FXI Options History — March 2015

In March 2015, FXI traded between $40.77 and $44.79. ATM implied volatility averaged 19.7%, placing in the 34.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.5% (HV 20d: 19.3%). Max pain ranged from $42.00 to $42.50. Net GEX was positive for 8 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.52.

Notable Days

  • 2015-03-30: Highest Volume — 296,963 contracts
  • 2015-03-30: Largest IV spike — 19.6% change
  • 2015-03-30: Highest IV Rank — 55.5%
  • 2015-03-30: Largest Expected Move — 6.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$42.52$40.77$44.79$43.87$44.45
Max Pain$42.02$42.00$42.50$42.00$42.50
ATM IV19.7%17.9%22.4%19.0%20.4%
Expected Move5.7%5.1%6.5%5.6%5.9%
HV 20d19.3%15.7%24.6%15.7%22.3%
HV 60d21.8%20.2%23.2%22.4%21.5%
IV Rank34.2%19.3%55.5%27.8%39.9%
IV Percentile43.5%17.9%77.0%30.2%58.7%
Term Structure0.1%-0.4%0.6%-0.4%0.1%
VWIV20.3%17.9%23.5%20.4%20.7%
Skew 25d-0.1%-2.0%0.8%0.8%-1.3%
Skew 10d-0.4%-2.8%1.2%1.1%-2.8%
Call IV 25d20.4%18.6%23.7%19.0%21.7%
Put IV 25d20.2%18.4%22.3%19.8%20.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %6.544.409.425.825.05
Gamma HHI0.060.050.090.060.07
Net GEX-14.9M-73.7M40.6M28.2M31.7M
Net DEX112.2M-784.8M873.0M-568.6M-701.3M
Net VEX-12.2M-14.4M-10.1M-10.1M-14.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.520.213.892.222.21
Total Volume117,394.09121,460296,96387,654274,247
Total OI2,058,367.2731,664,0172,472,5331,664,0172,472,533

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-03-02$43.87$42.0019.0%5.6%15.7%27.8%20.4%0.8%-0.4%28.2M-568.6M-10.1M2.225.8227,25660,398588,7061,075,311
2015-03-03$42.65$42.0019.1%5.7%18.4%28.8%19.8%0.4%-0.4%-7.2M-76.0M-10.3M1.044.5269,18971,652589,5901,092,429
2015-03-04$42.02$42.0019.3%5.8%17.7%30.3%20.4%0.7%-0.2%-27.1M227.6M-11.0M1.154.4054,61862,580622,4181,120,745
2015-03-05$41.70$42.0019.2%5.5%17.5%29.7%19.7%0.4%-0.0%-38.5M364.1M-11.2M1.856.2642,21677,958638,2251,141,092
2015-03-06$41.22$42.0018.8%5.4%17.9%26.8%20.8%0.0%-0.4%-56.3M719.2M-11.7M1.994.7362,008123,620660,2401,192,818
2015-03-09$41.74$42.0019.3%5.5%16.7%30.2%19.3%-0.1%-0.1%-42.0M435.4M-11.9M0.215.9817,7933,667652,3351,243,114
2015-03-10$40.77$42.0019.6%5.6%18.6%33.1%19.8%0.4%0.1%-73.7M873.0M-11.9M1.606.2943,62069,960663,5901,241,076
2015-03-11$40.87$42.0019.8%5.7%18.5%34.8%20.1%0.6%0.1%-71.8M863.3M-12.0M3.895.3121,48283,582693,6311,300,458
2015-03-12$41.28$42.0019.8%5.8%18.9%35.0%20.5%0.1%0.5%-63.0M703.0M-12.5M3.185.5614,96147,554711,2561,360,692
2015-03-13$41.49$42.0020.9%6.1%18.2%43.4%21.6%-0.1%0.2%-21.2M662.4M-12.8M0.646.6418,90012,175715,9101,408,846
2015-03-16$42.24$42.0021.8%6.2%19.4%50.5%23.5%-0.5%0.1%-31.5M247.9M-12.3M1.066.9854,25357,747701,3861,408,216
2015-03-17$42.42$42.0021.7%6.2%19.4%49.7%22.2%-0.5%-0.3%-17.8M110.2M-12.4M1.406.0923,36032,684743,8451,452,739
2015-03-18$43.16$42.0021.7%6.2%20.4%50.1%22.0%-0.2%0.5%21.8M-319.2M-11.3M0.719.4265,98546,746760,8891,455,290
2015-03-19$43.15$42.0020.4%5.8%20.4%39.8%20.3%-0.2%0.3%40.6M-353.6M-11.9M0.388.1935,26813,530795,2761,485,473
2015-03-20$43.34$42.0019.4%5.6%20.4%31.4%19.8%-0.4%-0.1%31.5M-482.4M-12.4M0.419.1888,14036,369798,6951,496,295
2015-03-23$43.20$42.0019.2%5.4%20.1%29.7%19.4%-0.3%0.0%5.2M-159.5M-12.7M1.498.1917,59926,223691,1311,347,088
2015-03-24$43.00$42.0017.9%5.1%19.7%19.3%18.1%-0.3%0.6%1.1M-87.6M-11.9M3.387.7312,86743,502699,5501,368,397
2015-03-25$42.51$42.0018.1%5.1%20.0%21.3%17.9%-0.3%0.2%-25.0M223.8M-13.0M1.056.7865,95669,443703,2831,399,238
2015-03-26$42.47$42.0017.9%5.1%19.4%19.6%19.4%-0.1%0.3%-27.7M408.1M-13.3M1.918.7958,189111,147754,8511,463,367
2015-03-27$43.10$42.0018.7%5.3%20.2%25.9%18.8%-0.4%0.4%-9.7M163.1M-13.7M0.655.64101,64965,614755,8671,491,775
2015-03-30$44.79$42.0022.4%6.5%24.6%55.5%22.4%-2.0%0.1%24.2M-784.8M-13.9M1.086.37142,595154,368810,5361,515,878
2015-03-31$44.45$42.5020.4%5.9%22.3%39.9%20.7%-1.3%0.1%31.7M-701.3M-14.4M2.215.0585,411188,836890,1941,582,339