FDS Options History — December 2012

In December 2012, FDS traded between $87.45 and $96.39. ATM implied volatility averaged 33.5%, placing in the 31.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 12.9% (HV 20d: 20.6%). Max pain ranged from $90.00 to $95.00. Net GEX was positive for 7 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 3.32.

Notable Days

  • 2012-12-18: Highest Volume — 4,710 contracts
  • 2012-12-13: Largest IV drop — 39.7% change
  • 2012-12-12: Highest IV Rank — 62.2%
  • 2012-12-03: Largest Expected Move — 11.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$91.74$87.45$96.39$92.42$88.06
Max Pain$92.75$90.00$95.00$95.00$90.00
ATM IV33.5%22.7%52.2%41.5%23.7%
Expected Move8.6%6.5%11.9%11.9%6.8%
HV 20d20.6%14.8%25.4%16.7%24.8%
HV 60d19.4%17.7%21.2%20.6%18.7%
IV Rank31.6%14.0%62.2%44.7%15.7%
IV Percentile71.8%34.9%99.2%96.4%43.3%
Term Structure-2.7%-12.1%4.0%-11.1%-0.3%
VWIV30.6%23.0%43.0%41.5%25.3%
Skew 25d5.6%3.4%9.0%8.4%3.7%
Skew 10d13.9%6.5%26.3%24.5%7.7%
Call IV 25d28.0%21.8%39.5%36.6%23.9%
Put IV 25d33.7%25.9%45.9%45.0%27.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %41.2719.6581.3756.4920.70
Gamma HHI0.300.200.500.210.46
Net GEX-54.6K-805.8K901.2K-400.3K901.2K
Net DEX2.2M-6.2M15.1M4.0M-524.8K
Net VEX-55.4K-68.7K-45.4K-56.9K-48.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio3.320.0319.021.330.24
Total Volume712.75474,7107747
Total OI8,505.35,44013,4257,5366,077

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-12-03$92.42$95.0041.5%11.9%16.7%44.7%41.5%8.4%-11.1%-400.3K4.0M-56.9K1.3356.4933443,0714,465
2012-12-04$91.94$95.0041.3%11.8%16.9%44.4%40.9%9.0%-10.2%-399.8K4.6M-58.0K0.9445.7832303,1034,509
2012-12-05$93.36$95.0038.3%11.0%17.6%39.5%41.3%7.9%-10.0%-374.6K2.3M-56.3K3.9081.37632463,1254,509
2012-12-06$93.65$95.0040.7%11.7%16.8%43.4%43.0%6.4%-12.1%-367.0K1.6M-58.3K0.8241.5028233,1804,697
2012-12-07$93.25$90.0041.4%8.3%16.9%44.6%29.7%6.9%-1.8%-390.3K2.4M-58.6K19.0031.8661143,1894,711
2012-12-10$94.00$95.0046.8%8.6%17.0%53.4%29.0%6.1%-1.8%-362.9K820.8K-55.9K0.5949.932971743,1914,771
2012-12-11$96.19$95.0050.9%9.0%17.6%60.0%32.1%6.5%-3.4%-214.3K-3.0M-56.7K19.0255.93417803,3684,868
2012-12-12$94.37$95.0052.2%9.0%19.4%62.2%29.9%7.4%-3.2%-472.2K2.0M-58.3K1.2246.9378953,3705,302
2012-12-13$94.05$95.0031.5%9.0%19.0%28.4%35.1%7.2%-3.0%-494.0K3.2M-56.9K1.2249.576427843,4395,302
2012-12-14$94.00$95.0032.8%9.4%14.8%30.5%32.3%7.2%-3.6%-588.2K4.8M-58.7K0.0341.021,055333,4045,785
2012-12-17$96.39$95.0034.8%10.0%16.8%33.8%34.9%5.5%-4.8%-68.7K-6.2M-63.5K0.5053.892,0561,0334,4285,808
2012-12-18$92.19$95.0024.7%7.1%23.9%17.3%24.3%4.1%3.0%-330.9K5.1M-59.0K0.2547.523,7789325,8596,208
2012-12-19$90.64$90.0024.6%7.1%24.7%17.2%24.0%4.3%3.1%160.7K2.8M-68.7K4.4935.43552477,4315,994
2012-12-20$90.16$90.0023.9%6.8%24.7%16.0%24.5%4.0%3.5%-805.8K6.0M-56.7K1.2946.0565846,2975,761
2012-12-21$88.63$90.0023.1%6.6%25.4%14.6%25.7%3.8%4.0%55.0K15.1M-50.3K8.7833.24464046,2985,912
2012-12-24$88.85$90.0022.7%6.5%24.2%14.0%23.0%4.1%-0.1%844.7K-1.9M-47.9K0.6922.372111463,6571,783
2012-12-26$87.49$90.0025.6%7.3%24.7%18.8%24.8%3.4%-0.3%742.7K524.0K-46.7K1.6823.5138643,7841,901
2012-12-27$87.45$90.0025.6%7.3%24.7%18.8%26.6%3.6%-0.7%725.6K883.7K-45.4K0.2719.6545123,8101,944
2012-12-28$87.68$90.0023.5%6.7%24.7%15.4%24.5%3.4%-0.4%746.3K318.2K-46.4K0.2122.59326683,8421,953
2012-12-31$88.06$90.0023.7%6.8%24.8%15.7%25.3%3.7%-0.3%901.2K-524.8K-48.2K0.2420.703894,0572,020