FXI Options History — September 2016

In September 2016, FXI traded between $37.13 and $38.99. ATM implied volatility averaged 21.2%, placing in the 13.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.0% (HV 20d: 19.2%). Max pain ranged from $36.00 to $38.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.21.

Notable Days

  • 2016-09-08: Highest Volume — 293,060 contracts
  • 2016-09-09: Largest IV spike — 14.4% change
  • 2016-09-13: Highest IV Rank — 29.6%
  • 2016-09-13: Largest Expected Move — 7.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$38.11$37.13$38.99$37.30$38.13
Max Pain$37.38$36.00$38.00$36.00$38.00
ATM IV21.2%19.4%24.9%20.1%19.6%
Expected Move6.1%5.2%7.0%5.5%5.4%
HV 20d19.2%15.2%23.1%15.2%22.7%
HV 60d20.0%17.8%22.1%21.6%17.8%
IV Rank13.4%4.4%29.6%6.6%6.6%
IV Percentile13.2%4.0%33.7%6.7%4.4%
Term Structure0.2%-0.2%0.7%0.0%0.7%
VWIV21.6%18.7%24.3%20.4%18.7%
Skew 25d2.2%1.4%3.4%2.4%2.9%
Skew 10d4.6%2.1%6.3%4.4%5.5%
Call IV 25d20.8%18.6%24.1%19.6%18.6%
Put IV 25d23.1%20.8%27.0%22.0%21.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.533.004.313.683.36
Gamma HHI0.120.060.220.110.07
Net GEX52.8M-8.7M99.6M41.8M23.7M
Net DEX-457.9M-1.31B146.7M-164.7M-181.6M
Net VEX-11.8M-12.5M-10.8M-11.1M-11.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.210.352.481.850.66
Total Volume163,496.42996,089293,06096,089110,765
Total OI2,588,656.5242,377,3552,997,9392,420,0612,523,121

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-09-01$37.30$36.0020.1%5.5%15.2%6.6%20.4%2.4%0.0%41.8M-164.7M-11.1M1.853.6833,65862,431908,0571,512,004
2016-09-02$38.05$36.0019.4%5.2%15.9%4.4%18.8%1.4%0.2%66.0M-627.5M-10.9M1.613.6780,059128,558914,7921,541,588
2016-09-06$38.63$36.5019.8%5.8%16.4%5.8%20.2%1.4%0.1%80.6M-975.8M-10.8M0.423.41192,45880,231960,1181,569,165
2016-09-07$38.67$36.5019.6%5.7%16.3%6.8%21.3%1.6%-0.0%90.5M-1.08B-11.1M0.443.63157,03068,9141,042,3751,579,202
2016-09-08$38.97$36.5019.8%5.9%16.1%7.6%20.3%1.5%0.1%95.6M-1.31B-10.9M0.353.39216,28876,7721,046,8221,586,542
2016-09-09$38.25$37.5022.7%6.6%16.6%19.9%23.7%1.6%-0.2%87.3M-811.7M-12.0M1.224.1088,919108,5241,146,5571,612,101
2016-09-12$38.30$37.5022.1%6.5%16.6%17.5%22.7%2.0%0.6%86.1M-829.7M-12.0M0.593.5196,98157,6651,141,2371,649,352
2016-09-13$37.13$37.5024.9%7.0%18.4%29.6%24.3%2.9%-0.2%25.7M54.4M-12.1M0.783.03112,26487,4481,156,1611,656,253
2016-09-14$37.34$37.5023.8%6.8%18.6%25.0%23.7%3.4%0.1%35.5M-107.7M-12.1M0.803.10112,94790,5621,197,0791,670,091
2016-09-15$38.00$37.5022.9%6.7%19.4%21.0%23.0%2.5%0.4%99.6M-721.8M-12.5M1.463.3870,804103,4401,273,0141,699,831
2016-09-16$37.81$37.5022.3%6.4%19.3%18.4%23.2%3.1%0.2%32.8M-440.6M-12.4M1.473.3251,10674,9061,280,6321,717,307
2016-09-19$37.81$37.5022.5%6.5%19.2%19.4%23.4%2.6%0.3%33.1M-160.9M-12.3M1.163.4863,26273,210993,0381,384,317
2016-09-20$37.93$37.5022.3%6.4%18.9%18.4%22.5%2.5%0.1%33.3M-175.2M-12.5M0.733.5982,68560,076987,4631,415,383
2016-09-21$38.84$37.5020.0%5.7%20.6%8.6%20.8%2.3%0.6%77.7M-697.7M-11.9M1.383.5851,18670,792991,4731,418,393
2016-09-22$38.99$38.0020.0%5.7%20.4%8.6%21.1%1.6%0.4%90.2M-802.7M-11.8M1.293.0067,04386,4131,001,8731,436,527
2016-09-23$38.37$38.0020.2%5.8%21.4%9.3%21.2%1.6%0.0%90.0M-335.4M-12.1M2.483.5635,23187,2271,003,1461,473,023
2016-09-26$37.56$38.0022.1%6.3%22.9%17.5%21.4%2.7%0.2%-8.7M146.7M-11.9M1.204.3161,88874,045950,6741,475,776
2016-09-27$37.95$38.0020.3%5.8%23.0%9.8%20.3%2.4%0.5%2.6M-42.8M-12.0M1.594.1043,33168,886962,7681,498,003
2016-09-28$38.30$38.0019.6%5.5%23.1%6.8%19.8%2.6%0.6%16.7M-261.0M-11.9M1.853.9237,66169,787976,9211,502,366
2016-09-29$38.02$38.0021.0%6.0%22.8%12.7%22.1%2.3%0.3%8.4M-94.3M-12.1M2.083.0544,78293,190989,3751,517,867
2016-09-30$38.13$38.0019.6%5.4%22.7%6.6%18.7%2.9%0.7%23.7M-181.6M-11.8M0.663.3666,63444,131998,7371,524,384