FXI Options History — December 2015

In December 2015, FXI traded between $34.57 and $37.63. ATM implied volatility averaged 24.9%, placing in the 21.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.0% (HV 20d: 20.8%). Max pain ranged from $40.00 to $45.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.95.

Notable Days

  • 2015-12-21: Highest Volume — 383,347 contracts
  • 2015-12-11: Largest IV spike — 13.3% change
  • 2015-12-11: Highest IV Rank — 35.9%
  • 2015-12-11: Largest Expected Move — 8.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$36.13$34.57$37.63$37.63$35.39
Max Pain$42.14$40.00$45.00$40.00$41.00
ATM IV24.9%22.2%29.8%26.0%22.9%
Expected Move7.1%6.5%8.3%7.2%6.6%
HV 20d20.8%18.8%23.5%19.0%21.4%
HV 60d23.6%21.7%27.2%27.2%21.7%
IV Rank21.1%13.0%35.9%24.7%15.2%
IV Percentile30.4%14.3%72.6%40.1%16.3%
Term Structure-0.2%-1.3%0.5%-1.2%0.2%
VWIV25.5%23.1%30.2%25.5%24.3%
Skew 25d3.9%2.1%6.5%4.4%2.6%
Skew 10d6.6%4.2%11.5%7.5%7.0%
Call IV 25d23.6%21.6%27.7%23.3%22.4%
Put IV 25d27.4%24.0%34.2%27.7%25.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.742.725.184.913.26
Gamma HHI0.140.110.250.120.12
Net GEX-101.5M-160.6M-33.8M-98.9M-67.4M
Net DEX3.39B2.52B4.71B2.62B3.10B
Net VEX-11.6M-13.3M-10.5M-13.3M-10.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.950.402.492.490.81
Total Volume192,836.13666,526383,34777,918146,385
Total OI3,834,923.53,393,5244,357,3383,829,3853,557,837

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-12-01$37.63$40.0026.0%7.2%19.0%24.7%25.5%4.4%-1.2%-98.9M2.62B-13.3M2.494.9122,31255,6061,632,7522,196,633
2015-12-02$37.30$40.0025.5%7.0%19.1%23.1%25.0%3.7%-0.7%-107.9M2.81B-12.9M0.744.8868,00149,9891,647,2142,192,366
2015-12-03$37.05$42.0025.9%7.2%18.9%24.3%26.1%4.3%-0.8%-121.4M3.03B-12.8M0.484.3372,50035,1371,649,1342,201,887
2015-12-04$37.36$42.0024.0%6.8%18.9%18.4%23.5%4.2%-0.6%-115.4M2.85B-12.6M0.404.19131,39553,1751,657,0602,215,966
2015-12-07$36.80$42.0024.2%6.8%19.3%19.2%23.9%4.2%0.1%-132.2M3.20B-12.2M1.675.1824,93041,5961,683,7232,203,687
2015-12-08$36.24$42.0025.7%7.2%18.8%23.6%26.0%4.6%-0.9%-142.0M3.63B-11.7M0.633.61111,47569,8551,677,9792,219,272
2015-12-09$35.89$42.0025.8%7.2%18.9%23.9%25.7%4.7%-0.4%-142.9M3.78B-11.6M1.234.0878,74397,1381,714,9312,214,936
2015-12-10$35.51$42.0026.3%7.2%18.8%25.4%26.7%5.1%-1.3%-147.1M4.21B-11.8M0.983.53110,286108,2131,719,1042,282,142
2015-12-11$34.57$42.0029.8%8.3%20.5%35.9%30.2%6.5%-1.0%-130.4M4.71B-11.2M1.524.0779,820121,2931,755,5512,308,287
2015-12-14$34.99$42.0028.6%8.1%20.5%32.4%29.1%5.5%-0.5%-146.0M4.48B-11.0M0.813.30103,67483,5261,764,0232,299,641
2015-12-15$35.66$42.0026.8%7.6%21.1%26.9%27.6%5.0%0.3%-143.8M4.10B-11.3M0.912.94137,158124,6601,796,4382,321,593
2015-12-16$36.32$43.0025.2%7.2%22.3%22.1%25.4%4.0%-0.7%-142.3M3.80B-11.3M0.483.65125,32560,3581,851,5872,371,123
2015-12-17$35.92$44.0023.5%6.7%22.4%17.0%23.8%3.8%0.3%-160.6M4.14B-11.0M0.832.72106,55387,9601,906,8782,387,852
2015-12-18$36.25$45.0023.9%6.9%22.8%18.1%25.8%3.2%-0.1%-84.7M3.96B-11.1M0.573.00221,003126,2281,940,2642,417,074
2015-12-21$35.74$45.0024.7%7.2%22.1%20.7%24.3%3.1%0.5%-67.6M3.27B-11.2M0.413.61271,475111,8721,451,4821,942,042
2015-12-22$35.82$42.0023.6%6.9%22.1%17.4%24.5%2.7%0.1%-45.4M3.13B-11.6M0.804.32184,086147,0831,560,7421,957,261
2015-12-23$36.52$42.0022.7%6.7%23.5%14.7%25.9%2.1%0.4%-33.8M2.52B-12.0M1.162.82104,162120,5971,584,7861,955,030
2015-12-24$36.46$42.0022.2%6.5%23.5%13.0%23.1%2.4%0.3%-33.9M2.55B-11.8M1.003.7388,70988,2811,574,0821,952,443
2015-12-28$35.94$42.0023.7%7.0%21.9%17.7%24.5%2.7%0.2%-48.6M2.88B-11.3M1.163.6380,88793,8331,567,5781,947,484
2015-12-29$35.98$42.0023.3%6.8%21.1%16.3%24.7%2.7%0.0%-52.1M2.83B-11.0M1.043.0680,06183,1921,575,0801,970,796
2015-12-30$35.42$41.0022.9%6.7%21.5%15.3%24.4%3.3%0.5%-68.8M3.01B-10.8M0.833.3973,09460,7691,586,2591,956,318
2015-12-31$35.39$41.0022.9%6.6%21.4%15.2%24.3%2.6%0.2%-67.4M3.10B-10.5M0.813.2680,82065,5651,597,6181,960,219