FXI Options History — July 2016

In July 2016, FXI traded between $33.46 and $35.80. ATM implied volatility averaged 21.3%, placing in the 1.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 6.1% (HV 20d: 27.5%). Max pain ranged from $33.00 to $34.50. Net GEX was positive for 16 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.02.

Notable Days

  • 2016-07-29: Highest Volume — 200,452 contracts
  • 2016-07-29: Largest IV drop — 8.2% change
  • 2016-07-06: Highest IV Rank — 5.2%
  • 2016-07-06: Largest Expected Move — 6.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$35.02$33.46$35.80$34.51$35.42
Max Pain$33.83$33.00$34.50$34.50$34.50
ATM IV21.3%18.2%23.7%22.4%18.2%
Expected Move6.1%5.2%6.8%6.3%5.2%
HV 20d27.5%18.1%31.7%30.4%18.1%
HV 60d24.3%23.5%25.0%24.7%23.5%
IV Rank1.1%0.0%5.2%0.5%0.0%
IV Percentile0.9%0.0%6.3%0.4%0.0%
Term Structure0.2%-0.1%0.7%0.1%0.3%
VWIV22.3%18.4%27.5%23.0%18.4%
Skew 25d2.9%1.9%4.3%3.3%2.6%
Skew 10d6.1%4.5%8.7%7.0%5.5%
Call IV 25d20.5%17.8%22.4%21.3%17.8%
Put IV 25d23.4%20.4%26.7%24.5%20.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.863.344.633.993.39
Gamma HHI0.110.090.200.200.13
Net GEX15.2M-48.4M88.3M88.3M49.4M
Net DEX390.2M-160.5M1.36B569.8M242.9M
Net VEX-12.0M-13.1M-11.1M-13.1M-11.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.020.985.080.990.98
Total Volume130,937.6574,052200,45294,314200,452
Total OI2,584,737.152,287,6312,885,6782,818,4342,398,166

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-07-01$34.51$34.5022.4%6.3%30.4%0.5%23.0%3.3%0.1%88.3M569.8M-13.1M0.993.9947,40046,9141,018,5731,799,861
2016-07-05$33.76$33.5023.5%6.7%31.0%4.7%27.5%4.3%0.0%-29.9M1.14B-12.6M2.883.5742,952123,674977,8391,762,781
2016-07-06$33.66$33.5023.7%6.8%30.7%5.2%26.9%4.1%0.1%-39.8M1.25B-12.8M2.223.8132,71472,515978,9391,820,656
2016-07-07$33.46$33.5022.9%6.6%30.7%2.4%24.6%3.6%0.3%-48.4M1.36B-12.4M1.113.3435,04139,011992,2981,826,217
2016-07-08$34.17$33.5021.7%6.2%31.7%0.0%22.8%3.7%0.3%-16.5M918.0M-12.3M1.524.4330,39146,053994,8731,827,098
2016-07-11$34.52$33.5021.9%6.4%30.4%0.8%22.5%3.5%0.7%2.1M675.2M-12.2M1.733.7240,23469,465983,3591,814,825
2016-07-12$35.12$33.0022.2%6.5%29.4%1.7%25.8%2.7%0.5%37.8M202.6M-12.1M2.633.8146,016120,8531,007,0431,816,128
2016-07-13$35.01$33.0021.8%6.3%29.5%0.4%24.4%3.0%0.0%40.9M270.4M-12.1M2.163.8150,987110,2541,008,7901,835,559
2016-07-14$35.56$34.0021.3%6.1%29.8%0.0%21.4%2.7%0.0%37.8M-115.3M-12.0M0.984.2953,49252,5741,010,5091,870,290
2016-07-15$35.51$34.0020.9%6.0%29.8%0.0%20.8%2.8%-0.0%6.5M-160.5M-12.0M1.353.6755,56375,0791,011,9031,873,775
2016-07-18$35.72$34.0021.5%6.2%29.6%2.0%21.0%2.1%-0.1%13.3M106.2M-11.9M1.374.0247,93865,715764,6131,523,018
2016-07-19$35.07$34.0021.6%6.2%30.3%2.2%21.0%2.3%0.3%5.3M347.4M-11.8M1.323.5639,92152,612791,4431,526,852
2016-07-20$35.50$34.0021.3%6.1%30.5%1.3%22.0%2.0%0.1%22.6M146.4M-11.7M4.204.6336,625153,714808,8181,533,695
2016-07-21$35.46$34.0020.8%6.0%30.4%0.0%21.4%2.5%0.1%19.9M207.4M-11.7M5.083.6326,726135,650799,9811,517,149
2016-07-22$35.65$34.0020.3%5.8%29.5%0.0%20.8%1.9%0.0%19.3M76.6M-11.6M2.153.9332,35069,529810,3991,528,428
2016-07-25$35.37$34.0020.3%5.8%20.4%0.0%21.2%2.7%0.1%13.0M228.3M-11.3M1.714.4434,61559,345808,1141,534,400
2016-07-26$35.80$34.0020.3%5.9%20.0%0.0%21.2%2.9%0.2%24.6M62.8M-11.7M2.303.9537,21685,645812,5841,542,553
2016-07-27$35.67$34.0020.2%5.8%18.9%0.0%20.7%2.2%0.5%31.6M62.9M-11.5M1.523.7277,181116,940830,5731,517,592
2016-07-28$35.48$34.0019.8%5.6%18.4%0.0%19.5%3.0%0.2%25.8M205.8M-11.5M2.213.5648,437106,960850,8131,564,236
2016-07-29$35.42$34.5018.2%5.2%18.1%0.0%18.4%2.6%0.3%49.4M242.9M-11.1M0.983.39101,12899,324853,0681,545,098