FEX Options History — March 2018

In March 2018, FEX traded between $57.33 and $61.07. ATM implied volatility averaged 17.4%, placing in the 14.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.6% (HV 20d: 16.8%). Max pain ranged from $57.00 to $65.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.13.

Notable Days

  • 2018-03-26: Highest Volume — 54 contracts
  • 2018-03-22: Largest IV spike — 53.8% change
  • 2018-03-13: Highest IV Rank — 27.7%
  • 2018-03-23: Largest Expected Move — 6.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$59.52$57.33$61.07$58.67$58.44
Max Pain$61.07$57.00$65.00$65.00$59.00
ATM IV17.4%11.0%26.1%19.0%18.3%
Expected Move4.4%3.2%6.5%5.5%5.3%
HV 20d16.8%12.7%22.9%22.6%19.5%
HV 60d15.8%14.8%18.1%14.8%18.1%
IV Rank14.9%5.5%27.7%17.2%16.2%
IV Percentile89.0%47.2%98.8%96.4%93.3%
Term Structure1.0%-3.0%3.1%0.4%0.2%
VWIV16.3%8.0%29.6%28.7%18.3%
Skew 25d5.0%-2.2%10.1%-2.2%10.0%
Skew 10d5.8%1.0%16.0%7.1%4.2%
Call IV 25d13.5%9.3%21.3%20.2%19.6%
Put IV 25d18.5%13.2%29.6%18.0%29.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %112.76105.62125.39113.83117.96
Gamma HHI0.780.211.001.000.21
Net GEX2.6K29.3K51.7K
Net DEX-13.6K-92.8K4.4K-4-13.9K
Net VEX-88-34900-348
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.130.000.690.000.69
Total Volume17.571154154
Total OI15154154

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-03-01$58.67$65.0019.0%5.5%22.6%17.2%28.7%-2.2%0.4%5-400.00113.83N/AN/A1010
2018-03-02$59.07$65.0016.1%4.6%22.9%13.0%29.6%4.2%0.3%3-200.00115.07N/AN/A1010
2018-03-05$59.69$0.0015.0%3.8%22.3%11.3%0.0%9.4%3.1%2-200.00109.17N/AN/A1010
2018-03-06$59.89$0.0015.3%3.6%18.7%11.8%0.0%5.4%2.5%2-100.00105.62N/AN/A1010
2018-03-07$59.91$0.0017.0%4.1%18.5%14.3%0.0%8.3%2.7%6-500.00107.96N/AN/A1010
2018-03-08$60.00$0.0018.1%3.5%18.5%15.8%0.0%5.3%1.5%3-200.00107.56N/AN/A1010
2018-03-09$61.00$0.0016.4%3.4%13.9%13.3%0.0%6.9%1.7%21-1600.00113.54N/AN/A1010
2018-03-12$61.07$0.0023.9%3.7%13.7%24.5%0.0%4.4%1.5%16-1100.00110.47N/AN/A1010
2018-03-13$60.74$0.0026.1%3.6%13.5%27.7%12.8%3.4%2.0%34-3200.00111.72N/AN/A12010
2018-03-14$60.42$62.0014.1%4.0%13.8%10.0%10.8%2.6%1.7%5.8K-19.0K-780.00112.97N/AN/A120120
2018-03-15$60.33$62.0013.4%3.8%12.9%8.9%10.8%2.9%2.8%5.7K-16.0K-670.00114.36N/AN/A120120
2018-03-16$60.65$62.0011.0%3.2%12.7%5.5%11.5%1.7%2.7%5.6K-17.1K-680.00116.81N/AN/A120120
2018-03-19$59.91$62.0013.6%3.9%13.4%9.2%8.0%4.4%1.5%4.3K-11.5K-530.00111.39N/AN/A110110
2018-03-20$60.02$62.0014.3%4.1%13.2%10.2%9.5%4.7%0.2%4.6K-13.2K-580.00112.92N/AN/A110110
2018-03-21$60.08$62.0013.9%4.0%13.1%9.7%12.3%2.5%1.2%5.2K-14.9K-620.00125.39N/AN/A110110
2018-03-22$58.50$62.0021.4%6.1%16.3%20.7%16.0%4.4%-1.1%2.8K-12.5K-540.00109.67N/AN/A320110
2018-03-23$57.33$57.0022.7%6.5%16.7%22.7%21.6%-0.1%-1.4%8.2K-78.3K-2000.00108.45N/AN/A320320
2018-03-26$58.73$57.0016.4%4.7%18.9%13.3%16.6%6.8%1.0%9.3K-92.8K-1750.69110.66N/AN/A3222320
2018-03-27$57.78$59.0019.7%5.7%19.4%18.2%19.6%10.1%0.4%517-1.2K-3490.69115.01N/AN/A32223222
2018-03-28$57.59$59.0020.0%5.7%19.2%18.6%17.8%9.2%-3.0%7304.4K-3390.69117.45N/AN/A32223222
2018-03-29$58.44$59.0018.3%5.3%19.5%16.2%18.3%10.0%0.2%1.7K-13.9K-3480.69117.96N/AN/A32223222