FEX Options History — January 2018

In January 2018, FEX traded between $58.93 and $62.77. ATM implied volatility averaged 10.8%, placing in the 5.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.4% (HV 20d: 7.4%). Max pain ranged from $58.00 to $59.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.09.

Notable Days

  • 2018-01-25: Highest Volume — 14 contracts
  • 2018-01-05: Largest IV spike — 39.2% change
  • 2018-01-30: Highest IV Rank — 11.9%
  • 2018-01-30: Largest Expected Move — 4.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$61.00$58.93$62.77$58.93$61.54
Max Pain$58.90$58.00$59.00$58.00$59.00
ATM IV10.8%7.8%15.4%9.5%15.2%
Expected Move3.1%2.3%4.4%2.7%4.4%
HV 20d7.4%6.5%9.6%6.9%9.6%
HV 60d6.7%6.1%7.7%6.1%7.7%
IV Rank5.2%0.7%11.9%3.3%11.6%
IV Percentile43.7%1.6%96.4%21.0%95.6%
Term Structure-0.7%-6.4%3.1%0.1%-6.4%
VWIV12.8%8.0%18.9%12.0%17.8%
Skew 25d2.7%-1.7%8.2%3.4%8.2%
Skew 10d2.2%-1.5%9.5%-1.5%3.3%
Call IV 25d10.4%7.2%14.7%8.4%11.7%
Put IV 25d13.1%9.1%21.5%11.8%19.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %114.71110.08118.15114.47115.18
Gamma HHI0.810.411.000.790.60
Net GEX4.6K-1.0K9.4K6.5K3.2K
Net DEX-54.3K-68.2K-30.2K-30.2K-53.2K
Net VEX-50-94-4-94-44
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.090.000.170.090.17
Total Volume12.90512141214
Total OI12.76212141214

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-01-02$58.93$58.009.5%2.7%6.9%3.3%12.0%3.4%0.1%6.5K-30.2K-940.09114.47N/AN/A111111
2018-01-03$59.34$58.0010.5%3.0%7.2%4.7%8.0%-1.7%-1.8%6.0K-34.4K-910.09116.35N/AN/A111111
2018-01-04$59.52$59.007.8%2.5%6.8%0.7%9.8%4.7%0.8%7.1K-40.1K-880.09110.73N/AN/A111111
2018-01-05$59.87$59.0010.8%2.7%6.9%5.2%8.3%1.4%-2.0%6.1K-41.6K-860.09113.82N/AN/A111111
2018-01-08$60.08$59.0010.8%3.2%6.7%5.2%9.5%3.4%0.1%6.9K-44.5K-770.08111.15N/AN/A121111
2018-01-09$60.11$59.0010.6%3.2%6.5%4.8%9.3%2.6%0.5%5.7K-46.6K-770.08110.08N/AN/A121121
2018-01-10$59.99$59.008.7%2.5%6.6%2.0%9.1%1.3%0.7%5.6K-43.4K-770.08114.53N/AN/A121121
2018-01-11$60.61$59.008.1%2.3%7.3%1.1%8.5%0.8%1.5%9.4K-57.2K-450.08114.90N/AN/A121121
2018-01-12$61.02$59.008.7%2.5%7.4%2.1%9.5%2.1%3.1%4.7K-58.2K-490.08115.71N/AN/A121121
2018-01-16$60.70$59.009.1%2.6%7.3%2.6%9.0%1.0%1.2%4.8K-57.7K-450.08114.22N/AN/A121121
2018-01-17$61.28$59.009.6%2.8%7.4%3.4%15.3%1.1%2.6%6.7K-63.7K-230.08116.85N/AN/A121121
2018-01-18$61.17$59.0010.9%3.1%7.2%5.3%13.6%1.1%-0.0%4.7K-58.6K-460.08116.49N/AN/A121121
2018-01-19$61.56$59.009.6%2.7%7.2%3.3%0.0%1.0%-2.6%2.8K-68.2K-40.08118.15N/AN/A121121
2018-01-22$62.05$59.0011.4%3.3%7.4%6.0%14.4%2.6%-3.8%4.8K-66.3K-190.00113.22N/AN/A120120
2018-01-23$62.26$59.0011.2%3.2%7.1%5.7%17.4%2.4%0.6%2.6K-65.1K-240.00117.66N/AN/A120120
2018-01-24$62.15$59.0011.4%3.3%7.2%6.0%17.4%1.1%0.8%3.0K-63.7K-320.00114.47N/AN/A120120
2018-01-25$62.11$59.0013.0%3.7%7.2%8.3%16.7%4.1%-0.3%3.3K-62.0K-350.17115.34N/AN/A122120
2018-01-26$62.77$59.0010.5%3.0%7.7%4.7%15.7%4.2%-1.3%-1.0K-67.4K-130.17117.33N/AN/A122122
2018-01-29$62.36$59.0014.4%4.1%8.4%10.4%16.4%6.1%-2.6%914-64.6K-250.17113.63N/AN/A122122
2018-01-30$61.66$59.0015.4%4.4%9.5%11.9%18.9%6.8%-6.2%2.7K-53.9K-470.17114.61N/AN/A122122
2018-01-31$61.54$59.0015.2%4.4%9.6%11.6%17.8%8.2%-6.4%3.2K-53.2K-440.17115.18N/AN/A122122