FXI Options History — May 2018

In May 2018, FXI traded between $46.12 and $48.64. ATM implied volatility averaged 20.0%, placing in the 35.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.5% (HV 20d: 15.5%). Max pain ranged from $47.00 to $48.50. Net GEX was positive for 3 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.48.

Notable Days

  • 2018-05-16: Highest Volume — 166,227 contracts
  • 2018-05-29: Largest IV spike — 12.1% change
  • 2018-05-29: Highest IV Rank — 46.2%
  • 2018-05-29: Largest Expected Move — 6.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$47.34$46.12$48.64$46.73$46.89
Max Pain$47.93$47.00$48.50$47.00$48.00
ATM IV20.0%18.1%21.9%20.9%19.0%
Expected Move5.8%5.3%6.5%6.2%5.5%
HV 20d15.5%11.9%18.4%18.4%17.7%
HV 60d23.4%20.9%27.7%27.7%21.5%
IV Rank35.3%25.3%46.2%40.6%30.0%
IV Percentile65.5%58.7%76.6%70.2%58.7%
Term Structure0.1%-0.7%1.0%0.1%-0.2%
VWIV20.5%18.9%22.3%22.1%20.1%
Skew 25d2.1%0.5%4.3%1.8%3.7%
Skew 10d4.2%1.2%8.8%4.0%6.8%
Call IV 25d19.3%17.8%20.5%20.3%17.8%
Put IV 25d21.5%18.8%24.3%22.1%21.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.751.7512.571.902.67
Gamma HHI0.100.070.120.110.10
Net GEX-40.8M-82.9M15.5M-71.1M-50.3M
Net DEX340.2M-629.8M1.01B748.8M659.9M
Net VEX-8.9M-9.8M-8.2M-9.8M-8.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.480.422.851.941.86
Total Volume75,482.22733,086166,22763,89772,262
Total OI1,688,3821,340,1802,022,1731,756,8391,431,770

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-05-01$46.73$47.0020.9%6.2%18.4%40.6%22.1%1.8%0.1%-71.1M748.8M-9.8M1.941.9021,72642,171693,9881,062,851
2018-05-02$46.73$47.0020.7%6.1%18.4%39.4%21.4%1.6%0.1%-74.7M771.4M-9.8M1.1912.5721,68725,721696,9521,081,475
2018-05-03$46.50$48.0020.8%6.1%18.4%39.7%21.6%2.1%0.2%-82.9M925.2M-9.7M0.533.1667,48135,511711,2001,082,978
2018-05-04$46.59$48.0020.5%5.9%16.3%38.2%21.0%1.9%0.3%-75.8M845.3M-9.7M0.828.9950,79741,850731,6931,097,258
2018-05-07$46.34$48.0020.6%6.1%15.5%39.1%21.4%1.9%0.6%-81.2M998.3M-9.5M0.752.3825,68219,307716,3081,079,886
2018-05-08$46.97$48.0020.7%6.0%12.5%39.3%21.7%2.1%0.3%-60.8M566.2M-9.5M1.422.2522,22431,607718,1251,085,842
2018-05-09$47.37$48.0019.8%5.9%12.9%34.3%20.7%1.3%0.7%-47.1M273.3M-9.2M1.033.3934,83135,841718,7211,094,900
2018-05-10$47.98$48.0019.2%5.7%13.7%31.4%20.5%0.9%0.9%-15.8M-218.0M-8.9M1.963.6242,55083,438732,7261,102,476
2018-05-11$48.17$48.0018.1%5.3%12.5%25.3%19.1%0.6%0.7%-19.9M-360.7M-8.8M2.373.3821,43050,865753,2761,144,384
2018-05-14$48.64$48.0018.7%5.4%11.9%28.5%19.4%0.5%1.0%-13.4M-629.8M-8.5M1.333.1318,81624,943749,8841,135,662
2018-05-15$47.73$48.0020.1%5.8%14.0%35.8%20.6%1.1%0.9%-49.3M50.9M-8.7M1.526.1218,22327,651751,9151,139,009
2018-05-16$48.59$48.0019.2%5.5%15.2%31.3%19.6%1.4%0.8%-15.4M-552.7M-8.3M0.429.33116,70249,525757,6061,135,335
2018-05-17$47.79$48.0019.5%5.6%16.6%33.0%19.7%1.3%0.1%-6.9M-88.0M-8.4M2.351.8118,71844,017851,1791,154,601
2018-05-18$47.87$48.0019.2%5.5%15.3%31.0%19.3%1.2%0.1%5.5M-161.0M-8.4M1.522.4735,97754,690860,6411,161,532
2018-05-21$48.21$48.0019.8%5.6%15.4%34.6%19.5%2.4%-0.2%15.5M37.6M-8.4M1.301.7524,60631,878570,649778,799
2018-05-22$48.06$48.0019.3%5.4%15.1%31.8%18.9%2.4%-0.5%1.7M129.3M-8.4M2.312.1720,05746,239583,103788,756
2018-05-23$47.52$48.0020.7%5.8%15.4%39.1%20.8%3.2%-0.7%-27.8M393.6M-8.5M2.742.8424,55567,326585,727796,823
2018-05-24$47.20$48.0020.5%5.9%15.5%38.5%20.6%3.2%-0.6%-47.9M563.6M-8.6M0.812.1034,71628,246589,116831,477
2018-05-25$47.06$48.0019.6%5.5%15.6%33.2%19.3%3.4%-0.5%-54.0M623.4M-8.5M1.222.1624,38129,660593,293835,363
2018-05-29$46.12$48.0021.9%6.5%17.1%46.2%22.2%4.3%-0.7%-66.2M1.01B-8.2M0.422.3098,21041,406502,695837,485
2018-05-30$46.32$48.5020.2%5.9%17.1%36.8%22.3%4.0%-0.7%-60.1M897.4M-8.4M2.852.108,59124,495564,680852,265
2018-05-31$46.89$48.0019.0%5.5%17.7%30.0%20.1%3.7%-0.2%-50.3M659.9M-8.5M1.862.6725,27946,983570,581861,189