FXI Options History — February 2015

In February 2015, FXI traded between $41.90 and $43.79. ATM implied volatility averaged 21.1%, placing in the 45.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.8% (HV 20d: 22.9%). Max pain ranged from $41.00 to $42.00. Net GEX was positive for 14 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.03.

Notable Days

  • 2015-02-13: Highest Volume — 196,375 contracts
  • 2015-02-04: Largest IV spike — 8.2% change
  • 2015-02-04: Highest IV Rank — 84.3%
  • 2015-02-04: Largest Expected Move — 7.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$42.87$41.90$43.79$41.94$43.79
Max Pain$41.29$41.00$42.00$41.50$42.00
ATM IV21.1%18.9%25.9%23.8%19.3%
Expected Move6.1%5.4%7.5%6.9%5.5%
HV 20d22.9%19.0%25.4%24.5%19.0%
HV 60d25.1%22.9%26.3%25.5%22.9%
IV Rank45.3%27.4%84.3%67.2%30.5%
IV Percentile52.4%29.4%94.8%76.6%35.3%
Term Structure0.0%-0.5%0.5%0.1%-0.1%
VWIV21.9%19.1%27.1%24.7%19.7%
Skew 25d0.2%-0.3%1.0%0.9%0.4%
Skew 10d0.5%-1.5%2.9%2.9%0.8%
Call IV 25d21.6%19.5%26.6%23.9%19.6%
Put IV 25d21.8%19.6%26.3%24.7%20.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %6.184.887.895.045.46
Gamma HHI0.080.060.250.060.06
Net GEX22.3M-16.7M93.6M-9.8M19.3M
Net DEX-412.0M-751.0M35.6M-68.8M-596.4M
Net VEX-10.8M-11.6M-10.1M-11.3M-10.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.030.595.875.871.12
Total Volume116,938.10528,242196,37551,82595,139
Total OI1,797,312.4211,615,8181,968,7701,656,9751,696,849

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-02-02$41.94$41.5023.8%6.9%24.5%67.2%24.7%0.9%0.1%-9.8M-68.8M-11.3M5.875.047,54644,279622,1401,034,835
2015-02-03$42.79$41.5024.0%6.9%25.4%68.4%25.0%1.0%0.1%8.3M-445.9M-11.1M2.145.2337,86081,054626,7851,050,351
2015-02-04$43.13$42.0025.9%7.5%24.9%84.3%27.1%-0.3%-0.5%14.7M-615.0M-10.9M1.134.9879,92290,702635,3381,058,725
2015-02-05$43.02$41.0024.3%6.9%23.4%71.3%26.1%0.4%-0.1%29.9M-561.9M-11.3M3.705.8531,617117,083694,0711,083,774
2015-02-06$42.02$41.0022.9%6.8%24.8%59.7%24.2%0.2%0.3%-15.8M-61.6M-11.4M2.667.4038,918103,445699,2891,115,355
2015-02-09$41.90$41.0022.7%6.7%24.8%58.4%23.4%-0.1%0.4%-16.7M35.6M-11.6M2.837.0131,79389,868690,4591,151,138
2015-02-10$42.13$41.0022.0%6.4%24.6%52.5%21.9%-0.1%0.2%-9.4M-93.1M-11.5M2.227.6633,24473,814691,5651,164,240
2015-02-11$42.11$41.0020.8%6.1%24.2%43.2%21.8%0.9%0.5%-12.9M-54.1M-11.4M1.986.8847,17993,618695,9421,170,599
2015-02-12$42.71$41.0020.5%6.0%24.5%40.1%21.6%0.6%0.5%28.4M-458.2M-11.1M2.377.1544,742105,909712,8781,201,657
2015-02-13$42.94$41.0019.7%5.7%24.4%34.1%20.8%-0.2%-0.1%48.9M-645.9M-10.2M1.226.4788,537107,838727,8171,207,443
2015-02-17$43.10$41.0019.1%5.5%24.3%28.7%19.5%-0.0%0.3%70.7M-672.1M-10.3M2.997.8936,753110,072720,0071,219,226
2015-02-18$43.09$41.0019.2%5.5%23.9%29.9%19.1%-0.2%0.2%77.7M-638.3M-10.4M2.476.2838,80795,989720,9231,241,243
2015-02-19$43.06$41.0019.2%5.5%21.1%30.0%21.2%-0.2%-0.3%93.6M-599.7M-10.7M0.874.8815,12513,117721,2541,247,516
2015-02-20$43.33$41.0018.9%5.4%20.3%27.4%19.5%0.2%-0.0%13.6M-751.0M-10.1M0.775.6768,96053,174718,5411,239,437
2015-02-23$42.96$41.0019.9%5.6%20.5%35.1%20.0%-0.1%-0.2%10.7M-243.3M-10.7M1.406.7330,38842,557579,0731,036,745
2015-02-24$43.50$41.5019.7%5.6%21.1%33.6%19.8%-0.2%-0.1%22.3M-450.1M-10.1M0.595.5856,15133,271570,7751,047,438
2015-02-25$43.25$42.0019.7%5.6%20.0%33.6%19.9%-0.1%-0.4%16.5M-354.8M-10.6M0.945.9953,86550,606607,0081,061,978
2015-02-26$43.78$42.0019.6%5.6%19.1%32.9%21.1%0.6%-0.2%33.2M-553.3M-10.7M1.265.1934,88743,995608,0251,078,497
2015-02-27$43.79$42.0019.3%5.5%19.0%30.5%19.7%0.4%-0.1%19.3M-596.4M-10.3M1.125.4644,96750,172608,7931,088,056