FDS Options History — March 2008

In March 2008, FDS traded between $44.53 and $57.36. ATM implied volatility averaged 38.7%, placing in the 63.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.7%. IV traded below realized volatility by 10.2% (HV 20d: 48.9%). Max pain ranged from $50.00 to $55.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.51.

Notable Days

  • 2008-03-18: Highest Volume — 7,689 contracts
  • 2008-03-13: Largest IV drop — 21.8% change
  • 2008-03-12: Highest IV Rank — 93.2%
  • 2008-03-17: Largest Expected Move — 13.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$52.68$44.53$57.36$52.15$53.87
Max Pain$53.75$50.00$55.00$55.00$55.00
ATM IV38.7%34.3%49.1%40.1%34.6%
Expected Move10.7%9.8%13.7%11.5%9.9%
HV 20d48.9%20.0%78.7%26.2%78.6%
HV 60d38.4%28.8%49.7%28.9%49.7%
IV Rank63.8%51.7%93.2%68.0%52.5%
IV Percentile74.2%51.2%99.6%86.9%54.0%
Term Structure-0.9%-7.5%2.7%-2.9%0.2%
VWIV37.5%32.8%46.8%35.4%40.1%
Skew 25d6.1%4.2%10.6%5.5%7.5%
Skew 10d11.2%-2.3%23.1%8.7%13.8%
Call IV 25d36.8%28.8%57.6%35.5%32.3%
Put IV 25d42.9%38.1%63.9%41.0%39.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %15.706.3228.1017.4328.10
Gamma HHI0.320.210.470.330.23
Net GEX-270.7K-456.4K-26.3K-286.3K-145.9K
Net DEX4.0M-5.2M17.3M6.1M423.5K
Net VEX-62.8K-79.3K-46.8K-57.8K-71.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.510.076.692.683.41
Total Volume1,068.15157,68981163
Total OI10,105.558,15815,7618,15810,840

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-03-03$52.15$55.0040.1%11.5%26.2%68.0%35.4%5.5%-2.9%-286.3K6.1M-57.8K2.6817.4322592,9705,188
2008-03-04$52.90$55.0035.4%10.1%26.9%54.6%39.3%10.6%-1.1%-285.0K5.1M-57.2K4.0014.653122,9715,214
2008-03-05$53.49$55.0035.7%10.2%24.1%55.6%35.4%9.3%-1.5%-284.6K4.4M-56.1K2.716.32591602,9645,197
2008-03-06$52.65$55.0035.8%10.3%20.0%55.7%37.6%6.6%-1.6%-316.1K5.9M-57.1K3.406.66301023,0055,305
2008-03-07$52.00$55.0040.4%10.6%20.5%68.8%34.1%5.1%-1.1%-312.4K6.5M-56.3K0.6712.78115773,0245,272
2008-03-10$51.14$55.0044.0%11.1%21.2%78.8%38.7%4.4%-1.9%-326.8K7.8M-53.6K2.639.17481263,0645,290
2008-03-11$52.69$55.0043.9%9.9%23.6%78.5%37.7%5.3%-0.1%-324.1K5.8M-55.4K1.6813.581702863,0685,337
2008-03-12$52.50$50.0049.1%10.9%23.7%93.2%34.7%5.2%-2.1%-315.4K5.6M-55.0K1.5014.202343523,1495,411
2008-03-13$51.42$50.0038.4%11.0%24.8%63.0%38.3%4.2%-2.1%-348.5K7.7M-55.1K2.4011.501122693,2815,567
2008-03-14$49.00$50.0039.6%11.4%30.1%66.5%43.2%6.3%-3.0%-347.8K10.9M-53.8K3.9613.952419553,3705,657
2008-03-17$44.53$50.0047.9%13.7%44.4%89.6%46.8%6.0%-7.5%-325.2K17.3M-46.8K3.848.661,4815,6853,5146,321
2008-03-18$52.43$50.0039.3%11.3%75.0%65.6%37.9%4.7%-0.8%-358.3K1.8M-68.8K1.8820.532,6715,0184,3989,257
2008-03-19$52.94$55.0036.3%10.4%75.0%57.2%37.2%5.2%1.6%-456.4K2.4M-79.3K0.6516.566013925,20610,412
2008-03-20$54.52$55.0035.0%10.0%75.6%53.6%34.6%6.6%2.7%-347.7K-277.8K-76.2K0.0710.66236175,38810,373
2008-03-24$56.63$55.0035.8%10.3%76.6%55.8%35.1%5.9%1.2%-66.6K-4.0M-69.4K0.6727.672601753,3406,755
2008-03-25$57.36$55.0036.7%10.5%76.7%58.3%32.8%6.0%-0.6%-26.3K-5.2M-68.6K5.7824.39734223,4696,885
2008-03-26$55.40$55.0036.1%10.4%77.1%56.7%36.0%6.6%-0.2%-106.2K-1.8M-72.1K1.1010.2229323,4817,093
2008-03-27$53.06$55.0034.3%9.8%78.7%51.7%38.5%5.9%1.1%-212.6K2.0M-72.9K6.6922.86322143,4677,093
2008-03-28$52.88$55.0034.5%9.9%78.5%52.1%36.8%4.5%0.9%-222.1K2.5M-72.5K0.5524.042771533,4807,035
2008-03-31$53.87$55.0034.6%9.9%78.6%52.5%40.1%7.5%0.2%-145.9K423.5K-71.8K3.4128.10371263,7167,124