FXI Options History — October 2014

In October 2014, FXI traded between $37.46 and $39.95. ATM implied volatility averaged 21.8%, placing in the 51.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.7% (HV 20d: 20.1%). Max pain ranged from $39.00 to $40.00. Net GEX was positive for 4 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.76.

Notable Days

  • 2014-10-01: Highest Volume — 322,019 contracts
  • 2014-10-15: Largest IV spike — 12.4% change
  • 2014-10-15: Highest IV Rank — 90.6%
  • 2014-10-15: Largest Expected Move — 6.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$38.43$37.46$39.95$37.46$39.95
Max Pain$39.07$39.00$40.00$40.00$39.00
ATM IV21.8%19.1%26.6%22.3%19.7%
Expected Move6.1%5.6%6.8%6.1%5.7%
HV 20d20.1%17.3%22.1%18.1%18.2%
HV 60d18.6%17.9%19.2%18.3%18.9%
IV Rank51.9%29.7%90.6%56.2%34.9%
IV Percentile64.9%30.2%98.4%76.2%38.1%
Term Structure-0.2%-1.2%0.4%0.0%0.0%
VWIV22.8%20.2%25.3%21.8%21.7%
Skew 25d2.6%1.5%5.3%1.5%1.8%
Skew 10d5.2%2.5%11.1%2.5%3.5%
Call IV 25d21.3%18.6%25.1%22.2%19.5%
Put IV 25d23.9%20.4%30.4%23.7%21.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %14.3511.5618.5412.8913.82
Gamma HHI0.080.060.130.100.07
Net GEX-45.7M-111.8M30.8M-111.8M30.8M
Net DEX1.23B-134.0M2.26B2.15B-134.0M
Net VEX-12.9M-14.1M-11.7M-12.8M-11.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.760.184.713.161.06
Total Volume175,422.60975,079322,019322,019182,803
Total OI3,086,183.872,879,8673,313,9682,946,4282,996,995

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-10-01$37.46$40.0022.3%6.1%18.1%56.2%21.8%1.5%0.0%-111.8M2.15B-12.8M3.1612.8977,391244,6281,224,3121,722,116
2014-10-02$37.47$39.5022.6%6.1%17.9%58.1%21.4%3.3%-0.5%-110.9M2.26B-13.0M1.6311.56118,059192,7201,279,7451,776,281
2014-10-03$38.08$39.0022.1%6.1%19.0%54.6%22.7%2.7%0.4%-93.8M1.66B-13.6M4.7112.3613,63864,2161,374,4331,853,955
2014-10-06$38.63$39.0021.8%6.0%20.3%52.0%23.3%2.2%-0.5%-49.6M1.30B-14.1M1.3214.1035,64546,9641,302,3411,803,341
2014-10-07$38.30$39.0021.6%6.0%20.3%50.6%22.2%1.9%-0.8%-69.2M1.53B-14.0M0.1812.71218,94738,6781,320,8361,831,612
2014-10-08$39.00$39.0021.7%6.0%21.2%51.0%23.1%2.6%-0.0%-46.1M977.0M-14.1M0.9913.04131,873130,0391,316,9381,855,627
2014-10-09$38.44$39.0021.9%6.1%21.6%52.4%23.0%2.4%-0.2%-74.8M1.42B-14.1M2.2112.7971,436157,9521,380,1251,890,982
2014-10-10$37.92$39.0022.7%6.2%21.9%59.2%23.5%2.5%-0.3%-88.4M1.86B-14.0M1.6714.3459,55799,7371,397,4491,903,466
2014-10-13$38.08$39.0024.3%6.4%21.7%72.0%24.0%1.6%-0.4%-58.4M1.61B-13.5M1.5116.4561,68293,2591,383,0181,865,121
2014-10-14$38.30$39.0023.6%6.3%21.7%66.8%24.3%3.5%-0.6%-55.5M1.54B-13.4M1.8316.0453,90498,6881,392,3911,877,554
2014-10-15$37.99$39.0026.6%6.8%21.7%90.6%25.3%5.3%-1.2%-58.4M1.81B-13.8M1.5818.5480,219126,9571,401,4961,876,348
2014-10-16$37.80$39.0024.6%6.6%21.7%74.9%24.2%3.7%-0.9%-68.3M1.92B-13.3M1.6413.2735,93458,9931,410,7461,876,923
2014-10-17$38.24$39.0024.2%6.5%22.1%71.2%24.6%3.8%-0.2%-41.7M1.56B-13.3M3.4815.1630,489106,1801,432,4051,881,563
2014-10-20$38.29$39.0022.4%6.2%21.2%56.5%23.5%3.7%-0.2%-35.9M1.02B-12.6M2.0017.7558,286116,7661,185,2631,694,604
2014-10-21$38.40$39.0021.0%6.0%21.3%45.8%22.8%2.8%0.2%-30.2M934.4M-12.1M1.8416.7752,90397,1841,189,2951,721,103
2014-10-22$38.28$39.0020.6%5.9%19.9%42.4%22.6%2.2%0.2%-33.2M1.01B-12.4M1.5715.5259,86894,2541,193,8571,727,104
2014-10-23$38.46$39.0020.3%5.9%18.7%39.5%22.4%2.6%0.1%-24.3M916.5M-12.1M0.9315.8994,23687,3591,198,0181,729,324
2014-10-24$38.60$39.0020.3%5.8%18.6%39.6%22.0%2.3%0.1%-12.6M783.7M-11.9M1.4513.7270,165101,4531,208,7041,734,717
2014-10-27$38.08$39.0019.2%5.7%17.3%30.9%22.7%2.2%-0.1%-47.7M1.24B-11.8M1.4211.9159,74385,0921,180,2241,726,601
2014-10-28$39.27$39.0019.3%5.7%20.5%31.8%20.2%1.9%0.1%2.8M420.6M-12.2M0.9514.0538,43236,6471,189,3121,736,351
2014-10-29$39.42$39.0019.5%5.7%18.6%33.1%21.9%1.8%0.2%11.9M255.0M-12.2M1.6615.2874,485123,5111,205,5011,745,275
2014-10-30$39.47$39.0019.1%5.6%18.6%29.7%21.7%1.6%0.3%14.3M240.3M-11.7M1.6412.0858,34995,3991,222,1701,766,687
2014-10-31$39.95$39.0019.7%5.7%18.2%34.9%21.7%1.8%0.0%30.8M-134.0M-11.7M1.0613.8288,78394,0201,219,5601,777,435