FDS Options History — January 2015

In January 2015, FDS traded between $137.66 and $146.07. ATM implied volatility averaged 18.0%, placing in the 11.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.5% (HV 20d: 16.5%). Max pain ranged from $140.00 to $145.00. Net GEX was positive for 18 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.90.

Notable Days

  • 2015-01-20: Highest Volume — 582 contracts
  • 2015-01-13: Largest IV spike — 36.1% change
  • 2015-01-13: Highest IV Rank — 26.5%
  • 2015-01-28: Largest Expected Move — 5.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$141.23$137.66$146.07$140.60$143.73
Max Pain$144.50$140.00$145.00$145.00$145.00
ATM IV18.0%15.2%22.1%18.7%19.1%
Expected Move5.2%4.4%5.5%5.3%5.5%
HV 20d16.5%13.0%19.2%17.8%15.5%
HV 60d14.0%13.0%15.6%15.3%14.2%
IV Rank11.4%1.1%26.5%14.1%15.6%
IV Percentile32.6%3.2%64.3%42.1%50.4%
Term Structure4.6%-0.0%6.1%-0.0%5.3%
VWIV17.9%16.4%19.9%17.8%19.0%
Skew 25d3.4%1.8%6.0%2.3%3.8%
Skew 10d6.8%-2.0%11.3%-2.0%7.1%
Call IV 25d16.7%13.2%18.5%17.5%17.5%
Put IV 25d20.1%17.7%21.6%19.8%21.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %86.4677.8998.1278.5695.30
Gamma HHI0.310.210.450.210.37
Net GEX179.4K-34.9K454.4K35.0K370.9K
Net DEX-2.2M-6.1M848.8K-1.2M-4.5M
Net VEX-24.3K-26.1K-20.1K-25.6K-25.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.900.168.671.680.84
Total Volume2899582380439
Total OI1,742.751,2871,8911,7121,712

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-01-02$140.60$145.0018.7%5.3%17.8%14.1%17.8%2.3%-0.0%35.0K-1.2M-25.6K1.6878.56142238874838
2015-01-05$138.39$145.0018.8%5.5%18.7%14.2%19.9%2.9%3.7%11.7K65.7K-24.9K1.4779.663856915848
2015-01-06$137.66$145.0020.0%5.5%18.8%18.9%19.2%3.1%3.6%-34.9K848.8K-25.1K2.0082.072448949900
2015-01-07$138.76$145.0018.6%5.4%18.9%13.5%19.5%3.1%4.2%4.1K88.0K-25.4K1.2582.4945968906
2015-01-08$140.25$145.0017.4%5.2%19.2%9.4%17.4%3.3%4.2%53.7K-1.1M-25.3K1.9377.89138266972912
2015-01-09$139.50$145.0015.2%5.0%18.1%1.1%17.2%3.1%4.7%34.6K-455.8K-24.1K1.5781.99149234982909
2015-01-12$139.67$145.0016.2%5.0%17.7%5.0%17.8%4.1%5.8%7.7K-298.0K-23.0K1.7080.13138234970910
2015-01-13$140.10$145.0022.1%5.4%16.0%26.5%18.4%1.8%5.0%65.2K-1.1M-23.0K1.6683.48143237971910
2015-01-14$140.00$145.0018.4%5.3%16.0%12.9%18.1%3.3%4.8%-16.6K-507.4K-22.5K1.6682.07143237974910
2015-01-15$138.53$145.0018.2%5.2%16.4%12.2%17.6%2.7%5.0%44.4K293.4K-21.2K0.9685.20247237985871
2015-01-16$140.23$145.0017.4%5.0%13.8%9.4%17.1%4.6%5.3%19.6K-1.1M-21.7K8.6787.20326996870
2015-01-20$139.43$145.0017.7%5.1%13.0%10.3%17.1%3.2%5.6%144.1K-1.1M-20.1K0.1687.2450181704583
2015-01-21$139.02$140.0017.1%4.9%13.0%8.0%17.5%3.1%6.1%272.6K-1.6M-23.0K1.2086.692024919620
2015-01-22$142.61$140.0015.5%4.4%15.8%2.3%16.4%3.8%5.6%415.5K-3.8M-26.1K1.8387.36133244942645
2015-01-23$144.39$145.0015.5%4.4%16.2%2.1%16.4%3.2%6.1%445.1K-5.4M-26.0K2.2190.38126279960672
2015-01-26$146.07$145.0017.0%4.9%16.7%7.9%17.2%6.0%4.7%454.4K-6.1M-25.1K4.1798.12625964687
2015-01-27$145.85$145.0018.4%5.3%16.7%13.0%17.5%2.7%4.3%420.4K-6.1M-25.8K0.9393.972927969700
2015-01-28$144.92$145.0019.4%5.5%16.1%16.4%18.2%4.6%4.7%412.7K-5.9M-26.0K1.3196.41169222989717
2015-01-29$144.88$145.0019.1%5.5%16.1%15.6%19.2%2.5%3.8%426.8K-5.3M-25.8K0.7593.012672011,011721
2015-01-30$143.73$145.0019.1%5.5%15.5%15.6%19.0%3.8%5.3%370.9K-4.5M-25.9K0.8495.30238201986726