FEX Options History — February 2016

In February 2016, FEX traded between $38.60 and $41.85. ATM implied volatility averaged 20.0%, placing in the 7.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.7%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.6% (HV 20d: 22.6%). Max pain ranged from $47.00 to $47.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.73.

Notable Days

  • 2016-02-09: Highest Volume — 73 contracts
  • 2016-02-08: Largest IV spike — 39.8% change
  • 2016-02-08: Highest IV Rank — 12.9%
  • 2016-02-11: Largest Expected Move — 6.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$40.42$38.60$41.85$40.95$41.71
Max Pain$47.00$47.00$47.00$47.00$47.00
ATM IV20.0%16.0%27.6%16.6%17.5%
Expected Move5.7%4.6%6.8%4.8%5.0%
HV 20d22.6%21.1%23.7%22.8%21.1%
HV 60d19.4%18.2%20.3%18.2%20.2%
IV Rank7.4%4.6%12.9%5.0%5.6%
IV Percentile30.4%15.1%41.7%19.8%22.6%
Term Structure-0.8%-3.7%1.3%1.3%-0.8%
VWIV19.3%16.5%23.0%18.3%18.3%
Skew 25d4.5%-0.5%8.6%6.4%1.5%
Skew 10d8.4%1.3%16.1%9.3%1.3%
Call IV 25d17.4%14.0%23.3%14.8%15.3%
Put IV 25d21.9%16.6%27.8%21.1%16.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %102.9793.51109.39107.24109.19
Gamma HHI0.270.160.320.240.21
Net GEX-2.6K-3.3K-1.8K-2.8K-3.1K
Net DEX144.7K137.5K152.5K144.1K138.2K
Net VEX-127-154-98-154-107
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.731.701.771.731.77
Total Volume72.1571737172
Total OI76.0575777576

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-02-01$40.95$0.0016.6%4.8%22.8%5.0%0.0%6.4%1.3%-2.8K144.1K-1541.73107.24N/AN/A26452946
2016-02-02$40.05$0.0020.0%5.7%23.4%7.4%0.0%4.8%-0.8%-2.7K144.6K-1521.73105.32N/AN/A26452946
2016-02-03$40.37$0.0020.7%5.9%23.7%7.9%0.0%4.1%-0.5%-2.6K148.0K-1371.73106.08N/AN/A26452946
2016-02-04$40.50$47.0021.3%6.0%23.2%8.4%18.3%5.8%-3.7%-2.8K144.7K-1461.7398.76N/AN/A26452946
2016-02-05$39.78$47.0019.7%6.0%23.4%7.2%22.7%-0.5%-0.0%-2.7K144.8K-1461.73103.97N/AN/A26452946
2016-02-08$39.03$47.0027.6%6.7%23.4%12.9%23.0%4.7%0.1%-2.2K150.7K-1301.7798.73N/AN/A26462946
2016-02-09$39.02$47.0024.7%6.8%23.4%10.9%21.0%5.3%-1.9%-2.3K151.6K-1351.7098.46N/AN/A27462947
2016-02-10$39.03$47.0023.3%6.7%23.3%9.8%20.7%4.9%-2.4%-1.9K148.4K-1331.7095.08N/AN/A27463047
2016-02-11$38.60$47.0023.7%6.8%21.9%10.1%21.3%4.5%-3.0%-1.8K152.5K-1271.7093.51N/AN/A27463047
2016-02-12$39.28$47.0023.2%6.7%22.5%9.8%20.6%5.8%-1.3%-1.8K151.9K-1251.7096.33N/AN/A27463047
2016-02-16$40.05$47.0020.7%5.9%22.5%7.9%20.1%5.7%-1.7%-2.3K147.6K-1231.7099.74N/AN/A27463047
2016-02-17$40.89$47.0018.3%5.2%23.6%6.2%20.6%6.8%-0.5%-3.0K141.0K-1301.70100.67N/AN/A27463047
2016-02-18$40.85$47.0018.7%5.4%22.9%6.5%18.1%1.0%-0.1%-2.9K139.9K-1291.70104.66N/AN/A27463047
2016-02-19$40.74$47.0018.7%5.4%22.9%6.5%17.8%0.5%-0.2%-2.9K142.5K-1221.70102.90N/AN/A27463047
2016-02-22$41.48$47.0016.4%4.7%22.9%4.8%17.3%7.1%0.9%-2.8K141.2K-1111.77108.05N/AN/A26462947
2016-02-23$41.09$47.0018.2%5.2%22.0%6.1%17.4%2.6%-0.6%-2.8K142.0K-1141.77109.39N/AN/A26462947
2016-02-24$41.31$47.0017.8%5.1%21.4%5.8%16.9%8.6%-1.0%-3.3K142.7K-1021.77106.79N/AN/A26462947
2016-02-25$41.76$47.0016.0%4.6%21.3%4.6%16.5%6.5%0.4%-2.2K139.3K-981.77106.01N/AN/A26462947
2016-02-26$41.85$47.0017.3%5.0%21.3%5.5%17.4%4.4%-0.6%-3.2K137.5K-1111.77108.61N/AN/A26462947
2016-02-29$41.71$47.0017.5%5.0%21.1%5.6%18.3%1.5%-0.8%-3.1K138.2K-1071.77109.19N/AN/A26462947