FDS Options History — September 2012

In September 2012, FDS traded between $92.58 and $103.76. ATM implied volatility averaged 25.8%, placing in the 19.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.1% (HV 20d: 22.7%). Max pain ranged from $95.00 to $100.00. Net GEX was positive for 8 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.61.

Notable Days

  • 2012-09-24: Highest Volume — 9,432 contracts
  • 2012-09-24: Largest IV spike — 53.5% change
  • 2012-09-24: Highest IV Rank — 47.6%
  • 2012-09-24: Largest Expected Move — 12.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$99.02$92.58$103.76$93.95$96.42
Max Pain$97.37$95.00$100.00$100.00$100.00
ATM IV25.8%18.6%43.3%35.3%24.7%
Expected Move7.9%5.5%12.4%10.1%7.1%
HV 20d22.7%14.9%29.7%16.7%29.4%
HV 60d23.6%20.6%33.8%33.8%23.7%
IV Rank19.2%7.4%47.6%34.6%17.3%
IV Percentile40.7%6.0%97.2%88.1%38.5%
Term Structure-1.2%-8.5%8.1%-7.3%-0.6%
VWIV28.0%22.2%45.4%35.3%23.8%
Skew 25d4.9%2.6%11.1%6.3%3.1%
Skew 10d11.1%-0.8%22.9%22.9%6.5%
Call IV 25d26.0%21.0%40.7%33.4%23.4%
Put IV 25d30.9%24.3%47.7%39.7%26.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %75.4957.5297.2067.2364.66
Gamma HHI0.330.170.580.190.29
Net GEX-226.9K-2.4M788.7K-207.9K-1.0M
Net DEX1.3M-10.3M24.3M4.9M16.1M
Net VEX-45.3K-104.5K-29.4K-32.7K-70.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.610.037.870.380.38
Total Volume1,091499,432288194
Total OI6,062.5792,62610,0774,7388,669

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-09-04$93.95$100.0035.3%10.1%16.7%34.6%35.3%6.3%-7.3%-207.9K4.9M-32.7K0.3867.23208802,2762,462
2012-09-05$92.58$100.0027.4%7.8%14.9%21.7%33.1%11.1%3.0%-188.3K5.0M-32.1K7.8790.12312442,4202,506
2012-09-06$93.93$100.0019.3%5.5%15.8%8.5%23.0%3.3%8.1%-100.3K4.1M-29.4K2.3997.20972322,4512,511
2012-09-07$95.17$95.0018.6%7.2%16.4%7.4%26.9%4.4%1.8%-57.5K2.8M-30.1K0.5163.92182922,4612,497
2012-09-10$95.39$95.0020.1%7.6%15.9%9.9%24.8%4.3%-0.1%-16.9K2.9M-31.3K0.5557.5255302,5512,589
2012-09-11$100.04$95.0019.5%8.5%22.7%8.8%29.5%6.7%-1.9%19.6K-2.5M-34.5K0.0575.33407192,5512,589
2012-09-12$101.44$95.0019.4%7.8%22.5%8.7%25.6%5.7%-1.7%166.4K-5.7M-38.0K0.1173.05156172,8402,603
2012-09-13$102.70$95.0026.6%7.6%22.7%20.4%28.7%4.4%-1.4%490.8K-7.5M-38.0K0.0388.5114042,9612,603
2012-09-14$103.76$95.0027.1%7.8%22.8%21.3%27.5%3.2%-2.1%788.7K-10.3M-38.5K1.0287.0150513,0272,603
2012-09-17$102.99$95.0026.8%7.7%23.2%20.7%25.7%4.9%-1.6%561.0K-8.7M-37.4K0.1182.25155173,0242,642
2012-09-18$102.66$95.0027.0%7.7%23.3%21.1%27.0%5.9%-2.1%515.0K-8.3M-37.5K0.2976.3638113,1182,654
2012-09-19$102.58$95.0026.6%7.6%23.4%20.4%26.3%4.9%-1.8%394.5K-8.4M-35.9K0.8682.9137323,1542,664
2012-09-20$101.04$95.0029.2%8.4%24.3%24.7%28.7%5.5%-2.6%-86.5K-6.1M-36.4K0.9374.2372673,1762,672
2012-09-21$100.55$100.0028.2%8.1%24.3%23.0%29.5%2.6%-3.0%-664.9K-6.3M-35.5K5.6183.06854773,1302,654
2012-09-24$102.80$100.0043.3%12.4%25.1%47.6%45.4%7.1%-8.5%223.4K-4.5M-37.1K3.8062.541,9657,4671,4551,171
2012-09-25$98.49$100.0025.4%7.3%29.5%18.5%26.7%2.7%-1.0%-2.4M24.3M-104.5K1.6767.412,3863,9822,8247,253
2012-09-26$97.40$100.0024.1%6.9%29.7%16.3%22.8%2.8%-0.1%-1.8M20.7M-85.3K3.8171.643021,1514,1155,619
2012-09-27$97.52$100.0022.0%6.3%29.7%13.0%22.2%3.3%0.9%-989.8K12.9M-75.1K0.2069.38164324,2724,422
2012-09-28$96.42$100.0024.7%7.1%29.4%17.3%23.8%3.1%-0.6%-1.0M16.1M-70.9K0.3864.66141534,2194,450