FXI Options History — January 2016

In January 2016, FXI traded between $29.51 and $34.12. ATM implied volatility averaged 34.7%, placing in the 50.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.4% (HV 20d: 28.3%). Max pain ranged from $35.00 to $37.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.26.

Notable Days

  • 2016-01-07: Highest Volume — 520,552 contracts
  • 2016-01-07: Largest IV spike — 32.9% change
  • 2016-01-07: Highest IV Rank — 65.5%
  • 2016-01-21: Largest Expected Move — 11.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$31.13$29.51$34.12$34.12$30.90
Max Pain$35.89$35.00$37.00$37.00$35.00
ATM IV34.7%27.3%39.5%28.0%31.5%
Expected Move9.8%7.6%11.3%7.7%8.7%
HV 20d28.3%24.1%34.3%24.5%34.3%
HV 60d23.4%21.4%25.7%21.4%25.7%
IV Rank50.9%28.4%65.5%30.5%41.3%
IV Percentile84.6%53.2%95.2%59.1%77.0%
Term Structure-0.4%-2.0%0.5%-0.5%0.0%
VWIV35.3%26.5%42.0%26.5%31.0%
Skew 25d8.4%4.8%10.5%4.8%6.6%
Skew 10d17.3%9.7%21.2%9.7%12.8%
Call IV 25d31.4%25.4%36.4%26.0%29.0%
Put IV 25d39.7%30.8%46.2%30.8%35.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.422.496.433.523.63
Gamma HHI0.110.080.180.100.08
Net GEX-58.8M-91.7M-31.8M-81.7M-31.8M
Net DEX3.22B1.81B5.00B3.67B1.81B
Net VEX-9.2M-10.6M-8.0M-9.6M-10.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.260.482.631.132.25
Total Volume236,279.632150,773520,552197,111196,922
Total OI3,014,332.9471,867,9694,099,1703,503,2232,370,050

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-01-04$34.12$37.0028.0%7.7%24.5%30.5%26.5%4.8%-0.5%-81.7M3.67B-9.6M1.133.5292,496104,6151,565,1881,938,035
2016-01-05$34.01$37.0027.3%7.6%24.1%28.4%28.5%5.6%-0.6%-86.7M3.75B-9.5M0.482.74196,39593,4871,569,8091,946,854
2016-01-06$33.24$37.0029.7%8.0%24.7%35.8%28.4%6.5%-1.2%-88.7M4.06B-9.0M1.023.63103,709105,8201,654,2281,975,781
2016-01-07$32.08$37.0039.5%10.5%26.8%65.5%36.6%9.8%-1.4%-79.1M4.25B-8.9M0.766.43294,987225,5651,560,4721,982,978
2016-01-08$31.64$36.0038.6%10.3%26.9%62.7%37.8%10.5%-2.0%-62.7M4.42B-9.3M2.034.20137,609279,1101,762,1312,071,236
2016-01-11$31.49$36.0036.2%10.3%26.8%55.5%34.9%9.2%0.1%-78.0M4.48B-9.2M1.084.22101,152108,8381,778,2692,178,440
2016-01-12$31.44$36.0034.3%9.9%25.7%49.6%37.3%8.6%0.5%-84.2M4.49B-9.1M1.053.4776,99180,8321,798,9122,190,629
2016-01-13$30.79$36.0035.3%10.0%25.5%52.7%33.7%9.3%-0.3%-91.7M4.67B-8.7M0.923.8892,17984,6761,821,8642,212,786
2016-01-14$31.20$36.0033.3%9.4%24.8%46.6%31.7%8.2%-0.3%-86.4M4.53B-8.9M1.092.4996,114104,4331,838,9032,218,074
2016-01-15$29.89$36.0037.0%10.5%26.1%57.9%39.3%9.8%-0.7%-34.4M5.00B-8.0M2.632.6290,989239,4161,861,3372,237,833
2016-01-19$30.56$36.0034.5%9.9%28.5%50.5%38.8%8.8%-0.2%-36.4M1.87B-8.9M1.042.7274,03376,740724,6491,143,320
2016-01-20$29.51$36.0038.8%11.1%29.2%63.5%40.7%9.9%-0.9%-37.8M2.07B-8.3M1.203.0392,577110,650745,9061,182,114
2016-01-21$29.70$36.0039.3%11.3%29.8%65.0%39.2%9.6%-0.4%-36.4M2.07B-8.9M0.993.12104,046102,618788,1191,247,366
2016-01-22$30.67$35.0034.9%10.0%33.0%51.6%36.1%8.2%0.1%-40.4M1.86B-9.7M0.923.0179,44073,230821,3431,291,749
2016-01-25$30.04$35.0035.8%10.3%31.7%54.2%37.7%9.2%-0.0%-40.1M2.01B-9.4M1.353.0680,851109,104782,6671,289,325
2016-01-26$30.13$35.0036.2%10.4%31.9%55.5%37.6%8.4%-0.6%-39.7M2.07B-9.7M1.212.66101,827123,254829,7101,339,152
2016-01-27$29.85$35.0034.8%10.1%31.8%51.4%33.1%8.2%-0.3%-41.2M2.12B-9.6M1.143.53114,635130,783859,0331,363,761
2016-01-28$30.18$35.0034.4%9.9%32.4%50.0%42.0%7.7%0.1%-40.2M2.07B-10.2M1.732.9776,707132,483904,5191,425,784
2016-01-29$30.90$35.0031.5%8.7%34.3%41.3%31.0%6.6%0.0%-31.8M1.81B-10.6M2.253.6360,555136,367918,8081,451,242