FXI Options History — February 2010

In February 2010, FXI traded between $37.17 and $39.84. ATM implied volatility averaged 30.8%, placing in the 16.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.0%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.9% (HV 20d: 33.7%). Max pain ranged from $40.00 to $41.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.49.

Notable Days

  • 2010-02-05: Highest Volume — 211,074 contracts
  • 2010-02-04: Largest IV spike — 24.1% change
  • 2010-02-04: Highest IV Rank — 24.4%
  • 2010-02-05: Largest Expected Move — 10.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$39.02$37.17$39.84$39.56$39.59
Max Pain$40.21$40.00$41.00$41.00$40.00
ATM IV30.8%27.7%34.4%29.3%28.1%
Expected Move9.0%7.9%10.1%8.4%8.0%
HV 20d33.7%30.1%38.5%33.3%30.6%
HV 60d28.5%27.4%29.2%28.0%27.5%
IV Rank16.9%10.5%24.4%13.7%11.2%
IV Percentile20.2%7.9%40.5%10.7%8.7%
Term Structure0.6%-1.2%3.0%2.1%1.2%
VWIV32.6%27.8%36.3%30.3%28.8%
Skew 25d5.8%3.9%7.6%4.3%4.7%
Skew 10d12.2%8.2%15.9%8.3%9.2%
Call IV 25d29.1%26.2%33.0%28.0%26.9%
Put IV 25d34.9%30.4%40.0%32.3%31.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.222.995.942.993.58
Gamma HHI0.170.120.680.140.12
Net GEX-92.2M-318.9M-38.9M-77.3M-42.4M
Net DEX1.12B541.7M1.98B1.08B541.7M
Net VEX-9.9M-10.7M-9.0M-9.1M-10.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.491.044.661.221.16
Total Volume92,109.63243,431211,07468,31452,248
Total OI1,799,568.5261,511,2282,125,9891,511,2281,734,203

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-02-01$39.56$41.0029.3%8.4%33.3%13.7%30.3%4.3%2.1%-77.3M1.08B-9.1M1.222.9930,83237,482476,3901,034,838
2010-02-02$39.84$41.0027.8%8.0%32.3%10.6%27.8%3.9%2.6%-77.0M953.1M-9.1M4.473.2617,05676,219494,9581,031,770
2010-02-03$39.84$41.0027.7%7.9%31.0%10.5%28.3%4.3%3.0%-80.8M1.00B-9.3M1.533.6321,99133,582503,6011,065,678
2010-02-04$38.02$41.0034.4%9.9%33.7%24.4%35.8%5.6%1.7%-78.6M1.60B-9.0M3.073.7849,452151,998510,3531,073,106
2010-02-05$37.57$40.0033.0%10.1%33.6%21.5%35.7%7.1%-1.2%-83.9M1.79B-9.2M1.355.9489,654121,420536,7731,154,053
2010-02-08$37.17$40.0033.7%10.0%33.4%22.9%36.3%6.8%-0.5%-84.9M1.98B-9.1M2.454.9846,501113,927581,3651,205,086
2010-02-09$38.46$40.0031.6%9.9%36.5%18.6%36.0%7.6%-0.8%-93.7M1.51B-10.2M3.105.0420,35263,154628,1451,284,522
2010-02-10$38.63$40.0029.1%9.4%36.1%13.4%33.3%7.1%-0.0%-98.7M1.47B-10.3M3.295.1924,64781,005632,3651,310,785
2010-02-11$39.68$40.0031.3%9.0%37.7%17.9%32.3%6.8%0.2%-95.7M1.00B-10.7M1.044.3124,32725,406640,1531,360,915
2010-02-12$38.91$40.0032.6%9.3%38.1%20.7%34.9%6.9%0.5%-104.4M1.31B-10.6M2.114.9018,51939,077648,6181,367,184
2010-02-16$39.56$40.0031.5%9.0%38.5%18.4%34.6%6.0%0.1%-108.5M1.03B-10.3M4.024.8518,48874,303654,6611,386,422
2010-02-17$39.70$40.0031.5%9.0%36.5%18.3%33.9%6.1%0.1%-110.5M923.9M-10.3M2.044.7122,51345,857660,1411,426,482
2010-02-18$39.71$40.0030.5%8.7%34.1%16.2%32.1%5.8%0.4%-119.0M923.5M-10.2M2.234.0327,98462,476664,6281,429,340
2010-02-19$39.03$40.0031.0%8.9%31.9%17.4%31.6%6.0%0.3%-318.9M1.31B-10.1M1.484.0739,35858,173674,1841,451,805
2010-02-22$39.16$40.0030.1%8.6%31.5%15.6%32.4%5.3%0.1%-38.9M644.9M-9.9M2.333.9120,29147,312518,4331,054,229
2010-02-23$38.65$40.0030.7%8.8%31.3%16.7%32.5%5.3%0.5%-46.9M822.0M-10.0M2.633.6624,55064,496532,0851,088,452
2010-02-24$39.32$40.0030.8%8.8%30.1%16.8%30.0%6.0%0.5%-43.9M647.0M-10.3M3.043.5310,75032,681541,8021,134,739
2010-02-25$38.99$40.0030.0%8.6%30.2%15.2%32.5%5.1%0.8%-47.6M748.9M-10.2M4.663.8110,95551,047546,4581,153,080
2010-02-26$39.59$40.0028.1%8.0%30.6%11.2%28.8%4.7%1.2%-42.4M541.7M-10.1M1.163.5824,22828,020548,2031,186,000