FXI Options History — July 2012

In July 2012, FXI traded between $32.09 and $34.21. ATM implied volatility averaged 25.8%, placing in the 10.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.7% (HV 20d: 28.5%). Max pain ranged from $33.00 to $37.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.45.

Notable Days

  • 2012-07-12: Highest Volume — 207,562 contracts
  • 2012-07-11: Largest IV drop — 23.4% change
  • 2012-07-31: Highest IV Rank — 25.4%
  • 2012-07-24: Largest Expected Move — 8.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$33.20$32.09$34.21$33.65$34.21
Max Pain$34.29$33.00$37.00$36.00$33.00
ATM IV25.8%22.7%33.6%22.7%33.6%
Expected Move7.1%6.5%8.2%6.7%7.1%
HV 20d28.5%24.2%31.5%31.1%24.2%
HV 60d26.4%25.5%27.4%26.5%27.2%
IV Rank10.9%4.8%25.4%8.4%25.4%
IV Percentile27.2%8.7%64.3%8.7%64.3%
Term Structure0.1%-1.7%1.2%0.8%-0.2%
VWIV25.0%23.5%27.3%24.2%24.9%
Skew 25d3.3%1.9%4.8%2.4%2.9%
Skew 10d6.7%3.8%10.0%4.4%5.7%
Call IV 25d23.6%21.9%26.4%22.9%24.1%
Put IV 25d26.9%24.0%30.4%25.3%27.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %6.662.4013.425.5013.42
Gamma HHI0.190.090.340.200.09
Net GEX-53.5M-106.1M-10.6M-48.1M-16.2M
Net DEX1.14B347.0M1.92B1.14B368.6M
Net VEX-8.1M-8.8M-7.5M-7.9M-8.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.450.324.621.450.60
Total Volume92,618.85719,383207,56219,38350,058
Total OI2,216,072.192,019,9622,540,2432,054,6762,195,872

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-07-02$33.65$36.0022.7%6.7%31.1%8.4%24.2%2.4%0.8%-48.1M1.14B-7.9M1.455.507,92011,463820,6531,234,023
2012-07-03$34.20$36.0023.2%6.6%31.5%8.5%24.0%2.1%0.7%-36.5M922.1M-7.7M3.163.568,03725,404816,1131,228,959
2012-07-05$34.09$36.0024.8%6.5%30.2%11.5%23.5%2.1%0.5%-40.6M976.2M-7.6M2.397.7021,10150,465815,9721,240,634
2012-07-06$33.45$36.0023.9%7.0%30.9%9.8%24.7%3.3%0.0%-54.1M1.26B-7.6M1.296.9049,85464,469828,1131,283,247
2012-07-09$33.05$37.0028.5%7.1%29.4%16.8%25.3%3.5%0.2%-74.1M1.44B-7.6M1.728.2329,22050,257824,3501,298,638
2012-07-10$32.43$36.0030.1%7.5%30.2%18.6%26.4%4.8%-0.8%-87.0M1.73B-7.5M3.156.8828,94391,157840,7931,332,824
2012-07-11$32.69$36.0023.1%7.0%29.2%4.8%24.4%4.6%0.8%-93.6M1.66B-7.7M0.8910.1880,40071,860853,9921,382,296
2012-07-12$32.09$35.0026.0%7.5%29.7%10.6%26.3%4.3%0.1%-101.8M1.92B-7.8M1.005.90103,648103,914903,5481,394,924
2012-07-13$32.58$34.0024.0%6.9%30.3%6.6%24.9%3.7%1.2%-77.4M1.54B-8.1M0.892.8341,97437,164977,5741,414,426
2012-07-16$32.46$34.0024.6%7.1%29.1%7.8%24.1%3.8%0.0%-106.1M1.66B-7.8M1.402.7429,64441,555960,0021,409,327
2012-07-17$33.19$34.0023.6%6.8%30.4%5.8%23.6%2.2%0.3%-72.5M1.20B-7.8M1.267.9683,974106,112976,6561,408,797
2012-07-18$32.97$33.0023.9%6.9%30.1%6.5%23.8%2.5%-0.1%-77.2M1.29B-8.3M0.899.6836,63332,7641,029,3521,478,020
2012-07-19$33.71$33.0023.4%6.7%29.8%5.4%23.9%2.4%0.4%-26.4M865.0M-8.5M1.022.4047,77448,7391,045,9001,478,758
2012-07-20$33.26$33.0024.1%6.9%25.9%6.9%25.2%3.3%-0.3%-38.1M1.02B-8.3M4.622.7419,77591,2941,062,1081,478,135
2012-07-23$32.60$33.0026.5%7.6%26.9%11.6%26.7%4.5%-0.4%-39.1M1.12B-8.4M0.923.3349,79145,873840,0081,190,462
2012-07-24$32.48$33.0028.6%8.2%25.7%15.5%27.3%4.0%-1.7%-38.3M1.13B-8.3M0.956.4732,56031,051840,8671,179,095
2012-07-25$32.68$33.0026.5%7.6%25.5%11.4%25.9%3.9%-0.2%-37.7M1.06B-8.5M0.329.2438,70812,322861,4891,205,983
2012-07-26$33.24$33.0025.6%7.3%25.8%9.7%25.4%3.2%-0.4%-26.8M797.5M-8.6M0.868.8142,44536,587883,4551,210,141
2012-07-27$34.12$33.0025.2%6.9%27.2%8.9%24.6%1.9%0.1%-10.6M347.0M-8.8M0.8812.8272,77164,001905,3681,236,040
2012-07-30$34.06$33.0029.4%7.0%24.2%17.3%25.7%3.0%0.2%-21.0M447.6M-8.8M0.862.4828,65124,664908,4701,262,132
2012-07-31$34.21$33.0033.6%7.1%24.2%25.4%24.9%2.9%-0.2%-16.2M368.6M-8.7M0.6013.4231,28818,770921,9381,273,934