FDS Options History — February 2018

In February 2018, FDS traded between $188.69 and $206.16. ATM implied volatility averaged 22.9%, placing in the 51.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.4%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.8% (HV 20d: 25.8%). Max pain ranged from $195.00 to $195.00. Net GEX was positive for 12 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.60.

Notable Days

  • 2018-02-01: Highest Volume — 1,454 contracts
  • 2018-02-05: Largest IV spike — 38.3% change
  • 2018-02-05: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2018-02-06: Largest Expected Move — 7.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$198.77$188.69$206.16$203.99$203.70
Max Pain$195.00$195.00$195.00$195.00$195.00
ATM IV22.9%17.9%32.5%21.9%22.3%
Expected Move6.4%5.1%7.7%6.1%6.4%
HV 20d25.8%20.7%28.3%20.7%22.9%
HV 60d26.9%25.2%27.6%25.2%27.5%
IV Rank51.6%22.2%100.0%63.2%45.8%
IV Percentile83.4%59.9%100.0%85.3%82.9%
Term Structure2.3%-1.2%6.4%1.5%4.7%
VWIV24.6%19.2%33.1%22.4%23.5%
Skew 25d4.6%2.7%10.7%2.7%4.1%
Skew 10d9.7%5.7%19.8%6.1%8.3%
Call IV 25d20.8%17.7%25.8%20.1%20.0%
Put IV 25d25.4%21.3%34.4%22.7%24.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %64.5840.4486.3045.1479.64
Gamma HHI0.200.140.270.210.14
Net GEX95.1K-1.1M966.3K726.4K783.3K
Net DEX-4.1M-17.1M14.6M-15.0M-11.2M
Net VEX-94.3K-118.8K-68.8K-113.2K-72.0K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.600.692.830.852.42
Total Volume995.6846481,4541,454935
Total OI7,100.5796,2307,6167,3636,483

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-02-01$203.99$195.0021.9%6.1%20.7%63.2%22.4%2.7%1.5%726.4K-15.0M-113.2K0.8545.147846702,9804,383
2018-02-02$199.65$195.0022.8%6.5%21.9%70.0%23.9%2.8%0.8%260.8K-7.8M-111.4K0.8340.447736403,0034,408
2018-02-05$192.90$195.0031.6%7.6%25.2%100.0%28.1%4.0%-0.7%-494.6K5.4M-118.8K0.6950.927865423,0074,442
2018-02-06$192.17$195.0032.5%7.7%24.7%100.0%31.4%4.5%-1.2%-657.2K9.1M-118.6K0.8641.867256253,0014,446
2018-02-07$192.67$195.0023.0%6.6%24.8%49.7%26.4%4.6%1.0%-748.7K9.0M-111.9K0.8249.577225902,9974,528
2018-02-08$188.69$195.0026.4%7.6%25.7%67.5%30.3%5.8%-0.3%-1.1M14.6M-111.7K0.7958.907215732,9984,527
2018-02-09$189.63$195.0026.5%7.6%25.6%68.3%31.3%10.7%0.1%-830.2K13.7M-116.8K2.0569.052565263,0124,528
2018-02-12$192.82$195.0024.5%7.0%26.3%57.4%33.1%7.3%-0.1%-774.1K9.3M-106.5K2.0673.902435003,0354,514
2018-02-13$195.94$195.0023.4%6.7%27.0%51.4%22.6%4.8%1.0%-317.1K-417.9K-94.1K1.9459.532514873,0514,511
2018-02-14$200.60$195.0021.1%6.1%28.3%39.6%26.8%8.5%2.3%352.3K-8.1M-101.2K2.2486.302415403,0664,511
2018-02-15$201.48$195.0019.5%5.6%28.3%31.1%21.6%4.2%3.6%703.5K-12.2M-89.3K2.3475.312435683,0764,540
2018-02-16$202.46$195.0020.8%6.0%28.2%37.6%19.2%3.1%2.2%351.1K-17.1M-78.9K0.7470.857735733,0814,535
2018-02-20$201.07$195.0020.5%5.9%28.2%36.3%21.7%3.4%2.9%609.7K-9.0M-72.6K1.9767.342184302,3063,924
2018-02-21$201.70$195.0021.3%6.1%28.0%40.3%21.4%3.4%4.2%278.3K-7.9M-79.6K1.4163.413194512,3073,953
2018-02-22$201.53$195.0021.1%6.1%28.0%39.5%20.9%3.2%4.2%460.6K-8.6M-79.4K1.4169.213164452,3914,010
2018-02-23$205.07$195.0017.9%5.1%28.2%22.2%20.5%3.6%6.1%494.2K-12.8M-75.7K1.6869.802774652,4094,049
2018-02-26$206.16$195.0018.0%5.1%25.0%22.6%20.8%3.5%6.4%722.1K-15.1M-71.3K2.4774.012415952,4234,063
2018-02-27$204.39$195.0020.8%6.0%23.1%38.0%21.5%3.3%5.0%966.3K-13.0M-68.8K2.8381.892286462,3274,086
2018-02-28$203.70$195.0022.3%6.4%22.9%45.8%23.5%4.1%4.7%783.3K-11.2M-72.0K2.4279.642736622,3414,142