FXI Options History — May 2015

In May 2015, FXI traded between $48.82 and $52.21. ATM implied volatility averaged 28.3%, placing in the 59.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.0%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.0% (HV 20d: 28.3%). Max pain ranged from $47.00 to $50.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.70.

Notable Days

  • 2015-05-22: Highest Volume — 352,609 contracts
  • 2015-05-22: Largest IV spike — 8.0% change
  • 2015-05-28: Highest IV Rank — 77.3%
  • 2015-05-28: Largest Expected Move — 9.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$50.32$48.82$52.21$51.82$48.82
Max Pain$49.25$47.00$50.00$47.00$50.00
ATM IV28.3%25.3%32.0%28.3%30.3%
Expected Move8.0%7.3%9.0%8.2%8.5%
HV 20d28.3%24.0%36.3%33.0%28.6%
HV 60d27.0%25.1%28.4%25.1%28.4%
IV Rank59.9%45.7%77.3%59.8%69.3%
IV Percentile91.3%83.7%97.6%93.3%94.4%
Term Structure-0.0%-1.0%1.0%-0.2%-0.9%
VWIV28.5%25.6%31.8%29.2%30.6%
Skew 25d-0.2%-1.3%1.5%-0.2%-1.1%
Skew 10d-0.4%-3.0%2.6%-0.4%-3.0%
Call IV 25d28.8%25.7%32.2%28.9%31.2%
Put IV 25d28.6%25.7%31.8%28.7%30.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %5.334.047.204.045.38
Gamma HHI0.070.050.100.100.06
Net GEX64.4M-224.8K137.7M111.9M49.0M
Net DEX-2.14B-3.97B-617.3M-3.68B-617.3M
Net VEX-18.6M-20.4M-17.4M-18.4M-20.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.700.331.250.740.69
Total Volume189,617.151,356352,609177,483169,981
Total OI3,752,632.13,164,7844,234,5713,869,7123,692,951

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-05-01$51.82$47.0028.3%8.2%33.0%59.8%29.2%-0.2%-0.2%111.9M-3.68B-18.4M0.744.04101,71375,7701,744,4592,125,253
2015-05-04$52.21$48.5027.7%7.9%33.0%57.0%27.7%0.4%0.1%105.6M-3.97B-17.4M0.674.5489,77560,5071,702,5782,089,915
2015-05-05$50.33$48.5029.3%8.2%36.3%64.5%29.7%0.4%-0.7%72.1M-2.57B-18.4M0.677.20132,16088,0171,800,3422,096,226
2015-05-06$49.27$48.5029.9%8.4%31.1%67.4%29.9%1.4%-0.3%39.2M-1.70B-18.6M0.956.6894,68490,2721,804,8362,108,393
2015-05-07$49.27$48.5028.9%8.3%27.9%62.9%29.1%1.5%-0.1%30.3M-1.61B-18.5M0.866.18109,35993,5741,837,5742,140,082
2015-05-08$50.51$48.5029.1%8.3%29.4%63.7%29.5%0.3%-0.5%56.3M-2.69B-18.4M0.336.41194,32163,6111,838,0202,175,505
2015-05-11$50.07$48.5027.4%7.9%29.2%55.5%27.9%-0.1%0.2%44.4M-2.29B-17.9M1.255.3652,10965,0831,871,6022,188,508
2015-05-12$49.82$49.0027.0%7.8%29.2%53.9%27.6%0.9%0.1%16.3M-1.85B-18.0M0.746.20104,68777,4251,836,4902,226,323
2015-05-13$49.23$50.0025.7%7.4%29.2%47.7%25.9%0.3%0.1%136.7K-1.37B-17.8M0.604.35126,80576,6811,899,1122,236,711
2015-05-14$49.62$49.5025.3%7.3%28.5%45.7%25.6%0.1%0.2%-224.8K-1.81B-17.9M0.484.73175,90484,4471,944,7062,255,983
2015-05-15$50.65$49.5025.6%7.3%25.2%47.1%26.0%-0.1%-0.0%60.1M-2.92B-17.9M0.564.61157,43787,4901,969,8672,264,704
2015-05-18$49.85$49.5025.9%7.4%25.7%48.9%26.6%-0.3%1.0%47.0M-1.25B-17.8M0.495.8782,32540,5081,499,6511,665,133
2015-05-19$50.53$49.5027.3%7.8%25.0%55.1%28.1%-0.7%1.0%72.5M-1.83B-18.0M0.595.0232,34119,0151,558,1091,680,608
2015-05-20$50.10$50.0027.4%7.8%24.2%55.5%27.9%-1.3%0.9%56.7M-1.51B-18.5M0.774.70114,27588,3361,576,3081,683,390
2015-05-21$49.87$50.0027.0%7.7%24.0%53.9%27.2%-1.3%0.9%46.4M-1.41B-18.9M0.934.6980,86875,0711,658,1901,719,329
2015-05-22$51.39$50.0029.2%8.3%26.5%64.1%29.1%-1.2%0.7%130.9M-2.66B-19.1M0.375.97257,40495,2051,675,8861,753,011
2015-05-26$51.61$50.0031.5%8.8%25.9%75.0%30.9%-1.3%-1.0%132.2M-2.85B-20.0M0.724.9297,05670,2151,783,1231,756,377
2015-05-27$51.53$50.0031.2%8.6%25.9%73.6%30.2%-0.8%-0.9%137.7M-2.80B-20.0M0.834.8774,68761,9061,813,9841,763,125
2015-05-28$49.83$50.0032.0%9.0%28.0%77.3%31.8%-0.4%-1.0%79.4M-1.39B-20.4M0.804.82128,657102,6611,845,6311,770,647
2015-05-29$48.82$50.0030.3%8.5%28.6%69.3%30.6%-1.1%-0.9%49.0M-617.3M-20.2M0.695.38100,60469,3771,888,8641,804,087