FTC Options History — October 2013

In October 2013, FTC traded between $36.27 and $38.89. ATM implied volatility averaged 17.7%, placing in the 8.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.1% (HV 20d: 14.6%). Net GEX was positive for 0 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 23 days.

Notable Days

  • 2013-10-21: Largest IV spike — 399.3% change
  • 2013-10-21: Highest IV Rank — 48.4%
  • 2013-10-21: Largest Expected Move — 17.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$37.84$36.27$38.89$37.48$38.68
ATM IV17.7%9.3%61.7%15.1%10.4%
Expected Move4.6%2.7%17.7%4.3%3.0%
HV 20d14.6%9.0%16.6%9.6%16.0%
HV 60d13.0%11.2%13.8%11.3%13.5%
IV Rank8.7%1.1%48.4%6.3%2.0%
IV Percentile53.8%4.4%93.8%76.8%10.2%
Term Structure-0.0%-20.4%2.5%2.1%2.5%
Skew 25d5.0%1.6%15.1%5.1%2.1%
Skew 10d7.3%0.6%15.1%6.2%1.8%
Call IV 25d14.4%9.9%69.5%12.3%10.9%
Put IV 25d19.4%12.6%84.6%17.4%12.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %119.3869.36195.59146.89152.43
Net GEX00000
Net DEX00000
Net VEX00000
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Total Volume00000
Total OI00000

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-10-01$37.48$0.0015.1%4.3%9.6%6.3%0.0%5.1%2.1%0000.00146.89N/AN/A0000
2013-10-02$37.50$0.0015.3%4.4%9.0%6.5%0.0%4.6%2.1%0000.00148.44N/AN/A0000
2013-10-03$37.15$0.0016.6%4.8%9.8%7.6%0.0%9.0%0.9%0000.00143.88N/AN/A0000
2013-10-04$37.58$0.0048.2%4.3%10.4%36.2%0.0%5.8%0.8%0000.0086.10N/AN/A0000
2013-10-07$37.16$0.0018.9%5.2%11.1%9.8%0.0%5.0%-0.5%0000.0069.36N/AN/A0000
2013-10-08$36.40$0.0021.9%5.8%13.1%12.5%0.0%4.5%-1.2%0000.00102.97N/AN/A0000
2013-10-09$36.27$0.0019.8%5.6%13.0%10.6%0.0%3.4%-1.0%0000.0095.38N/AN/A0000
2013-10-10$37.15$0.0016.1%4.6%15.7%7.2%0.0%6.7%0.5%0000.0077.86N/AN/A0000
2013-10-11$37.42$0.0015.7%4.5%15.8%6.9%0.0%6.8%0.7%0000.0083.18N/AN/A0000
2013-10-14$37.63$0.0013.7%3.9%15.8%5.1%0.0%7.7%1.0%0000.0084.22N/AN/A0000
2013-10-15$37.25$0.0018.3%5.3%16.2%9.2%0.0%8.0%-1.2%0000.0087.03N/AN/A0000
2013-10-16$37.76$0.0013.2%3.8%16.4%4.5%0.0%4.1%1.4%0000.0094.90N/AN/A0000
2013-10-17$38.08$0.0012.9%3.7%16.6%4.3%0.0%3.5%0.7%0000.00108.11N/AN/A0000
2013-10-18$38.33$0.0012.3%3.5%16.6%3.8%0.0%3.3%1.7%0000.00116.78N/AN/A0000
2013-10-21$38.38$0.0061.7%17.7%16.0%48.4%0.0%15.1%-20.4%0000.00195.59N/AN/A0000
2013-10-22$38.59$0.0010.9%3.1%16.1%2.5%0.0%3.9%2.0%0000.00113.84N/AN/A0000
2013-10-23$38.30$0.0012.4%3.6%16.4%3.9%0.0%3.4%1.1%0000.00124.23N/AN/A0000
2013-10-24$38.51$0.0010.6%3.0%16.3%2.2%0.0%3.3%1.8%0000.00132.25N/AN/A0000
2013-10-25$38.61$0.009.3%2.7%16.3%1.1%0.0%3.7%1.2%0000.00142.72N/AN/A0000
2013-10-28$38.50$0.0012.7%3.6%16.2%4.1%0.0%1.6%1.8%0000.00137.65N/AN/A0000
2013-10-29$38.89$0.009.4%2.7%16.3%1.1%0.0%2.6%0.2%0000.00165.60N/AN/A0000
2013-10-30$38.69$0.0011.6%3.3%16.5%3.1%0.0%2.4%1.5%0000.00136.26N/AN/A0000
2013-10-31$38.68$0.0010.4%3.0%16.0%2.0%0.0%2.1%2.5%0000.00152.43N/AN/A0000