FXI Options History — October 2019

In October 2019, FXI traded between $39.61 and $41.90. ATM implied volatility averaged 18.2%, placing in the 16.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.4% (HV 20d: 13.8%). Max pain ranged from $40.00 to $41.00. Net GEX was positive for 16 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.83.

Notable Days

  • 2019-10-11: Highest Volume — 696,804 contracts
  • 2019-10-15: Largest IV drop — 8.1% change
  • 2019-10-02: Highest IV Rank — 36.4%
  • 2019-10-02: Largest Expected Move — 6.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$40.97$39.61$41.90$39.61$41.00
Max Pain$40.76$40.00$41.00$40.00$41.00
ATM IV18.2%16.5%21.2%20.8%16.7%
Expected Move5.2%4.6%6.0%5.9%4.7%
HV 20d13.8%12.9%15.5%15.5%13.3%
HV 60d17.4%15.5%18.2%16.9%15.6%
IV Rank16.7%5.2%36.4%34.0%6.8%
IV Percentile22.4%2.8%58.7%54.8%6.7%
Term Structure-0.0%-0.5%0.6%-0.1%0.2%
VWIV18.1%16.0%21.2%21.2%16.4%
Skew 25d1.7%0.4%3.5%3.0%1.0%
Skew 10d3.4%1.0%6.5%6.1%2.3%
Call IV 25d17.7%16.2%19.9%19.8%16.6%
Put IV 25d19.4%17.2%23.1%22.8%17.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.521.8016.761.802.84
Gamma HHI0.090.060.140.060.09
Net GEX93.0M-83.9M310.4M-82.9M-16.8M
Net DEX-334.4M-2.17B1.73B1.73B139.1M
Net VEX-18.9M-20.9M-17.0M-20.0M-17.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.830.132.312.310.22
Total Volume212,810.43565,694696,804198,004252,052
Total OI5,011,448.3484,480,9815,624,9254,480,9815,185,550

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-10-01$39.61$40.0020.8%5.9%15.5%34.0%21.2%3.0%-0.1%-82.9M1.73B-20.0M2.311.8059,816138,1881,899,7802,581,201
2019-10-02$39.69$40.0021.2%6.0%12.9%36.4%20.2%3.5%-0.3%-83.9M1.68B-20.5M0.742.5192,93769,0911,945,0872,655,621
2019-10-03$40.25$40.5020.4%5.7%13.0%31.1%20.0%3.0%-0.5%-2.9M871.7M-20.5M0.713.03151,158106,7741,985,6172,683,916
2019-10-04$40.25$40.5019.9%5.7%12.9%27.7%19.7%2.6%-0.3%-19.4M837.5M-20.8M0.741.99138,146102,6002,044,7682,728,681
2019-10-07$40.00$40.5020.2%5.7%13.1%29.9%20.4%2.6%-0.1%-40.6M1.15B-20.7M0.962.4663,92961,1272,107,0372,738,527
2019-10-08$39.77$40.5020.9%5.9%13.2%34.8%20.2%2.7%-0.2%-63.9M1.48B-20.9M0.864.95174,858150,7552,127,4472,748,610
2019-10-09$40.27$40.5020.4%5.8%12.9%31.3%20.0%2.5%-0.2%13.7M623.7M-20.7M0.634.12198,295124,4222,201,8072,805,656
2019-10-10$40.78$40.5019.7%5.6%13.5%26.7%20.3%2.5%-0.3%110.7M-313.7M-20.3M1.737.12114,144197,4282,296,2392,853,895
2019-10-11$41.52$40.5019.3%5.6%14.7%24.0%19.2%1.5%-0.1%256.3M-1.74B-20.5M0.1316.76614,18982,6152,345,9372,904,824
2019-10-14$41.18$41.0018.3%5.2%14.3%17.4%17.9%2.0%0.2%212.4M-1.11B-19.1M0.172.98121,51221,0482,421,2222,920,440
2019-10-15$41.55$41.0016.8%4.8%14.6%7.6%17.2%1.1%0.2%276.5M-1.89B-18.5M0.692.21107,96975,0052,453,6222,933,827
2019-10-16$41.52$41.0016.7%4.8%14.4%6.5%17.4%1.3%0.1%284.3M-1.89B-18.8M0.862.27116,15899,9072,545,5462,991,284
2019-10-17$41.69$41.0017.0%4.9%14.2%8.8%16.9%0.8%0.5%310.4M-2.17B-18.8M0.582.5899,85257,5312,539,9673,034,879
2019-10-18$41.33$41.0016.5%4.7%14.5%5.2%16.5%1.1%0.6%105.5M-1.38B-18.2M0.982.3660,18959,0182,549,4143,075,511
2019-10-21$41.66$41.0016.6%4.6%14.7%5.9%16.0%1.4%-0.0%95.6M-963.7M-18.0M0.992.1843,97043,4761,984,8212,707,304
2019-10-22$41.38$41.0016.7%4.7%14.4%6.9%16.4%1.5%-0.0%56.3M-473.4M-18.2M0.782.5036,85928,8352,005,1282,730,829
2019-10-23$41.27$41.0016.6%4.6%14.5%5.9%16.1%1.7%-0.1%41.9M-313.0M-17.8M0.412.7869,43628,2762,017,1392,749,596
2019-10-24$41.28$41.0017.0%4.6%14.1%8.6%16.4%1.4%-0.2%86.8M-412.7M-17.2M1.311.8898,675128,9362,059,3632,767,166
2019-10-25$41.53$41.0016.7%4.6%13.2%6.4%16.2%0.8%-0.1%265.0M-808.7M-17.1M0.432.55186,63180,3072,085,3642,831,751
2019-10-28$41.90$41.0016.8%4.9%13.1%7.5%17.4%0.7%0.1%167.1M-1.47B-17.0M0.241.95158,22738,3142,102,0452,836,856
2019-10-29$41.50$41.0016.9%4.9%13.5%8.4%17.3%0.8%-0.1%104.4M-805.5M-17.1M0.721.9869,45749,9122,142,8052,869,935
2019-10-30$41.34$41.0016.6%4.7%13.6%6.1%17.3%0.4%0.1%62.1M-455.4M-17.1M1.955.0441,63380,9832,166,1582,901,140
2019-10-31$41.00$41.0016.7%4.7%13.3%6.8%16.4%1.0%0.2%-16.8M139.1M-17.2M0.222.84206,70945,3432,233,1662,952,384