FXI Options History — May 2013

In May 2013, FXI traded between $36.01 and $38.62. ATM implied volatility averaged 20.3%, placing in the 20.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.0% (HV 20d: 19.3%). Max pain ranged from $36.50 to $38.00. Net GEX was positive for 5 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 21 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.47.

Notable Days

  • 2013-05-13: Highest Volume — 106,487 contracts
  • 2013-05-02: Largest IV drop — 27.8% change
  • 2013-05-01: Highest IV Rank — 57.0%
  • 2013-05-31: Largest Expected Move — 6.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$37.58$36.01$38.62$37.19$36.01
Max Pain$37.39$36.50$38.00$36.50$37.50
ATM IV20.3%17.3%28.2%28.2%22.7%
Expected Move5.9%5.4%6.4%6.2%6.4%
HV 20d19.3%15.0%23.1%23.1%18.4%
HV 60d19.9%19.5%20.3%20.0%20.3%
IV Rank20.8%7.2%57.0%57.0%32.0%
IV Percentile31.8%3.2%88.9%88.9%66.3%
Term Structure0.7%-0.1%1.6%-0.1%0.1%
VWIV20.8%19.2%23.0%21.7%23.0%
Skew 25d2.0%1.1%3.2%2.6%3.2%
Skew 10d4.0%1.9%6.3%5.0%6.3%
Call IV 25d19.8%17.9%21.4%20.5%21.4%
Put IV 25d21.8%19.8%24.6%23.1%24.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %8.774.1012.6412.209.35
Gamma HHI0.080.060.150.120.07
Net GEX-12.3M-42.8M16.7M-26.6M-42.8M
Net DEX85.1M-547.8M899.3M151.6M899.3M
Net VEX-8.2M-8.8M-7.9M-8.8M-8.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.470.363.680.951.68
Total Volume53,918.27323,680106,48729,72987,363
Total OI1,653,220.7271,193,0131,982,2051,828,5041,417,060

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-05-01$37.19$36.5028.2%6.2%23.1%57.0%21.7%2.6%-0.1%-26.6M151.6M-8.8M0.9512.2015,21114,518763,0591,065,445
2013-05-02$37.38$36.5020.3%5.6%23.1%21.1%20.7%2.7%0.9%-13.8M23.1M-8.6M2.9412.647,88023,195765,8051,066,311
2013-05-03$37.71$36.5018.8%5.4%22.9%14.1%19.2%1.9%1.6%-12.1M-143.5M-8.4M0.687.4728,80919,683767,3241,076,987
2013-05-06$37.89$37.0020.5%5.8%22.8%22.0%20.6%2.1%0.8%-4.4M-205.5M-8.2M0.714.1014,82410,528758,3871,069,336
2013-05-07$38.31$37.0018.7%5.5%22.5%13.7%19.7%1.7%0.7%10.1M-409.9M-8.2M1.017.5721,61621,816764,4081,072,297
2013-05-08$38.62$37.0017.6%5.8%22.5%8.6%20.3%1.5%0.8%16.7M-547.8M-8.1M0.596.4039,06423,025769,7451,079,771
2013-05-09$38.22$37.5018.0%5.7%22.9%10.4%20.4%1.6%1.2%7.9M-355.0M-8.3M3.685.4012,60246,331785,3761,091,681
2013-05-10$38.42$37.5017.6%5.7%22.6%8.7%20.4%2.1%1.0%10.2M-412.3M-8.3M0.745.0237,27927,552784,6491,124,950
2013-05-13$37.73$37.5019.4%5.9%20.5%16.7%20.6%2.1%1.0%-11.0M-60.1M-8.2M1.709.3839,43767,050786,3261,136,858
2013-05-14$37.75$37.5019.1%5.9%19.8%15.2%20.6%2.0%0.9%-14.2M-61.9M-8.4M2.348.368,31019,450793,8611,170,739
2013-05-15$37.75$37.5017.3%5.7%17.7%7.2%20.1%1.9%1.1%-16.5M-47.0M-8.2M3.059.8511,82536,110791,6931,179,259
2013-05-16$37.54$37.5019.8%5.7%18.1%18.4%20.1%1.8%0.7%-32.7M86.5M-8.2M1.409.8812,67417,702785,4651,191,525
2013-05-17$37.91$37.5019.3%5.5%15.0%16.1%19.4%1.4%0.7%14.1M-99.6M-8.2M0.3610.3237,31913,369785,1411,197,064
2013-05-20$38.37$37.5019.6%5.6%15.4%17.7%19.7%1.1%0.7%-2.8M13.7M-8.2M0.6110.4640,00124,471513,552679,461
2013-05-21$38.12$38.0019.5%5.6%15.4%17.0%19.7%1.1%1.0%-3.3M103.6M-8.3M0.799.7223,50518,487543,145696,635
2013-05-22$37.54$38.0020.7%5.9%16.2%22.6%21.3%1.8%0.4%-14.5M268.9M-8.1M1.608.6920,41132,600554,187704,567
2013-05-23$37.18$38.0021.7%6.2%15.8%27.1%21.8%2.1%0.6%-22.3M446.5M-8.2M1.2310.6931,71739,002559,094721,500
2013-05-24$36.56$38.0021.9%6.3%16.9%28.1%22.0%2.2%0.5%-31.8M651.5M-8.1M0.998.7345,33944,858570,333732,366
2013-05-28$37.16$37.5021.8%6.2%17.3%27.5%21.8%2.3%0.1%-20.9M418.3M-8.3M1.368.0518,44325,104588,755751,807
2013-05-29$36.58$37.5022.0%6.3%17.8%28.5%22.4%2.0%0.1%-31.9M593.9M-7.9M2.108.967,62716,053593,927760,708
2013-05-30$36.74$37.5022.0%6.3%17.2%28.6%21.8%2.1%0.1%-27.0M557.6M-8.0M1.739.8230,76553,277597,028763,269
2013-05-31$36.01$37.5022.7%6.4%18.4%32.0%23.0%3.2%0.1%-42.8M899.3M-8.0M1.689.3532,57154,792610,965806,095