FXI Options History — July 2014

In July 2014, FXI traded between $37.32 and $41.05. ATM implied volatility averaged 17.0%, placing in the 10.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.2% (HV 20d: 14.8%). Max pain ranged from $34.00 to $36.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.25.

Notable Days

  • 2014-07-22: Highest Volume — 230,864 contracts
  • 2014-07-28: Largest IV spike — 7.3% change
  • 2014-07-31: Highest IV Rank — 27.4%
  • 2014-07-31: Largest Expected Move — 5.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$38.90$37.32$41.05$37.32$40.47
Max Pain$35.45$34.00$36.00$34.00$36.00
ATM IV17.0%15.5%19.4%15.5%19.4%
Expected Move5.4%5.3%5.7%5.3%5.7%
HV 20d14.8%13.3%16.2%13.3%15.6%
HV 60d13.9%13.1%14.8%14.4%14.3%
IV Rank10.7%0.9%27.4%0.9%27.4%
IV Percentile8.7%0.4%24.2%0.4%24.2%
Term Structure0.0%-0.5%0.9%-0.1%-0.2%
VWIV19.9%18.6%23.1%18.6%21.1%
Skew 25d0.8%0.1%1.4%0.3%1.0%
Skew 10d1.6%0.1%3.4%0.1%1.8%
Call IV 25d17.1%15.7%19.7%15.9%19.7%
Put IV 25d17.9%16.1%20.7%16.1%20.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %10.878.3214.358.4810.91
Gamma HHI0.090.070.130.080.09
Net GEX35.2M-15.9M75.7M-6.1M63.0M
Net DEX220.9M-703.2M928.7M928.7M-361.8M
Net VEX-10.8M-11.9M-10.1M-10.9M-11.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.250.303.471.051.08
Total Volume78,985.13622,911230,86435,256172,389
Total OI2,567,786.5912,282,9182,824,2422,460,7942,824,242

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-07-01$37.32$34.0015.5%5.3%13.3%0.9%18.6%0.3%-0.1%-6.1M928.7M-10.9M1.058.4817,21018,046999,9051,460,889
2014-07-02$38.02$34.0016.3%5.3%14.5%5.6%21.0%0.1%0.1%19.6M561.4M-10.7M0.898.5931,01827,6241,003,0141,469,428
2014-07-03$38.43$34.0015.8%5.3%14.7%2.2%19.6%0.1%0.0%32.6M319.0M-10.9M0.468.4223,76011,0001,016,9031,487,886
2014-07-07$38.35$34.0016.4%5.3%14.6%6.2%23.1%0.6%-0.1%34.7M368.6M-10.3M0.838.8526,98022,4401,020,7631,485,655
2014-07-08$38.15$34.0016.5%5.4%14.4%6.8%19.5%0.5%-0.5%36.3M474.7M-10.7M2.748.859,51626,0961,043,9901,498,944
2014-07-09$37.97$34.0016.4%5.4%14.4%7.2%19.7%0.2%0.1%26.8M604.8M-10.9M2.039.5519,33439,3351,046,6551,519,657
2014-07-10$37.74$36.0016.3%5.4%14.5%6.1%19.2%0.6%-0.3%10.8M786.5M-10.7M1.8510.7117,23831,8561,054,8861,523,618
2014-07-11$37.90$36.0016.1%5.4%14.6%5.1%18.7%1.0%-0.2%21.8M650.9M-10.5M3.4711.586,18421,4571,056,9101,540,071
2014-07-14$38.40$36.0016.2%5.3%14.3%5.8%20.8%0.9%0.3%46.4M349.2M-10.5M0.848.9620,57417,2571,047,8841,544,729
2014-07-15$38.40$36.0016.1%5.4%14.3%5.1%20.9%0.9%0.3%47.7M372.1M-10.5M0.418.3266,61627,4441,053,2341,555,536
2014-07-16$38.52$36.0016.1%5.4%14.3%5.1%20.0%1.1%0.2%67.2M282.0M-10.3M2.959.617,32821,6341,077,9881,568,314
2014-07-17$37.97$36.0016.5%5.5%15.0%7.6%19.5%1.2%0.3%18.2M679.1M-10.6M1.7413.0341,41271,9591,065,8631,577,881
2014-07-18$38.24$36.0015.9%5.5%14.9%3.6%20.0%0.9%0.9%33.1M519.6M-10.4M1.3514.3510,87614,6931,071,6451,608,920
2014-07-21$38.21$36.0016.6%5.4%14.8%8.3%19.3%1.4%-0.1%-15.9M631.3M-10.2M1.0812.6110,98911,922896,6941,386,224
2014-07-22$39.07$36.0016.5%5.4%15.9%7.5%18.6%1.0%-0.0%9.9M252.3M-10.1M0.9213.74120,448110,416901,7411,389,028
2014-07-23$39.59$36.0016.9%5.4%14.4%10.1%18.9%0.6%-0.1%27.6M10.9M-10.2M0.4314.1496,05140,870993,3771,441,938
2014-07-24$40.12$36.0018.0%5.5%14.8%17.8%19.6%0.9%-0.2%48.4M-286.3M-11.1M0.7311.6283,90061,4031,067,1561,470,426
2014-07-25$40.19$36.0017.9%5.5%14.7%17.0%18.8%1.0%0.1%50.9M-340.7M-11.1M0.3012.5229,7569,0731,119,0171,520,740
2014-07-28$41.05$36.0019.2%5.5%15.9%25.8%20.9%1.0%-0.2%60.5M-703.2M-10.9M0.7311.9987,75663,7481,109,0021,498,732
2014-07-29$40.95$36.0019.4%5.6%15.7%27.1%19.4%0.9%-0.2%65.3M-666.3M-11.4M0.6412.8259,44237,7461,162,7561,537,507
2014-07-30$40.71$36.0019.2%5.6%16.2%26.1%19.8%1.1%-0.0%75.7M-572.7M-11.8M0.989.5346,80146,0761,211,2481,560,309
2014-07-31$40.47$36.0019.4%5.7%15.6%27.4%21.1%1.0%-0.2%63.0M-361.8M-11.9M1.0810.9182,90389,4861,226,5001,597,742