FDS Options History — April 2010

In April 2010, FDS traded between $73.60 and $76.93. ATM implied volatility averaged 22.2%, placing in the 11.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.0% (HV 20d: 16.2%). Max pain ranged from $70.00 to $75.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 21 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.59.

Notable Days

  • 2010-04-19: Highest Volume — 144 contracts
  • 2010-04-15: Largest IV spike — 17.1% change
  • 2010-04-27: Highest IV Rank — 17.3%
  • 2010-04-27: Largest Expected Move — 7.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$75.31$73.60$76.93$73.60$75.22
Max Pain$70.71$70.00$75.00$75.00$70.00
ATM IV22.2%18.6%24.4%20.0%23.1%
Expected Move6.4%5.7%7.0%5.7%6.6%
HV 20d16.2%9.6%22.7%22.7%12.2%
HV 60d19.5%18.4%20.7%20.6%18.4%
IV Rank11.7%3.0%17.3%6.4%14.1%
IV Percentile6.2%0.8%14.3%1.2%11.5%
Term Structure4.0%2.3%5.9%2.3%5.9%
VWIV20.8%15.8%24.7%19.8%23.1%
Skew 25d3.3%-5.1%5.3%-5.1%4.0%
Skew 10d9.6%1.5%13.1%7.3%5.7%
Call IV 25d20.8%19.0%22.5%19.0%21.5%
Put IV 25d24.0%13.8%26.8%13.8%25.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %47.5327.4391.7591.7532.22
Gamma HHI0.240.210.300.240.21
Net GEX223.6K109.1K298.2K168.7K263.4K
Net DEX-6.4M-8.8M-4.2M-4.2M-6.2M
Net VEX-32.2K-38.1K-28.4K-38.1K-32.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.590.0021.000.240.00
Total Volume51.811144135
Total OI4,048.7623,2634,5724,5103,720

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-04-01$73.60$75.0020.0%5.7%22.7%6.4%19.8%-5.1%2.3%168.7K-4.2M-38.1K0.0091.75012,5991,911
2010-04-05$74.41$70.0021.8%6.5%22.1%10.9%22.8%4.0%3.0%176.5K-5.5M-37.0K0.2444.2945112,5991,910
2010-04-06$74.62$70.0022.1%6.5%22.1%11.7%22.9%3.1%2.6%177.7K-5.9M-36.4K0.0048.00902,6021,909
2010-04-07$75.08$70.0022.9%6.6%21.9%13.4%20.9%3.7%3.1%174.7K-6.5M-35.4K0.0042.195702,5961,909
2010-04-08$74.64$70.0023.2%6.4%22.2%14.2%18.7%3.6%3.6%176.4K-5.9M-35.5K0.1644.214372,5961,909
2010-04-09$74.95$70.0020.6%6.3%22.2%7.9%0.0%2.6%2.8%195.1K-6.4M-34.7K0.0048.361102,6651,907
2010-04-12$75.47$70.0024.0%6.3%22.1%16.2%0.0%3.5%3.8%199.1K-7.4M-33.9K0.0048.161402,6571,907
2010-04-13$75.44$70.0021.2%6.2%22.1%9.4%21.3%3.9%3.4%204.3K-7.5M-32.5K0.5346.4119102,6511,907
2010-04-14$75.98$70.0018.6%6.2%19.5%3.0%22.9%4.0%4.2%184.1K-8.8M-30.9K0.4250.6940172,6471,917
2010-04-15$75.58$70.0021.7%6.2%16.3%10.7%21.9%1.3%3.7%165.0K-8.4M-30.4K0.3654.482282,6281,920
2010-04-16$74.56$75.0022.1%6.3%16.1%11.5%22.5%2.6%4.2%109.1K-4.4M-29.6K1.0066.2814142,6431,927
2010-04-19$74.66$75.0022.3%6.4%10.6%12.2%16.9%4.2%3.6%257.2K-5.4M-28.4K1.7736.4852922,1291,134
2010-04-20$75.72$70.0022.4%6.4%11.4%12.3%19.6%3.8%2.9%257.0K-6.3M-29.4K0.2443.8342102,1711,185
2010-04-21$75.97$70.0022.0%6.3%11.3%11.5%19.2%4.3%3.8%261.0K-6.6M-29.2K0.1244.3595112,1811,195
2010-04-22$76.17$70.0020.8%6.0%10.1%8.6%19.2%3.4%4.8%298.2K-6.7M-28.7K2.9050.6810292,2661,206
2010-04-23$76.61$70.0021.7%6.2%9.6%10.6%19.4%3.7%5.6%285.2K-7.1M-29.9K0.3241.2744142,2761,222
2010-04-26$76.93$70.0022.6%6.5%9.7%12.9%0.0%4.0%5.4%294.2K-7.4M-30.1K0.3827.4342162,3011,236
2010-04-27$76.09$70.0024.4%7.0%10.7%17.3%23.3%5.3%5.1%288.0K-6.8M-30.5K0.2947.3877222,3221,251
2010-04-28$74.98$70.0024.1%6.9%12.2%16.4%24.7%3.8%4.7%280.5K-5.8M-31.4K2.1745.5742912,3531,252
2010-04-29$74.93$70.0023.6%6.8%12.2%15.2%15.8%5.0%5.2%279.8K-5.7M-31.5K21.0044.041212,3861,322
2010-04-30$75.22$70.0023.1%6.6%12.2%14.1%23.1%4.0%5.9%263.4K-6.2M-32.7K0.0032.223502,3871,333