FEX Options History — December 2019

In December 2019, FEX traded between $62.90 and $65.33. ATM implied volatility averaged 21.0%, placing in the 22.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 12.5% (HV 20d: 8.5%). Max pain ranged from $60.00 to $62.00. Net GEX was positive for 15 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.13.

Notable Days

  • 2019-12-12: Highest Volume — 30 contracts
  • 2019-12-17: Largest IV spike — 55.0% change
  • 2019-12-09: Highest IV Rank — 38.4%
  • 2019-12-04: Largest Expected Move — 7.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$64.39$62.90$65.33$63.57$65.26
Max Pain$60.29$60.00$62.00$62.00$60.00
ATM IV21.0%12.5%30.1%24.9%17.0%
Expected Move5.6%3.6%7.8%7.1%4.9%
HV 20d8.5%5.9%9.3%5.9%8.5%
HV 60d10.7%8.9%11.3%10.6%8.9%
IV Rank22.2%7.1%38.4%29.1%15.1%
IV Percentile72.1%16.7%97.2%90.9%59.1%
Term Structure-2.1%-8.7%7.9%-8.0%-6.5%
VWIV23.2%21.9%24.5%23.0%21.9%
Skew 25d5.4%1.2%11.9%4.6%11.9%
Skew 10d0.8%-3.4%5.7%-2.7%3.1%
Call IV 25d14.8%8.8%20.5%18.8%15.0%
Put IV 25d20.2%13.7%29.2%23.4%26.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %140.28116.68144.69142.85136.76
Gamma HHI0.580.280.860.800.36
Net GEX6.0K-2.2K21.4K12.7K270
Net DEX-90.8K-172.6K-10.3K-141.4K-20.1K
Net VEX-154-238-56-224-60
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.130.000.500.000.50
Total Volume4.19030130
Total OI38.33327623827

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-12-02$63.57$62.0024.9%7.1%5.9%29.1%0.0%4.6%-8.0%12.7K-141.4K-2240.00142.85N/AN/A01371
2019-12-03$62.90$62.0027.2%7.8%7.0%33.1%0.0%10.6%-8.4%14.6K-126.8K-2320.00143.14N/AN/A01372
2019-12-04$63.42$62.0027.3%7.8%7.5%33.3%0.0%6.7%-8.7%16.4K-136.2K-2190.00143.86N/AN/A00373
2019-12-05$63.45$60.0028.1%5.8%7.4%34.7%0.0%6.4%-2.8%13.2K-138.6K-2200.00143.63N/AN/A00373
2019-12-06$64.06$60.0027.2%5.4%8.0%33.2%23.0%1.2%-5.2%12.5K-154.6K-2010.00143.34N/AN/A20373
2019-12-09$63.82$60.0030.1%3.7%8.1%38.4%0.0%3.4%7.9%14.4K-158.3K-2000.00140.00N/AN/A00393
2019-12-10$63.65$60.0020.4%5.7%8.2%21.1%0.0%5.7%-4.2%21.4K-172.6K-1770.00143.06N/AN/A00393
2019-12-11$63.80$60.0020.5%5.9%8.2%21.2%24.5%4.8%-5.2%14.0K-156.9K-1900.00143.87N/AN/A020393
2019-12-12$64.47$60.0018.9%5.4%8.9%18.5%0.0%5.9%-0.6%10.3K-168.3K-2380.00142.21N/AN/A3003923
2019-12-13$64.09$60.0018.9%5.4%9.3%18.5%0.0%4.3%-3.1%1.4K-56.8K-2060.00143.55N/AN/A001923
2019-12-16$64.55$60.0012.5%3.6%9.3%7.1%0.0%4.1%3.6%2.8K-85.4K-1070.00116.68N/AN/A001923
2019-12-17$64.56$60.0019.4%5.6%9.3%19.3%0.0%3.7%-3.5%1.5K-71.0K-1570.00144.69N/AN/A021923
2019-12-18$64.62$60.0019.4%5.5%9.3%19.2%0.0%4.0%-3.4%-543-72.9K-1530.00144.35N/AN/A001925
2019-12-19$64.76$60.0019.1%5.5%9.2%18.9%21.9%4.0%-5.5%-2.1K-87.0K-890.00142.45N/AN/A201925
2019-12-20$65.20$60.0019.8%5.7%9.3%20.0%0.0%3.8%-3.5%-1.3K-86.2K-1240.00143.01N/AN/A001925
2019-12-23$65.19$60.0021.1%6.1%9.3%22.4%0.0%4.5%5.3%-2.2K-10.3K-1110.00142.33N/AN/A00522
2019-12-24$65.20$60.0021.3%6.1%9.0%22.7%0.0%4.1%5.6%-2.0K-10.4K-1110.00143.03N/AN/A00522
2019-12-26$65.33$60.0012.9%3.7%9.0%7.8%0.0%4.9%1.1%927-21.2K-560.00131.32N/AN/A00522
2019-12-27$65.27$60.0013.9%4.0%8.9%9.5%0.0%6.5%3.6%820-21.1K-570.00130.37N/AN/A00522
2019-12-30$65.03$60.0021.5%6.2%8.9%23.0%0.0%8.5%-3.7%-2.2K-10.3K-990.00141.30N/AN/A00522
2019-12-31$65.26$60.0017.0%4.9%8.5%15.1%0.0%11.9%-6.5%270-20.1K-600.50136.76N/AN/A2010522