FXI Options History — April 2015

In April 2015, FXI traded between $45.21 and $52.72. ATM implied volatility averaged 29.7%, placing in the 73.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.5% (HV 20d: 29.2%). Max pain ranged from $41.50 to $47.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.22.

Notable Days

  • 2015-04-08: Highest Volume — 529,989 contracts
  • 2015-04-08: Largest IV spike — 26.8% change
  • 2015-04-08: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2015-04-13: Largest Expected Move — 10.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$50.36$45.21$52.72$45.21$51.34
Max Pain$44.52$41.50$47.00$42.50$47.00
ATM IV29.7%21.1%36.9%21.2%29.1%
Expected Move8.6%6.1%10.5%6.1%8.5%
HV 20d29.2%20.8%34.0%21.9%33.1%
HV 60d24.6%21.1%26.3%21.7%25.1%
IV Rank73.9%45.5%100.0%46.0%63.8%
IV Percentile93.5%66.3%100.0%67.1%93.7%
Term Structure-0.4%-1.0%0.5%0.3%-0.3%
VWIV30.4%21.5%37.7%21.5%30.3%
Skew 25d-1.7%-3.6%-0.8%-1.4%-0.8%
Skew 10d-3.1%-7.2%-1.2%-2.8%-1.6%
Call IV 25d31.2%22.4%39.3%22.6%30.3%
Put IV 25d29.5%20.7%36.0%21.2%29.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %5.533.989.554.115.35
Gamma HHI0.070.050.120.070.07
Net GEX90.8M39.4M133.6M39.4M74.5M
Net DEX-3.55B-5.03B-1.13B-1.13B-3.39B
Net VEX-16.5M-18.4M-13.9M-14.7M-18.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.220.412.570.890.99
Total Volume271,000.333162,360529,989220,768221,521
Total OI3,372,269.2862,587,7033,811,7902,587,7033,811,790

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-04-01$45.21$42.5021.2%6.1%21.9%46.0%21.5%-1.4%0.3%39.4M-1.13B-14.7M0.894.11116,697104,071927,4321,660,271
2015-04-02$45.73$41.5021.1%6.3%21.7%45.5%22.0%-1.8%0.5%46.0M-1.45B-14.9M0.724.49119,43586,506975,2291,705,545
2015-04-06$46.27$41.5023.2%6.6%20.9%62.2%23.5%-1.9%0.1%59.8M-1.70B-14.7M1.124.6183,94193,8641,012,3211,700,857
2015-04-07$46.42$42.0023.3%6.7%20.8%63.2%23.4%-1.4%0.0%65.1M-1.82B-14.7M1.084.8778,22084,1401,051,0041,733,967
2015-04-08$49.22$42.0029.6%8.2%25.6%100.0%29.8%-2.5%-0.9%66.1M-3.27B-13.9M0.415.19377,102152,8871,111,9671,745,395
2015-04-09$51.05$42.5033.2%9.3%27.1%100.0%32.6%-1.5%-0.8%86.7M-4.31B-14.8M0.755.65226,104168,7261,344,6131,851,272
2015-04-10$50.76$43.5032.5%9.2%27.8%96.2%32.9%-2.4%-0.6%90.1M-4.17B-16.5M1.127.41154,099173,1491,426,6731,942,132
2015-04-13$51.34$43.5036.9%10.5%27.7%100.0%37.7%-3.3%-0.9%86.5M-4.32B-16.6M0.985.37130,376127,4001,465,3851,958,345
2015-04-14$50.97$43.5033.1%9.5%28.3%82.4%33.2%-3.6%-1.0%87.9M-4.07B-17.1M1.277.6484,530107,4781,502,6582,016,911
2015-04-15$51.36$44.0030.6%8.8%28.2%70.7%31.5%-2.8%-0.1%101.1M-4.35B-16.6M1.599.5598,690156,8141,539,5342,036,947
2015-04-16$52.30$45.0029.6%8.5%28.3%66.2%30.3%-2.5%-0.2%124.3M-5.03B-15.8M0.736.32158,455115,5531,584,6762,068,004
2015-04-17$50.06$45.5031.4%9.1%33.9%74.6%32.5%-1.4%-0.8%67.2M-3.35B-18.4M1.475.25185,938273,7211,632,4362,102,833
2015-04-20$50.45$46.0030.6%8.9%33.9%70.8%32.3%-0.9%-0.9%90.9M-3.00B-17.4M1.476.00102,851151,1941,457,4061,923,938
2015-04-21$51.50$46.0029.4%8.6%34.0%65.3%30.4%-0.8%-0.4%116.2M-3.87B-16.5M1.255.79106,873133,6661,527,2161,936,583
2015-04-22$52.39$46.0030.1%8.7%33.7%68.5%31.0%-1.8%-0.5%133.6M-4.55B-16.4M0.613.98203,626123,4971,597,7731,963,733
2015-04-23$51.83$46.0030.3%8.8%33.6%69.1%30.8%-1.6%-0.4%129.4M-4.06B-17.8M2.405.0059,248142,2641,669,4001,993,005
2015-04-24$51.89$46.0032.1%9.3%33.6%77.6%33.0%-1.3%-0.7%119.0M-4.16B-18.3M1.424.76109,962155,8921,702,8572,037,963
2015-04-27$52.72$47.0033.1%9.7%33.6%82.4%34.6%-0.8%-0.6%111.8M-4.40B-18.0M1.914.8565,622125,3301,640,1912,016,354
2015-04-28$52.70$47.0031.5%9.2%32.0%74.9%33.3%-1.0%-0.4%116.6M-4.37B-17.8M2.574.5164,515165,9571,656,6452,036,224
2015-04-29$51.98$47.0030.8%9.1%32.5%71.7%33.0%-1.0%-0.1%94.6M-3.80B-18.2M0.825.47165,821135,2721,670,9982,079,172
2015-04-30$51.34$47.0029.1%8.5%33.1%63.8%30.3%-0.8%-0.3%74.5M-3.39B-18.1M0.995.35111,188110,3331,717,8762,093,914