FXI Options History — February 2011

In February 2011, FXI traded between $41.16 and $42.87. ATM implied volatility averaged 20.9%, placing in the 11.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.2% (HV 20d: 17.7%). Max pain ranged from $42.00 to $44.00. Net GEX was positive for 1 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.00.

Notable Days

  • 2011-02-16: Highest Volume — 261,298 contracts
  • 2011-02-22: Largest IV spike — 21.0% change
  • 2011-02-22: Highest IV Rank — 23.1%
  • 2011-02-22: Largest Expected Move — 6.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$42.11$41.16$42.87$42.84$42.45
Max Pain$42.58$42.00$44.00$44.00$42.00
ATM IV20.9%18.3%24.1%19.9%21.6%
Expected Move6.1%5.5%6.9%5.7%6.2%
HV 20d17.7%15.8%21.7%17.2%20.3%
HV 60d19.5%18.3%20.8%20.8%18.3%
IV Rank11.8%2.2%23.1%8.1%14.2%
IV Percentile14.6%0.4%44.4%3.6%19.8%
Term Structure1.4%-0.0%2.6%1.3%0.6%
VWIV21.5%18.8%24.3%19.9%21.5%
Skew 25d2.8%2.1%3.9%2.4%2.9%
Skew 10d5.8%4.1%9.0%4.6%5.3%
Call IV 25d20.2%18.3%22.2%19.3%20.2%
Put IV 25d23.0%21.1%26.1%21.6%23.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.923.035.475.473.32
Gamma HHI0.150.080.210.170.09
Net GEX-51.9M-93.6M8.1M-63.5M8.1M
Net DEX748.4M109.9M1.36B720.8M109.9M
Net VEX-8.7M-10.6M-7.6M-8.4M-10.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.000.242.860.561.17
Total Volume79,139.47421,759261,29847,40721,759
Total OI1,483,728.8421,314,0691,840,5741,361,0701,505,731

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-02-01$42.84$44.0019.9%5.7%17.2%8.1%19.9%2.4%1.3%-63.5M720.8M-8.4M0.565.4730,45316,954484,314876,756
2011-02-02$42.79$44.0019.0%5.5%16.4%4.9%18.8%2.9%2.6%-66.8M735.5M-8.4M0.543.6527,12014,714502,943879,167
2011-02-03$42.68$44.0019.3%5.5%16.4%6.0%19.7%2.4%1.3%-70.1M807.3M-8.3M1.033.6926,05026,937505,842882,276
2011-02-04$42.87$43.0019.9%6.1%16.4%7.9%22.3%3.1%1.9%-62.2M678.9M-8.3M1.203.8714,58717,549512,756882,323
2011-02-07$42.47$43.0020.3%5.9%16.5%9.6%21.0%2.5%1.8%-74.9M862.3M-7.9M1.173.8112,21914,240513,464887,262
2011-02-08$42.58$43.0018.3%5.7%16.4%2.2%20.2%2.4%1.5%-76.7M846.0M-7.7M2.863.9719,18854,893518,352892,440
2011-02-09$41.50$43.0021.2%6.5%17.9%12.8%23.0%3.2%1.0%-93.6M1.30B-7.6M1.384.8142,95359,316524,597901,768
2011-02-10$41.37$43.0022.0%6.3%15.8%15.6%21.4%2.4%1.4%-93.6M1.36B-7.6M0.304.0771,50121,708546,670907,349
2011-02-11$41.68$42.0020.6%5.9%16.3%10.7%20.5%3.0%1.8%-81.8M1.15B-7.9M0.853.2829,24924,916601,573909,484
2011-02-14$41.92$42.0020.7%5.9%16.6%11.0%21.5%2.5%2.3%-79.1M999.5M-8.0M0.783.4746,26836,185618,035909,206
2011-02-15$41.80$42.0020.9%6.0%16.5%11.5%21.3%2.9%1.6%-78.8M1.06B-8.0M0.644.0566,34842,649643,371926,731
2011-02-16$42.31$42.0021.6%6.2%17.2%14.3%21.3%2.3%1.2%-67.3M739.8M-9.0M0.314.34199,44361,855693,364920,246
2011-02-17$42.66$42.0021.0%6.0%16.8%12.2%24.3%2.1%1.7%-37.0M392.8M-10.1M1.063.6834,29136,306919,283921,291
2011-02-18$42.73$42.0019.9%5.7%16.5%8.0%20.7%2.6%2.5%-1.8M403.9M-9.8M0.584.1239,11422,639875,954941,392
2011-02-22$41.20$42.0024.1%6.9%20.9%23.1%23.3%3.9%-0.0%-12.9M528.8M-9.3M1.443.7343,26162,213663,178650,891
2011-02-23$41.24$42.0023.4%6.7%20.9%20.8%24.0%3.2%0.3%-12.7M536.1M-9.4M1.334.1760,45080,166683,883683,253
2011-02-24$41.16$42.0023.5%6.7%20.6%21.0%23.2%3.2%0.4%-14.3M579.7M-9.8M1.593.9613,30021,147722,367727,438
2011-02-25$41.84$42.0020.8%6.0%21.7%11.2%20.6%2.8%1.2%-7.6M399.6M-10.1M0.243.0373,91317,796708,346747,552
2011-02-28$42.45$42.0021.6%6.2%20.3%14.2%21.5%2.9%0.6%8.1M109.9M-10.6M1.173.3210,01911,740753,311752,420