FXI Options History — September 2017

In September 2017, FXI traded between $43.40 and $45.06. ATM implied volatility averaged 15.7%, placing in the 19.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.8% (HV 20d: 14.9%). Max pain ranged from $43.00 to $44.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.09.

Notable Days

  • 2017-09-13: Highest Volume — 161,559 contracts
  • 2017-09-25: Largest IV spike — 14.4% change
  • 2017-09-05: Highest IV Rank — 39.9%
  • 2017-09-05: Largest Expected Move — 5.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$44.20$43.40$45.06$44.29$44.10
Max Pain$43.75$43.00$44.00$43.00$44.00
ATM IV15.7%14.1%18.3%16.8%15.8%
Expected Move4.5%4.1%5.3%4.4%4.3%
HV 20d14.9%11.9%18.4%17.5%16.0%
HV 60d15.0%14.3%15.6%15.1%15.5%
IV Rank19.3%6.4%39.9%27.8%19.9%
IV Percentile32.0%5.6%65.1%49.2%37.3%
Term Structure0.4%-0.5%0.7%-0.5%0.6%
VWIV16.6%14.1%23.0%15.7%15.9%
Skew 25d1.8%1.3%2.6%1.8%1.6%
Skew 10d4.2%2.8%6.8%4.8%3.6%
Call IV 25d15.4%13.8%17.6%16.9%15.4%
Put IV 25d17.3%15.1%20.2%18.7%17.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.151.7615.802.882.71
Gamma HHI0.180.100.430.140.33
Net GEX50.9M7.8M135.9M45.3M95.3M
Net DEX-1.11B-1.73B-312.4M-1.47B-771.5M
Net VEX-9.2M-10.3M-8.6M-9.8M-9.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.091.123.761.122.40
Total Volume90,622.754,219161,559112,59659,645
Total OI2,197,307.41,955,4482,409,3982,283,2002,137,022

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-09-01$44.29$43.0016.8%4.4%17.5%27.8%15.7%1.8%-0.5%45.3M-1.47B-9.8M1.122.8853,06759,529796,4131,486,787
2017-09-05$43.65$44.0018.3%5.3%18.4%39.9%20.2%2.6%0.2%47.1M-1.03B-10.3M3.292.7424,17679,541807,6721,474,291
2017-09-06$43.84$44.0017.2%5.1%18.3%31.2%23.0%2.4%0.5%45.9M-1.14B-10.2M3.762.0817,51565,940807,3131,510,836
2017-09-07$43.98$44.0016.9%5.0%18.1%28.7%18.8%2.0%0.5%52.3M-1.26B-9.9M2.512.4526,39466,371809,0871,520,836
2017-09-08$43.77$44.0017.0%5.1%14.1%29.5%18.0%2.1%0.4%56.3M-1.12B-10.2M2.772.5221,02658,329824,9511,534,858
2017-09-11$44.53$44.0015.6%4.6%15.1%17.9%16.4%1.7%0.2%70.8M-1.73B-8.9M2.002.2032,66365,225818,6281,514,342
2017-09-12$44.39$44.0015.0%4.5%15.1%13.7%16.7%1.7%0.6%82.7M-1.67B-8.9M1.561.7652,89382,378826,4041,536,215
2017-09-13$44.08$44.0014.4%4.2%15.3%8.7%15.3%1.5%0.2%100.1M-1.50B-9.0M1.151.9275,20886,351844,2351,565,163
2017-09-14$43.99$43.0014.2%4.2%14.7%6.9%14.1%1.7%0.4%135.9M-1.38B-8.8M1.271.8741,45252,790833,6391,558,624
2017-09-15$44.36$43.0014.1%4.2%12.8%6.4%14.2%1.3%0.5%25.4M-1.63B-8.9M1.672.1237,86363,077838,9181,564,188
2017-09-18$44.84$43.0014.6%4.2%13.1%10.3%15.6%1.6%0.4%33.5M-1.09B-8.7M1.532.3033,05650,639643,1801,312,268
2017-09-19$44.87$43.0014.5%4.2%12.9%9.4%14.6%1.5%0.7%38.3M-1.13B-8.6M1.242.1254,63267,747654,4041,316,937
2017-09-20$44.99$44.0014.6%4.2%11.9%9.9%15.4%1.5%0.7%37.8M-1.17B-8.8M2.0515.8018,96538,849676,2321,349,451
2017-09-21$45.06$44.0014.5%4.1%11.9%9.0%14.5%1.5%0.4%41.2M-1.20B-8.6M2.272.5018,91942,985684,9481,355,651
2017-09-22$44.61$44.0014.8%4.2%12.6%11.6%15.7%1.5%0.6%29.5M-973.9M-8.8M2.862.5614,05140,168683,5351,356,685
2017-09-25$43.40$44.0016.9%4.8%14.8%28.8%16.7%2.3%0.1%7.8M-312.4M-9.3M1.753.2036,74764,164682,5251,352,816
2017-09-26$43.78$44.0016.6%4.7%15.2%26.6%17.1%2.1%0.2%23.0M-523.6M-9.2M3.673.8213,58149,853700,7641,375,966
2017-09-27$43.91$44.0016.2%4.5%15.3%23.3%17.1%1.9%0.4%28.6M-590.9M-9.1M1.253.2528,87036,034702,0981,387,822
2017-09-28$43.60$44.0016.6%4.7%15.5%26.5%16.8%1.7%0.4%21.2M-428.9M-9.2M1.722.2730,06751,694716,8131,383,631
2017-09-29$44.10$44.0015.8%4.3%16.0%19.9%15.9%1.6%0.6%95.3M-771.5M-9.2M2.402.7117,55842,087735,0471,401,975