FXI Options History — February 2016

In February 2016, FXI traded between $28.51 and $31.33. ATM implied volatility averaged 34.8%, placing in the 51.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.6% (HV 20d: 31.2%). Max pain ranged from $32.00 to $35.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 1 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.24.

Notable Days

  • 2016-02-10: Highest Volume — 372,963 contracts
  • 2016-02-02: Largest IV spike — 9.0% change
  • 2016-02-11: Highest IV Rank — 70.6%
  • 2016-02-11: Largest Expected Move — 11.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$30.00$28.51$31.33$30.54$30.38
Max Pain$32.73$32.00$35.00$35.00$32.00
ATM IV34.8%30.3%41.2%31.4%32.9%
Expected Move10.0%8.8%11.6%8.9%10.0%
HV 20d31.2%27.6%34.3%34.2%27.6%
HV 60d27.1%25.6%28.8%25.6%28.1%
IV Rank51.3%37.4%70.6%41.0%45.5%
IV Percentile81.8%63.5%96.8%75.8%73.4%
Term Structure-0.4%-0.7%0.1%-0.0%-0.2%
VWIV35.6%31.7%42.8%33.2%33.0%
Skew 25d7.8%6.5%10.6%6.7%6.8%
Skew 10d16.9%13.3%21.3%15.8%13.3%
Call IV 25d31.8%27.9%37.0%29.0%30.4%
Put IV 25d39.7%34.5%47.5%35.7%37.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.922.615.442.684.37
Gamma HHI0.100.070.150.090.07
Net GEX-37.1M-69.2M-873.1K-42.0M-11.1M
Net DEX2.05B1.31B2.72B2.02B1.56B
Net VEX-10.2M-10.5M-9.7M-10.3M-10.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.240.344.453.120.47
Total Volume193,752116,426372,963236,817128,041
Total OI2,569,227.52,133,7642,960,8402,358,5302,218,840

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-02-01$30.54$35.0031.4%8.9%34.2%41.0%33.2%6.7%-0.0%-42.0M2.02B-10.3M3.122.6857,513179,304893,3771,465,153
2016-02-02$29.72$34.0034.3%9.9%33.3%49.6%39.4%7.7%-0.4%-49.5M2.31B-9.9M4.453.0652,383232,955911,5121,530,893
2016-02-03$30.19$34.0033.5%9.7%34.3%47.2%35.3%6.9%0.1%-59.1M2.25B-10.4M1.472.6174,619109,630922,3141,666,037
2016-02-04$29.91$32.5033.3%9.5%33.7%46.8%35.8%7.7%-0.0%-62.0M2.35B-10.4M1.373.1192,655127,091946,5521,693,418
2016-02-05$29.65$32.5035.3%10.0%31.8%52.7%35.6%8.2%-0.3%-63.2M2.44B-10.4M1.363.8199,316135,053969,7071,725,326
2016-02-08$29.15$32.5038.4%10.8%32.0%62.1%37.5%9.3%-0.6%-69.0M2.58B-9.9M1.423.5257,01781,032981,7751,746,631
2016-02-09$28.93$32.0040.2%11.3%32.0%67.6%40.1%9.4%-0.6%-69.2M2.62B-10.0M0.583.51122,65570,547996,7321,752,422
2016-02-10$29.03$32.0038.2%10.8%32.1%61.6%35.5%8.7%-0.4%-60.6M2.52B-9.9M1.453.07152,474220,4891,077,2331,749,073
2016-02-11$28.51$32.0041.2%11.6%31.9%70.6%42.8%10.6%-0.7%-63.5M2.72B-9.7M2.283.3350,014113,9491,099,9551,737,516
2016-02-12$29.05$32.0039.3%11.2%32.4%64.8%42.3%9.5%-0.4%-64.7M2.49B-9.9M1.204.4764,45677,5511,112,2761,746,311
2016-02-16$30.21$32.0036.0%10.3%32.3%54.9%35.2%8.0%-0.6%-24.2M1.93B-10.2M0.694.2868,76047,6661,060,7741,689,228
2016-02-17$30.78$32.0033.4%9.6%32.0%47.1%31.7%7.5%-0.6%-6.1M1.65B-10.4M1.174.90105,397123,3161,081,8771,693,603
2016-02-18$30.41$33.5033.7%9.7%29.6%47.8%33.4%7.3%-0.4%-873.1K1.88B-10.1M0.404.98144,06357,3901,121,6581,760,194
2016-02-19$30.48$34.0032.4%9.3%29.5%44.1%31.7%6.5%-0.1%-21.5M2.12B-10.3M0.633.80132,06782,6941,194,4861,766,354
2016-02-22$31.33$33.0030.3%8.8%28.9%37.4%32.4%6.6%-0.6%-11.5M1.31B-10.5M0.734.63100,47473,133825,2901,308,474
2016-02-23$30.57$32.5032.4%9.4%29.3%43.9%33.2%6.9%-0.7%-12.4M1.50B-10.1M0.803.9271,17656,920869,1211,316,524
2016-02-24$30.46$32.5033.4%9.8%29.3%46.9%33.1%7.5%-0.6%-14.8M1.56B-10.2M0.424.25127,46953,899874,4501,324,120
2016-02-25$30.34$32.5034.4%10.2%29.2%50.0%37.7%7.2%-0.6%-12.9M1.56B-10.3M0.475.44114,77154,107928,5251,337,478
2016-02-26$30.42$32.0032.9%9.7%28.9%45.4%32.3%7.4%-0.6%-24.0M1.56B-10.2M0.344.59121,70641,288930,4951,358,846
2016-02-29$30.38$32.0032.9%10.0%27.6%45.5%33.0%6.8%-0.2%-11.1M1.56B-10.1M0.474.3787,35540,686911,6241,307,216