FXI Options History — May 2014

In May 2014, FXI traded between $34.58 and $36.85. ATM implied volatility averaged 18.8%, placing in the 19.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.5% (HV 20d: 14.3%). Max pain ranged from $34.00 to $35.00. Net GEX was positive for 8 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.54.

Notable Days

  • 2014-05-14: Highest Volume — 151,967 contracts
  • 2014-05-27: Largest IV spike — 14.6% change
  • 2014-05-30: Highest IV Rank — 32.9%
  • 2014-05-05: Largest Expected Move — 6.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$35.61$34.58$36.85$34.99$36.85
Max Pain$34.48$34.00$35.00$35.00$34.50
ATM IV18.8%17.4%21.1%19.4%21.1%
Expected Move5.7%5.5%6.1%6.1%5.6%
HV 20d14.3%13.0%16.4%16.2%13.0%
HV 60d18.4%17.2%19.9%19.9%17.2%
IV Rank19.8%11.7%32.9%23.5%32.9%
IV Percentile7.1%0.4%31.3%6.3%31.3%
Term Structure0.4%-1.2%3.1%0.3%-1.1%
VWIV20.5%19.0%22.4%21.4%21.1%
Skew 25d1.1%0.6%1.6%1.4%0.6%
Skew 10d2.2%0.8%3.6%2.2%0.8%
Call IV 25d18.4%16.9%20.4%19.1%19.8%
Put IV 25d19.5%17.7%21.1%20.5%20.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %6.735.608.216.246.39
Gamma HHI0.120.090.380.100.09
Net GEX-29.8M-166.7M140.8M-71.5M20.2M
Net DEX628.8M-167.2M1.62B1.02B-167.2M
Net VEX-11.9M-12.8M-11.0M-12.8M-11.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.540.453.881.640.86
Total Volume81,57928,297151,96741,832112,811
Total OI3,007,907.812,288,5163,516,5313,334,8642,489,106

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-05-01$34.99$35.0019.4%6.1%16.2%23.5%21.4%1.4%0.3%-71.5M1.02B-12.8M1.646.2415,81826,0141,738,6731,596,191
2014-05-02$35.00$34.5018.7%6.0%16.2%19.1%21.2%1.4%0.4%-86.9M1.06B-12.5M2.065.6030,25462,3321,747,2151,605,457
2014-05-05$34.70$35.0019.3%6.1%16.4%22.8%22.4%1.4%0.1%-102.6M1.36B-12.2M0.607.0456,04033,4921,728,8131,603,147
2014-05-06$34.76$34.5018.9%6.0%16.3%20.6%21.0%1.4%0.4%-104.2M1.36B-12.4M1.015.7053,49953,8811,764,4541,631,483
2014-05-07$34.61$35.0019.2%6.0%14.9%22.0%22.0%1.6%0.1%-114.7M1.49B-12.3M2.906.2516,83148,8691,790,1261,643,486
2014-05-08$34.72$35.0018.5%6.0%14.1%18.3%21.2%1.3%0.1%-122.2M1.46B-12.1M3.775.6320,44577,0851,801,1291,668,462
2014-05-09$34.58$34.0018.1%5.8%14.1%15.6%19.9%1.4%0.1%-166.7M1.62B-11.9M1.935.7232,26762,3661,807,7861,692,481
2014-05-12$35.32$34.0018.1%5.7%15.8%16.0%19.6%1.2%-0.2%-50.8M791.1M-11.9M0.906.6651,15346,1051,794,5101,660,810
2014-05-13$35.42$34.5017.8%5.6%15.8%13.8%20.2%1.1%-0.1%-34.3M665.1M-11.8M1.566.9230,89948,3551,814,2581,657,221
2014-05-14$35.82$34.5018.0%5.6%13.5%15.4%20.1%0.8%-0.0%5.8M244.3M-11.9M0.686.8490,57661,3911,816,5731,673,556
2014-05-15$35.57$34.0018.4%5.7%13.0%17.5%19.9%1.0%0.3%-17.3M531.4M-12.0M1.217.9228,84034,9911,822,4981,676,406
2014-05-16$35.97$34.0018.3%5.6%13.6%17.2%21.1%1.4%-0.1%140.8M107.7M-11.9M1.307.9840,91953,0121,831,3641,685,167
2014-05-19$35.76$34.0017.9%5.6%13.6%14.7%19.3%1.0%3.1%-9.1M345.8M-11.7M1.247.1651,75763,9751,041,9461,246,570
2014-05-20$35.55$34.5018.2%5.7%13.6%16.6%21.0%0.9%2.3%-23.4M622.8M-11.8M3.887.0511,68545,3731,084,9351,300,652
2014-05-21$36.04$34.5018.0%5.6%13.4%15.2%19.8%0.8%2.2%-1.0M313.0M-12.0M0.458.2145,69820,7691,089,6831,334,902
2014-05-22$36.35$34.5017.4%5.5%13.6%11.7%21.8%0.9%2.3%29.6M58.2M-12.1M1.176.7131,85637,3821,117,0111,347,682
2014-05-23$36.34$34.5017.5%5.5%13.1%12.6%20.1%0.8%1.9%14.4M32.6M-11.9M2.097.2528,20158,9761,129,0091,354,282
2014-05-27$36.15$34.5020.1%5.5%13.3%27.5%19.1%1.1%-1.0%8.1M298.4M-11.2M0.716.9528,97720,5591,119,9151,329,202
2014-05-28$36.59$34.5021.0%5.5%13.2%32.4%19.0%1.2%-1.2%29.7M7.8M-11.0M0.926.8226,72524,6841,119,9091,337,973
2014-05-29$36.66$34.5020.6%5.5%13.0%30.4%19.8%0.7%-1.0%29.5M-13.9M-11.0M1.426.2311,68016,6171,119,7241,352,297
2014-05-30$36.85$34.5021.1%5.6%13.0%32.9%21.1%0.6%-1.1%20.2M-167.2M-11.0M0.866.3960,75452,0571,126,0971,363,009