FXI Options History — December 2016

In December 2016, FXI traded between $33.97 and $37.78. ATM implied volatility averaged 20.0%, placing in the 8.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.2% (HV 20d: 17.8%). Max pain ranged from $37.00 to $40.00. Net GEX was positive for 2 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.25.

Notable Days

  • 2016-12-16: Highest Volume — 378,765 contracts
  • 2016-12-22: Largest IV spike — 13.8% change
  • 2016-12-30: Highest IV Rank — 15.7%
  • 2016-12-30: Largest Expected Move — 6.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$35.96$33.97$37.78$37.49$34.74
Max Pain$37.81$37.00$40.00$37.00$38.00
ATM IV20.0%17.9%21.6%21.4%21.6%
Expected Move5.7%5.1%6.2%6.2%6.2%
HV 20d17.8%13.0%20.7%20.7%19.6%
HV 60d19.1%18.3%19.9%19.9%19.1%
IV Rank8.8%0.0%15.7%14.6%15.7%
IV Percentile15.1%0.0%34.9%25.0%34.9%
Term Structure-0.1%-1.2%0.8%0.1%-0.0%
VWIV20.9%17.4%23.2%21.7%21.9%
Skew 25d3.4%1.0%4.4%3.7%3.4%
Skew 10d6.3%1.6%7.9%6.0%5.5%
Call IV 25d18.8%16.2%20.4%19.7%20.4%
Put IV 25d22.2%19.4%23.8%23.4%23.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %9.146.5020.2810.086.50
Gamma HHI0.130.090.220.090.15
Net GEX-69.4M-136.8M20.5M-15.7M-115.7M
Net DEX1.35B128.9M2.75B244.2M1.98B
Net VEX-11.2M-12.3M-9.7M-10.2M-12.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.250.784.942.042.67
Total Volume179,602.8171,930378,76589,75771,930
Total OI2,691,423.192,403,1412,950,3412,403,1412,950,341

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-12-01$37.49$37.0021.4%6.2%20.7%14.6%21.7%3.7%0.1%-15.7M244.2M-10.2M2.0410.0829,52660,231963,0931,440,048
2016-12-02$37.29$37.0021.2%6.1%20.7%13.8%22.6%3.8%-0.1%-25.8M398.5M-10.4M2.686.7629,47479,017972,7861,443,319
2016-12-05$37.26$37.0019.3%5.5%20.5%5.4%21.7%3.7%-0.2%-14.9M408.7M-9.9M2.428.7635,34585,532970,7571,440,853
2016-12-06$37.24$37.0019.1%5.3%17.3%4.8%21.7%3.3%0.4%-9.1M370.5M-9.7M3.098.9341,614128,455984,4311,449,523
2016-12-07$37.78$37.0017.9%5.1%17.6%0.0%18.5%3.2%0.3%2.2M128.9M-10.4M2.487.5862,264154,1211,002,5651,519,447
2016-12-08$37.69$37.0018.9%5.3%13.7%4.3%20.5%3.2%-0.3%-2.3M189.6M-11.0M1.896.9957,993109,3841,022,9051,533,215
2016-12-09$37.49$37.0018.1%5.3%13.0%0.8%21.3%3.6%0.3%20.5M321.8M-10.9M2.726.5142,250114,8551,042,5611,546,842
2016-12-12$36.53$37.0020.5%5.6%16.0%11.1%20.6%4.2%-1.2%-55.8M904.5M-10.7M2.038.3055,705113,1341,051,3671,554,392
2016-12-13$37.03$37.0019.6%5.5%16.3%7.2%19.1%3.2%-0.8%-29.5M586.9M-10.9M1.377.6679,289108,6491,049,6031,574,214
2016-12-14$36.23$38.0020.4%5.6%17.5%10.5%20.3%3.2%-1.1%-74.4M1.20B-11.0M2.336.8356,550132,0051,089,6661,602,501
2016-12-15$35.97$38.0020.0%5.7%17.2%8.7%21.9%3.8%-1.0%-90.6M1.45B-11.1M2.217.1459,597131,9421,116,2551,656,504
2016-12-16$35.51$38.0020.5%5.9%17.8%11.0%22.6%3.3%-0.3%-84.3M1.91B-11.1M4.947.4863,783314,9821,139,9931,721,420
2016-12-19$35.34$38.0020.0%5.8%17.8%9.0%21.6%3.4%0.4%-101.0M1.92B-11.9M1.9717.6967,980133,730875,6171,756,561
2016-12-20$35.22$38.0020.1%5.8%17.6%9.5%20.0%4.4%0.2%-102.4M2.09B-12.0M1.7312.6957,25199,309924,4061,822,778
2016-12-21$35.17$39.0018.1%5.2%15.9%0.9%17.4%1.0%0.8%-116.3M1.99B-10.9M0.7820.28149,801116,965947,8911,867,550
2016-12-22$34.05$40.0020.6%5.9%19.1%11.7%21.3%3.3%0.2%-117.8M2.75B-11.8M2.307.5790,927209,048956,2341,925,942
2016-12-23$33.97$39.0020.0%5.7%18.6%9.1%19.2%3.5%0.4%-136.0M2.73B-12.0M1.507.2990,804136,375971,8541,962,647
2016-12-27$34.06$39.0020.4%5.8%18.4%10.5%21.4%3.4%0.2%-136.8M2.56B-11.8M1.596.8461,57097,783947,2701,942,145
2016-12-28$34.32$38.0021.3%6.2%18.7%14.3%23.2%3.3%0.1%-132.0M2.26B-12.0M1.558.1048,41375,197951,9401,919,602
2016-12-29$34.82$38.0020.8%5.9%19.6%12.3%21.0%3.2%0.5%-119.3M1.92B-12.2M2.8911.8930,58988,290980,3211,928,528
2016-12-30$34.74$38.0021.6%6.2%19.6%15.7%21.9%3.4%-0.0%-115.7M1.98B-12.3M2.676.5019,58652,344999,8741,950,467