FEX Options History — May 2021

In May 2021, FEX traded between $81.71 and $85.23. ATM implied volatility averaged 18.8%, placing in the 12.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.8% (HV 20d: 13.9%). Max pain ranged from $87.00 to $87.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.00.

Notable Days

  • 2021-05-20: Highest Volume — 80 contracts
  • 2021-05-10: Largest IV spike — 56.3% change
  • 2021-05-11: Highest IV Rank — 43.0%
  • 2021-05-12: Largest Expected Move — 6.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$83.95$81.71$85.23$84.06$85.23
Max Pain$87.00$87.00$87.00$87.00$87.00
ATM IV18.8%13.1%34.1%15.4%15.3%
Expected Move5.0%3.8%6.8%4.4%4.4%
HV 20d13.9%9.5%16.4%9.5%16.0%
HV 60d14.7%13.0%15.9%14.1%13.0%
IV Rank12.9%1.9%43.0%6.4%6.2%
IV Percentile15.8%0.4%84.5%2.0%3.2%
Term Structure1.0%-8.4%8.2%2.9%3.3%
VWIV14.7%14.7%14.8%14.8%14.7%
Skew 25d7.0%-2.2%13.7%2.7%9.5%
Skew 10d14.4%4.3%28.0%13.3%12.5%
Call IV 25d16.0%7.8%26.8%14.7%7.8%
Put IV 25d22.9%17.3%30.6%17.4%17.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %107.8394.39122.61122.6194.39
Gamma HHI0.950.811.001.000.98
Net GEX27.0K24784.8K24780.7K
Net DEX-80.1K-267.0K-5.1K-5.3K-267.0K
Net VEX-289-764-19-20-764
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.000.000.000.000.00
Total Volume5.108000
Total OI41.911031103

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2021-05-03$84.06$0.0015.4%4.4%9.5%6.4%0.0%2.7%2.9%247-5.3K-200.00122.61N/AN/A0010
2021-05-04$83.51$0.0017.5%5.0%9.9%10.4%0.0%2.2%-0.0%274-5.1K-190.00116.54N/AN/A0010
2021-05-05$83.86$0.0016.8%4.8%9.8%9.2%0.0%9.0%-1.9%280-5.3K-190.00114.62N/AN/A0010
2021-05-06$83.90$0.0022.8%5.1%9.8%20.8%14.8%8.5%-1.3%262-5.2K-190.00114.44N/AN/A20010
2021-05-07$85.04$87.0017.2%5.1%10.7%9.9%0.0%0.7%-0.9%12.4K-100.1K-2420.0098.91N/AN/A00210
2021-05-10$84.80$87.0026.9%4.1%10.8%28.8%0.0%5.4%5.0%12.2K-58.5K-2110.00100.27N/AN/A00210
2021-05-11$83.44$87.0034.1%6.4%12.4%43.0%0.0%-2.2%5.8%8.4K-49.6K-1930.00113.60N/AN/A00210
2021-05-12$81.71$87.0023.5%6.8%14.6%22.3%0.0%8.2%0.0%6.9K-32.4K-1460.00113.03N/AN/A00210
2021-05-13$82.98$87.0022.5%6.4%15.3%20.2%0.0%13.7%-1.9%8.2K-44.0K-1770.00111.32N/AN/A00210
2021-05-14$83.98$87.0013.5%3.9%15.9%2.6%0.0%5.7%8.2%9.8K-50.2K-1870.00101.31N/AN/A00210
2021-05-17$83.83$87.0020.0%5.7%15.6%15.5%0.0%10.8%0.4%11.3K-41.5K-1630.0098.32N/AN/A20210
2021-05-18$83.68$87.0017.0%4.9%15.3%9.5%0.0%13.0%2.1%11.2K-52.7K-2120.00103.71N/AN/A00230
2021-05-19$82.58$87.0018.5%5.3%15.5%12.5%0.0%9.4%-0.9%8.4K-44.1K-1880.00117.99N/AN/A00230
2021-05-20$83.88$87.0017.8%5.1%16.4%11.0%14.7%8.1%-2.6%12.4K-44.0K-1790.00112.42N/AN/A800230
2021-05-21$83.94$87.0015.9%4.6%15.9%7.4%0.0%7.4%-0.6%63.2K-144.9K-5880.00103.06N/AN/A001030
2021-05-24$84.71$87.0013.1%3.8%16.2%1.9%0.0%7.0%0.9%75.9K-172.9K-6650.0098.44N/AN/A001030
2021-05-25$84.25$87.0016.9%4.9%16.3%9.4%0.0%8.9%-8.4%58.5K-95.4K-4400.00102.57N/AN/A001030
2021-05-26$84.63$87.0017.0%4.9%16.4%9.5%0.0%3.7%5.3%74.2K-145.4K-5880.00111.88N/AN/A001030
2021-05-27$85.05$87.0013.4%3.9%16.4%2.5%0.0%7.7%4.2%84.8K-238.6K-7540.00107.18N/AN/A001030
2021-05-28$85.23$87.0015.3%4.4%16.0%6.2%0.0%9.5%3.3%80.7K-267.0K-7640.0094.39N/AN/A001030