FXI Options History — May 2010

In May 2010, FXI traded between $37.02 and $41.21. ATM implied volatility averaged 35.6%, placing in the 50.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.5% (HV 20d: 33.2%). Max pain ranged from $40.00 to $42.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.38.

Notable Days

  • 2010-05-19: Highest Volume — 318,855 contracts
  • 2010-05-20: Largest IV spike — 18.9% change
  • 2010-05-20: Highest IV Rank — 87.2%
  • 2010-05-20: Largest Expected Move — 13.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$38.92$37.02$41.21$41.21$39.38
Max Pain$40.80$40.00$42.00$42.00$40.00
ATM IV35.6%27.6%45.5%27.6%33.6%
Expected Move10.2%7.9%13.0%7.9%9.6%
HV 20d33.2%23.8%38.9%23.8%38.9%
HV 60d26.4%23.4%28.9%23.4%28.8%
IV Rank50.7%22.0%87.2%22.0%46.2%
IV Percentile64.9%19.8%97.2%19.8%61.5%
Term Structure-0.9%-4.7%0.9%0.5%0.1%
VWIV36.1%28.2%44.2%28.2%32.6%
Skew 25d9.2%4.3%15.4%4.6%7.3%
Skew 10d20.6%8.4%34.8%11.4%16.1%
Call IV 25d32.1%25.6%38.9%25.6%30.0%
Put IV 25d41.3%30.1%54.3%30.1%37.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.322.835.892.913.58
Gamma HHI0.120.090.260.100.10
Net GEX-109.5M-154.2M-47.8M-99.1M-51.1M
Net DEX2.23B889.2M3.81B1.14B1.02B
Net VEX-15.2M-16.1M-13.7M-14.8M-15.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.380.624.553.870.71
Total Volume164,550.7558,654318,855102,192106,570
Total OI3,016,485.62,443,0043,618,9772,857,1652,515,266

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-05-03$41.21$42.0027.6%7.9%23.8%22.0%28.2%4.6%0.5%-99.1M1.14B-14.8M3.872.9120,99881,1941,052,3981,804,767
2010-05-04$39.69$42.0032.7%9.4%26.7%37.1%34.1%4.3%-0.9%-113.3M1.99B-14.4M2.333.8254,566127,0031,049,6191,785,413
2010-05-05$39.06$42.0034.8%10.0%27.0%43.3%36.7%5.7%-0.6%-115.6M2.32B-14.4M4.042.8330,661123,8301,065,0441,801,881
2010-05-06$37.75$42.0040.1%11.5%28.5%58.9%39.9%6.3%-2.9%-116.1M3.02B-13.7M2.895.5873,032211,3481,064,9621,843,148
2010-05-07$38.24$41.0041.4%11.5%27.9%62.8%41.0%11.7%-1.6%-114.3M2.79B-15.0M1.644.1771,382117,3291,110,1741,942,920
2010-05-10$40.35$41.0033.8%9.8%35.3%40.3%36.2%9.3%-1.1%-110.9M1.57B-16.0M3.154.3973,824232,4591,151,8721,975,291
2010-05-11$39.62$41.0034.3%10.0%35.6%41.8%36.6%10.4%-1.2%-138.1M2.20B-16.1M2.934.2733,53598,1991,175,4332,059,560
2010-05-12$39.82$41.0029.7%8.9%35.4%31.4%33.0%9.6%0.0%-152.5M2.10B-15.3M1.634.9026,39442,9121,167,6052,084,485
2010-05-13$39.61$41.0029.8%8.5%35.3%33.3%31.0%8.0%0.9%-143.3M2.13B-15.0M2.024.3439,96080,7311,173,9502,031,693
2010-05-14$38.88$41.0034.3%9.8%33.7%48.7%36.3%8.8%-0.2%-144.1M2.67B-15.1M4.554.2448,477220,4811,192,1192,046,931
2010-05-17$38.68$41.0032.6%9.4%33.7%43.0%33.9%10.3%0.5%-154.2M2.90B-14.5M2.304.4152,339120,2411,217,5202,118,838
2010-05-18$38.44$41.0037.1%10.7%32.8%58.5%34.7%10.8%-1.1%-142.8M3.00B-14.8M1.104.2040,48044,3451,243,8452,149,565
2010-05-19$38.37$40.0038.3%11.0%32.7%62.4%37.8%12.6%-1.4%-137.6M3.11B-14.6M1.954.68108,237210,6181,264,3582,146,397
2010-05-20$37.02$40.0045.5%13.0%34.3%87.2%44.2%15.4%-4.7%-131.3M3.81B-15.4M3.555.8937,340132,7101,343,2872,263,920
2010-05-21$38.21$40.0040.7%11.7%36.9%70.6%40.5%13.9%-1.6%-105.8M3.14B-15.8M1.465.51104,209151,8051,367,4182,251,559
2010-05-24$38.43$40.0038.6%11.1%37.0%63.5%38.0%9.5%-0.7%-54.0M1.48B-15.9M3.034.8622,89169,280893,0891,549,915
2010-05-25$37.97$40.0039.0%11.2%34.9%64.7%38.6%9.7%-1.0%-59.6M1.70B-15.7M1.903.6946,60688,341888,3641,573,752
2010-05-26$37.92$40.0036.1%10.3%34.5%54.8%36.9%7.6%0.3%-59.2M1.65B-15.5M2.034.2119,35839,296905,4771,568,726
2010-05-27$39.73$40.0032.9%9.4%38.8%43.9%32.5%7.9%-0.7%-47.8M889.2M-16.0M0.623.9154,34233,692903,5691,585,582
2010-05-28$39.38$40.0033.6%9.6%38.9%46.2%32.6%7.3%0.1%-51.1M1.02B-15.8M0.713.5862,42744,143926,0761,589,190