FEX Options History — January 2016

In January 2016, FEX traded between $38.95 and $42.82. ATM implied volatility averaged 21.0%, placing in the 8.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.1% (HV 20d: 18.9%). Net GEX was positive for 0 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.01.

Notable Days

  • 2016-01-07: Highest Volume — 67 contracts
  • 2016-01-11: Largest IV spike — 49.7% change
  • 2016-01-11: Highest IV Rank — 14.4%
  • 2016-01-21: Largest Expected Move — 6.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$40.38$38.95$42.82$42.70$40.17
ATM IV21.0%17.3%29.7%17.6%18.6%
Expected Move5.5%4.4%6.5%4.4%5.3%
HV 20d18.9%16.5%21.3%17.5%21.3%
HV 60d16.3%14.5%17.8%14.7%17.8%
IV Rank8.1%5.5%14.4%5.7%6.4%
IV Percentile30.4%20.2%36.1%20.6%27.0%
Term Structure0.1%-2.3%1.2%1.2%-0.5%
Skew 25d5.1%0.5%10.6%2.5%9.1%
Skew 10d5.3%1.0%10.1%9.8%4.2%
Call IV 25d16.2%13.2%22.0%15.3%15.0%
Put IV 25d21.3%17.6%26.1%17.7%24.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %104.6599.29113.06101.39106.99
Gamma HHI0.280.230.350.290.31
Net GEX-3.2K-3.7K-2.7K-3.6K-3.1K
Net DEX143.6K116.5K154.3K120.9K152.9K
Net VEX-162-247-108-224-108
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.011.822.051.822.05
Total Volume66.21162676267
Total OI69.94766716671

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-01-04$42.70$0.0017.6%4.4%17.5%5.7%0.0%2.5%1.2%-3.6K120.9K-2241.82101.39N/AN/A22402541
2016-01-05$42.82$0.0017.3%4.5%16.5%5.5%0.0%3.4%0.2%-3.7K116.5K-2471.82103.62N/AN/A22402541
2016-01-06$42.10$0.0020.7%4.7%17.2%8.0%0.0%5.9%1.1%-3.4K124.7K-2221.82103.84N/AN/A22402541
2016-01-07$41.46$0.0022.4%5.5%17.7%9.2%0.0%5.3%0.6%-3.2K130.0K-1852.0599.29N/AN/A22452541
2016-01-08$40.70$0.0019.8%5.7%18.5%7.3%0.0%4.5%0.8%-3.4K134.6K-2372.05100.35N/AN/A22452546
2016-01-11$40.70$0.0029.7%5.9%18.5%14.4%0.0%4.5%-0.1%-3.5K142.5K-2002.05103.00N/AN/A22452546
2016-01-12$40.92$0.0028.0%5.2%17.8%13.2%0.0%1.8%-0.4%-3.7K142.6K-1932.05103.67N/AN/A22452546
2016-01-13$39.89$0.0018.4%5.3%19.6%6.2%0.0%0.5%0.9%-2.9K151.3K-1332.05109.68N/AN/A22452546
2016-01-14$40.32$0.0021.5%6.2%19.4%8.5%0.0%10.1%-2.3%-3.2K150.8K-1382.05103.68N/AN/A22452546
2016-01-15$39.51$0.0020.5%5.9%18.8%7.8%0.0%4.1%-0.5%-2.9K151.6K-1442.05101.10N/AN/A22452546
2016-01-19$39.47$0.0021.0%6.0%18.4%8.2%0.0%2.0%0.5%-2.9K150.0K-1472.05103.77N/AN/A22452546
2016-01-20$38.95$0.0021.4%6.1%18.3%8.4%0.0%5.8%0.9%-3.0K146.3K-1732.05113.06N/AN/A22452546
2016-01-21$39.29$0.0022.6%6.5%18.6%9.3%0.0%10.6%-0.7%-2.7K154.3K-1142.05103.14N/AN/A22452546
2016-01-22$39.98$0.0019.1%5.5%19.5%6.8%0.0%7.9%-0.9%-3.2K151.4K-1302.05105.63N/AN/A22452546
2016-01-25$39.22$0.0020.7%5.9%19.4%7.9%0.0%6.7%0.4%-3.0K149.5K-1302.05106.51N/AN/A22452546
2016-01-26$39.85$0.0018.1%5.2%20.8%6.0%0.0%4.7%0.7%-3.2K153.7K-1142.05107.32N/AN/A22452546
2016-01-27$39.53$0.0021.4%6.1%20.9%8.5%0.0%3.3%-0.7%-3.0K151.9K-1172.05107.63N/AN/A22452546
2016-01-28$39.71$0.0019.5%5.6%20.5%7.1%0.0%3.2%-0.3%-3.1K152.6K-1182.05104.60N/AN/A22452546
2016-01-29$40.17$0.0018.6%5.3%21.3%6.4%0.0%9.1%-0.5%-3.1K152.9K-1082.05106.99N/AN/A22452546