FXI Options History — February 2014

In February 2014, FXI traded between $33.71 and $35.98. ATM implied volatility averaged 24.5%, placing in the 53.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.8%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.3% (HV 20d: 25.8%). Max pain ranged from $34.00 to $34.00. Net GEX was positive for 7 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.10.

Notable Days

  • 2014-02-19: Highest Volume — 341,067 contracts
  • 2014-02-06: Largest IV drop — 6.6% change
  • 2014-02-05: Highest IV Rank — 71.6%
  • 2014-02-03: Largest Expected Move — 7.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$35.03$33.71$35.98$33.75$35.39
Max Pain$34.00$34.00$34.00$34.00$34.00
ATM IV24.5%22.3%27.7%27.7%23.8%
Expected Move6.8%6.6%7.0%7.0%6.9%
HV 20d25.8%20.2%28.9%26.9%23.4%
HV 60d25.2%23.9%27.0%25.8%24.6%
IV Rank53.0%40.2%71.6%71.5%48.7%
IV Percentile77.2%57.9%94.8%94.8%72.6%
Term Structure-0.1%-0.6%0.7%-0.5%0.6%
VWIV24.7%22.8%28.0%23.9%23.5%
Skew 25d3.3%2.3%5.3%3.7%2.3%
Skew 10d6.7%4.7%11.1%6.7%4.7%
Call IV 25d23.6%21.9%26.4%26.4%23.5%
Put IV 25d26.9%24.6%31.0%30.0%25.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %7.665.7112.119.257.66
Gamma HHI0.070.060.090.070.07
Net GEX-16.0M-49.8M20.7M-47.2M-14.7M
Net DEX1.12B449.8M2.02B1.97B901.4M
Net VEX-13.6M-15.0M-12.0M-12.1M-14.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.100.342.921.490.99
Total Volume130,998.68456,585341,06769,062171,932
Total OI3,260,868.2113,079,3723,697,7153,079,3723,238,282

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-02-03$33.75$34.0027.7%7.0%26.9%71.5%23.9%3.7%-0.5%-47.2M1.97B-12.1M1.499.2527,70441,3581,596,4611,482,911
2014-02-04$34.14$34.0026.7%6.9%26.9%65.4%23.9%5.0%-0.4%-42.2M1.78B-12.4M0.797.6231,63224,9531,606,8641,497,416
2014-02-05$33.71$34.0027.7%7.0%27.1%71.6%23.5%5.3%-0.6%-49.8M2.02B-12.0M1.198.2037,56544,6431,625,5531,501,924
2014-02-06$34.27$34.0025.9%6.9%27.5%61.1%26.4%5.2%0.7%-37.5M1.69B-12.5M0.867.8750,37843,4911,650,1401,516,655
2014-02-07$34.40$34.0024.7%6.8%27.0%54.0%24.1%4.1%-0.1%-31.1M1.67B-12.5M1.108.4350,06755,2871,674,3351,539,067
2014-02-10$34.10$34.0025.2%6.8%26.0%57.2%24.0%4.0%-0.1%-43.6M1.79B-12.0M1.606.3725,28840,5401,615,1791,502,543
2014-02-11$35.40$34.0024.6%6.8%28.9%53.7%25.9%3.0%-0.3%-11.1M857.9M-13.3M0.537.69183,01596,4081,626,4811,524,474
2014-02-12$35.38$34.0024.6%6.8%28.3%53.2%22.8%2.8%-0.4%5.1M784.5M-13.6M1.409.1258,83882,5961,740,2481,552,230
2014-02-13$35.47$34.0023.0%6.7%28.4%44.0%25.6%2.7%-0.4%-1.2M812.8M-13.7M0.625.9379,05548,7721,728,6851,589,237
2014-02-14$35.78$34.0022.3%6.6%28.4%40.2%24.0%2.7%-0.1%837.3K586.7M-13.9M1.536.5336,44855,7471,745,2441,619,985
2014-02-18$35.80$34.0022.7%6.6%28.4%42.7%23.7%2.6%0.3%3.9M655.8M-13.5M0.659.2682,88353,8711,723,8391,628,047
2014-02-19$35.98$34.0023.6%6.7%28.5%47.5%24.1%2.4%0.2%16.4M449.8M-14.0M0.346.65254,98486,0831,764,8511,660,691
2014-02-20$35.68$34.0023.8%6.6%27.2%48.5%28.0%3.3%-0.2%2.0M723.6M-14.8M1.376.0450,55269,0261,955,5461,699,955
2014-02-21$35.74$34.0023.8%6.7%21.5%49.1%23.2%2.9%-0.0%-8.0M692.7M-14.9M0.845.7189,24874,7631,961,5481,736,167
2014-02-24$35.31$34.0023.7%6.8%20.2%48.0%25.4%2.8%0.1%4.1M812.6M-14.6M1.4412.1129,52342,3771,640,8761,462,488
2014-02-25$34.70$34.0024.5%6.8%21.3%53.1%25.3%2.7%-0.1%-35.4M1.30B-14.0M2.927.6742,569124,1371,655,2621,490,118
2014-02-26$34.82$34.0024.0%6.8%21.0%50.0%26.3%3.0%-0.2%-34.0M1.25B-14.2M0.446.1257,26424,9151,665,3501,538,233
2014-02-27$35.78$34.0023.6%6.8%23.0%47.8%26.3%2.4%-0.1%20.7M560.2M-15.0M0.877.2764,63956,4241,653,3091,546,302
2014-02-28$35.39$34.0023.8%6.9%23.4%48.7%23.5%2.3%0.6%-14.7M901.4M-14.8M0.997.6686,37685,5561,676,8811,561,401