FXI Options History — November 2015

In November 2015, FXI traded between $36.93 and $39.31. ATM implied volatility averaged 25.9%, placing in the 24.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.9% (HV 20d: 20.0%). Max pain ranged from $40.00 to $41.50. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.09.

Notable Days

  • 2015-11-18: Highest Volume — 233,359 contracts
  • 2015-11-09: Largest IV spike — 6.0% change
  • 2015-11-13: Highest IV Rank — 29.2%
  • 2015-11-13: Largest Expected Move — 7.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$38.08$36.93$39.31$38.55$37.45
Max Pain$40.23$40.00$41.50$41.50$40.00
ATM IV25.9%24.7%27.5%25.2%25.9%
Expected Move7.3%6.3%7.9%7.4%7.2%
HV 20d20.0%15.8%25.2%25.2%19.1%
HV 60d32.1%27.6%34.8%34.8%28.3%
IV Rank24.2%20.7%29.2%22.2%24.3%
IV Percentile40.5%30.2%56.0%37.7%38.5%
Term Structure0.2%-1.6%3.1%-0.1%-0.7%
VWIV26.8%23.5%28.6%26.8%26.5%
Skew 25d2.5%1.4%4.9%3.2%4.9%
Skew 10d5.0%1.4%8.6%7.0%8.2%
Call IV 25d25.1%23.3%27.0%24.4%23.4%
Put IV 25d27.6%26.2%29.5%27.6%28.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %6.183.339.334.807.34
Gamma HHI0.100.070.170.070.12
Net GEX-99.8M-143.6M-28.5M-79.3M-104.3M
Net DEX2.75B1.78B3.77B2.51B2.78B
Net VEX-15.8M-17.9M-13.1M-17.7M-13.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.090.452.900.451.13
Total Volume160,651.154,155233,359159,86454,155
Total OI4,287,356.43,714,2094,652,3704,299,4023,796,225

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-11-02$38.55$41.5025.2%7.4%25.2%22.2%26.8%3.2%-0.1%-79.3M2.51B-17.7M0.454.80110,06649,7981,903,6382,395,764
2015-11-03$38.72$41.5024.7%7.3%24.6%20.7%26.1%3.5%-0.1%-64.4M2.36B-17.4M0.883.3392,96182,2281,911,3662,401,390
2015-11-04$38.99$41.5025.5%7.5%20.9%23.0%26.2%1.7%-0.3%-55.0M2.05B-17.9M0.714.66102,46472,8671,918,3662,424,248
2015-11-05$39.31$40.0026.0%7.5%21.0%24.6%26.5%1.4%-0.2%-33.9M1.78B-17.9M0.457.09116,42952,3201,930,1982,432,816
2015-11-06$38.95$40.0025.2%7.3%21.2%22.3%27.4%2.1%0.0%-28.5M2.15B-17.4M1.127.8342,46147,5601,952,0352,446,206
2015-11-09$38.17$40.0026.8%7.7%22.4%26.8%27.5%2.0%-0.1%-92.8M2.76B-16.8M2.537.1235,56890,1251,934,1112,430,501
2015-11-10$37.92$40.0026.2%7.5%22.2%25.1%28.2%1.8%-0.3%-111.9M3.06B-16.5M1.036.51101,144103,9281,958,5702,482,802
2015-11-11$38.16$40.0026.3%7.5%22.3%25.6%28.0%2.2%0.1%-105.7M2.91B-16.5M0.899.3399,33088,5911,965,8992,496,720
2015-11-12$37.85$40.0026.0%7.4%18.7%24.7%27.7%1.7%-0.3%-119.9M3.08B-16.1M1.297.5980,925104,4921,972,1212,492,468
2015-11-13$37.14$40.0027.5%7.9%19.5%29.2%27.9%2.8%-0.1%-143.6M3.77B-15.8M1.617.5382,591132,7851,975,5002,538,473
2015-11-16$37.69$40.0026.6%7.6%20.4%26.2%28.6%1.8%0.6%-139.7M3.34B-15.6M1.566.5629,01545,1391,933,3602,548,112
2015-11-17$37.59$40.0025.9%7.4%20.4%24.2%27.5%2.6%3.1%-141.6M3.42B-15.3M0.515.72129,90266,7981,946,6762,551,793
2015-11-18$37.77$40.0025.2%7.2%20.0%22.2%26.7%2.4%3.0%-143.3M3.35B-15.4M0.747.22134,18299,1771,990,9352,579,389
2015-11-19$37.84$40.0025.3%7.1%17.8%22.4%28.2%2.4%2.1%-138.0M3.26B-14.7M0.524.43134,75669,7182,011,5422,612,712
2015-11-20$38.44$40.0025.3%7.0%17.5%22.5%25.7%1.7%1.8%-143.2M2.61B-15.1M0.594.42134,84279,1482,044,6752,607,695
2015-11-23$38.05$40.0026.1%6.9%16.4%24.8%24.6%3.0%-1.4%-70.5M2.17B-14.6M1.915.8223,68445,1821,589,0432,125,166
2015-11-24$38.06$40.0026.1%6.7%16.2%24.8%27.1%2.9%-1.2%-73.7M2.22B-14.2M2.905.3624,58271,2441,606,1742,158,479
2015-11-25$37.99$40.0025.0%6.3%15.8%21.6%23.5%3.3%-1.1%-77.9M2.36B-13.8M0.575.25127,72872,9611,623,2862,194,530
2015-11-27$36.93$40.0026.4%7.0%18.3%25.8%24.8%3.5%-1.6%-128.2M3.12B-13.3M0.495.70121,97160,2051,639,6752,224,469
2015-11-30$37.45$40.0025.9%7.2%19.1%24.3%26.5%4.9%-0.7%-104.3M2.78B-13.1M1.137.3425,47028,6851,616,6422,179,583