FEX Options History — November 2015

In November 2015, FEX traded between $43.19 and $45.28. ATM implied volatility averaged 32.3%, placing in the 15.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 19.4% (HV 20d: 13.0%). Max pain ranged from $44.00 to $44.00. Net GEX was positive for 7 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.80.

Notable Days

  • 2015-11-20: Highest Volume — 112 contracts
  • 2015-11-30: Largest IV spike — 479.1% change
  • 2015-11-30: Highest IV Rank — 61.7%
  • 2015-11-30: Largest Expected Move — 27.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$44.53$43.19$45.28$45.07$44.63
Max Pain$44.00$44.00$44.00$44.00$44.00
ATM IV32.3%14.9%95.3%15.7%95.3%
Expected Move9.4%3.7%27.3%4.5%27.3%
HV 20d13.0%10.6%15.6%11.1%13.9%
HV 60d19.7%16.8%21.4%21.1%16.8%
IV Rank15.8%3.1%61.7%3.7%61.7%
IV Percentile29.5%5.2%97.2%7.1%97.2%
Term Structure-6.4%-30.6%25.9%25.9%-24.0%
VWIV21.7%11.4%29.8%18.5%18.6%
Skew 25d7.5%-58.7%49.7%7.6%-58.7%
Skew 10d-4.6%-58.5%27.7%6.9%4.8%
Call IV 25d31.0%11.0%168.8%11.9%168.8%
Put IV 25d38.5%13.6%110.1%19.5%110.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %136.14106.00175.25106.00175.25
Gamma HHI0.240.170.320.230.17
Net GEX-86-3.6K4.7K1.1K-1.4K
Net DEX56.7K11.0K97.8K48.1K42.7K
Net VEX-558-800-390-557-726
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.800.002.102.101.38
Total Volume69.90112960
Total OI101.29711897104

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-11-02$45.07$0.0015.7%4.5%11.1%3.7%0.0%7.6%25.9%1.1K48.1K-5572.10106.00N/AN/A31653166
2015-11-03$45.28$0.0015.3%4.4%11.0%3.4%0.0%-4.9%2.4%-26248.8K-4932.10133.93N/AN/A31653166
2015-11-04$44.94$0.0066.8%19.2%11.4%41.0%0.0%6.3%-23.1%-2.1K48.8K-6952.10146.97N/AN/A31653166
2015-11-05$45.04$44.0015.6%8.0%10.6%3.7%18.5%3.7%-17.8%2.2K42.6K-5582.10118.79N/AN/A31653166
2015-11-06$44.89$44.0014.9%4.5%10.7%3.1%0.0%4.5%-0.4%-51659.0K-4850.00130.56N/AN/A003166
2015-11-09$44.45$44.0016.2%4.4%11.4%4.1%0.0%4.0%0.5%-41564.5K-4730.00134.09N/AN/A203166
2015-11-10$44.59$44.0017.2%3.7%10.9%4.8%11.4%0.1%9.6%1.8K55.5K-5302.03131.81N/AN/A32653366
2015-11-11$44.72$44.0015.0%4.3%10.6%3.3%14.3%7.4%-1.1%-1.4K67.1K-4782.03116.81N/AN/A32653366
2015-11-12$43.75$44.0015.7%4.5%12.8%3.8%15.3%2.5%-1.0%-88882.4K-4422.03126.54N/AN/A32653366
2015-11-13$43.19$44.0047.1%13.5%13.5%26.6%28.1%38.7%-26.9%-3.6K89.4K-5482.03146.20N/AN/A32653366
2015-11-16$43.82$44.0015.6%4.5%14.6%3.6%0.0%2.9%-1.2%-22597.8K-3900.00133.06N/AN/A003366
2015-11-17$43.77$44.0053.2%15.3%14.6%31.1%29.8%32.7%-30.6%-2.0K75.6K-6382.10142.16N/AN/A31653366
2015-11-18$44.48$44.0049.9%14.3%15.6%28.7%28.6%36.9%-25.4%-1.6K59.5K-6222.10146.16N/AN/A31653466
2015-11-19$44.41$44.0015.5%4.4%14.7%3.6%19.2%4.6%-2.3%-69164.6K-4662.10123.78N/AN/A31653466
2015-11-20$44.57$44.0016.6%4.8%14.8%4.4%26.7%2.9%-2.7%73455.6K-4621.38140.00N/AN/A47653466
2015-11-23$44.63$44.0033.4%9.6%14.7%16.6%0.0%5.2%23.3%2.8K45.6K-5490.00148.81N/AN/A003866
2015-11-24$44.76$44.0054.6%15.6%14.4%32.1%0.0%3.8%-17.5%-89538.4K-6900.00151.56N/AN/A003866
2015-11-25$44.77$44.0056.2%16.1%13.9%33.3%28.4%49.7%-13.9%94111.0K-8001.38147.24N/AN/A47655266
2015-11-27$44.78$44.0016.4%4.7%13.9%4.3%18.6%-0.1%-2.1%4.7K36.2K-5571.38123.05N/AN/A47655266
2015-11-30$44.63$44.0095.3%27.3%13.9%61.7%0.0%-58.7%-24.0%-1.4K42.7K-7260.00175.25N/AN/A003866