FDS Options History — March 2013

In March 2013, FDS traded between $89.91 and $100.60. ATM implied volatility averaged 20.1%, placing in the 12.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.3% (HV 20d: 19.8%). Max pain ranged from $95.00 to $95.00. Net GEX was positive for 7 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.90.

Notable Days

  • 2013-03-01: Highest Volume — 5,129 contracts
  • 2013-03-14: Largest IV spike — 69.9% change
  • 2013-03-18: Highest IV Rank — 29.7%
  • 2013-03-18: Largest Expected Move — 8.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$96.22$89.91$100.60$97.26$92.60
Max Pain$95.00$95.00$95.00$95.00$95.00
ATM IV20.1%14.4%31.2%18.5%19.2%
Expected Move6.8%5.3%8.9%5.3%5.5%
HV 20d19.8%15.6%25.7%15.9%25.6%
HV 60d18.5%15.1%19.3%18.9%19.2%
IV Rank12.1%3.1%29.7%9.5%10.6%
IV Percentile26.7%1.2%83.7%11.1%18.3%
Term Structure-0.2%-4.7%10.2%10.2%0.3%
VWIV24.2%19.1%32.3%19.9%19.1%
Skew 25d3.9%2.2%5.5%3.4%2.2%
Skew 10d8.2%3.4%10.9%10.1%5.0%
Call IV 25d22.6%18.5%29.5%18.5%19.5%
Put IV 25d26.5%21.5%34.5%21.9%21.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %29.3215.3977.5077.5023.14
Gamma HHI0.400.220.820.380.26
Net GEX-546.0K-3.6M566.7K120.0K138.6K
Net DEX-3.8M-22.9M12.0M-2.7M3.5M
Net VEX-70.7K-88.1K-49.5K-49.5K-87.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.900.032.601.371.82
Total Volume1,242.2665,1295,12996
Total OI9,172.15,75711,0596,7029,726

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-03-01$97.26$95.0018.5%5.3%15.9%9.5%19.9%3.4%10.2%120.0K-2.7M-49.5K1.3777.502,1602,9693,1673,535
2013-03-04$97.87$95.0016.4%7.0%15.6%6.1%25.3%4.0%0.6%-467.0K-2.8M-65.6K1.3332.148601,1424,2125,338
2013-03-05$99.09$95.0016.7%6.9%15.9%6.7%24.8%4.2%0.5%-794.5K-8.2M-64.9K0.5922.752871694,0105,545
2013-03-06$99.20$95.0016.9%7.2%15.9%7.0%26.3%4.6%-0.6%-833.3K-9.1M-62.7K0.3425.173251103,9785,535
2013-03-07$99.75$95.0015.4%7.2%15.9%4.7%0.0%4.4%-0.3%-940.0K-12.0M-59.8K0.2435.34158383,9625,565
2013-03-08$99.37$95.0014.4%7.2%16.1%3.1%24.8%4.2%-0.6%-1.1M-9.9M-57.7K2.6039.33431123,9095,538
2013-03-11$99.99$95.0016.8%7.5%16.0%6.9%27.8%4.5%-1.4%-1.0M-14.0M-50.6K0.2933.2890263,8995,501
2013-03-12$100.60$95.0017.3%7.8%15.8%7.6%27.9%4.0%-1.6%-998.2K-17.2M-49.5K0.4332.551,0954753,9095,511
2013-03-13$99.37$95.0016.4%7.9%16.7%6.1%27.6%3.6%-2.1%-1.1M-13.4M-60.3K0.2735.469332504,7365,761
2013-03-14$100.48$95.0027.8%8.0%16.8%24.3%27.6%5.5%-2.0%-3.6M-22.9M-71.3K0.1228.53416504,9965,631
2013-03-15$99.29$95.0028.1%8.1%17.1%24.9%28.7%5.1%-2.3%-1.4M-14.6M-79.6K0.9530.847156825,4085,651
2013-03-18$98.03$95.0031.2%8.9%17.6%29.7%32.3%4.9%-4.7%566.7K-10.0M-82.4K1.1323.111,6941,9103,5842,173
2013-03-19$92.82$95.0019.8%5.7%23.9%11.6%20.4%4.9%1.6%227.1K6.3M-78.0K0.9024.381,8941,7124,6843,261
2013-03-20$92.52$95.0020.5%5.9%23.9%12.7%21.0%3.8%0.2%195.4K6.7M-81.7K1.2629.254826054,6953,517
2013-03-21$89.91$95.0021.6%6.2%25.7%14.5%22.1%3.0%0.1%-23.9K12.0M-76.2K1.5915.393946254,8753,791
2013-03-22$90.81$95.0022.1%6.3%25.1%15.3%22.2%3.9%-0.0%-83.7K11.9M-82.2K1.1915.622302745,1344,173
2013-03-25$90.84$95.0022.3%6.4%25.1%15.6%21.7%3.6%-0.6%-130.0K11.7M-82.0K0.0318.141,543455,1074,204
2013-03-26$91.76$95.0021.5%6.2%25.6%14.3%20.6%2.8%-0.6%138.7K6.1M-85.0K0.4720.4845215,3604,232
2013-03-27$92.93$95.0019.2%5.5%25.7%10.6%19.4%2.4%-0.1%153.5K2.9M-88.1K1.1123.9680895,3784,251
2013-03-28$92.60$95.0019.2%5.5%25.6%10.6%19.1%2.2%0.3%138.6K3.5M-87.1K1.8223.1434625,4114,315