FXI Options History — August 2017

In August 2017, FXI traded between $41.71 and $44.28. ATM implied volatility averaged 16.4%, placing in the 24.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.3% (HV 20d: 15.1%). Max pain ranged from $40.00 to $43.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.72.

Notable Days

  • 2017-08-11: Highest Volume — 133,734 contracts
  • 2017-08-10: Largest IV spike — 23.3% change
  • 2017-08-10: Highest IV Rank — 51.2%
  • 2017-08-10: Largest Expected Move — 5.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$43.01$41.71$44.28$43.06$44.26
Max Pain$42.41$40.00$43.00$40.00$43.00
ATM IV16.4%14.6%19.7%14.6%17.4%
Expected Move4.7%4.1%5.6%4.1%4.7%
HV 20d15.1%9.8%18.0%13.6%17.5%
HV 60d14.3%12.9%15.2%13.7%15.1%
IV Rank24.9%10.0%51.2%10.0%32.7%
IV Percentile37.5%10.3%66.3%10.3%54.8%
Term Structure0.1%-0.7%0.8%-0.1%-0.5%
VWIV17.2%14.6%23.4%14.6%16.7%
Skew 25d2.4%1.2%3.8%1.7%2.4%
Skew 10d5.6%3.0%9.1%3.3%6.2%
Call IV 25d16.1%14.3%18.6%14.3%17.3%
Put IV 25d18.4%16.0%22.3%16.0%19.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.621.933.601.933.60
Gamma HHI0.110.070.160.090.13
Net GEX34.4M-51.7M77.8M41.3M40.0M
Net DEX-1.04B-1.48B-377.1M-1.31B-1.44B
Net VEX-10.3M-11.7M-9.1M-9.1M-9.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.720.773.091.492.42
Total Volume87,095.69652,847133,73466,29272,710
Total OI2,262,195.4352,079,7162,493,1812,155,2092,263,841

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-08-01$43.06$40.0014.6%4.1%13.6%10.0%14.6%1.7%-0.1%41.3M-1.31B-9.1M1.491.9326,66839,624700,9931,454,216
2017-08-02$42.90$40.0015.4%4.4%13.6%16.8%15.6%1.3%-0.1%38.9M-1.17B-10.0M2.002.8127,95355,768718,2921,464,911
2017-08-03$42.84$42.5015.0%4.5%12.5%13.3%19.3%1.2%-0.2%39.6M-1.13B-10.0M3.092.6618,59957,403732,6441,485,991
2017-08-04$42.82$42.5015.1%4.4%12.5%13.8%16.0%1.7%-0.0%37.1M-1.16B-10.0M2.662.0814,94839,709744,8301,495,339
2017-08-07$42.97$42.5014.7%4.3%12.5%10.7%16.6%1.3%0.3%47.4M-1.25B-9.6M2.952.2613,38439,463749,6321,494,386
2017-08-08$43.29$42.5014.8%4.4%11.3%11.8%17.3%1.2%0.3%46.1M-1.45B-9.5M1.642.5528,86847,244750,9931,501,778
2017-08-09$42.98$42.5016.0%4.7%9.8%21.1%21.5%1.9%0.2%42.3M-1.24B-10.2M1.422.6325,92736,882765,2391,515,358
2017-08-10$41.71$42.5019.7%5.6%15.0%51.2%19.8%3.7%-0.1%12.9M-377.1M-11.7M0.773.2157,73844,356777,6341,515,781
2017-08-11$41.84$42.5019.4%5.5%14.1%48.6%23.4%3.8%-0.2%29.9M-507.9M-11.4M2.212.5041,67392,061819,1211,524,643
2017-08-14$42.22$42.5016.8%4.8%14.3%27.8%17.2%3.3%0.8%39.2M-735.5M-11.4M1.362.2356,04476,210827,3651,569,179
2017-08-15$42.08$42.5016.4%4.7%14.4%24.4%16.5%3.4%0.8%39.3M-683.8M-10.9M1.852.2528,89353,403849,1131,611,179
2017-08-16$42.70$42.5015.3%4.4%14.7%16.0%14.9%2.7%0.8%77.8M-1.20B-10.2M1.782.1736,78965,360856,3531,603,748
2017-08-17$41.93$42.5017.6%5.0%16.1%34.7%18.7%3.5%0.5%24.0M-553.4M-11.2M1.212.6335,35042,719863,0771,630,104
2017-08-18$42.04$42.5017.4%4.9%16.2%33.0%17.8%3.0%0.6%-51.7M-664.9M-11.3M1.762.4735,58062,723866,6541,615,842
2017-08-21$42.50$42.5015.9%4.4%16.5%20.7%15.2%2.6%0.3%14.9M-467.1M-10.7M0.802.4962,82550,162706,1521,373,564
2017-08-22$43.18$42.5015.4%4.3%17.4%16.9%15.2%2.4%0.4%36.9M-869.2M-10.4M1.192.3955,49465,945718,8391,389,871
2017-08-23$43.35$42.5015.2%4.1%17.2%15.3%14.8%2.4%0.2%35.0M-950.7M-10.2M1.362.2342,76958,125719,8801,396,841
2017-08-24$43.52$43.0015.4%4.3%17.1%17.0%15.2%2.6%0.5%37.6M-1.01B-10.1M1.302.8432,44542,071730,4881,411,758
2017-08-25$44.28$43.0016.4%4.6%18.0%25.1%16.5%1.9%0.1%42.8M-1.48B-9.2M0.783.2556,04043,777738,3981,417,706
2017-08-28$44.25$43.0017.8%5.0%18.0%36.2%17.4%2.3%-0.3%39.8M-1.40B-9.7M2.042.7325,41751,882754,5681,432,350
2017-08-29$44.27$43.0018.4%5.1%17.7%40.7%18.7%2.2%-0.7%38.7M-1.42B-9.7M1.083.0836,01738,962762,3411,457,995
2017-08-30$44.27$43.0017.8%5.0%17.6%35.7%17.9%2.1%-0.4%42.4M-1.43B-10.0M2.433.3419,57547,646783,9831,467,525
2017-08-31$44.26$43.0017.4%4.7%17.5%32.7%16.7%2.4%-0.5%40.0M-1.44B-9.9M2.423.6021,24251,468787,0961,476,745