FEX Options History — October 2021

In October 2021, FEX traded between $85.18 and $91.04. ATM implied volatility averaged 19.0%, placing in the 29.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.4% (HV 20d: 13.6%). Max pain ranged from $90.00 to $90.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.50.

Notable Days

  • 2021-10-20: Highest Volume — 6 contracts
  • 2021-10-04: Largest IV spike — 55.8% change
  • 2021-10-04: Highest IV Rank — 71.4%
  • 2021-10-01: Largest Expected Move — 6.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$88.32$85.18$91.04$85.92$90.38
Max Pain$90.00$90.00$90.00$90.00$90.00
ATM IV19.0%10.7%33.9%21.8%15.2%
Expected Move4.5%3.1%6.2%6.2%4.4%
HV 20d13.6%10.5%15.7%13.6%11.5%
HV 60d11.6%10.8%12.4%12.4%11.6%
IV Rank29.0%5.2%71.4%36.8%18.1%
IV Percentile41.2%2.0%94.0%59.1%23.8%
Term Structure-0.7%-5.9%5.9%-4.4%-2.7%
Skew 25d6.2%-0.7%12.9%8.9%6.4%
Skew 10d10.3%4.9%16.0%8.4%6.2%
Call IV 25d14.0%10.6%20.0%17.5%15.6%
Put IV 25d20.2%15.1%26.4%26.4%21.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %122.80102.04143.18143.18125.17
Gamma HHI0.360.220.460.350.45
Net GEX2.1K1.1K3.8K3.3K1.6K
Net DEX-9.3K-15.2K-1.0K-6.5K-12.9K
Net VEX-96-125-85-114-85
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.500.500.500.500.50
Total Volume2.2860606
Total OI17627276

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2021-10-01$85.92$90.0021.8%6.2%13.6%36.8%0.0%8.9%-4.4%3.3K-6.5K-1140.00143.18N/AN/A00252
2021-10-04$85.18$0.0033.9%6.1%13.7%71.4%0.0%4.4%-2.1%3.8K-9.6K-1250.00140.95N/AN/A00252
2021-10-05$86.12$0.0020.3%4.6%14.3%32.7%0.0%7.8%-0.3%1.9K-1.0K-900.00127.83N/AN/A00252
2021-10-06$85.92$0.0025.1%4.5%14.3%46.3%0.0%3.1%2.2%3.2K-6.2K-1110.00136.37N/AN/A00252
2021-10-07$86.94$0.0023.9%4.3%15.1%42.9%0.0%3.7%1.2%3.4K-8.7K-1100.00119.64N/AN/A00252
2021-10-08$86.81$0.0028.2%4.5%14.9%55.3%0.0%12.9%-0.6%3.7K-9.2K-1090.00111.31N/AN/A00252
2021-10-11$86.42$0.0027.9%4.9%15.0%54.4%0.0%9.8%-1.3%1.8K-4.1K-940.00116.48N/AN/A00252
2021-10-12$86.24$0.0029.0%4.7%14.9%57.6%0.0%3.0%5.9%1.3K-4.1K-940.00113.51N/AN/A00252
2021-10-13$86.75$0.0017.9%5.1%14.4%25.7%0.0%5.9%-1.1%2.5K-7.5K-1020.00138.04N/AN/A00252
2021-10-14$88.18$0.0010.7%3.1%15.7%5.2%0.0%3.8%2.1%2.2K-7.0K-920.00114.33N/AN/A00252
2021-10-15$88.71$0.0013.4%3.8%15.5%12.9%0.0%5.4%1.3%2.7K-8.7K-920.00102.04N/AN/A00252
2021-10-18$88.89$0.0013.5%3.9%13.3%13.2%0.0%7.8%3.1%1.1K-9.1K-950.00129.64N/AN/A0042
2021-10-19$89.35$0.0013.7%3.9%13.3%14.0%0.0%6.3%-0.5%1.5K-10.0K-900.00116.88N/AN/A0042
2021-10-20$90.15$0.0012.1%3.5%13.3%9.3%0.0%6.1%1.0%1.6K-11.2K-900.50110.19N/AN/A4242
2021-10-21$90.35$0.0017.6%5.1%13.0%25.1%0.0%10.6%-1.9%1.6K-13.2K-910.50121.71N/AN/A4242
2021-10-22$90.74$0.0017.0%4.9%13.0%23.3%0.0%5.1%-2.5%1.8K-13.4K-890.50125.75N/AN/A4242
2021-10-25$91.04$0.0012.5%3.6%13.0%10.3%0.0%6.1%-1.6%1.7K-15.0K-860.50120.97N/AN/A4242
2021-10-26$90.91$0.0014.6%4.2%10.5%16.4%0.0%7.8%-4.1%1.4K-15.2K-890.50122.05N/AN/A4242
2021-10-27$89.57$0.0015.6%4.5%12.2%19.2%0.0%-0.7%-5.9%1.6K-12.2K-850.50126.26N/AN/A4242
2021-10-28$90.24$0.0015.3%4.4%11.5%18.3%0.0%6.6%-2.3%1.4K-11.4K-860.50116.47N/AN/A4242
2021-10-29$90.38$0.0015.2%4.4%11.5%18.1%0.0%6.4%-2.7%1.6K-12.9K-850.50125.17N/AN/A4242