FXI Options History — April 2016

In April 2016, FXI traded between $32.35 and $35.10. ATM implied volatility averaged 25.9%, placing in the 13.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.5% (HV 20d: 23.4%). Max pain ranged from $32.50 to $37.00. Net GEX was positive for 12 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.84.

Notable Days

  • 2016-04-13: Highest Volume — 322,822 contracts
  • 2016-04-06: Largest IV drop — 5.8% change
  • 2016-04-05: Highest IV Rank — 20.6%
  • 2016-04-07: Largest Expected Move — 7.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$33.90$32.35$35.10$33.62$33.62
Max Pain$35.93$32.50$37.00$32.50$36.00
ATM IV25.9%24.6%28.1%26.8%26.0%
Expected Move7.4%7.1%7.9%7.8%7.6%
HV 20d23.4%20.2%24.7%22.6%24.5%
HV 60d27.0%24.7%28.9%28.9%24.8%
IV Rank13.2%8.4%20.6%19.1%13.4%
IV Percentile18.5%5.6%41.3%29.0%23.4%
Term Structure-0.1%-0.5%0.2%-0.2%-0.3%
VWIV25.8%23.7%28.6%27.1%26.4%
Skew 25d3.1%2.3%4.3%3.6%3.1%
Skew 10d6.0%4.4%8.2%7.7%6.3%
Call IV 25d25.0%23.7%26.8%25.7%25.1%
Put IV 25d28.1%26.2%31.1%29.3%28.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.392.934.423.642.93
Gamma HHI0.110.080.260.100.08
Net GEX12.6M-32.5M104.0M19.7M-32.5M
Net DEX764.3M-184.8M1.40B690.2M1.20B
Net VEX-12.2M-12.7M-11.5M-12.3M-12.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.840.311.590.811.33
Total Volume217,635.429151,045322,822272,675232,413
Total OI2,667,777.4762,393,3302,905,2352,565,6912,757,273

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-04-01$33.62$32.5026.8%7.8%22.6%19.1%27.1%3.6%-0.2%19.7M690.2M-12.3M0.813.64150,353122,3221,106,7451,458,946
2016-04-04$33.16$37.0027.0%7.6%21.1%19.7%26.4%3.4%-0.2%22.8M917.8M-11.8M1.353.1991,599123,3631,149,2291,468,113
2016-04-05$32.38$37.0028.1%7.8%22.4%20.6%27.2%3.9%-0.5%-8.0M1.33B-11.5M0.603.12119,00271,5301,151,6761,517,884
2016-04-06$33.02$36.0026.5%7.6%21.8%14.9%25.5%4.1%0.1%28.6M980.9M-11.8M0.813.27103,23783,9611,198,0931,525,905
2016-04-07$32.35$36.0027.9%7.9%23.2%19.9%28.6%4.3%-0.1%-2.8M1.40B-11.8M1.063.1297,455103,0411,212,8801,557,971
2016-04-08$32.77$36.0026.3%7.5%23.4%14.3%25.0%3.8%0.0%-4.5M1.22B-12.1M0.573.25115,07665,4911,228,5131,584,315
2016-04-11$33.22$36.0026.5%7.5%20.2%15.2%26.8%3.8%-0.3%13.9M984.6M-11.9M0.712.9588,44362,6021,163,5911,565,738
2016-04-12$33.65$36.0025.4%7.2%20.7%11.0%26.0%3.5%-0.2%39.6M729.5M-12.0M0.423.06125,33052,2181,175,4721,579,192
2016-04-13$34.92$36.0026.0%7.5%24.0%13.4%25.8%2.9%0.2%88.3M-119.0M-12.4M0.313.28247,17575,6471,191,4211,601,555
2016-04-14$34.96$36.0025.7%7.4%23.8%12.3%25.9%2.3%-0.2%104.0M-184.8M-12.4M0.533.25163,18886,9151,226,4551,620,881
2016-04-15$34.47$36.0024.8%7.1%24.5%9.2%25.1%2.6%-0.0%37.0M237.9M-12.3M0.653.54142,64892,9761,260,0251,645,210
2016-04-18$34.73$36.0024.9%7.2%24.4%9.5%26.3%2.5%-0.4%6.8M561.8M-12.3M1.034.42122,027125,188947,6641,445,666
2016-04-19$35.10$36.0024.6%7.1%24.6%8.4%24.7%2.6%-0.1%16.6M364.1M-12.2M0.693.58103,21171,289982,2841,500,813
2016-04-20$34.73$36.0025.8%7.4%24.7%12.6%24.4%2.6%-0.1%10.1M577.6M-12.5M0.693.82133,04692,426987,3041,512,210
2016-04-21$34.48$36.0025.7%7.4%24.2%12.2%23.7%2.4%0.2%4.5M695.1M-12.7M0.973.90118,178114,5061,016,7091,534,839
2016-04-22$34.32$36.0025.1%7.2%24.0%10.2%26.9%2.3%-0.1%-11.4M794.5M-12.7M1.393.21110,045152,8171,036,1121,546,825
2016-04-25$33.92$36.0025.7%7.4%24.4%12.3%24.0%3.0%-0.2%-21.8M985.0M-12.5M0.943.41104,35697,6431,014,8241,565,889
2016-04-26$34.10$36.0025.1%7.3%24.2%10.0%28.0%2.7%-0.2%-18.4M922.1M-12.4M1.593.6287,600138,9651,021,8911,580,928
2016-04-27$34.41$36.0024.6%7.1%23.8%8.5%24.1%2.7%-0.1%-10.7M797.9M-12.6M0.572.99117,29066,6301,031,5041,644,773
2016-04-28$34.05$36.0025.1%7.2%24.1%10.1%23.8%2.8%-0.3%-18.4M965.8M-12.5M0.723.68115,94683,1961,063,2091,642,800
2016-04-29$33.62$36.0026.0%7.6%24.5%13.4%26.4%3.1%-0.3%-32.5M1.20B-12.6M1.332.9399,763132,6501,095,1991,662,074