FEX Options History — August 2015

In August 2015, FEX traded between $41.64 and $46.14. ATM implied volatility averaged 32.5%, placing in the 13.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 18.0% (HV 20d: 14.5%). Max pain ranged from $44.00 to $56.00. Net GEX was positive for 2 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.83.

Notable Days

  • 2015-08-24: Highest Volume — 72 contracts
  • 2015-08-24: Largest IV spike — 566.7% change
  • 2015-08-24: Highest IV Rank — 68.4%
  • 2015-08-24: Largest Expected Move — 34.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$44.80$41.64$46.14$45.73$43.60
Max Pain$48.62$44.00$56.00$44.00$56.00
ATM IV32.5%10.6%119.2%61.6%19.8%
Expected Move8.4%3.0%34.2%17.7%5.7%
HV 20d14.5%10.4%22.8%12.6%22.7%
HV 60d12.4%10.7%16.2%11.0%16.1%
IV Rank13.1%0.0%68.4%28.6%5.8%
IV Percentile23.0%0.0%97.2%63.1%4.8%
Term Structure-9.8%-64.6%2.2%-23.7%-2.3%
VWIV21.9%13.8%46.2%16.7%20.9%
Skew 25d9.9%2.5%62.7%5.7%12.7%
Skew 10d7.2%-54.4%70.3%20.0%8.0%
Call IV 25d32.7%8.9%154.4%83.8%14.5%
Put IV 25d42.6%12.8%166.0%89.5%27.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %122.3969.40160.48151.52105.96
Gamma HHI0.360.241.001.000.25
Net GEX-2.5K-8.1K3.2K0-8.1K
Net DEX45.4K-11.2K153.8K0124.2K
Net VEX-286-57800-525
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.830.004.140.004.14
Total Volume35.952072072
Total OI36.429080080

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-08-03$45.73$0.0061.6%17.7%12.6%28.6%0.0%5.7%-23.7%0000.00151.52N/AN/A0000
2015-08-04$45.59$0.0013.4%3.8%12.2%0.0%0.0%2.7%-1.6%0000.00144.86N/AN/A0000
2015-08-05$45.82$0.0066.8%19.2%10.8%34.3%0.0%5.9%-26.7%0000.00149.74N/AN/A0000
2015-08-06$45.53$0.0069.5%12.1%11.1%36.0%0.0%35.1%-21.4%0000.00148.08N/AN/A0000
2015-08-07$45.41$0.0073.6%10.9%10.4%38.6%0.0%3.3%-15.6%0000.00148.20N/AN/A0000
2015-08-10$46.09$0.0021.5%4.1%11.3%5.2%0.0%4.1%-2.9%0000.00143.14N/AN/A0000
2015-08-11$45.70$0.0012.6%3.7%11.5%0.0%0.0%2.6%1.3%0000.00109.69N/AN/A14000
2015-08-12$45.84$0.0012.9%3.7%11.4%0.1%16.7%6.8%-0.8%3.2K-11.2K-972.00103.46N/AN/A1428140
2015-08-13$45.76$44.0011.8%3.4%11.1%0.0%17.7%4.7%0.9%-2.3K33.5K-4042.00107.99N/AN/A14281428
2015-08-14$45.91$44.0011.8%3.4%11.1%0.0%0.0%3.7%0.8%-1.1K23.7K-3712.00108.53N/AN/A14281428
2015-08-17$46.14$44.0011.0%3.2%11.2%0.0%0.0%2.6%2.0%18722.6K-3732.00107.83N/AN/A14281428
2015-08-18$46.05$44.0014.5%4.1%11.2%2.2%13.8%4.8%-2.3%-2.0K27.1K-4012.00103.00N/AN/A14281428
2015-08-19$45.73$44.0010.6%3.0%11.4%0.0%0.0%2.6%2.2%-3.0K29.9K-4030.0069.40N/AN/A051428
2015-08-20$44.75$44.0013.2%3.8%13.7%1.7%18.5%5.1%1.7%-4.8K44.4K-4452.36107.93N/AN/A14331433
2015-08-21$43.52$44.0017.9%5.1%16.4%4.6%18.6%2.5%-2.5%-5.2K72.5K-4082.36106.65N/AN/A14331433
2015-08-24$42.09$44.00119.2%34.2%19.7%68.4%46.2%11.6%-64.6%-83257.4K-4144.14160.48N/AN/A14581433
2015-08-25$41.64$56.0059.9%17.2%18.8%31.1%30.0%6.0%-42.3%-5.3K122.5K-5784.14142.61N/AN/A14581466
2015-08-26$42.50$56.0023.3%6.7%20.2%8.1%17.3%11.3%-2.7%-8.0K153.8K-4774.14105.79N/AN/A14581466
2015-08-27$43.57$56.0016.3%4.7%22.6%3.6%20.3%62.7%-3.2%-7.6K133.4K-5624.14139.31N/AN/A14581466
2015-08-28$43.74$56.0020.5%5.9%22.8%6.3%20.9%11.8%-1.9%-7.4K120.5K-5574.14105.92N/AN/A14581466
2015-08-31$43.60$56.0019.8%5.7%22.7%5.8%20.9%12.7%-2.3%-8.1K124.2K-5254.14105.96N/AN/A14581466