FXI Options History — January 2013

In January 2013, FXI traded between $40.56 and $41.85. ATM implied volatility averaged 18.8%, placing in the 12.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.3% (HV 20d: 18.5%). Max pain ranged from $37.00 to $39.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 21 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.07.

Notable Days

  • 2013-01-29: Highest Volume — 177,134 contracts
  • 2013-01-31: Largest IV drop — 17.4% change
  • 2013-01-02: Highest IV Rank — 27.1%
  • 2013-01-07: Largest Expected Move — 5.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$41.37$40.56$41.85$41.85$41.47
Max Pain$38.81$37.00$39.00$37.00$39.00
ATM IV18.8%16.2%22.0%22.0%17.6%
Expected Move5.2%4.7%5.7%5.6%5.1%
HV 20d18.5%13.0%20.1%18.5%13.0%
HV 60d19.1%17.8%19.7%19.3%17.8%
IV Rank12.1%0.0%27.1%27.1%6.5%
IV Percentile6.7%0.0%29.8%29.8%3.2%
Term Structure1.4%0.9%1.9%1.0%0.9%
VWIV18.5%16.5%20.3%20.0%17.6%
Skew 25d1.6%0.9%2.1%1.4%1.2%
Skew 10d3.6%2.1%5.2%3.6%2.7%
Call IV 25d17.9%16.1%19.4%19.4%17.6%
Put IV 25d19.5%17.5%21.0%20.7%18.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %8.724.9012.437.159.45
Gamma HHI0.160.090.220.150.16
Net GEX45.1M7.7M76.6M65.3M35.7M
Net DEX-1.31B-1.97B-555.4M-1.97B-770.6M
Net VEX-7.2M-7.7M-6.8M-6.8M-7.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.070.412.450.540.68
Total Volume78,831.71420,639177,134100,761101,548
Total OI2,055,709.0951,389,6342,587,3272,225,0421,637,200

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-01-02$41.85$37.0022.0%5.6%18.5%27.1%20.0%1.4%1.0%65.3M-1.97B-6.8M0.547.1565,61335,148917,2841,307,758
2013-01-03$41.59$37.0019.3%5.3%19.1%14.2%19.2%1.8%1.9%65.4M-1.87B-6.8M1.048.2848,57150,547932,4541,325,026
2013-01-04$41.62$39.0017.8%5.5%16.9%7.5%19.4%1.8%1.6%62.3M-1.86B-6.8M0.668.4223,63015,623945,8381,359,100
2013-01-07$41.29$39.0020.4%5.7%17.5%19.3%19.3%1.9%1.1%67.1M-1.71B-6.8M0.656.9321,07213,782945,2441,355,164
2013-01-08$40.56$39.0020.1%5.6%19.1%18.1%20.3%2.1%1.6%65.5M-1.37B-7.0M0.987.1449,86249,089959,0621,359,968
2013-01-09$41.00$39.0017.2%5.5%19.2%4.3%19.1%2.1%1.6%71.3M-1.56B-7.2M0.895.3036,15932,356977,9191,389,187
2013-01-10$41.52$39.0018.7%5.4%19.5%11.6%19.0%1.9%1.7%76.6M-1.82B-7.1M1.854.9043,96481,485984,0311,412,424
2013-01-11$41.09$39.0018.9%5.4%20.1%12.6%19.2%1.7%1.3%51.0M-1.52B-7.4M2.455.5524,70160,504990,3781,484,471
2013-01-14$41.31$39.0018.4%5.3%19.6%10.1%18.4%1.6%1.4%49.9M-1.59B-7.4M0.927.6357,25752,413986,8641,516,431
2013-01-15$41.28$39.0018.9%5.4%18.9%12.5%18.8%1.7%1.0%40.6M-1.55B-7.4M0.809.3035,56328,4551,012,3431,546,468
2013-01-16$41.21$39.0019.6%5.6%19.0%15.7%19.5%1.8%0.9%48.2M-1.52B-7.5M1.996.5821,41442,6101,012,9671,536,565
2013-01-17$41.36$39.0019.6%5.6%19.0%15.6%19.6%1.7%0.9%54.1M-1.59B-7.5M1.2710.1029,03636,9471,009,6761,555,225
2013-01-18$41.70$39.0017.4%5.0%19.0%5.4%17.8%1.5%1.6%50.3M-1.72B-7.2M0.6010.3267,07840,5121,014,4171,572,910
2013-01-22$41.74$39.0017.4%5.0%19.0%5.5%18.0%1.3%1.3%25.3M-858.3M-7.0M0.579.4237,15121,344558,975830,659
2013-01-23$41.53$39.0016.2%4.7%18.3%0.0%16.5%1.4%1.7%20.0M-778.6M-6.9M0.819.6011,4329,207557,822840,694
2013-01-24$41.53$39.0016.7%4.8%18.2%2.1%17.2%1.4%1.6%19.1M-766.6M-7.0M0.7112.4329,79321,023564,633843,803
2013-01-25$41.10$39.0017.5%4.8%18.7%6.0%17.1%0.9%1.6%8.7M-607.7M-7.2M1.3312.2926,27134,987578,219853,812
2013-01-28$40.96$39.0020.4%4.9%18.8%19.5%17.2%1.4%1.5%7.7M-555.4M-7.2M1.6611.1321,11335,002572,377854,073
2013-01-29$41.55$39.0019.9%5.0%19.3%16.9%17.7%1.0%1.1%17.8M-759.2M-7.3M0.419.47125,34351,791583,772883,177
2013-01-30$41.59$39.0021.3%4.9%17.8%23.9%18.0%1.4%1.5%45.2M-838.8M-7.7M1.5711.7725,66240,408682,913918,588
2013-01-31$41.47$39.0017.6%5.1%13.0%6.5%17.6%1.2%0.9%35.7M-770.6M-7.7M0.689.4560,46941,079700,638936,562