FDS Options History — February 2012

In February 2012, FDS traded between $87.40 and $93.05. ATM implied volatility averaged 28.0%, placing in the 32.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.4% (HV 20d: 21.6%). Max pain ranged from $90.00 to $90.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 12.30.

Notable Days

  • 2012-02-09: Highest Volume — 916 contracts
  • 2012-02-29: Largest IV spike — 31.2% change
  • 2012-02-29: Highest IV Rank — 55.1%
  • 2012-02-29: Largest Expected Move — 10.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$90.21$87.40$93.05$89.60$87.40
Max Pain$90.00$90.00$90.00$90.00$90.00
ATM IV28.0%20.7%37.6%25.0%37.6%
Expected Move8.2%6.9%10.8%7.2%10.8%
HV 20d21.6%18.3%24.2%22.4%18.9%
HV 60d28.0%25.2%30.2%30.0%25.4%
IV Rank32.7%15.4%55.1%25.5%55.1%
IV Percentile56.0%14.7%93.7%41.7%93.7%
Term Structure-1.8%-13.0%3.1%2.9%-13.0%
VWIV28.3%24.2%32.6%29.3%31.8%
Skew 25d6.4%3.9%11.3%11.3%6.6%
Skew 10d15.0%10.4%24.4%10.6%11.9%
Call IV 25d25.7%17.1%29.8%17.1%28.1%
Put IV 25d32.0%27.8%37.6%28.4%34.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %65.8637.0498.4198.4191.34
Gamma HHI0.580.290.840.680.43
Net GEX-1.2M-3.1M-184.0K-1.1M-576.1K
Net DEX5.3M1.3M11.3M7.9M8.7M
Net VEX-32.6K-38.6K-28.0K-33.0K-32.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio12.300.2182.502.142.97
Total Volume307.1561916242123
Total OI4,449.13,7055,3003,9324,769

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-02-01$89.60$90.0025.0%7.2%22.4%25.5%29.3%11.3%2.9%-1.1M7.9M-33.0K2.1498.41771651,0082,924
2012-02-02$89.52$90.0024.2%6.9%22.0%23.6%24.2%5.4%3.1%-1.2M8.8M-33.9K2.3870.6932761,0723,064
2012-02-03$91.04$90.0024.1%7.4%22.7%23.4%25.3%8.9%-1.3%-1.1M5.5M-33.2K1.0489.8156581,1023,076
2012-02-06$91.32$90.0020.7%7.9%22.1%15.4%25.3%4.4%-1.8%-1.1M5.7M-31.3K0.4584.19101451,1523,126
2012-02-07$93.05$90.0025.8%8.5%22.7%27.3%25.8%8.0%0.6%-1.1M2.0M-31.3K0.4254.32155651,2423,141
2012-02-08$92.75$90.0025.7%7.7%22.4%27.2%26.7%4.6%-1.2%-1.4M1.9M-30.9K0.2352.0997221,3103,187
2012-02-09$92.98$90.0026.0%7.4%22.4%27.8%27.0%5.3%0.2%-1.4M1.3M-30.6K1.6053.333525641,3483,204
2012-02-10$91.48$90.0030.0%8.6%23.3%37.4%30.0%5.3%-3.8%-1.4M4.6M-38.6K22.0089.15224841,5753,649
2012-02-13$90.16$90.0030.3%8.7%23.1%38.0%29.9%7.4%-0.9%-1.6M7.6M-38.2K0.6246.09108671,5973,622
2012-02-14$90.92$90.0031.0%8.9%23.0%39.7%27.7%7.0%-3.7%-2.1M5.9M-36.9K0.3053.75128381,5963,641
2012-02-15$89.09$90.0030.6%8.8%24.2%38.8%30.9%7.8%-1.2%-2.2M11.3M-35.9K75.8087.06107581,6433,657
2012-02-16$90.40$90.0030.3%8.7%20.4%37.9%32.6%8.3%-2.5%-3.1M5.5M-35.4K21.1967.17275721,6533,362
2012-02-17$89.46$90.0028.9%8.3%20.7%34.8%26.4%6.2%-0.5%-2.3M7.4M-33.0K12.7139.97415211,6752,944
2012-02-21$88.75$90.0028.6%8.2%20.8%34.0%28.7%6.4%-0.4%-216.6K3.8M-29.4K0.5137.04121621,5472,158
2012-02-22$89.83$90.0028.8%8.3%21.2%34.6%30.5%5.0%-1.4%-184.0K2.7M-30.0K0.9159.3232291,5802,171
2012-02-23$89.85$90.0027.8%8.0%20.9%32.2%27.0%3.9%-2.3%-184.5K2.4M-29.5K0.3550.35122431,6092,183
2012-02-24$88.99$90.0027.6%7.9%20.7%31.6%28.3%5.3%-3.2%-189.2K3.5M-29.0K0.2165.4561131,7172,211
2012-02-27$88.90$90.0029.0%8.3%20.3%35.0%28.9%5.7%-2.1%-188.1K3.2M-28.0K17.7371.90305321,7542,210
2012-02-28$88.77$90.0028.6%8.2%18.3%34.1%29.4%5.0%-3.6%-492.8K6.2M-31.5K82.5055.8443301,7792,724
2012-02-29$87.40$90.0037.6%10.8%18.9%55.1%31.8%6.6%-13.0%-576.1K8.7M-32.3K2.9791.3431921,7822,987