FDS Options History — April 2011

In April 2011, FDS traded between $101.64 and $109.41. ATM implied volatility averaged 18.9%, placing in the 12.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.3% (HV 20d: 16.6%). Max pain ranged from $95.00 to $105.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.56.

Notable Days

  • 2011-04-29: Highest Volume — 796 contracts
  • 2011-04-14: Largest IV spike — 34.7% change
  • 2011-04-18: Highest IV Rank — 24.7%
  • 2011-04-18: Largest Expected Move — 6.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$105.04$101.64$109.41$104.91$109.41
Max Pain$100.00$95.00$105.00$95.00$105.00
ATM IV18.9%14.4%22.7%20.1%18.7%
Expected Move5.6%4.8%6.5%5.7%5.4%
HV 20d16.6%12.1%21.6%21.6%16.5%
HV 60d20.4%19.7%20.9%20.4%20.9%
IV Rank12.1%0.0%24.7%14.0%12.8%
IV Percentile14.0%0.0%46.0%18.7%10.7%
Term Structure2.5%0.3%5.5%1.6%3.1%
VWIV20.6%17.3%25.4%20.5%18.1%
Skew 25d4.3%2.2%6.4%4.1%2.3%
Skew 10d9.8%0.0%14.6%9.2%0.0%
Call IV 25d18.0%15.9%20.1%18.3%17.5%
Put IV 25d22.3%19.1%24.9%22.4%19.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %73.8051.3999.4093.9699.40
Gamma HHI0.360.290.450.320.36
Net GEX356.6K193.5K662.1K329.4K662.1K
Net DEX-6.3M-10.4M-2.7M-6.9M-10.4M
Net VEX-35.3K-37.5K-32.1K-37.5K-36.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.560.008.800.481.15
Total Volume121.85379637796
Total OI2,769.82,2173,0312,8712,985

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-04-01$104.91$95.0020.1%5.7%21.6%14.0%20.5%4.1%1.6%329.4K-6.9M-37.5K0.4893.9625121,7021,169
2011-04-04$105.79$100.0020.5%6.0%21.4%15.3%0.0%5.4%0.9%379.3K-7.5M-36.3K0.0051.39301,7051,171
2011-04-05$105.62$100.0019.5%5.9%21.0%12.2%0.0%6.4%5.5%391.0K-7.7M-36.0K0.0070.060401,7081,171
2011-04-06$105.03$100.0020.0%5.9%21.1%13.8%20.4%4.4%2.9%304.6K-6.9M-36.3K0.0067.41601,7081,204
2011-04-07$104.90$100.0020.1%5.9%19.8%14.2%20.6%5.2%0.3%307.8K-6.6M-36.0K0.0059.630141,7111,204
2011-04-08$104.46$100.0019.5%5.9%19.8%12.3%0.0%4.6%3.1%290.1K-6.5M-35.0K0.8175.5727221,7111,207
2011-04-11$103.76$100.0018.2%5.9%20.0%8.4%23.3%5.3%3.2%222.5K-5.7M-34.2K3.8869.188311,6961,200
2011-04-12$102.84$100.0015.5%5.9%14.1%0.0%23.4%4.8%2.6%193.5K-4.9M-33.6K1.2473.8025311,7001,207
2011-04-13$103.83$100.0014.4%5.9%12.3%0.0%17.9%4.5%2.0%244.2K-5.5M-33.0K1.2374.3026321,6761,184
2011-04-14$103.30$100.0019.4%5.6%12.7%14.8%19.8%4.5%3.2%210.4K-4.8M-33.0K0.6953.19104721,6861,205
2011-04-15$104.00$100.0018.3%5.2%12.1%11.5%0.0%4.8%3.5%301.2K-6.0M-33.9K0.0072.46301,7841,247
2011-04-18$101.64$100.0022.7%6.5%13.5%24.7%25.4%5.7%0.8%219.6K-2.7M-32.1K2.0972.88641341,300917
2011-04-19$102.50$100.0020.8%6.0%13.5%19.0%19.7%4.2%1.9%233.4K-2.8M-34.8K0.7378.59123901,3601,019
2011-04-20$104.57$100.0018.1%5.2%15.0%10.9%20.4%4.2%2.8%382.3K-5.0M-37.3K3.8180.9516611,4631,067
2011-04-21$105.50$100.0017.9%5.1%14.9%10.3%0.0%4.2%3.1%400.1K-5.9M-37.1K0.8076.581081,4601,096
2011-04-25$105.18$100.0019.2%5.5%15.0%14.3%22.6%4.3%1.7%404.9K-5.9M-35.5K8.8085.8710881,4601,088
2011-04-26$106.52$100.0020.6%5.9%15.4%18.5%18.8%2.4%1.4%394.3K-6.5M-35.1K0.0078.6426301,4601,122
2011-04-27$108.63$100.0017.3%5.0%16.2%8.7%0.0%2.2%2.5%631.0K-9.3M-36.1K1.8289.1511201,7001,122
2011-04-28$108.33$100.0016.8%4.8%16.3%7.1%17.3%3.2%4.1%629.5K-9.1M-36.0K0.4752.95178841,6991,122
2011-04-29$109.41$105.0018.7%5.4%16.5%12.8%18.1%2.3%3.1%662.1K-10.4M-36.6K1.1599.403714251,7931,192