FXI Options History — September 2015

In September 2015, FXI traded between $33.67 and $37.56. ATM implied volatility averaged 37.7%, placing in the 60.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.9%. IV traded below realized volatility by 5.2% (HV 20d: 43.0%). Max pain ranged from $39.50 to $42.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.44.

Notable Days

  • 2015-09-04: Highest Volume — 446,071 contracts
  • 2015-09-08: Largest IV drop — 19.4% change
  • 2015-09-04: Highest IV Rank — 92.7%
  • 2015-09-01: Largest Expected Move — 14.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$35.66$33.67$37.56$34.26$35.49
Max Pain$40.81$39.50$42.00$40.00$39.50
ATM IV37.7%31.4%48.4%47.7%34.4%
Expected Move10.9%8.9%14.8%14.8%10.0%
HV 20d43.0%35.2%48.1%38.2%35.2%
HV 60d39.1%36.5%40.3%36.5%38.1%
IV Rank60.3%40.8%92.7%90.9%50.0%
IV Percentile93.4%85.7%99.6%99.6%89.3%
Term Structure-0.5%-2.6%0.9%-1.7%-0.4%
VWIV39.8%33.2%55.1%55.1%43.2%
Skew 25d9.2%4.4%15.8%10.6%8.9%
Skew 10d19.6%11.3%31.7%24.2%17.6%
Call IV 25d34.6%29.8%44.1%44.1%31.1%
Put IV 25d43.8%36.7%59.4%54.7%39.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %7.463.1216.055.213.81
Gamma HHI0.070.060.080.080.08
Net GEX-87.6M-106.4M-67.6M-80.8M-85.8M
Net DEX3.90B3.09B4.68B4.40B3.89B
Net VEX-17.4M-19.0M-15.3M-15.3M-16.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.440.822.251.801.17
Total Volume229,426.14357,689446,071342,244192,168
Total OI4,212,190.2383,801,9494,655,7523,801,9494,118,970

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-09-01$34.26$40.0047.7%14.8%38.2%90.9%55.1%10.6%-1.7%-80.8M4.40B-15.3M1.805.21122,274219,9701,633,6492,168,300
2015-09-02$34.58$40.0043.1%13.1%38.3%77.0%47.3%12.2%-1.0%-88.7M4.37B-15.7M1.533.12112,222171,5361,674,0862,245,160
2015-09-03$34.92$42.0041.2%11.5%38.8%71.3%43.1%10.8%-0.8%-90.2M4.24B-16.8M1.239.82133,773164,3091,710,3092,318,515
2015-09-04$33.67$42.0048.4%12.9%39.8%92.7%48.9%15.8%-2.6%-81.7M4.68B-15.6M1.1710.68205,912240,1591,756,9112,367,587
2015-09-08$35.97$42.0039.0%10.9%46.8%64.6%39.4%13.9%-0.8%-87.5M3.86B-18.0M1.9416.0562,343121,2031,827,2032,408,765
2015-09-09$36.00$42.0039.1%10.9%46.9%64.1%40.6%8.4%-1.2%-94.8M3.74B-18.5M2.2514.62109,434245,6891,857,2552,451,845
2015-09-10$36.10$42.0040.8%11.5%46.6%69.4%40.0%8.8%-0.8%-106.4M3.79B-19.0M1.2514.7392,902116,3051,893,3812,559,172
2015-09-11$36.27$41.5038.4%11.0%46.5%62.2%39.6%11.5%-0.2%-92.5M3.86B-18.9M1.8312.0699,666182,4331,906,6592,593,077
2015-09-14$35.94$41.0038.5%10.9%46.5%62.4%38.3%8.9%-0.4%-99.7M4.01B-18.3M1.134.78100,270113,2681,902,4262,533,462
2015-09-15$36.45$41.0037.4%10.7%47.0%59.0%36.7%8.1%-0.6%-97.9M3.74B-18.3M1.305.2825,09632,5931,919,1072,564,410
2015-09-16$37.56$40.5033.9%9.7%48.1%48.5%35.0%6.3%-0.6%-86.0M3.09B-18.9M1.545.70103,593159,1451,932,2322,578,915
2015-09-17$37.12$40.5032.9%9.4%47.7%45.5%33.2%4.4%0.9%-92.0M3.34B-18.6M1.1312.80114,197129,5221,964,9922,644,438
2015-09-18$36.32$40.5034.2%9.8%47.5%49.4%33.5%7.6%-0.2%-67.6M3.88B-17.8M0.935.00136,237127,0361,990,0632,665,689
2015-09-21$36.76$40.5031.4%8.9%46.9%40.8%36.0%7.2%0.2%-70.5M3.18B-18.0M1.484.7091,874135,8931,694,5022,220,772
2015-09-22$36.01$40.5033.6%9.7%42.6%47.6%35.0%6.5%0.0%-82.1M3.62B-17.6M1.258.2270,10987,4431,719,5972,296,143
2015-09-23$35.65$40.5034.6%10.1%42.2%50.6%39.9%8.2%-0.2%-82.3M3.75B-17.4M1.673.4666,621111,4641,739,8552,303,165
2015-09-24$35.37$40.5034.8%10.1%42.0%51.2%37.0%7.9%0.2%-87.2M3.95B-17.1M1.093.7274,06381,0131,752,4392,324,636
2015-09-25$35.25$40.5034.8%10.1%38.9%51.1%35.5%8.3%-0.1%-84.6M4.02B-16.7M1.793.4563,005113,0271,765,6202,341,564
2015-09-28$34.67$40.0037.3%11.0%38.3%59.0%39.5%9.3%-0.6%-87.5M4.16B-16.4M1.865.9349,68192,6521,727,2962,304,055
2015-09-29$34.58$40.0037.2%11.0%38.1%58.7%38.1%9.4%-0.5%-93.5M4.31B-16.2M0.823.5681,33566,5141,733,7692,346,004
2015-09-30$35.49$39.5034.4%10.0%35.2%50.0%43.2%8.9%-0.4%-85.8M3.89B-16.9M1.173.8188,370103,7981,771,4012,347,569