FXI Options History — May 2017

In May 2017, FXI traded between $37.63 and $40.34. ATM implied volatility averaged 15.6%, placing in the 14.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.2% (HV 20d: 13.4%). Max pain ranged from $39.00 to $40.00. Net GEX was positive for 11 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 4.26.

Notable Days

  • 2017-05-24: Highest Volume — 178,663 contracts
  • 2017-05-17: Largest IV spike — 12.4% change
  • 2017-05-24: Highest IV Rank — 28.0%
  • 2017-05-17: Largest Expected Move — 4.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$39.07$37.63$40.34$38.70$40.13
Max Pain$39.27$39.00$40.00$39.00$40.00
ATM IV15.6%13.8%17.7%13.8%16.0%
Expected Move4.3%3.6%4.9%3.6%4.3%
HV 20d13.4%10.4%14.9%10.4%14.4%
HV 60d13.4%12.9%13.8%13.0%13.1%
IV Rank14.7%2.9%28.0%2.9%17.3%
IV Percentile12.2%0.8%33.7%0.8%14.7%
Term Structure0.1%-2.4%1.8%0.6%-0.6%
VWIV15.6%13.4%17.4%13.4%15.6%
Skew 25d1.5%0.8%2.4%1.5%1.6%
Skew 10d3.1%1.9%4.5%3.8%2.4%
Call IV 25d15.1%13.3%17.2%13.3%15.1%
Put IV 25d16.7%14.8%19.2%14.8%16.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.811.9019.6013.982.42
Gamma HHI0.140.090.530.100.10
Net GEX25.2M-73.2M247.9M35.5M-20.1M
Net DEX159.4M-519.5M1.15B96.5M-201.5M
Net VEX-11.5M-12.0M-11.0M-11.0M-11.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio4.261.2419.034.394.38
Total Volume111,304.36464,949178,66372,550118,996
Total OI2,588,867.6362,038,7292,982,9742,538,7842,271,853

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-05-01$38.70$39.0013.8%3.6%10.4%2.9%13.4%1.5%0.6%35.5M96.5M-11.0M4.3913.9813,46359,0871,021,5091,517,275
2017-05-02$38.42$39.0013.9%3.8%10.5%3.4%13.6%1.6%0.4%10.8M364.1M-11.3M2.504.8324,81861,9911,037,5931,521,189
2017-05-03$38.28$39.0013.9%3.9%10.5%3.3%13.9%1.6%0.5%-10.4M553.5M-11.3M2.5419.6022,45457,0971,045,9211,541,875
2017-05-04$37.71$39.0015.3%4.5%11.6%12.8%14.1%2.0%0.4%-59.2M1.00B-11.1M2.1412.2534,20973,3591,059,4101,565,459
2017-05-05$37.71$39.0015.8%4.6%11.5%15.7%16.6%1.8%0.3%-58.6M1.07B-11.4M1.524.7143,87266,6991,076,7831,610,370
2017-05-08$37.63$39.0015.3%4.3%11.5%12.9%16.0%1.3%-0.5%-73.2M1.15B-11.1M1.591.9033,35653,0291,107,6841,641,324
2017-05-09$38.34$39.0014.7%4.4%13.4%9.0%15.6%1.4%0.6%2.7M541.4M-11.2M2.364.9442,618100,5791,115,2411,640,664
2017-05-10$38.74$39.0014.8%4.3%13.7%9.7%15.1%1.3%0.2%59.7M205.6M-11.6M3.212.3018,05958,0521,142,0991,702,789
2017-05-11$38.64$39.0015.0%4.3%13.8%11.0%15.4%1.1%0.0%45.2M366.6M-11.9M6.372.688,80756,1421,153,1091,723,269
2017-05-12$39.06$39.0015.0%4.4%14.3%10.5%15.6%1.1%0.5%152.4M-74.6M-11.6M1.242.3954,83267,7911,153,9631,742,925
2017-05-15$39.59$39.0015.1%4.4%14.9%11.6%16.7%0.8%1.8%114.5M-519.5M-11.3M2.292.0029,07366,5131,131,4801,770,413
2017-05-16$39.49$39.0015.3%4.4%14.0%13.0%16.7%0.9%0.9%110.3M-347.5M-11.7M3.483.6224,98487,0531,134,5401,781,996
2017-05-17$38.91$39.0017.3%4.9%14.9%25.4%17.4%2.0%1.1%25.9M320.2M-11.9M4.867.0215,21373,9041,144,0651,823,671
2017-05-18$39.06$39.0016.8%4.8%14.1%22.3%17.0%1.9%0.6%59.0M200.7M-12.0M3.042.4519,95360,6801,144,6151,823,453
2017-05-19$39.39$39.0015.7%4.4%14.3%15.3%16.2%1.5%0.7%247.9M-63.3M-11.7M4.732.5015,76674,5261,151,2881,831,686
2017-05-22$39.67$39.0015.6%4.2%14.4%14.7%14.7%1.7%-0.4%-10.1M-93.6M-11.4M2.552.0529,31674,827609,9671,428,762
2017-05-23$39.58$40.0016.4%4.3%13.9%19.7%15.6%1.9%-0.4%-19.1M-27.4M-11.0M3.072.0334,773106,747607,1441,435,790
2017-05-24$39.61$40.0017.7%4.4%13.9%28.0%15.9%2.4%-2.4%-20.3M-40.8M-11.0M8.665.7518,501160,162634,1941,474,128
2017-05-25$40.25$40.0016.9%4.5%14.6%22.9%15.9%1.1%-0.6%-17.0M-314.2M-11.7M3.812.2231,927121,717631,9661,555,208
2017-05-26$40.24$40.0016.6%4.3%14.6%21.0%15.4%1.2%-0.2%-10.1M-331.1M-11.8M5.852.2325,138146,991651,7341,561,698
2017-05-30$40.34$40.0016.6%4.5%14.6%21.4%16.2%1.6%-0.3%-11.5M-344.7M-11.7M19.031.978,068153,554650,2841,584,702
2017-05-31$40.13$40.0016.0%4.3%14.4%17.3%15.6%1.6%-0.6%-20.1M-201.5M-11.8M4.382.4222,10096,896653,2731,618,580