FXI Options History — February 2020

In February 2020, FXI traded between $40.09 and $42.88. ATM implied volatility averaged 23.1%, placing in the 60.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.8%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.7% (HV 20d: 25.8%). Max pain ranged from $41.00 to $42.00. Net GEX was positive for 11 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.45.

Notable Days

  • 2020-02-04: Highest Volume — 494,478 contracts
  • 2020-02-28: Largest IV spike — 29.7% change
  • 2020-02-27: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2020-02-28: Largest Expected Move — 11.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$41.47$40.09$42.88$40.09$40.25
Max Pain$41.63$41.00$42.00$42.00$41.50
ATM IV23.1%19.0%38.3%24.5%38.3%
Expected Move6.8%5.4%11.9%7.4%11.9%
HV 20d25.8%22.7%28.5%24.7%22.7%
HV 60d20.8%19.7%21.8%19.7%21.1%
IV Rank60.4%33.4%100.0%76.9%100.0%
IV Percentile82.1%52.0%100.0%98.0%100.0%
Term Structure-0.4%-2.5%0.6%-0.4%-2.5%
VWIV23.9%18.6%40.3%26.1%40.3%
Skew 25d4.6%3.1%11.3%4.5%11.3%
Skew 10d9.7%6.2%23.4%9.8%23.4%
Call IV 25d21.2%17.6%33.6%22.6%33.6%
Put IV 25d25.8%20.8%44.9%27.2%44.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.491.774.122.363.55
Gamma HHI0.090.070.130.090.08
Net GEX12.9M-139.7M228.9M-97.0M-121.9M
Net DEX834.9M-1.30B2.46B2.46B2.36B
Net VEX-18.1M-20.5M-16.7M-18.0M-20.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.450.434.361.321.30
Total Volume250,248.737101,527494,478299,735279,508
Total OI4,593,715.3683,726,2905,072,4744,513,3504,081,387

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2020-02-03$40.09$42.0024.5%7.4%24.7%76.9%26.1%4.5%-0.4%-97.0M2.46B-18.0M1.322.36129,429170,3062,227,3392,286,011
2020-02-04$41.16$42.0023.3%7.0%27.0%67.4%25.0%3.8%-0.5%29.0M962.2M-18.9M0.662.36298,498195,9802,307,7142,338,104
2020-02-05$41.39$42.0022.2%6.8%27.1%58.8%26.6%3.8%-0.5%63.2M689.6M-19.1M1.621.9683,828135,5832,399,7042,424,085
2020-02-06$41.65$41.0022.4%6.1%27.3%60.1%20.4%4.0%-0.3%111.4M416.3M-19.1M0.612.01204,748125,2532,437,0622,490,302
2020-02-07$41.27$41.0021.9%6.4%27.2%56.2%22.7%4.4%-0.5%58.7M1.14B-18.6M0.871.98134,130116,1342,509,4612,515,986
2020-02-10$41.45$41.0020.8%6.0%27.2%47.7%20.8%4.0%0.3%-20.1M1.02B-17.6M1.502.07103,011154,1012,258,9752,387,541
2020-02-11$42.24$41.0020.6%5.8%27.6%46.1%18.6%3.5%-0.3%104.9M-205.4M-17.7M0.432.20267,510115,1472,279,3232,410,119
2020-02-12$42.88$41.0019.0%5.4%28.3%33.4%18.9%3.4%-0.1%228.9M-1.30B-17.9M0.442.26136,97360,6402,396,8732,430,323
2020-02-13$42.32$42.0020.2%5.9%28.5%43.2%19.9%3.5%0.6%136.4M-321.0M-18.1M0.732.87160,958117,4272,384,2542,470,432
2020-02-14$42.31$42.0019.6%5.7%28.3%38.2%19.7%3.8%0.4%92.2M-104.3M-18.0M1.281.7763,88981,7012,415,3482,531,000
2020-02-18$42.16$42.0019.6%5.6%28.2%38.1%19.5%3.6%-0.4%74.8M109.8M-16.9M0.722.1859,03142,4962,380,7782,494,213
2020-02-19$42.49$42.0019.2%5.5%24.0%35.2%20.6%3.1%-0.6%129.7M-350.3M-16.7M1.352.1253,45872,3462,386,8732,520,237
2020-02-20$42.08$42.0019.6%5.6%24.0%38.1%19.9%3.2%-0.2%58.8M275.1M-16.7M1.641.9470,468115,7352,415,3142,558,998
2020-02-21$42.00$42.0020.8%6.0%23.8%47.4%22.1%4.1%-0.3%-106.2M491.7M-17.5M2.451.9176,822188,2022,448,3732,624,101
2020-02-24$40.68$42.0024.7%7.2%25.7%78.4%24.1%5.6%-0.5%-125.2M1.94B-17.5M1.732.76137,682238,6931,537,7502,188,540
2020-02-25$40.24$41.5026.3%7.6%22.7%91.1%28.3%5.8%-0.8%-139.7M2.34B-17.7M4.364.1231,330136,7201,604,4102,230,638
2020-02-26$40.72$41.5026.2%7.8%23.1%90.9%27.5%5.7%-0.7%-115.8M1.88B-18.6M1.742.8547,61783,0841,617,8372,298,874
2020-02-27$40.50$41.5029.5%8.9%23.0%100.0%32.7%6.8%-1.3%-116.6M2.07B-19.5M2.874.1068,769197,5191,636,3512,355,962
2020-02-28$40.25$41.5038.3%11.9%22.7%100.0%40.3%11.3%-2.5%-121.9M2.36B-20.5M1.303.55121,344158,1641,662,3352,419,052