FXI Options History — October 2013

In October 2013, FXI traded between $36.43 and $38.50. ATM implied volatility averaged 21.1%, placing in the 31.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.0% (HV 20d: 16.0%). Max pain ranged from $32.00 to $39.00. Net GEX was positive for 8 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.31.

Notable Days

  • 2013-10-23: Highest Volume — 140,691 contracts
  • 2013-10-23: Largest IV spike — 8.4% change
  • 2013-10-08: Highest IV Rank — 50.1%
  • 2013-10-15: Largest Expected Move — 6.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$37.65$36.43$38.50$37.60$37.57
Max Pain$35.20$32.00$39.00$37.50$35.00
ATM IV21.1%17.7%24.2%21.3%19.5%
Expected Move6.6%6.1%6.9%6.2%6.5%
HV 20d16.0%12.1%18.9%18.9%17.3%
HV 60d20.3%19.0%23.0%22.9%19.9%
IV Rank31.4%11.8%50.1%32.9%22.1%
IV Percentile41.8%6.3%79.0%47.6%19.0%
Term Structure-0.6%-2.4%1.0%1.0%0.1%
VWIV23.7%21.3%26.2%21.3%24.6%
Skew 25d2.6%1.5%3.4%2.6%1.5%
Skew 10d5.4%2.7%8.8%5.1%2.7%
Call IV 25d20.3%17.3%23.8%20.7%19.4%
Put IV 25d23.0%19.8%26.8%23.3%20.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.322.678.265.334.22
Gamma HHI0.070.070.090.070.08
Net GEX-10.1M-36.5M23.4M-13.2M10.9M
Net DEX-22.5M-607.9M783.2M13.0M24.1M
Net VEX-11.8M-12.9M-10.8M-12.9M-11.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.310.293.030.641.32
Total Volume68,625.95727,710140,69128,71353,569
Total OI2,686,764.1742,319,6082,964,1362,712,7872,588,959

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-10-01$37.60$37.5021.3%6.2%18.9%32.9%21.3%2.6%1.0%-13.2M13.0M-12.9M0.645.3317,52411,1891,201,9501,510,837
2013-10-02$37.57$37.5022.1%6.1%18.0%37.9%22.1%2.3%0.4%-10.9M-10.0M-12.7M0.644.9937,13523,7501,203,2201,514,258
2013-10-03$37.51$0.0022.1%6.3%17.7%37.6%23.6%2.5%0.1%-12.1M-8.3M-12.8M2.764.4913,12536,2581,220,3631,524,529
2013-10-04$38.01$37.0022.3%6.4%18.2%38.5%22.2%2.4%-0.3%962.3K-295.3M-12.7M2.573.9418,65948,0411,207,5561,549,193
2013-10-07$37.60$37.0023.7%6.8%16.6%47.3%23.4%2.5%-0.1%-23.6M99.1M-12.6M2.484.1612,11530,0191,210,7691,555,124
2013-10-08$37.53$37.0024.2%6.9%15.7%50.1%24.7%3.0%-0.1%-25.4M108.8M-12.7M1.715.1019,97434,2331,214,5501,555,176
2013-10-09$37.73$38.0023.5%6.7%15.7%46.1%24.0%3.0%-0.3%-20.0M-23.2M-12.3M0.834.0164,94654,1481,212,0341,564,799
2013-10-10$38.14$0.0022.4%6.4%15.7%39.3%25.2%3.4%-0.3%1.2M-389.0M-12.4M1.132.6713,01514,6951,250,9911,582,518
2013-10-11$38.35$37.0021.3%6.2%15.8%32.9%22.2%3.1%-0.7%-2.4M-467.9M-12.2M3.036.437,30622,1331,244,4991,590,655
2013-10-14$38.50$0.0021.7%6.9%15.4%35.0%24.2%3.2%-1.5%6.4M-607.9M-11.6M1.758.2618,39832,2471,244,9281,591,975
2013-10-15$38.12$39.0022.9%6.9%15.8%42.4%26.2%2.8%-2.4%-12.0M-310.1M-12.1M1.493.1952,69578,4281,250,8281,586,348
2013-10-16$38.21$32.0021.0%6.9%14.0%31.1%22.9%2.8%-1.9%-28.7M-374.2M-12.0M0.433.1145,70719,4751,280,5511,630,216
2013-10-17$38.11$32.0019.4%6.8%13.8%21.4%24.2%3.0%0.6%-30.6M-330.1M-11.5M1.097.0952,11956,5701,297,5591,635,492
2013-10-18$38.15$32.0018.2%6.7%13.3%14.6%23.3%2.5%0.9%5.0M-409.4M-11.3M1.303.2125,96033,7651,312,6981,651,438
2013-10-21$38.17$32.0017.7%6.5%13.1%11.8%24.0%3.3%-1.8%23.4M-317.3M-10.8M1.103.4225,81528,2771,035,9101,283,698
2013-10-22$38.17$35.0018.7%6.5%12.1%17.3%23.9%2.6%-0.7%20.6M-311.8M-11.2M0.293.4284,08124,2051,049,8251,300,009
2013-10-23$36.90$35.0020.2%6.6%17.0%26.6%23.5%3.0%-1.2%-13.9M426.4M-11.2M2.103.7145,31895,3731,109,3411,312,855
2013-10-24$36.48$34.0021.4%6.7%17.4%33.5%23.0%3.0%-0.6%-32.0M754.3M-11.4M1.423.8340,10556,8331,120,6611,378,454
2013-10-25$36.43$34.0021.0%6.7%17.3%30.9%23.9%2.3%-0.4%-36.5M783.2M-11.3M0.523.4339,97920,7681,150,0171,404,690
2013-10-28$36.55$34.0019.9%6.6%16.6%24.8%24.5%2.2%-1.2%-31.3M695.6M-11.2M0.493.7928,45413,9151,152,8761,399,477
2013-10-29$37.03$34.0019.7%6.5%16.5%23.2%24.4%2.1%-2.1%-12.8M386.0M-11.1M0.413.8445,77018,7111,154,7521,399,252
2013-10-30$37.54$35.0020.0%6.5%17.3%25.3%24.4%1.8%-1.1%5.5M46.2M-11.3M0.663.8338,21025,3851,152,0551,407,691
2013-10-31$37.57$35.0019.5%6.5%17.3%22.1%24.6%1.5%0.1%10.9M24.1M-11.1M1.324.2223,09730,4721,172,3651,416,594