FXI Options History — February 2017

In February 2017, FXI traded between $36.60 and $38.99. ATM implied volatility averaged 16.6%, placing in the 8.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 7.0% (HV 20d: 9.5%). Max pain ranged from $37.00 to $39.00. Net GEX was positive for 14 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.56.

Notable Days

  • 2017-02-13: Highest Volume — 453,420 contracts
  • 2017-02-15: Largest IV spike — 6.3% change
  • 2017-02-15: Highest IV Rank — 19.0%
  • 2017-02-15: Largest Expected Move — 5.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$37.94$36.60$38.99$36.69$38.20
Max Pain$37.95$37.00$39.00$37.00$39.00
ATM IV16.6%15.4%18.4%16.1%16.9%
Expected Move4.8%4.4%5.3%4.6%4.8%
HV 20d9.5%7.8%11.7%10.0%11.7%
HV 60d15.5%14.8%17.8%17.8%15.0%
IV Rank8.6%2.7%19.0%5.2%12.2%
IV Percentile5.5%1.2%13.5%2.0%9.5%
Term Structure0.4%-0.5%0.8%0.5%0.4%
VWIV17.1%15.1%19.4%16.2%16.6%
Skew 25d1.0%0.1%1.9%1.7%1.0%
Skew 10d2.5%0.3%3.9%3.9%3.0%
Call IV 25d16.7%15.3%18.8%15.7%17.2%
Put IV 25d17.6%16.8%18.8%17.4%18.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %14.234.4928.9821.789.34
Gamma HHI0.110.080.170.120.08
Net GEX29.8M-59.6M97.6M-29.4M33.5M
Net DEX-372.7M-1.31B388.3M345.6M2.0M
Net VEX-12.9M-14.2M-11.7M-12.2M-13.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.560.713.060.751.61
Total Volume173,023.52680,246453,42080,24687,658
Total OI2,648,576.2632,298,5603,213,9092,298,5602,756,764

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-02-01$36.69$37.0016.1%4.6%10.0%5.2%16.2%1.7%0.5%-29.4M345.6M-12.2M0.7521.7845,93234,314762,9261,535,634
2017-02-02$36.69$37.0015.7%4.8%9.6%3.7%17.1%1.9%0.3%-29.3M356.1M-12.2M1.464.4935,32551,626778,3901,540,702
2017-02-03$36.60$37.0015.4%4.6%8.2%2.7%16.8%1.6%0.6%-59.6M388.3M-12.1M2.0415.4637,78977,071784,0101,566,803
2017-02-06$36.77$37.0015.7%4.6%7.8%3.9%16.8%1.3%0.2%-3.2M254.2M-11.8M3.0628.9840,374123,497783,4361,543,358
2017-02-07$36.72$37.0016.0%4.7%7.9%4.9%15.1%1.4%0.3%-25.1M363.4M-11.9M1.7611.3862,918110,911786,7911,602,972
2017-02-08$37.34$37.0016.3%4.8%8.4%6.2%16.4%1.3%0.5%12.6M-146.3M-12.1M0.9227.0782,28275,919807,1321,674,560
2017-02-09$37.78$37.0016.5%5.0%9.1%6.8%17.9%0.9%0.8%34.6M-472.6M-11.7M1.235.85109,846134,745830,1951,668,831
2017-02-10$37.98$37.5016.9%5.0%9.0%8.1%19.4%1.1%0.6%97.6M-619.4M-11.8M1.9311.5689,428172,166895,2811,725,942
2017-02-13$38.30$37.5017.4%5.0%9.3%10.8%17.7%0.4%0.3%42.5M-772.1M-12.0M0.7317.41261,618191,802925,0401,780,647
2017-02-14$38.24$37.5017.4%5.0%8.7%12.5%18.0%0.2%-0.1%45.8M-818.0M-13.1M0.7114.78170,331120,8771,079,0431,831,694
2017-02-15$38.79$38.0018.4%5.3%9.6%19.0%18.8%0.1%-0.5%59.9M-1.31B-13.5M1.5723.68101,419159,3051,185,5821,860,997
2017-02-16$38.71$38.5017.6%5.0%9.3%14.5%17.7%0.3%0.4%58.4M-1.19B-14.1M1.356.6778,126105,0991,231,3641,927,911
2017-02-17$38.45$39.0016.6%4.7%9.7%9.8%17.2%0.6%0.7%35.0M-959.3M-14.2M1.5910.7664,380102,3771,262,7461,951,163
2017-02-21$38.81$39.0016.4%4.6%10.0%8.7%16.5%0.8%0.3%67.9M-663.6M-13.5M1.8810.6950,51094,8371,007,8051,569,726
2017-02-22$38.99$39.0016.5%4.7%10.0%9.0%16.7%0.9%0.4%69.1M-759.0M-13.5M2.2815.5329,62267,5151,016,3521,598,489
2017-02-23$38.99$39.0015.8%4.4%10.0%5.7%15.8%0.8%0.3%74.5M-730.6M-13.5M1.215.9261,11574,0621,025,9341,613,246
2017-02-24$38.54$39.0016.3%4.6%11.3%7.9%16.5%1.3%0.4%48.9M-324.5M-13.7M1.9614.2130,49359,6331,047,4511,640,022
2017-02-27$38.24$39.0016.9%4.8%11.7%12.1%16.8%0.9%0.3%32.6M-17.2M-13.7M1.6114.7835,41157,1141,064,6421,659,368
2017-02-28$38.20$39.0016.9%4.8%11.7%12.2%16.6%1.0%0.4%33.5M2.0M-13.7M1.619.3433,53054,1281,078,9091,677,855