FDS Options History — April 2012

In April 2012, FDS traded between $96.71 and $104.86. ATM implied volatility averaged 20.7%, placing in the 15.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.9%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.9% (HV 20d: 21.6%). Max pain ranged from $95.00 to $100.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 3.46.

Notable Days

  • 2012-04-25: Highest Volume — 195 contracts
  • 2012-04-12: Largest IV drop — 21.3% change
  • 2012-04-11: Highest IV Rank — 30.7%
  • 2012-04-10: Largest Expected Move — 6.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$100.95$96.71$104.86$100.24$104.86
Max Pain$99.00$95.00$100.00$95.00$100.00
ATM IV20.7%17.4%27.2%22.7%17.4%
Expected Move5.9%5.0%6.9%6.5%5.0%
HV 20d21.6%13.5%32.8%31.9%18.4%
HV 60d24.9%24.0%25.5%25.3%24.2%
IV Rank15.5%7.6%30.7%20.0%7.6%
IV Percentile13.1%1.2%49.6%21.8%1.2%
Term Structure3.1%0.4%6.6%0.4%6.6%
VWIV20.1%17.4%30.6%19.0%17.4%
Skew 25d4.2%1.9%8.1%3.7%6.7%
Skew 10d10.0%0.4%19.7%9.3%9.0%
Call IV 25d17.9%13.0%21.5%19.5%13.0%
Put IV 25d22.0%18.7%25.3%23.3%19.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %80.6530.59108.0559.5288.26
Gamma HHI0.340.260.490.280.40
Net GEX553.3K313.8K689.7K583.0K438.9K
Net DEX-9.1M-14.6M-5.7M-9.8M-7.8M
Net VEX-28.0K-33.5K-23.1K-32.5K-25.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio3.460.0040.000.001.35
Total Volume59.8501957487
Total OI3,328.852,5153,7593,4912,768

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-04-02$100.24$95.0022.7%6.5%31.9%20.0%19.0%3.7%0.4%583.0K-9.8M-32.5K0.0059.527402,0701,421
2012-04-03$100.24$95.0019.8%5.7%31.7%13.3%18.3%2.2%0.7%634.9K-10.2M-32.0K2.5067.364102,1181,421
2012-04-04$99.25$95.0020.7%5.9%32.3%15.3%30.6%2.3%2.3%616.6K-9.4M-32.4K40.0084.951402,1151,431
2012-04-05$99.52$95.0018.9%5.4%31.8%11.2%0.0%1.9%1.1%611.3K-9.5M-33.5K5.0030.592102,1151,471
2012-04-09$98.00$100.0020.8%6.1%32.3%15.7%0.0%5.2%2.6%638.9K-8.0M-31.3K0.3159.311342,1151,479
2012-04-10$96.71$100.0022.9%6.9%32.8%20.6%0.0%5.2%2.1%633.4K-6.5M-32.3K0.0065.40002,1281,483
2012-04-11$97.46$100.0027.2%6.9%14.1%30.7%23.8%4.3%2.7%616.6K-7.2M-31.6K2.3365.5118422,1281,483
2012-04-12$98.50$100.0021.4%6.1%14.2%17.1%0.0%5.2%4.1%680.6K-8.4M-30.9K0.0065.434002,1401,494
2012-04-13$98.78$100.0021.8%6.2%13.8%18.0%21.9%3.4%3.2%659.3K-9.0M-28.6K0.2785.051132,1261,494
2012-04-16$98.65$100.0023.5%6.8%13.5%22.1%0.0%1.9%1.9%689.7K-8.9M-26.3K2.6088.365132,1171,495
2012-04-17$101.60$100.0023.3%6.7%17.2%21.6%20.4%4.2%1.4%561.6K-11.8M-26.0K0.0480.2315762,1171,495
2012-04-18$101.56$100.0020.2%5.8%17.0%14.2%18.3%4.3%4.2%644.5K-12.5M-26.4K0.0079.513302,2601,499
2012-04-19$103.78$100.0020.1%5.8%18.5%14.0%0.0%8.1%4.7%631.2K-14.5M-23.3K0.2699.543182,2601,499
2012-04-20$103.69$100.0017.4%5.0%18.1%7.7%18.1%3.3%4.5%614.3K-14.6M-23.1K0.3089.64112342,2591,499
2012-04-23$102.28$100.0020.9%6.0%19.0%15.9%0.0%4.3%3.5%313.8K-6.0M-25.0K2.0591.4020411,3061,209
2012-04-24$101.80$100.0020.4%5.8%18.4%14.7%18.2%4.9%3.6%315.7K-5.7M-26.3K1.2596.478101,3261,236
2012-04-25$103.48$100.0019.3%5.5%19.1%12.2%19.0%2.8%3.5%353.7K-6.8M-24.5K2.90104.17501451,3321,246
2012-04-26$103.97$100.0017.9%5.1%18.8%8.8%18.2%4.7%4.2%385.0K-7.2M-25.4K1.74104.2123401,3761,315
2012-04-27$104.61$100.0017.8%5.1%18.5%8.6%17.9%4.6%4.7%442.4K-7.8M-23.9K2.78108.0527751,3921,339
2012-04-30$104.86$100.0017.4%5.0%18.4%7.6%17.4%6.7%6.6%438.9K-7.8M-25.3K1.3588.2637501,3931,375