FXI Options History — April 2014

In April 2014, FXI traded between $34.61 and $36.82. ATM implied volatility averaged 20.8%, placing in the 31.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.3% (HV 20d: 18.5%). Max pain ranged from $33.00 to $37.00. Net GEX was positive for 10 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.46.

Notable Days

  • 2014-04-10: Highest Volume — 368,522 contracts
  • 2014-04-10: Largest IV spike — 8.3% change
  • 2014-04-15: Highest IV Rank — 39.3%
  • 2014-04-15: Largest Expected Move — 6.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$35.63$34.61$36.82$35.90$34.93
Max Pain$35.00$33.00$37.00$35.00$35.00
ATM IV20.8%19.1%22.2%21.8%19.1%
Expected Move6.4%6.1%6.6%6.5%6.1%
HV 20d18.5%15.3%21.9%21.9%16.1%
HV 60d22.1%20.1%23.8%23.8%20.1%
IV Rank31.5%21.9%39.3%37.3%21.9%
IV Percentile24.3%4.8%46.8%37.3%4.8%
Term Structure0.0%-0.3%0.4%-0.1%0.3%
VWIV23.6%21.1%25.4%24.2%21.1%
Skew 25d1.4%0.9%1.8%1.8%1.3%
Skew 10d2.8%1.1%3.4%3.3%3.1%
Call IV 25d20.6%18.9%21.8%21.4%18.9%
Put IV 25d22.0%20.2%23.3%23.3%20.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %7.764.9412.756.165.97
Gamma HHI0.080.060.150.060.10
Net GEX-9.9M-85.6M71.2M20.0M-79.4M
Net DEX402.1M-838.9M1.38B-42.3M1.10B
Net VEX-14.1M-15.5M-12.4M-15.1M-12.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.460.434.380.530.82
Total Volume119,906.14333,358368,522137,95498,752
Total OI3,519,485.7623,161,5043,948,3953,506,1503,269,633

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-04-01$35.90$35.0021.8%6.5%21.9%37.3%24.2%1.8%-0.1%20.0M-42.3M-15.1M0.536.1690,03247,9221,778,6901,727,460
2014-04-02$35.84$35.0021.4%6.4%21.5%34.9%22.8%1.6%0.1%12.8M117.3M-14.8M2.135.8620,41943,4811,746,4151,741,059
2014-04-03$35.75$35.0021.1%6.5%21.3%33.0%22.2%1.6%0.1%1.8M263.8M-14.8M0.848.3930,60825,7491,750,0961,778,184
2014-04-04$35.63$35.0021.2%6.5%20.9%34.0%24.1%1.1%-0.1%-11.4M399.2M-14.8M1.209.0581,00296,9201,731,9871,792,858
2014-04-07$35.81$35.0021.3%6.6%20.0%34.4%23.8%1.4%-0.1%-819.3K286.1M-14.7M1.6510.1434,32756,6111,739,8971,795,190
2014-04-08$36.38$35.0020.9%6.6%19.4%31.8%24.5%1.5%-0.1%35.6M-353.7M-14.8M0.919.5788,58080,3891,757,0001,819,596
2014-04-09$36.82$35.0020.4%6.4%19.5%29.0%24.7%1.4%0.3%71.2M-838.9M-14.7M3.279.1626,84287,7241,816,7321,861,057
2014-04-10$36.68$35.0022.1%6.5%16.5%38.8%24.7%0.9%-0.2%49.3M-664.2M-14.8M0.437.52258,136110,3861,799,1181,904,494
2014-04-11$36.14$35.0021.7%6.5%17.9%36.6%23.0%1.0%0.1%40.2M-134.6M-15.5M1.4712.7572,971107,4991,990,6031,919,932
2014-04-14$36.20$35.0021.1%6.5%17.9%33.5%23.6%1.3%0.4%45.6M-194.4M-15.0M1.6310.3543,16870,2642,003,0121,906,947
2014-04-15$35.29$35.0022.2%6.6%20.2%39.3%25.4%1.7%0.0%-34.6M964.3M-14.3M1.389.68135,556187,7212,018,3411,917,847
2014-04-16$35.73$35.0020.5%6.5%19.3%29.8%24.8%1.6%0.3%4.0M346.6M-14.3M1.019.8739,52140,0282,020,3091,913,693
2014-04-17$35.82$35.0019.7%6.5%19.1%25.3%24.0%1.5%0.3%47.9M213.0M-13.9M1.049.0963,89766,7572,028,3431,920,052
2014-04-21$35.59$0.0020.7%6.3%17.2%31.0%0.0%1.5%-0.2%-18.3M498.3M-13.8M0.625.9422,88214,1221,661,9631,499,541
2014-04-22$35.41$0.0020.3%6.3%16.6%28.8%24.4%1.5%0.1%-29.9M636.3M-13.6M4.385.806,20527,1531,672,0151,502,967
2014-04-23$34.93$33.0020.3%6.3%17.2%28.8%21.4%1.3%-0.3%-64.4M1.08B-12.8M1.255.8527,98735,1141,674,4621,523,016
2014-04-24$34.98$37.0019.9%6.3%17.2%26.1%21.7%1.3%-0.3%-70.1M1.10B-13.3M0.584.9428,54416,4571,688,6941,543,946
2014-04-25$34.70$35.0019.9%6.3%17.2%26.2%24.7%1.4%-0.0%-79.7M1.38B-13.0M1.335.7640,44653,5931,689,8401,551,429
2014-04-28$34.61$35.0020.9%6.3%15.3%32.2%23.8%1.6%0.0%-85.6M1.35B-12.6M3.245.7915,65550,6701,681,0261,535,731
2014-04-29$35.07$35.0020.3%6.2%16.2%28.7%23.5%1.5%0.1%-61.5M936.9M-12.8M0.865.3439,84934,0901,688,9661,547,060
2014-04-30$34.93$35.0019.1%6.1%16.1%21.9%21.1%1.3%0.3%-79.4M1.10B-12.4M0.825.9754,16944,5831,703,2531,566,380