FXI Options History — May 2019

In May 2019, FXI traded between $39.98 and $44.86. ATM implied volatility averaged 21.3%, placing in the 33.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.2% (HV 20d: 20.1%). Max pain ranged from $43.00 to $44.00. Net GEX was positive for 4 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.37.

Notable Days

  • 2019-05-09: Highest Volume — 466,614 contracts
  • 2019-05-06: Largest IV spike — 17.2% change
  • 2019-05-13: Highest IV Rank — 64.2%
  • 2019-05-13: Largest Expected Move — 7.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$41.61$39.98$44.86$44.39$40.42
Max Pain$43.27$43.00$44.00$44.00$43.00
ATM IV21.3%17.1%25.6%17.4%21.6%
Expected Move6.2%4.9%7.4%5.1%6.1%
HV 20d20.1%13.2%22.8%13.4%22.8%
HV 60d19.0%16.7%20.2%16.9%19.0%
IV Rank33.9%5.0%64.2%6.9%36.1%
IV Percentile52.2%2.8%82.5%5.6%59.9%
Term Structure-0.0%-0.7%1.1%0.3%-0.3%
VWIV21.6%17.8%26.9%17.8%22.0%
Skew 25d3.3%1.2%4.9%1.3%3.8%
Skew 10d6.7%2.4%10.5%2.4%7.6%
Call IV 25d19.9%16.6%23.9%17.2%20.2%
Put IV 25d23.3%18.2%28.2%18.5%24.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %8.012.3116.853.673.91
Gamma HHI0.090.060.230.070.10
Net GEX-90.5M-235.9M106.8M64.6M-92.9M
Net DEX1.76B-1.16B3.52B-693.2M2.22B
Net VEX-16.5M-18.2M-15.3M-15.3M-18.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.370.265.360.750.26
Total Volume271,066.5109,192466,614297,921161,031
Total OI3,826,654.1823,246,1354,506,2813,313,1033,945,125

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-05-01$44.39$44.0017.4%5.1%13.4%6.9%17.8%1.3%0.3%64.6M-693.2M-15.3M0.753.67169,769128,1521,618,2071,694,896
2019-05-02$44.16$44.0017.1%5.0%13.2%5.0%18.0%1.6%0.2%47.8M-387.6M-15.7M3.102.3138,298118,8601,679,6171,736,830
2019-05-03$44.86$44.0017.2%4.9%14.0%5.3%18.0%1.2%-0.2%106.8M-1.16B-16.3M0.848.9588,46074,6761,664,3221,807,051
2019-05-06$43.75$44.0020.1%6.0%16.2%25.8%21.1%2.9%-0.0%12.8M138.1M-16.2M0.917.43220,961201,1381,625,2421,786,577
2019-05-07$42.44$44.0023.2%6.7%19.0%47.5%23.1%4.4%-0.3%-69.1M1.49B-17.0M0.715.36252,735178,5661,733,0881,886,708
2019-05-08$42.48$43.5023.1%6.6%19.1%46.6%22.7%3.9%-0.7%-51.7M1.35B-17.4M0.966.88233,061224,0291,883,9412,044,661
2019-05-09$41.84$43.5024.8%7.2%19.5%58.3%24.8%4.0%-0.6%-75.1M1.98B-18.0M0.6713.76280,208186,4062,050,8702,126,528
2019-05-10$41.94$43.0022.0%6.4%19.1%39.2%21.9%3.5%-0.3%-128.5M2.00B-17.4M0.6216.56248,682154,8802,162,2352,227,419
2019-05-13$40.59$43.0025.6%7.4%20.7%64.2%26.9%4.9%0.1%-185.2M3.52B-15.7M1.8710.08143,366267,3992,066,6122,200,158
2019-05-14$41.22$43.0023.2%6.8%21.9%47.3%22.2%4.7%0.2%-156.8M2.81B-16.4M0.9610.82219,547209,9942,166,3972,287,457
2019-05-15$41.50$43.0020.7%6.2%21.3%29.9%20.8%3.5%0.5%-157.2M2.34B-16.3M0.538.26108,55257,5422,253,3102,230,453
2019-05-16$41.73$43.0020.2%6.0%21.4%26.4%21.4%3.0%0.8%-176.7M1.86B-16.5M1.398.6359,42182,6452,295,9842,210,297
2019-05-17$40.98$43.0021.2%6.3%21.9%33.4%22.7%3.5%1.1%-235.9M2.84B-16.0M4.6316.8544,110204,3092,295,1222,202,481
2019-05-20$40.49$43.0021.8%6.3%22.0%37.2%22.1%4.0%-0.3%-125.9M2.28B-15.3M0.453.1292,47141,4631,525,7531,720,382
2019-05-21$40.83$43.0020.2%5.8%22.4%26.2%20.5%2.9%-0.4%-111.6M1.93B-15.4M0.453.40178,76280,4751,580,7131,718,451
2019-05-22$40.68$43.0021.0%6.0%22.2%31.8%20.6%2.8%-0.2%-109.1M2.02B-16.0M0.817.5898,82880,0931,667,6521,735,099
2019-05-23$40.03$43.0022.2%6.4%22.5%40.3%22.5%3.7%0.2%-116.0M2.53B-16.0M5.3612.3652,534281,3651,737,3541,765,076
2019-05-24$39.98$43.0021.2%6.1%22.3%33.4%21.8%2.8%-0.0%-122.2M2.73B-17.0M2.785.2462,078172,3001,755,2661,915,622
2019-05-28$40.14$43.0021.6%6.2%22.2%36.1%20.7%3.5%-0.1%-112.2M2.49B-16.6M0.748.2762,86746,3251,738,4331,912,068
2019-05-29$40.47$43.0021.4%6.2%22.8%34.7%22.1%3.7%-0.3%-99.1M2.24B-17.1M0.604.8682,28749,3581,774,5881,950,302
2019-05-30$40.44$43.0021.4%6.1%22.8%34.9%22.2%3.8%0.1%-98.4M2.19B-17.8M0.777.94127,56297,8981,834,3491,973,696
2019-05-31$40.42$43.0021.6%6.1%22.8%36.1%22.0%3.8%-0.3%-92.9M2.22B-18.2M0.263.91127,36333,6681,912,1212,033,004