FXI Options History — August 2019

In August 2019, FXI traded between $37.77 and $40.25. ATM implied volatility averaged 21.3%, placing in the 37.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.4% (HV 20d: 19.9%). Max pain ranged from $40.00 to $42.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.74.

Notable Days

  • 2019-08-05: Highest Volume — 408,887 contracts
  • 2019-08-05: Largest IV spike — 28.0% change
  • 2019-08-05: Highest IV Rank — 62.5%
  • 2019-08-05: Largest Expected Move — 7.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$38.89$37.77$40.25$40.25$39.14
Max Pain$40.95$40.00$42.00$42.00$40.00
ATM IV21.3%18.6%25.1%21.2%20.9%
Expected Move6.1%5.3%7.0%6.5%6.0%
HV 20d19.9%11.4%23.9%11.5%22.4%
HV 60d17.5%16.6%18.2%16.6%18.2%
IV Rank37.0%19.0%62.5%36.5%34.9%
IV Percentile52.3%18.7%81.0%57.5%52.0%
Term Structure-0.1%-0.6%0.7%-0.5%-0.3%
VWIV22.7%20.2%26.1%22.3%21.0%
Skew 25d5.0%3.1%7.4%3.9%4.6%
Skew 10d10.2%6.5%14.9%7.5%9.9%
Call IV 25d19.3%17.0%22.3%19.5%19.1%
Put IV 25d24.3%20.9%29.7%23.5%23.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.262.0014.6514.652.00
Gamma HHI0.100.090.130.090.09
Net GEX-170.0M-229.6M-123.7M-157.4M-123.7M
Net DEX2.79B1.77B4.20B2.22B1.94B
Net VEX-18.0M-20.3M-15.9M-16.7M-20.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.740.316.513.531.23
Total Volume178,602.18233,102408,887241,07364,020
Total OI3,691,625.8643,204,8674,434,1223,290,6613,866,978

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-08-01$40.25$42.0021.2%6.5%11.5%36.5%22.3%3.9%-0.5%-157.4M2.22B-16.7M3.5314.6553,207187,8661,353,3471,937,314
2019-08-02$39.84$42.0019.6%5.7%11.4%26.1%21.1%4.4%-0.5%-196.7M2.85B-16.6M2.724.4088,215239,5691,384,3332,056,483
2019-08-05$38.41$41.5025.1%7.0%16.4%62.5%26.1%7.4%-0.6%-199.6M3.92B-15.9M6.512.9054,476354,4111,408,7022,115,500
2019-08-06$38.65$41.5022.8%6.4%16.8%47.3%22.8%6.3%-0.3%-229.6M3.89B-16.0M2.722.2157,078155,3981,434,7932,237,495
2019-08-07$38.78$41.5021.4%6.2%16.9%38.1%25.9%6.6%-0.2%-198.1M3.55B-16.1M2.362.6187,504206,8251,476,5692,164,924
2019-08-08$39.16$41.5019.6%5.7%17.6%25.8%22.6%5.5%0.0%-191.1M3.00B-16.4M1.522.1123,43835,6471,528,1542,199,238
2019-08-09$38.84$41.5019.3%5.8%17.5%24.0%20.6%5.4%0.3%-193.4M3.36B-16.3M0.312.86245,51975,5681,539,3082,221,456
2019-08-12$38.30$41.5021.5%6.3%17.7%38.4%22.6%6.6%0.4%-183.4M3.64B-16.5M3.852.1446,168177,9781,740,3372,194,998
2019-08-13$38.84$41.5020.4%6.0%18.8%31.1%23.2%5.3%0.7%-181.5M3.11B-17.7M3.072.0462,989193,0971,778,1852,320,578
2019-08-14$37.77$41.0023.4%6.8%20.6%51.4%25.3%5.8%0.3%-191.9M4.20B-17.4M1.092.8992,769101,3111,819,0562,430,021
2019-08-15$38.24$41.0023.1%6.7%21.4%49.1%24.6%5.6%0.6%-184.2M3.54B-18.3M1.474.0173,606108,5601,900,0692,434,730
2019-08-16$38.66$41.0021.8%6.2%21.9%40.2%23.6%4.9%-0.1%-132.6M2.96B-18.9M2.843.1225,88873,5181,945,1132,489,009
2019-08-19$39.11$41.0020.3%5.8%22.6%30.6%22.8%4.2%0.2%-131.8M1.87B-18.7M2.232.7032,67773,0001,133,8312,071,036
2019-08-20$39.07$41.0019.6%5.6%22.4%26.0%21.0%3.8%0.3%-136.6M1.94B-18.5M1.782.1137,87267,3271,155,3422,122,874
2019-08-21$39.33$40.5018.6%5.3%22.5%19.0%20.2%3.6%0.2%-136.5M1.77B-18.9M4.062.8212,79451,9801,174,4762,181,984
2019-08-22$39.08$40.5019.4%5.6%22.5%24.9%20.5%3.1%-0.1%-147.3M2.02B-19.0M1.752.5128,67450,2961,181,2612,214,992
2019-08-23$38.35$40.5023.4%6.8%23.0%51.4%24.5%4.9%-0.3%-159.2M2.72B-19.3M3.694.6955,084203,3801,198,8242,252,682
2019-08-26$38.84$40.0022.1%6.4%23.8%42.1%22.8%4.5%-0.6%-175.7M2.30B-19.3M2.182.2810,40422,6981,190,8062,352,338
2019-08-27$38.94$40.0022.0%6.3%23.9%41.6%22.4%4.3%-0.3%-165.3M2.14B-19.6M5.472.2717,96498,3271,216,4632,364,831
2019-08-28$38.86$40.0021.4%6.1%23.8%38.0%21.7%4.1%-0.2%-175.1M2.29B-19.9M5.172.2223,605121,9631,227,6812,442,783
2019-08-29$39.11$40.0020.9%6.0%22.6%34.6%21.3%4.3%-0.2%-148.4M2.04B-19.8M0.742.2178,39858,1801,245,3232,511,552
2019-08-30$39.14$40.0020.9%6.0%22.4%34.9%21.0%4.6%-0.3%-123.7M1.94B-20.3M1.232.0028,76635,2541,315,4692,551,509