FXI Options History — May 2009

In May 2009, FXI traded between $32.27 and $37.37. ATM implied volatility averaged 45.8%, placing in the 11.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.2%. IV traded below realized volatility by 6.4% (HV 20d: 52.2%). Max pain ranged from $29.00 to $34.00. Net GEX was positive for 11 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.96.

Notable Days

  • 2009-05-21: Highest Volume — 136,039 contracts
  • 2009-05-11: Largest IV spike — 19.5% change
  • 2009-05-11: Highest IV Rank — 18.2%
  • 2009-05-11: Largest Expected Move — 14.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$34.87$32.27$37.37$32.27$37.37
Max Pain$32.70$29.00$34.00$29.00$34.00
ATM IV45.8%40.8%54.0%47.0%41.0%
Expected Move13.2%11.7%14.8%13.5%11.8%
HV 20d52.2%39.2%56.2%39.2%50.1%
HV 60d57.5%52.3%59.6%57.0%52.3%
IV Rank11.0%6.6%18.2%12.0%6.8%
IV Percentile32.3%20.2%46.0%36.9%20.6%
Term Structure-0.7%-3.0%0.6%0.3%-0.5%
VWIV47.0%42.2%53.8%48.8%42.5%
Skew 25d7.7%6.3%9.6%8.6%7.6%
Skew 10d14.7%10.7%19.2%19.2%13.7%
Call IV 25d42.2%37.3%47.9%42.6%37.5%
Put IV 25d49.9%44.8%55.4%51.2%45.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %11.598.5514.328.5511.63
Gamma HHI0.120.100.140.100.11
Net GEX3.6M-10.0M15.5M6.3M788.7K
Net DEX-907.8M-1.58B-325.0M-813.2M-837.7M
Net VEX-6.9M-7.4M-6.4M-7.0M-6.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.960.547.801.211.62
Total Volume56,781.6513,116136,03913,11693,681
Total OI1,472,815.851,130,4231,846,7021,537,6211,331,182

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-05-01$32.27$29.0047.0%13.5%39.2%12.0%48.8%8.6%0.3%6.3M-813.2M-7.0M1.218.555,9307,186727,780809,841
2009-05-04$35.16$31.0048.6%13.8%49.1%13.5%48.7%8.9%-0.5%10.7M-1.44B-6.4M0.5814.2758,13133,452723,857805,987
2009-05-05$34.30$32.0048.8%13.8%50.3%13.7%46.7%8.1%-0.4%11.4M-1.26B-6.7M0.5712.0047,24026,794744,972834,118
2009-05-06$35.43$32.0048.9%13.6%50.3%13.7%49.2%8.5%-0.8%15.5M-1.50B-6.7M1.4613.6129,04042,408776,208849,325
2009-05-07$34.35$32.0049.7%14.5%52.1%14.4%50.6%9.6%-2.3%11.4M-1.21B-7.1M0.9112.5914,16012,871776,404875,535
2009-05-08$35.91$32.0045.2%13.8%52.3%10.5%48.6%7.8%-1.7%15.5M-1.58B-6.8M0.5412.5327,16114,759780,835866,619
2009-05-11$34.36$32.0054.0%14.8%55.2%18.2%53.7%8.2%-3.0%14.1M-1.26B-6.8M4.6714.328,69240,586793,429875,527
2009-05-12$34.37$32.0050.6%14.5%55.1%15.2%49.9%8.4%-2.2%12.3M-1.23B-6.9M0.8111.2422,71418,377788,793907,119
2009-05-13$33.58$33.0047.5%14.6%54.9%12.5%53.8%7.5%-2.0%10.1M-1.04B-6.9M7.8010.6110,10978,882805,161916,055
2009-05-14$33.77$33.0047.8%13.7%54.9%12.8%49.2%6.9%-0.6%5.7M-1.06B-7.0M1.5713.6635,95056,278806,254979,846
2009-05-15$33.68$33.0044.9%12.9%54.5%10.2%46.6%7.2%0.0%-129.4K-1.05B-7.0M3.0411.3516,17349,170824,8881,021,814
2009-05-18$35.66$33.0041.9%12.0%56.2%7.6%42.2%6.4%0.5%-3.8M-533.1M-6.8M0.939.9428,51326,544488,097642,326
2009-05-19$35.80$33.0042.6%12.2%55.7%8.2%45.0%6.8%0.0%-2.3M-574.4M-6.9M1.6312.7715,74925,626502,412654,574
2009-05-20$35.38$33.0043.0%12.3%54.1%8.5%43.0%6.3%0.6%-3.2M-515.5M-6.9M2.318.6810,37423,923508,815657,593
2009-05-21$34.73$34.0045.3%13.0%54.6%10.5%48.4%7.8%-0.4%-5.8M-372.2M-7.0M3.3911.9930,995105,044516,728672,062
2009-05-22$34.69$34.0042.8%12.3%54.4%8.4%44.5%6.6%-0.0%-10.0M-325.0M-7.4M1.8510.507,06113,066538,729753,347
2009-05-26$35.12$34.0042.6%12.2%51.3%8.2%42.7%8.1%-0.4%-7.7M-426.3M-7.2M1.2110.898,95410,826541,345749,622
2009-05-27$35.36$34.0043.3%12.4%50.8%8.8%43.5%7.4%-0.2%-6.3M-479.0M-7.2M1.1010.9916,15517,803545,985752,842
2009-05-28$36.16$34.0040.8%11.7%49.2%6.6%43.1%7.5%0.6%-3.2M-636.7M-7.0M1.929.7815,48529,771549,053761,238
2009-05-29$37.37$34.0041.0%11.8%50.1%6.8%42.5%7.6%-0.5%788.7K-837.7M-6.9M1.6211.6335,77157,910550,789780,393