FXI Options History — March 2013

In March 2013, FXI traded between $36.34 and $39.08. ATM implied volatility averaged 20.3%, placing in the 20.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.7% (HV 20d: 18.6%). Max pain ranged from $38.50 to $41.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.48.

Notable Days

  • 2013-03-11: Highest Volume — 158,810 contracts
  • 2013-03-04: Largest IV spike — 32.6% change
  • 2013-03-04: Highest IV Rank — 45.7%
  • 2013-03-21: Largest Expected Move — 6.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$37.63$36.34$39.08$38.60$36.93
Max Pain$39.90$38.50$41.00$40.50$38.50
ATM IV20.3%18.0%25.7%19.4%19.0%
Expected Move5.6%5.3%6.2%5.7%5.4%
HV 20d18.6%16.2%20.5%18.6%19.8%
HV 60d18.3%17.3%19.2%17.9%18.7%
IV Rank20.9%10.4%45.7%16.7%14.8%
IV Percentile25.5%7.1%77.4%11.9%12.7%
Term Structure0.4%-0.3%1.0%0.2%0.9%
VWIV20.1%18.8%22.1%19.3%19.1%
Skew 25d3.1%1.9%3.7%1.9%3.3%
Skew 10d6.7%4.1%8.6%4.1%5.6%
Call IV 25d18.7%17.7%20.5%18.9%18.1%
Put IV 25d21.8%20.0%24.0%20.8%21.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %5.511.9112.1412.147.85
Gamma HHI0.100.060.160.070.09
Net GEX-58.3M-91.2M-36.2M-41.8M-65.2M
Net DEX1.02B408.1M1.52B704.8M1.18B
Net VEX-8.9M-9.3M-8.5M-8.9M-8.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.480.527.650.520.85
Total Volume73,415.1527,093158,81059,18954,543
Total OI1,687,502.751,538,2941,884,4451,598,3301,744,861

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-03-01$38.60$40.5019.4%5.7%18.6%16.7%19.3%1.9%0.2%-41.8M704.8M-8.9M0.5212.1438,90420,285660,778937,552
2013-03-04$37.93$41.0025.7%5.9%18.7%45.7%20.9%3.4%0.2%-53.8M957.6M-8.6M2.085.5919,18239,870680,335939,713
2013-03-05$38.22$41.0024.5%5.7%16.9%40.3%20.7%3.6%0.3%-56.1M872.0M-8.7M1.715.6927,03246,198690,994956,509
2013-03-06$38.50$41.0019.1%5.5%17.3%15.6%19.3%3.1%0.3%-50.8M726.1M-8.7M0.666.1052,59434,793704,466966,603
2013-03-07$38.57$41.0018.5%5.4%17.3%12.4%20.8%2.9%0.6%-44.4M655.6M-8.7M1.615.7710,39716,696709,756956,419
2013-03-08$39.08$40.5018.0%5.3%16.2%10.4%19.0%2.2%0.8%-36.2M408.1M-8.8M0.851.9128,67724,286718,774964,281
2013-03-11$38.63$40.5021.1%5.4%16.3%24.8%19.0%2.9%0.4%-43.4M629.4M-8.7M7.654.8918,368140,442727,180964,892
2013-03-12$37.98$40.5020.0%5.5%17.2%19.4%19.2%3.1%0.3%-88.9M1.19B-8.9M1.194.7047,92857,020736,9301,084,720
2013-03-13$37.34$40.5020.3%5.6%17.9%20.8%20.0%3.6%0.3%-91.2M1.52B-8.7M1.295.3335,37245,534753,6571,098,783
2013-03-14$37.76$40.5018.9%5.4%18.4%14.2%20.5%2.8%0.3%-89.8M1.27B-8.9M1.174.2024,37228,437760,9501,099,179
2013-03-15$37.44$40.0019.0%5.5%18.3%15.1%18.8%3.3%0.4%-89.0M1.47B-8.8M1.184.1850,78960,099773,3601,111,085
2013-03-18$36.79$39.5020.2%5.8%18.8%20.5%19.8%3.7%-0.1%-54.9M1.18B-8.7M0.933.3236,37333,812617,864920,430
2013-03-19$36.34$39.5020.8%6.0%17.9%23.1%21.3%3.5%0.1%-55.3M1.34B-8.5M1.614.3130,70449,568629,792934,318
2013-03-20$37.25$39.5021.2%6.1%20.4%24.8%20.9%2.8%-0.2%-51.4M950.0M-9.2M0.785.8956,49744,165640,783935,272
2013-03-21$36.84$39.0021.5%6.2%20.2%26.2%22.1%3.5%-0.3%-51.8M1.13B-9.1M1.004.5523,73623,690665,990950,327
2013-03-22$36.94$39.0021.0%6.0%20.3%24.2%21.4%3.0%-0.0%-51.4M1.09B-9.1M1.265.4331,12439,287678,956957,411
2013-03-25$36.82$39.0020.1%5.8%19.9%19.8%19.7%3.4%0.7%-50.9M1.16B-9.0M1.266.3336,30645,574686,611971,381
2013-03-26$37.31$38.5019.1%5.5%20.5%15.2%19.7%2.6%1.0%-50.4M966.5M-9.3M0.946.7821,33420,089708,819990,102
2013-03-27$37.35$38.5018.8%5.4%20.2%13.8%19.5%2.7%1.0%-50.3M947.6M-9.3M1.065.2726,37227,854721,398998,824
2013-03-28$36.93$38.5019.0%5.4%19.8%14.8%19.1%3.3%0.9%-65.2M1.18B-8.9M0.857.8529,51525,028729,8281,015,033