expected Move — 19.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$26.03$24.31$28.47$24.99$24.31
Max Pain$27.00$27.00$27.00$27.00$27.00
ATM IV60.1%53.3%68.8%63.8%63.2%
Expected Move17.3%15.3%19.7%18.3%18.1%
HV 20d58.6%51.0%65.9%62.2%51.0%
HV 60d77.3%64.3%91.4%91.4%64.3%
IV Rank23.5%17.6%31.1%26.7%26.2%
IV Percentile61.5%51.6%73.8%65.9%65.1%
Term Structure-0.4%-4.5%4.5%2.2%-1.6%
VWIV60.0%53.6%66.9%62.3%65.3%
Skew 25d13.4%10.3%16.9%13.8%13.4%
Skew 10d25.9%19.8%29.5%25.3%27.2%
Call IV 25d54.4%49.7%60.5%58.0%56.1%
Put IV 25d67.8%60.1%77.5%71.8%69.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %11.726.3916.546.4512.45
Gamma HHI0.110.090.130.090.10
Net GEX2.4M-3.1M7.5M3.0M747.6K
Net DEX17.2M-321.4M277.1M48.9M209.9M
Net VEX-5.0M-5.5M-4.0M-4.0M-4.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.240.386.906.900.66
Total Volume60,278.63221,966182,68921,96634,014
Total OI1,197,402.053957,5541,451,934957,5541,130,287

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-02-02$24.99$27.0063.8%18.3%62.2%26.7%62.3%13.8%2.2%3.0M48.9M-4.0M6.906.452,77919,187562,989394,565
2009-02-03$25.53$27.0058.5%16.8%62.8%22.1%60.9%12.1%3.1%3.4M10.9M-4.1M0.876.3933,17928,762562,296406,848
2009-02-04$26.21$27.0057.7%16.5%64.0%21.4%56.6%10.3%4.5%4.5M-57.8M-4.3M0.818.4634,29727,774581,160434,159
2009-02-05$27.18$27.0057.3%16.4%61.1%21.0%56.3%11.3%3.8%6.8M-196.8M-4.6M3.037.7223,05669,807605,623455,558
2009-02-06$28.47$27.0058.4%17.4%63.3%22.0%60.7%15.7%-2.9%6.5M-321.0M-5.1M0.7414.27104,86077,829621,961519,205
2009-02-09$28.25$27.0061.3%17.5%61.8%24.5%61.0%13.8%-3.4%7.5M-321.4M-5.5M0.9114.3234,54731,413690,974571,892
2009-02-10$26.86$27.0060.2%17.6%61.0%23.6%60.1%12.8%-1.1%4.1M-81.5M-5.3M1.0612.5223,56425,031689,258575,361
2009-02-11$26.98$27.0056.8%16.5%60.9%20.6%56.6%12.7%0.7%3.5M-62.8M-5.4M0.8914.5425,48322,664688,526596,979
2009-02-12$26.46$27.0059.2%17.0%60.4%22.7%56.8%12.2%-0.8%1.5M33.4M-5.3M1.0116.5422,24422,516699,362614,096
2009-02-13$26.81$27.0053.3%15.3%60.3%17.6%53.6%10.3%1.3%2.6M-23.9M-5.3M1.0513.6936,32838,223713,221630,823
2009-02-17$24.90$27.0063.7%18.3%65.9%26.6%63.2%14.5%-3.1%-2.3M277.1M-4.9M0.9414.2724,70223,331744,584645,664
2009-02-18$25.57$27.0060.6%17.4%58.0%24.0%63.4%15.0%-0.3%-794.3K169.1M-5.1M0.5614.8629,74116,585762,222646,989
2009-02-19$25.57$27.0058.3%16.7%54.6%21.9%54.3%13.7%0.0%-803.3K153.5M-5.1M0.3812.2256,18421,580771,593647,975
2009-02-20$25.14$27.0060.3%17.3%51.6%23.7%56.6%14.5%-0.6%-3.1M245.8M-5.0M0.3811.6141,84815,726796,197655,737
2009-02-23$24.80$27.0068.8%19.7%51.0%31.1%66.9%16.9%-4.5%1.8M106.0M-5.0M0.769.8927,53920,957554,398493,313
2009-02-24$26.15$27.0062.9%18.0%54.3%26.0%64.3%14.0%-2.7%3.6M-53.7M-5.4M1.1711.2625,64430,074565,679507,020
2009-02-25$25.51$27.0058.9%16.9%55.0%22.5%61.7%13.3%0.1%2.4M37.7M-5.2M0.7812.7026,07220,415573,859524,206
2009-02-26$24.81$27.0059.6%17.1%54.2%23.0%59.2%13.8%-1.9%1.4M153.3M-5.0M0.638.5316,76410,575584,192531,868
2009-02-27$24.31$27.0063.2%18.1%51.0%26.2%65.3%13.4%-1.6%747.6K209.9M-4.9M0.6612.4520,49613,518593,380536,907