FXI Options History — July 2018

In July 2018, FXI traded between $41.40 and $44.28. ATM implied volatility averaged 21.2%, placing in the 41.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.0% (HV 20d: 23.2%). Max pain ranged from $43.00 to $45.00. Net GEX was positive for 3 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 2 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.78.

Notable Days

  • 2018-07-24: Highest Volume — 333,614 contracts
  • 2018-07-12: Largest IV drop — 8.8% change
  • 2018-07-05: Highest IV Rank — 62.5%
  • 2018-07-02: Largest Expected Move — 7.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$42.72$41.40$44.28$42.05$43.71
Max Pain$43.90$43.00$45.00$45.00$43.00
ATM IV21.2%19.3%24.9%24.5%19.4%
Expected Move6.1%5.6%7.5%7.5%5.6%
HV 20d23.2%19.1%26.2%20.4%23.0%
HV 60d19.4%17.7%21.3%19.1%21.3%
IV Rank41.9%31.1%62.5%60.1%31.1%
IV Percentile65.5%51.2%87.3%84.9%51.2%
Term Structure-0.3%-0.8%0.1%-0.4%-0.2%
VWIV21.7%19.1%26.3%26.3%21.3%
Skew 25d3.2%2.1%4.2%3.8%2.5%
Skew 10d6.5%4.2%8.6%8.5%5.3%
Call IV 25d20.2%18.1%23.9%23.1%18.4%
Put IV 25d23.3%20.9%27.9%26.9%20.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.551.306.001.861.80
Gamma HHI0.120.100.160.100.12
Net GEX-62.2M-111.3M20.1M-71.2M14.1M
Net DEX1.32B-190.7M2.53B1.85B148.7M
Net VEX-12.6M-13.9M-11.4M-11.4M-13.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.780.953.312.352.00
Total Volume148,481.38151,773333,614166,83667,624
Total OI2,232,428.9521,921,2052,608,9562,024,3352,081,823

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-07-02$42.05$45.0024.5%7.5%20.4%60.1%26.3%3.8%-0.4%-71.2M1.85B-11.4M2.351.8649,791117,045931,0631,093,272
2018-07-03$42.08$45.0024.5%7.3%20.4%60.1%25.1%3.4%-0.6%-69.6M1.83B-11.7M3.313.7932,367107,084950,6611,114,136
2018-07-05$41.89$45.0024.9%7.0%19.1%62.5%25.1%4.0%-0.3%-83.0M2.00B-11.5M2.704.5258,358157,463967,6571,151,208
2018-07-06$42.30$44.0022.9%6.6%20.0%51.2%23.0%2.8%-0.2%-101.9M1.89B-12.4M1.292.0050,53165,3311,023,6061,271,677
2018-07-09$43.19$44.0022.4%6.3%22.3%48.5%22.8%3.0%-0.2%-63.7M1.27B-12.6M0.981.5249,04747,9111,035,6921,245,071
2018-07-10$42.94$44.0020.9%6.0%22.3%40.6%21.8%3.0%-0.1%-77.2M1.43B-12.4M1.491.3856,77384,4611,041,7681,247,987
2018-07-11$42.13$44.0022.3%6.4%22.8%48.1%22.4%4.2%0.1%-90.7M1.93B-12.0M1.291.7865,59484,3691,057,2441,247,919
2018-07-12$42.93$44.0020.3%5.8%24.4%37.3%20.6%3.4%-0.0%-85.0M1.40B-12.3M1.373.3451,90370,9421,093,3371,275,106
2018-07-13$42.85$44.0019.6%5.6%24.4%33.3%19.1%3.2%-0.0%-88.1M1.50B-12.2M2.581.9742,178108,6591,094,5421,295,997
2018-07-16$42.43$44.0020.1%5.8%24.4%36.1%20.0%3.8%-0.5%-96.0M1.88B-11.9M3.072.7126,10980,2361,083,3401,313,167
2018-07-17$42.37$44.0019.3%5.6%24.4%31.8%19.3%3.2%-0.6%-93.3M1.94B-11.8M1.911.3056,459108,0311,087,7101,323,137
2018-07-18$42.11$44.0019.9%5.7%22.7%34.7%20.9%3.5%0.0%-95.8M2.09B-12.2M1.016.0053,72754,1761,114,1741,353,690
2018-07-19$41.40$44.0021.2%6.1%23.2%41.9%20.1%3.9%-0.8%-111.3M2.53B-11.9M1.342.1394,738126,8391,130,1951,380,801
2018-07-20$42.38$44.0020.5%5.9%23.8%38.2%20.2%2.8%-0.4%-91.2M1.79B-12.8M1.133.0398,964111,8711,177,2931,431,663
2018-07-23$42.25$44.0021.0%6.1%23.5%41.0%21.7%3.2%-0.1%-59.9M1.15B-13.0M3.151.7531,62899,579746,4501,174,755
2018-07-24$43.67$44.0021.2%6.2%25.8%42.1%21.7%2.8%-0.2%-14.6M324.5M-13.4M0.953.15171,408162,206755,5781,198,133
2018-07-25$44.28$43.0020.2%5.7%26.2%36.7%21.5%2.3%-0.3%20.1M-190.7M-13.6M1.033.7188,33190,991857,4381,203,029
2018-07-26$43.43$43.0020.2%5.9%25.2%36.5%21.2%2.1%-0.2%-4.4M324.0M-13.8M1.141.8656,80164,682901,0731,202,943
2018-07-27$43.45$43.0019.9%5.7%25.2%33.8%20.7%2.5%-0.2%-46.3M309.4M-13.9M1.892.2642,19679,933931,6431,228,349
2018-07-30$43.30$43.0020.0%5.9%24.5%34.3%21.3%2.6%-0.2%1.9M408.4M-13.6M1.421.5821,39030,383920,0081,146,673
2018-07-31$43.71$43.0019.4%5.6%23.0%31.1%21.3%2.5%-0.2%14.1M148.7M-13.6M2.001.8022,56545,059922,5531,159,270