FXI Options History — November 2012

In November 2012, FXI traded between $35.71 and $38.11. ATM implied volatility averaged 22.6%, placing in the 20.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.8% (HV 20d: 20.8%). Max pain ranged from $35.00 to $36.50. Net GEX was positive for 12 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.53.

Notable Days

  • 2012-11-12: Highest Volume — 216,425 contracts
  • 2012-11-07: Largest IV drop — 21.6% change
  • 2012-11-06: Highest IV Rank — 42.3%
  • 2012-11-14: Largest Expected Move — 6.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$36.81$35.71$38.11$37.75$37.15
Max Pain$36.36$35.00$36.50$36.00$36.50
ATM IV22.6%19.6%29.4%22.5%19.6%
Expected Move6.2%5.7%6.6%6.1%5.7%
HV 20d20.8%18.3%22.4%18.3%19.6%
HV 60d20.1%18.8%21.1%18.8%20.4%
IV Rank20.1%10.7%42.3%16.7%10.7%
IV Percentile25.0%4.0%77.4%23.4%4.0%
Term Structure-0.3%-1.0%0.2%0.1%0.2%
VWIV22.0%20.0%23.4%23.4%20.0%
Skew 25d2.5%1.4%3.4%2.5%1.4%
Skew 10d4.7%1.2%7.9%4.2%1.2%
Call IV 25d20.7%19.1%21.9%20.7%19.3%
Put IV 25d23.2%20.6%25.0%23.2%20.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %8.175.2512.228.7210.66
Gamma HHI0.120.090.170.160.12
Net GEX17.0M-28.0M73.5M70.3M12.3M
Net DEX-348.9M-1.65B441.6M-1.45B-303.0M
Net VEX-8.2M-9.0M-7.7M-7.9M-7.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.530.194.522.554.52
Total Volume92,965.71429,524216,425164,406110,476
Total OI2,730,122.0952,251,9253,179,2212,842,2512,445,092

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-11-01$37.75$36.0022.5%6.1%18.3%16.7%23.4%2.5%0.1%70.3M-1.45B-7.9M2.558.7246,346118,0601,213,4921,628,759
2012-11-02$37.46$35.0023.4%6.6%18.7%18.9%22.3%3.0%-0.9%66.1M-1.22B-8.1M1.439.2236,24651,7191,216,0601,647,461
2012-11-05$37.79$36.0028.2%6.4%18.7%37.3%22.5%2.0%-0.4%63.0M-1.39B-7.9M1.596.4326,62442,3241,215,7361,675,523
2012-11-06$38.11$36.0029.4%6.3%18.8%42.3%22.2%1.8%-0.5%73.5M-1.65B-7.8M1.176.9742,85550,0851,227,6091,697,092
2012-11-07$37.28$36.5023.0%6.4%20.3%21.9%23.0%2.0%-0.2%60.3M-989.5M-8.4M1.316.0537,19648,6751,246,4581,728,675
2012-11-08$36.52$36.5023.4%6.6%22.0%23.2%23.4%3.4%-1.0%32.4M-332.5M-9.0M1.515.4553,57781,0351,263,9141,756,510
2012-11-09$36.46$36.5022.8%6.5%22.0%21.1%23.1%3.0%0.1%27.7M-269.3M-9.0M1.695.2532,01454,2131,271,7751,795,100
2012-11-12$36.55$36.5022.5%6.4%20.4%20.1%21.3%2.8%-0.5%35.4M-340.7M-8.5M0.197.73181,84234,5831,274,9221,814,897
2012-11-13$35.98$36.5022.8%6.4%21.0%21.2%23.2%2.9%-0.1%85.0K156.0M-8.6M1.127.9160,18767,6171,298,5101,819,825
2012-11-14$35.74$36.5025.4%6.6%20.9%29.4%22.8%3.2%-0.7%-14.5M342.9M-8.7M1.397.7066,19592,2551,314,7481,847,207
2012-11-15$35.71$36.5022.7%6.5%20.8%20.6%22.6%2.9%-0.6%-28.0M441.6M-8.6M2.426.7321,92353,0981,309,2511,866,990
2012-11-16$35.77$36.5022.1%6.3%20.0%19.0%22.2%2.7%-0.3%-19.0M417.9M-8.6M1.167.0420,62423,8361,313,6761,865,545
2012-11-19$36.55$36.5021.0%6.0%21.7%15.2%20.6%2.5%-0.6%-10.6M22.1M-8.0M0.368.8021,7517,773910,7581,341,167
2012-11-20$36.19$36.5021.3%6.1%21.8%16.1%21.1%1.6%-0.2%-20.1M221.9M-7.8M1.986.0620,42040,464921,0771,343,521
2012-11-21$36.58$36.5021.1%6.1%21.4%15.7%21.1%1.9%-0.6%-8.7M26.9M-8.3M0.609.5023,72114,171930,5081,377,106
2012-11-23$37.46$36.5020.2%5.8%22.2%12.7%21.0%2.7%0.1%16.5M-473.0M-7.8M0.8012.2244,37135,424941,2531,384,283
2012-11-26$37.33$36.5020.8%6.0%22.2%14.7%22.5%3.3%0.1%11.9M-353.7M-8.0M2.699.5216,63844,736957,8841,390,083
2012-11-27$36.86$36.5021.1%6.0%22.4%15.5%21.7%2.6%-0.2%-4.5M-76.9M-7.9M1.6411.9221,40035,045942,4591,390,372
2012-11-28$36.84$36.5021.2%6.1%21.6%15.9%21.7%1.7%0.0%-3.4M-41.3M-7.9M0.989.1932,47331,920950,4681,412,821
2012-11-29$36.85$36.5020.6%5.9%21.6%14.0%20.5%1.8%-0.1%-4.2M-69.6M-7.7M0.988.6154,64853,720959,1011,424,876
2012-11-30$37.15$36.5019.6%5.7%19.6%10.7%20.0%1.4%0.2%12.3M-303.0M-7.7M4.5210.6620,01590,461985,9331,459,159