FTC Options History — August 2013

In August 2013, FTC traded between $35.22 and $37.01. ATM implied volatility averaged 18.2%, placing in the 10.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 7.3% (HV 20d: 11.0%). Net GEX was positive for 0 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 21 of 22 days.

Notable Days

  • 2013-08-09: Largest IV spike — 1219.8% change
  • 2013-08-09: Highest IV Rank — 96.9%
  • 2013-08-09: Largest Expected Move — 14.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$36.13$35.22$37.01$36.98$35.38
ATM IV18.2%8.7%115.3%12.1%16.9%
Expected Move4.4%3.0%14.3%3.5%4.8%
HV 20d11.0%8.6%14.5%9.5%13.2%
HV 60d14.6%14.0%15.1%14.7%14.4%
IV Rank10.7%0.6%96.9%4.3%7.9%
IV Percentile67.6%0.8%99.2%50.0%85.3%
Term Structure0.2%-11.5%1.5%0.2%1.5%
Skew 25d4.8%0.4%8.6%2.4%5.0%
Skew 10d7.5%1.3%11.7%3.1%7.9%
Call IV 25d13.6%9.1%56.0%12.2%14.2%
Put IV 25d18.5%10.6%64.5%14.6%19.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %102.2361.06197.86148.76134.58
Net GEX00000
Net DEX00000
Net VEX00000
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Total Volume00000
Total OI00000

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-08-01$36.98$0.0012.1%3.5%9.5%0.0%0.0%2.4%0.2%0000.00148.76N/AN/A0000
2013-08-02$37.01$0.0010.4%3.0%9.4%0.0%0.0%0.4%1.2%0000.00162.37N/AN/A0000
2013-08-05$36.99$0.008.8%3.4%9.3%0.0%0.0%3.2%0.3%0000.0085.35N/AN/A0000
2013-08-06$36.78$0.009.9%3.6%9.5%0.0%0.0%4.6%0.7%0000.0061.06N/AN/A0000
2013-08-07$36.49$0.0012.9%3.9%10.1%4.3%0.0%5.6%0.8%0000.0069.03N/AN/A0000
2013-08-08$36.67$0.008.7%3.4%9.0%0.6%0.0%4.1%1.1%0000.0061.07N/AN/A0000
2013-08-09$36.61$0.00115.3%14.3%9.0%96.9%0.0%8.6%-11.5%0000.00197.86N/AN/A0000
2013-08-12$36.57$0.0013.6%3.7%9.0%5.0%0.0%6.5%0.5%0000.0069.12N/AN/A0000
2013-08-13$36.66$0.0013.1%3.5%8.6%4.5%0.0%6.1%1.2%0000.0087.21N/AN/A0000
2013-08-14$36.33$0.0016.4%3.9%9.2%7.5%0.0%4.9%0.8%0000.0090.84N/AN/A0000
2013-08-15$35.73$0.0014.0%4.0%10.8%5.3%0.0%4.6%0.5%0000.0084.24N/AN/A0000
2013-08-16$35.71$0.0013.3%3.8%10.8%4.7%0.0%4.6%1.2%0000.0087.43N/AN/A0000
2013-08-19$35.44$0.0016.0%4.6%11.0%7.1%0.0%6.2%0.2%0000.0094.67N/AN/A0000
2013-08-20$35.79$0.0014.5%4.2%11.6%5.8%0.0%3.9%0.1%0000.0090.24N/AN/A0000
2013-08-21$35.52$0.0014.2%4.1%11.8%5.5%0.0%6.6%0.6%0000.0096.02N/AN/A0000
2013-08-22$35.92$0.0013.8%4.0%12.3%5.2%0.0%5.1%1.0%0000.00105.72N/AN/A0000
2013-08-23$36.11$0.0014.1%4.1%12.4%5.4%0.0%4.4%0.8%0000.0098.78N/AN/A0000
2013-08-26$36.01$0.0014.3%4.1%12.4%5.6%0.0%3.9%0.7%0000.0096.64N/AN/A0000
2013-08-27$35.22$0.0017.1%4.9%14.4%8.1%0.0%5.0%0.2%0000.00111.82N/AN/A0000
2013-08-28$35.40$0.0016.7%4.8%14.5%7.8%0.0%5.1%0.3%0000.00118.26N/AN/A0000
2013-08-29$35.55$0.0014.6%4.2%13.2%5.9%0.0%5.8%1.1%0000.0097.88N/AN/A0000
2013-08-30$35.38$0.0016.9%4.8%13.2%7.9%0.0%5.0%1.5%0000.00134.58N/AN/A0000