FEX Options History — April 2016

In April 2016, FEX traded between $43.72 and $45.37. ATM implied volatility averaged 13.2%, placing in the 2.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.5% (HV 20d: 11.6%). Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.27.

Notable Days

  • 2016-04-07: Highest Volume — 61 contracts
  • 2016-04-13: Largest IV drop — 36.9% change
  • 2016-04-08: Highest IV Rank — 5.4%
  • 2016-04-28: Largest Expected Move — 4.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$44.58$43.72$45.37$44.77$44.44
ATM IV13.2%10.0%17.1%12.5%13.1%
Expected Move3.6%2.9%4.4%3.6%3.8%
HV 20d11.6%10.8%13.0%11.4%12.3%
HV 60d16.7%14.5%18.9%18.9%14.6%
IV Rank2.5%0.2%5.4%2.0%2.4%
IV Percentile11.8%0.8%32.1%6.7%13.5%
Term Structure0.9%-2.0%3.5%-2.0%3.5%
Skew 25d2.3%-1.8%5.9%2.6%-1.8%
Skew 10d4.5%-0.9%38.1%38.1%1.3%
Call IV 25d12.2%10.3%16.6%13.3%14.6%
Put IV 25d14.4%11.6%17.3%15.9%12.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %109.07100.55112.47111.20110.29
Gamma HHI0.540.420.620.430.57
Net GEX5.2K3.4K9.6K9.6K4.5K
Net DEX-8.9K-67.4K26.1K-62.2K12.5K
Net VEX-337-393-241-285-300
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.270.181.590.181.59
Total Volume45.8140614044
Total OI58.95242634263

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-04-01$44.77$0.0012.5%3.6%11.4%2.0%0.0%2.6%-2.0%9.6K-62.2K-2850.18111.20N/AN/A346366
2016-04-04$44.43$0.0014.6%3.8%11.9%3.6%0.0%2.5%1.9%9.0K-67.4K-2760.18104.33N/AN/A346366
2016-04-05$43.94$0.0014.8%3.8%12.6%3.7%0.0%3.3%1.1%8.9K-52.1K-2410.18110.06N/AN/A346366
2016-04-06$44.32$0.0013.7%3.7%11.9%2.8%0.0%1.6%2.3%9.2K-49.3K-2420.76105.77N/AN/A3426366
2016-04-07$43.72$0.0014.2%4.3%13.0%3.3%0.0%3.0%0.6%3.5K24.9K-3340.79100.55N/AN/A34273626
2016-04-08$43.84$0.0017.1%4.3%13.0%5.4%0.0%2.6%0.3%3.5K26.1K-3530.79101.92N/AN/A34273627
2016-04-11$43.85$0.0015.5%4.0%11.1%4.2%0.0%3.3%0.8%3.4K19.1K-3521.59103.94N/AN/A17273627
2016-04-12$44.16$0.0017.1%4.1%11.4%5.3%0.0%4.9%0.2%3.8K25.0K-3441.59108.12N/AN/A17273627
2016-04-13$44.71$0.0010.8%3.1%11.9%0.8%0.0%5.9%0.9%4.3K2.8K-3861.59110.12N/AN/A17273627
2016-04-14$44.58$0.0010.8%3.1%11.6%0.8%0.0%3.0%1.2%3.9K1.2K-3931.59111.31N/AN/A17273627
2016-04-15$44.60$0.0011.1%3.2%11.3%1.0%0.0%1.9%0.6%4.4K6.8K-3701.59112.34N/AN/A17273627
2016-04-18$44.88$0.0010.0%2.9%11.4%0.2%0.0%3.4%1.0%4.4K-2.6K-3711.59110.77N/AN/A17273627
2016-04-19$45.07$0.0012.5%3.6%11.4%2.0%0.0%5.1%0.4%4.4K-8.2K-3731.59110.32N/AN/A17273627
2016-04-20$45.17$0.0012.0%3.4%11.4%1.6%0.0%2.1%0.9%4.6K-15.6K-3781.59111.42N/AN/A17273627
2016-04-21$44.81$0.0011.9%3.4%10.9%1.6%0.0%1.4%1.3%4.4K-8.6K-3631.59110.91N/AN/A17273627
2016-04-22$44.97$0.0012.2%3.5%10.9%1.8%0.0%0.9%0.4%4.9K-1.7K-3461.59112.44N/AN/A17273627
2016-04-25$44.78$0.0012.6%3.6%11.0%2.1%0.0%0.9%0.9%4.7K-262-3351.59111.93N/AN/A17273627
2016-04-26$45.11$0.0012.3%3.5%10.8%1.9%0.0%0.8%1.6%4.9K-4.1K-3411.59112.47N/AN/A17273627
2016-04-27$45.37$0.0012.0%3.4%10.9%1.7%0.0%1.4%2.1%5.1K-20.0K-3451.59112.47N/AN/A17273627
2016-04-28$44.76$0.0015.4%4.4%12.1%4.1%0.0%-0.7%-1.5%4.6K-12.6K-3471.59107.75N/AN/A17273627
2016-04-29$44.44$0.0013.1%3.8%12.3%2.4%0.0%-1.8%3.5%4.5K12.5K-3001.59110.29N/AN/A17273627