FEX Options History — April 2018

In April 2018, FEX traded between $57.11 and $59.98. ATM implied volatility averaged 16.6%, placing in the 13.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.6%. IV traded below realized volatility by 4.9% (HV 20d: 21.4%). Max pain ranged from $56.00 to $59.00. Net GEX was positive for 17 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.24.

Notable Days

  • 2018-04-04: Highest Volume — 103 contracts
  • 2018-04-06: Largest IV spike — 38.2% change
  • 2018-04-02: Highest IV Rank — 24.5%
  • 2018-04-02: Largest Expected Move — 6.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$58.65$57.11$59.98$57.11$58.57
Max Pain$56.43$56.00$59.00$59.00$56.00
ATM IV16.6%12.3%24.0%24.0%14.1%
Expected Move4.6%3.5%6.9%6.9%4.0%
HV 20d21.4%15.8%23.9%20.9%15.8%
HV 60d19.6%18.6%19.9%18.6%19.9%
IV Rank13.6%7.4%24.5%24.5%9.9%
IV Percentile83.2%61.9%97.6%97.6%75.4%
Term Structure-0.8%-5.3%4.4%-1.9%-1.4%
VWIV17.5%14.4%22.0%22.0%18.0%
Skew 25d4.9%-3.7%10.8%-3.7%2.9%
Skew 10d6.3%-1.9%18.0%6.2%-1.9%
Call IV 25d13.9%9.9%23.0%23.0%14.1%
Put IV 25d18.8%14.1%27.1%19.3%17.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %109.92101.45115.69110.78114.45
Gamma HHI0.260.170.680.220.25
Net GEX549-52.8K6.7K2.3K5.5K
Net DEX-240.1K-328.6K15.9K15.9K-260.9K
Net VEX-588-737-313-313-525
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.240.170.280.280.17
Total Volume94.4296910310075
Total OI91.81541035475

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-04-02$57.11$59.0024.0%6.9%20.9%24.5%22.0%-3.7%-1.9%2.3K15.9K-3130.28110.78N/AN/A78223222
2018-04-03$57.73$59.0020.2%5.8%21.0%19.0%19.0%6.3%-1.6%5.6K-193.7K-7010.28109.58N/AN/A78227822
2018-04-04$58.51$59.0015.0%4.3%21.6%11.3%17.4%9.3%-0.3%5.1K-219.6K-7370.27108.84N/AN/A81227822
2018-04-05$58.84$56.0016.7%4.6%21.7%13.8%15.4%10.0%-0.0%3.9K-249.7K-6910.27106.17N/AN/A81228122
2018-04-06$57.55$56.0023.0%5.6%23.0%23.1%21.6%4.5%-0.9%6.2K-197.2K-7140.27103.41N/AN/A81228122
2018-04-09$57.96$56.0021.8%5.5%22.2%21.3%21.0%7.9%-1.5%5.3K-213.6K-6730.27101.45N/AN/A81228122
2018-04-10$58.60$56.0020.2%5.3%22.7%18.9%20.8%10.8%-0.1%5.5K-232.0K-7060.27106.88N/AN/A81228122
2018-04-11$58.33$56.0018.0%5.2%22.6%15.8%16.5%2.9%0.5%5.6K-228.7K-7180.27112.79N/AN/A81228122
2018-04-12$58.91$56.0016.2%4.6%23.0%13.0%15.4%4.6%-0.7%3.0K-249.3K-6530.27112.17N/AN/A81228122
2018-04-13$58.28$56.0016.9%4.8%23.2%14.1%14.6%2.3%-2.2%434-241.9K-6500.27111.00N/AN/A81228122
2018-04-16$59.11$56.0012.3%3.5%23.8%7.4%14.4%6.5%4.4%-6.0K-275.1K-5910.27105.39N/AN/A81228122
2018-04-17$59.75$56.0013.2%3.8%23.8%8.7%17.5%7.9%-5.3%4.3K-298.2K-5770.27108.18N/AN/A81228122
2018-04-18$59.98$56.0012.9%3.7%23.8%8.3%18.2%1.9%-0.9%-2.2K-328.6K-4670.27115.67N/AN/A81228122
2018-04-19$59.60$56.0013.3%3.8%23.9%8.8%15.7%2.5%-0.3%-5.2K-309.0K-4710.27115.69N/AN/A81228122
2018-04-20$59.13$56.0014.2%4.1%22.0%10.2%15.5%2.1%0.5%-52.8K-307.4K-4760.27112.01N/AN/A81228122
2018-04-23$59.08$56.0015.1%4.3%20.7%11.5%17.4%1.9%-0.3%2.9K-250.8K-4540.19113.21N/AN/A58115811
2018-04-24$58.30$56.0014.3%4.1%19.5%10.3%14.5%1.3%0.0%4.2K-232.7K-4890.17110.66N/AN/A64115811
2018-04-25$58.45$56.0018.5%5.3%18.5%16.5%15.7%8.0%-3.8%5.7K-248.3K-5900.17105.42N/AN/A64116411
2018-04-26$58.89$56.0013.9%4.0%18.6%9.7%18.7%6.8%1.2%6.7K-264.8K-5540.17110.19N/AN/A64116411
2018-04-27$58.87$56.0014.1%4.0%17.9%10.0%17.6%6.2%-1.4%5.7K-255.5K-6080.17114.35N/AN/A64116411
2018-04-30$58.57$56.0014.1%4.0%15.8%9.9%18.0%2.9%-1.4%5.5K-260.9K-5250.17114.45N/AN/A64116411