FEZ Options History — March 2016

In March 2016, FEZ traded between $31.91 and $33.65. ATM implied volatility averaged 18.8%, placing in the 10.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.4%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.3% (HV 20d: 20.1%). Max pain ranged from $31.00 to $33.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.95.

Notable Days

  • 2016-03-30: Highest Volume — 55,786 contracts
  • 2016-03-08: Largest IV spike — 14.6% change
  • 2016-03-08: Highest IV Rank — 27.2%
  • 2016-03-01: Largest Expected Move — 6.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$32.95$31.91$33.65$31.91$33.29
Max Pain$31.93$31.00$33.00$31.00$32.50
ATM IV18.8%16.5%22.3%21.3%17.2%
Expected Move5.4%4.5%6.4%6.4%4.8%
HV 20d20.1%16.0%26.0%26.0%16.5%
HV 60d23.1%22.5%23.9%23.4%22.5%
IV Rank10.6%0.0%27.2%22.6%3.3%
IV Percentile20.0%0.0%50.8%44.4%3.2%
Term Structure0.5%-0.6%1.4%0.2%0.5%
VWIV20.0%10.0%26.7%26.7%10.0%
Skew 25d5.1%2.8%7.4%7.4%5.6%
Skew 10d13.4%6.8%19.1%19.1%8.3%
Call IV 25d16.9%14.4%19.8%18.6%14.4%
Put IV 25d22.0%19.3%26.0%26.0%20.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %31.7014.2951.3132.5833.08
Gamma HHI0.210.110.510.510.21
Net GEX1.6M-1.7M8.7M8.7M2.9M
Net DEX-46.1M-138.1M9.1M-89.9M-56.9M
Net VEX-333.5K-569.6K-194.7K-569.6K-520.0K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.950.392.422.020.62
Total Volume23,746.59110,21955,78640,35145,579
Total OI107,551.59161,190202,735202,735125,734

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-03-01$31.91$31.0021.3%6.4%26.0%22.6%26.7%7.4%0.2%8.7M-89.9M-569.6K2.0232.58N/AN/A13,34927,002111,01991,716
2016-03-02$32.04$31.0021.3%6.4%23.3%22.5%19.7%5.5%-0.0%3.2M-50.5M-433.4K1.9936.42N/AN/A13,53626,97871,60171,706
2016-03-03$32.35$31.0018.7%5.9%23.0%9.4%24.7%6.3%0.3%3.7M-84.7M-395.9K0.4733.60N/AN/A12,9446,05371,76571,706
2016-03-04$32.56$31.0019.1%5.5%23.0%11.6%23.3%6.0%-0.6%2.2M-105.7M-356.6K0.4826.13N/AN/A12,7966,08071,94871,775
2016-03-07$32.43$31.0019.4%6.0%22.1%13.1%18.4%7.4%1.2%2.5M-94.9M-349.1K0.4723.03N/AN/A12,0145,63171,20271,701
2016-03-08$32.20$31.0022.3%6.4%20.6%27.2%24.5%5.3%-0.2%3.0M-91.4M-354.2K0.4820.91N/AN/A11,9615,79371,53974,001
2016-03-09$32.31$32.0020.3%6.1%20.0%17.5%24.3%4.8%1.0%2.0M-116.0M-319.1K0.3925.66N/AN/A14,8575,80771,62674,210
2016-03-10$32.47$32.0020.8%6.0%20.0%20.2%23.2%5.0%0.1%-1.7M-138.1M-300.8K0.4227.23N/AN/A13,8655,80074,45774,259
2016-03-11$33.55$32.0018.0%5.3%21.2%6.1%21.3%4.5%0.9%224.9K-39.0M-283.1K0.4526.24N/AN/A13,0045,91435,86274,285
2016-03-14$33.52$32.0018.5%5.2%21.2%8.4%21.3%5.1%1.1%562.5K-25.8M-268.8K0.4414.29N/AN/A12,3835,48231,74752,902
2016-03-15$33.28$32.0019.3%5.5%21.1%12.6%20.8%5.2%0.0%800.4K-26.0M-281.0K0.4329.31N/AN/A12,9095,52134,72752,916
2016-03-16$33.62$32.0017.0%4.9%19.9%1.1%19.3%5.9%1.4%1.2M-22.2M-280.2K0.7951.31N/AN/A12,6269,95732,78452,993
2016-03-17$33.61$32.0017.9%5.1%19.4%5.6%19.2%4.5%0.1%822.1K-20.8M-275.9K0.6129.59N/AN/A16,46110,00332,78355,208
2016-03-18$33.65$32.0017.0%4.8%19.2%1.0%16.7%3.9%1.3%941.5K-8.5M-308.6K0.7732.92N/AN/A13,0239,99730,40555,337
2016-03-21$33.52$32.0017.4%5.0%19.1%3.0%16.8%3.6%0.4%949.3K-4.0M-300.1K1.2241.02N/AN/A4,6045,61529,04732,143
2016-03-22$33.37$32.0016.5%4.5%17.6%0.0%19.7%5.3%0.7%1.4M-4.0M-303.8K1.2932.98N/AN/A5,9177,64629,32932,341
2016-03-23$33.06$32.5017.8%5.2%17.8%6.1%18.8%2.8%0.5%490.3K-2.6M-308.0K1.2740.15N/AN/A5,9017,51631,03234,621
2016-03-24$32.66$33.0018.7%5.4%18.3%11.0%20.2%4.5%0.6%-627.5K9.1M-302.6K2.1128.25N/AN/A3,5037,40331,16134,720
2016-03-28$32.76$33.0019.3%5.7%18.3%13.8%21.2%4.1%0.8%-126.7K2.6M-283.4K2.4247.30N/AN/A3,0477,38631,08234,721
2016-03-29$33.19$33.0018.7%4.7%18.4%10.9%18.7%5.4%0.2%629.5K-7.0M-194.7K1.2236.27N/AN/A18,33922,43731,09334,702
2016-03-30$33.58$32.5017.7%4.6%16.0%5.9%11.9%4.0%-0.1%1.5M-38.1M-348.0K0.4629.13N/AN/A38,32117,46546,46349,766
2016-03-31$33.29$32.5017.2%4.8%16.5%3.3%10.0%5.6%0.5%2.9M-56.9M-520.0K0.6233.08N/AN/A28,10117,47866,60959,125