FXI Options History — September 2020

In September 2020, FXI traded between $40.67 and $44.38. ATM implied volatility averaged 22.2%, placing in the 14.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.3% (HV 20d: 16.9%). Max pain ranged from $42.00 to $44.00. Net GEX was positive for 2 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.14.

Notable Days

  • 2020-09-14: Highest Volume — 170,625 contracts
  • 2020-09-09: Largest IV drop — 12.2% change
  • 2020-09-03: Highest IV Rank — 22.8%
  • 2020-09-03: Largest Expected Move — 7.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$42.55$40.67$44.38$44.36$41.92
Max Pain$43.45$42.00$44.00$42.00$43.00
ATM IV22.2%19.6%26.1%23.1%21.9%
Expected Move6.4%5.6%7.5%6.8%6.2%
HV 20d16.9%15.3%18.1%15.3%17.9%
HV 60d25.9%18.5%27.2%26.9%18.5%
IV Rank14.9%9.7%22.8%16.8%14.3%
IV Percentile49.0%31.3%71.8%57.1%44.0%
Term Structure0.3%-0.7%2.8%0.3%2.5%
VWIV23.5%20.2%30.8%30.8%23.5%
Skew 25d3.8%2.5%5.3%3.6%3.9%
Skew 10d8.0%5.6%10.3%7.1%7.6%
Call IV 25d21.3%19.4%25.0%22.3%20.9%
Put IV 25d25.1%22.0%29.5%25.9%24.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.692.597.413.843.01
Gamma HHI0.080.070.100.080.09
Net GEX-57.1M-101.2M1.9M840.4K-77.3M
Net DEX29.5M-1.17B1.14B-1.17B400.6M
Net VEX-11.4M-12.8M-10.5M-11.8M-11.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.140.435.382.812.68
Total Volume71,728.09519,407170,62522,24077,411
Total OI2,687,729.2862,136,0073,122,3922,846,6632,317,458

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2020-09-01$44.36$42.0023.1%6.8%15.3%16.8%30.8%3.6%0.3%840.4K-1.17B-11.8M2.813.845,84316,3971,009,7581,836,905
2020-09-02$44.38$42.0023.3%6.8%15.3%17.2%23.7%3.5%0.0%1.9M-1.17B-11.9M0.433.7730,08713,0301,014,0371,848,177
2020-09-03$43.41$44.0026.1%7.5%17.5%22.8%26.0%4.6%-0.4%-35.8M-471.0M-12.8M0.805.8337,75030,3361,029,6621,851,351
2020-09-04$43.60$44.0024.6%6.9%15.7%19.7%25.8%5.3%-0.3%-21.1M-633.4M-12.3M0.657.4151,00533,1661,028,7531,874,675
2020-09-08$42.75$44.0025.1%6.9%17.4%20.8%25.4%5.1%-0.7%-60.6M-7.6M-12.1M3.273.5814,13646,2801,018,5111,858,009
2020-09-09$42.97$44.0022.1%6.4%17.5%14.6%23.1%4.0%0.2%-54.2M-170.9M-11.7M0.823.4625,46020,8131,025,1141,866,056
2020-09-10$42.26$44.0022.1%6.4%17.8%14.8%21.9%3.9%0.3%-84.3M289.3M-11.6M1.554.1015,77624,5191,042,8061,871,103
2020-09-11$42.52$44.0021.5%6.1%17.9%13.5%23.8%3.6%-0.4%-75.2M122.2M-11.4M3.133.4826,47982,9741,053,5011,889,208
2020-09-14$42.90$44.0020.7%6.0%18.1%12.0%22.5%3.1%0.1%-52.1M-214.3M-10.9M3.773.3135,806134,8191,053,9411,912,775
2020-09-15$43.14$44.0020.1%5.8%17.1%10.7%20.5%2.8%0.3%-23.8M-411.5M-10.7M1.403.3826,63737,4171,081,0341,944,546
2020-09-16$43.16$44.0020.1%5.8%17.0%10.8%20.2%2.6%0.1%-23.8M-383.5M-10.6M0.903.1537,18133,4101,095,7741,969,362
2020-09-17$42.84$44.0019.6%5.6%17.1%9.8%20.8%2.5%0.2%-42.8M-216.0M-10.6M1.352.9015,54121,0271,126,6831,995,709
2020-09-18$42.84$44.0019.6%5.6%17.1%9.7%24.7%2.9%0.5%-39.8M-79.9M-10.5M2.822.9137,594106,0491,117,4901,994,524
2020-09-21$42.36$44.0021.0%5.9%17.1%12.4%21.9%3.2%0.0%-69.4M254.7M-11.0M0.863.6943,75137,591757,6821,378,325
2020-09-22$42.09$43.0021.3%6.0%16.2%13.0%21.9%4.0%-0.1%-68.3M333.0M-11.4M5.382.8614,68779,051815,9471,378,112
2020-09-23$41.70$43.0022.2%6.3%16.2%15.0%22.6%3.7%-0.2%-83.8M567.5M-11.6M5.313.5711,44760,807819,0391,410,689
2020-09-24$41.16$43.0023.1%6.7%16.4%16.7%23.1%4.5%-0.3%-99.5M887.4M-11.9M2.493.8016,54341,149824,6921,443,413
2020-09-25$40.67$42.5023.5%6.8%16.6%17.5%24.1%4.5%-0.2%-101.2M1.14B-11.8M2.763.7230,18583,250841,9101,444,953
2020-09-28$41.33$43.0022.4%6.4%17.8%15.4%22.2%4.3%2.4%-94.2M747.5M-11.4M0.512.5912,8896,518851,6591,442,663
2020-09-29$41.17$43.0022.6%6.6%16.6%15.8%24.6%4.2%2.8%-95.7M812.1M-11.2M1.193.2014,34417,135860,6311,445,678
2020-09-30$41.92$43.0021.9%6.2%17.9%14.3%23.5%3.9%2.5%-77.3M400.6M-11.0M2.683.0121,02256,389862,2601,455,198