FDS Options History — December 2007

In December 2007, FDS traded between $55.70 and $66.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 38.0%, placing in the 62.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.9% (HV 20d: 36.1%). Max pain ranged from $60.00 to $70.00. Net GEX was positive for 7 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.77.

Notable Days

  • 2007-12-18: Highest Volume — 1,422 contracts
  • 2007-12-13: Largest IV drop — 18.8% change
  • 2007-12-10: Highest IV Rank — 83.7%
  • 2007-12-04: Largest Expected Move — 11.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$61.42$55.70$66.00$63.38$55.70
Max Pain$65.75$60.00$70.00$70.00$60.00
ATM IV38.0%32.0%45.7%38.7%34.7%
Expected Move10.5%9.2%11.7%11.1%10.0%
HV 20d36.1%32.7%40.2%33.2%35.9%
HV 60d32.4%31.0%33.2%32.0%33.2%
IV Rank62.0%45.1%83.7%63.8%52.7%
IV Percentile83.0%67.5%99.6%87.9%72.8%
Term Structure-0.1%-4.1%3.7%-1.6%2.6%
VWIV36.2%20.0%45.1%38.9%20.0%
Skew 25d4.1%1.7%7.1%4.2%4.1%
Skew 10d10.3%3.8%22.8%14.1%13.6%
Call IV 25d35.1%31.6%41.2%37.8%33.8%
Put IV 25d39.2%34.4%42.9%42.0%37.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %30.0919.2641.9827.5821.18
Gamma HHI0.560.360.660.590.60
Net GEX-538.1K-1.2M245.5K-862.8K227.6K
Net DEX11.6M-966.5K28.2M13.2M-37.9K
Net VEX-33.1K-49.5K-16.3K-45.5K-22.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.770.046.766.760.15
Total Volume366.1451,422481279
Total OI7,718.053,18410,3878,4254,070

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2007-12-03$63.38$70.0038.7%11.1%33.2%63.8%38.9%4.2%-1.6%-862.8K13.2M-45.5K6.7627.58624192,5375,888
2007-12-04$65.70$70.0040.9%11.7%35.6%70.1%38.0%5.2%-4.1%-939.3K8.0M-49.5K0.2241.98201452,5596,168
2007-12-05$65.05$70.0039.9%11.4%35.6%67.3%39.7%2.8%-2.8%-981.6K10.8M-47.3K1.0429.6448502,4446,176
2007-12-06$63.60$70.0040.3%11.5%35.6%68.4%41.4%1.7%-3.0%-959.0K13.8M-45.0K0.9831.281121102,4736,176
2007-12-07$64.18$70.0043.1%10.4%35.4%76.3%35.7%4.3%-0.5%-945.2K13.0M-45.0K5.1222.41603072,5066,107
2007-12-10$65.12$70.0045.7%10.8%34.8%83.7%45.1%7.1%-0.5%-1.0M10.6M-43.2K0.7719.2639302,5356,317
2007-12-11$64.83$70.0045.3%11.0%34.2%82.4%41.4%4.3%-3.1%-1.1M11.7M-40.9K1.9336.3444852,5476,312
2007-12-12$65.40$70.0045.7%10.5%32.7%83.7%36.2%4.7%-1.1%-1.1M10.2M-40.4K0.6728.5998662,5546,322
2007-12-13$66.00$70.0037.1%10.6%32.8%59.5%38.7%6.3%-1.5%-1.2M8.6M-38.8K6.5030.446392,5856,331
2007-12-14$65.15$70.0034.9%10.0%33.2%53.2%35.8%4.7%0.4%-1.2M10.7M-37.0K0.6932.411701182,5916,347
2007-12-17$62.67$65.0037.8%10.8%36.0%61.5%38.6%4.0%-1.5%-1.1M17.0M-31.6K0.7027.373452422,7246,417
2007-12-18$59.30$65.0036.9%10.6%39.3%58.9%36.4%5.1%-0.0%-395.7K27.1M-19.9K1.3525.406058172,9416,536
2007-12-19$57.31$65.0038.9%11.2%40.2%64.5%35.9%5.9%0.9%-233.0K28.2M-16.3K0.1139.359741112,9526,403
2007-12-20$57.67$60.0034.6%9.9%39.5%52.3%35.4%3.4%2.6%90.0K26.0M-21.7K0.6631.212451613,8356,320
2007-12-21$58.22$60.0033.0%9.5%39.2%48.0%33.5%2.2%3.7%88.0K25.7M-23.4K6.7533.198543,9766,411
2007-12-24$58.14$60.0032.0%9.2%39.2%45.1%33.0%3.8%1.5%171.1K-788.2K-22.4K0.2536.40101252,0501,134
2007-12-26$58.37$60.0032.6%9.3%39.2%46.7%32.6%1.7%1.7%183.8K-966.5K-22.3K0.0437.04928392,0891,148
2007-12-27$56.06$60.0034.6%9.9%35.5%52.4%34.5%3.0%1.7%227.3K-423.9K-24.2K0.2529.9355142,7791,162
2007-12-28$56.50$60.0033.9%9.7%35.8%50.5%33.6%2.7%1.7%245.5K-755.5K-24.4K0.4020.89150602,7911,148
2007-12-31$55.70$60.0034.7%10.0%35.9%52.7%20.0%4.1%2.6%227.6K-37.9K-22.4K0.1521.18243362,8901,180