FXI Options History — April 2017

In April 2017, FXI traded between $37.53 and $38.91. ATM implied volatility averaged 16.1%, placing in the 11.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.0% (HV 20d: 11.1%). Max pain ranged from $38.00 to $39.00. Net GEX was positive for 10 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.91.

Notable Days

  • 2017-04-18: Highest Volume — 234,840 contracts
  • 2017-04-24: Largest IV drop — 9.7% change
  • 2017-04-18: Highest IV Rank — 23.4%
  • 2017-04-18: Largest Expected Move — 5.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$38.41$37.53$38.91$38.75$38.49
Max Pain$38.79$38.00$39.00$39.00$39.00
ATM IV16.1%13.4%18.0%15.4%13.4%
Expected Move4.5%3.5%5.2%4.2%3.5%
HV 20d11.1%7.7%14.2%14.2%10.6%
HV 60d12.5%12.0%13.0%12.5%13.0%
IV Rank11.2%0.0%23.4%4.9%0.0%
IV Percentile11.6%0.0%26.2%2.0%0.0%
Term Structure0.2%-0.2%0.6%0.0%0.3%
VWIV16.4%12.4%19.9%14.4%12.4%
Skew 25d2.0%0.8%3.2%0.8%1.7%
Skew 10d4.2%1.4%6.9%1.4%3.5%
Call IV 25d15.7%13.0%17.5%15.6%13.0%
Put IV 25d17.7%14.6%20.0%16.4%14.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %7.553.3313.948.186.78
Gamma HHI0.080.070.100.080.09
Net GEX4.5M-71.5M61.9M40.3M41.3M
Net DEX376.5M-213.9M1.19B-98.5M282.7M
Net VEX-12.0M-12.9M-10.8M-12.5M-11.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.910.715.860.712.63
Total Volume129,498.26352,134234,840177,083104,479
Total OI2,694,611.7892,361,7392,997,1862,625,3542,562,909

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-04-03$38.75$39.0015.4%4.2%14.2%4.9%14.4%0.8%0.0%40.3M-98.5M-12.5M0.718.18103,40273,6811,107,1761,518,178
2017-04-04$38.85$39.0016.1%4.3%14.2%10.2%15.8%1.1%0.4%61.9M-213.9M-12.9M1.297.9039,47450,7981,148,7011,536,926
2017-04-05$38.91$39.0015.6%4.1%14.2%6.4%14.5%2.4%0.4%45.9M-190.5M-12.7M1.1313.9471,93981,4151,100,4931,538,311
2017-04-06$38.70$39.0016.4%4.9%13.6%11.8%16.9%2.0%0.1%26.2M123.4M-12.8M1.268.2149,36161,9671,145,7621,582,571
2017-04-07$38.75$39.0016.5%5.0%13.6%13.1%18.2%2.2%0.6%28.1M152.1M-12.9M1.1811.9155,29265,4521,166,0081,607,675
2017-04-10$38.53$39.0017.0%4.9%12.3%16.1%17.2%2.0%-0.0%13.2M348.6M-12.4M1.117.2449,67055,0131,154,2061,577,334
2017-04-11$38.29$39.0017.6%5.1%12.3%20.9%18.8%2.4%0.2%-9.2M569.5M-12.6M1.493.6439,01057,9811,157,8441,588,824
2017-04-12$38.32$39.0016.8%4.9%10.2%14.7%19.9%2.5%0.3%-14.6M614.1M-12.2M2.043.3321,04842,9741,159,2211,597,281
2017-04-13$38.31$39.0016.8%4.9%9.0%15.0%18.0%3.2%0.6%-13.7M583.2M-12.0M1.4013.7028,41239,7851,160,0301,601,641
2017-04-17$38.30$39.0017.6%5.0%9.0%20.5%18.6%2.6%0.2%-8.2M577.3M-11.5M1.615.3719,97132,1631,156,6111,581,144
2017-04-18$37.82$39.0018.0%5.2%8.3%23.4%18.3%2.5%0.1%-55.3M968.4M-11.2M0.804.46130,530104,3101,157,0671,577,889
2017-04-19$37.53$38.0017.6%5.0%7.7%20.6%19.5%2.8%0.2%-71.5M1.19B-11.5M5.864.1126,314154,1861,241,0861,639,322
2017-04-20$38.09$38.0016.8%4.8%9.6%14.8%16.9%2.3%0.6%-31.9M723.6M-11.8M3.533.6733,599118,7621,246,0941,751,092
2017-04-21$38.01$38.0016.7%4.8%9.6%14.2%17.6%2.6%0.4%-44.7M758.7M-11.6M1.198.1278,48193,0141,255,8161,693,438
2017-04-24$38.20$38.0015.1%4.1%9.8%2.6%14.5%1.5%-0.0%-8.9M382.0M-10.8M2.1612.2660,779131,546957,7521,403,987
2017-04-25$38.67$39.0014.0%3.9%10.9%0.0%13.5%0.8%-0.1%33.7M47.0M-11.1M1.825.1953,50197,453995,7771,457,514
2017-04-26$38.71$39.0014.6%4.1%10.8%3.7%14.4%1.2%-0.2%34.0M77.5M-11.7M2.994.6430,65591,6881,025,6091,506,270
2017-04-27$38.51$39.0013.8%3.6%10.9%0.0%12.9%1.4%-0.0%18.5M262.7M-11.5M2.1010.7536,24976,1131,026,3281,513,737
2017-04-28$38.49$39.0013.4%3.5%10.6%0.0%12.4%1.7%0.3%41.3M282.7M-11.4M2.636.7828,75075,7291,036,0501,526,859