FDS Options History — October 2010

In October 2010, FDS traded between $80.37 and $89.07. ATM implied volatility averaged 21.3%, placing in the 19.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.5% (HV 20d: 21.9%). Max pain ranged from $80.00 to $85.00. Net GEX was positive for 17 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 21 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.28.

Notable Days

  • 2010-10-13: Highest Volume — 633 contracts
  • 2010-10-05: Largest IV drop — 27.9% change
  • 2010-10-04: Highest IV Rank — 40.1%
  • 2010-10-04: Largest Expected Move — 7.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$85.61$80.37$89.07$81.98$87.78
Max Pain$82.62$80.00$85.00$80.00$85.00
ATM IV21.3%16.7%27.5%22.6%20.1%
Expected Move6.1%4.8%7.2%6.5%5.8%
HV 20d21.9%16.8%25.9%25.0%16.8%
HV 60d22.8%21.8%24.3%23.5%21.8%
IV Rank19.6%4.1%40.1%23.7%15.3%
IV Percentile14.9%0.4%56.3%16.3%7.1%
Term Structure3.2%0.1%5.5%0.1%3.7%
VWIV22.0%17.9%28.1%22.4%23.5%
Skew 25d3.8%0.8%6.4%3.7%6.3%
Skew 10d9.8%4.3%14.4%11.0%14.4%
Call IV 25d19.5%17.5%21.5%20.2%17.5%
Put IV 25d23.3%20.0%27.5%23.9%23.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %49.3319.4078.5832.7966.82
Gamma HHI0.370.280.460.290.46
Net GEX311.1K-80.6K663.5K-783472.0K
Net DEX-6.5M-9.7M-1.4M-2.9M-8.4M
Net VEX-30.1K-33.4K-26.1K-30.9K-32.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.280.0011.450.293.67
Total Volume132.81063312432
Total OI3,757.1433,2194,2473,8043,829

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-10-01$81.98$80.0022.6%6.5%25.0%23.7%22.4%3.7%0.1%-783-2.9M-30.9K0.2932.7996281,7382,066
2010-10-04$80.37$80.0027.5%7.2%25.0%40.1%25.5%6.4%2.1%-80.6K-1.4M-30.2K1.9425.7731601,7212,080
2010-10-05$82.33$80.0019.8%7.1%25.9%14.5%25.6%5.0%1.4%25.4K-3.2M-28.3K0.8229.0355451,7412,040
2010-10-06$81.96$80.0025.3%6.9%25.7%32.9%23.6%4.0%3.4%22.3K-3.0M-29.2K0.7019.4027191,7602,074
2010-10-07$82.34$80.0018.6%6.8%25.7%10.4%0.0%3.9%3.0%51.5K-3.5M-28.7K6.6720.226401,7522,078
2010-10-08$82.67$80.0023.4%5.8%25.5%26.4%20.5%3.9%4.5%-24.9K-3.7M-27.5K11.4535.26313551,7522,072
2010-10-11$83.45$80.0021.8%6.3%23.2%21.0%21.4%3.2%3.2%-27.9K-4.0M-27.8K0.4431.3259261,7682,412
2010-10-12$84.16$80.0022.1%6.2%23.4%22.3%21.6%1.2%3.1%455.5K-5.7M-26.1K1.2546.1220251,7981,996
2010-10-13$86.19$80.0026.8%6.4%24.6%37.9%22.1%2.4%1.7%480.0K-7.7M-26.2K0.0059.3863301,8081,992
2010-10-14$86.09$80.0021.6%6.2%24.6%20.3%21.2%3.4%2.3%663.5K-8.9M-29.6K1.0953.5087952,1121,982
2010-10-15$86.73$85.0021.1%6.0%24.5%18.7%19.7%4.5%3.3%525.1K-9.7M-29.8K0.1756.11133232,1792,068
2010-10-18$87.63$85.0021.2%6.1%23.9%19.1%20.5%0.8%1.7%387.1K-7.6M-29.6K1.8843.8924451,8011,418
2010-10-19$87.21$85.0021.3%6.1%24.0%19.3%20.7%2.0%3.5%355.6K-7.3M-30.4K0.3454.96200681,8211,458
2010-10-20$88.16$85.0022.0%6.3%17.4%21.8%22.6%3.3%2.8%445.1K-8.4M-31.2K6.0064.343181,9821,520
2010-10-21$87.94$85.0019.5%5.6%17.0%13.5%20.1%4.0%5.5%442.7K-8.5M-32.5K0.5168.5643221,9821,527
2010-10-22$89.07$85.0018.6%5.3%17.2%10.6%17.9%1.8%4.7%482.2K-9.3M-30.8K2.6758.5312322,0031,544
2010-10-25$88.15$85.0017.4%5.0%17.9%6.3%19.5%5.7%5.3%466.0K-8.9M-31.4K0.8466.341251052,0151,575
2010-10-26$87.94$85.0019.5%5.6%17.5%13.5%28.1%3.2%3.3%477.0K-8.6M-33.4K2.5770.0323592,1331,651
2010-10-27$87.69$85.0021.5%6.2%17.7%20.0%22.3%6.1%3.9%454.6K-8.2M-32.6K3.6755.0418662,1351,688
2010-10-28$87.88$85.0016.7%4.8%16.9%4.1%0.0%4.8%4.8%461.2K-8.2M-32.3K0.0078.58002,1311,698
2010-10-29$87.78$85.0020.1%5.8%16.8%15.3%23.5%6.3%3.7%472.0K-8.4M-32.6K0.0066.820322,1311,698