FTC Options History — August 2014

In August 2014, FTC traded between $42.50 and $44.78. ATM implied volatility averaged 13.2%, placing in the 5.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.8% (HV 20d: 12.4%). Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 21 days.

Notable Days

  • 2014-08-15: Largest IV drop — 21.9% change
  • 2014-08-12: Highest IV Rank — 8.6%
  • 2014-08-07: Largest Expected Move — 5.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$43.76$42.50$44.78$42.89$44.78
ATM IV13.2%9.9%16.8%16.8%10.7%
Expected Move4.5%3.3%5.2%4.8%4.6%
HV 20d12.4%8.6%13.8%12.6%8.7%
HV 60d10.6%10.3%11.4%11.1%10.3%
IV Rank5.0%1.4%8.6%7.5%2.5%
IV Percentile44.9%5.2%80.2%80.2%12.7%
Term Structure0.9%-0.9%2.3%-0.5%1.7%
Skew 25d4.7%1.3%9.1%7.2%2.0%
Skew 10d5.0%1.8%9.8%7.7%2.5%
Call IV 25d10.6%7.6%13.4%13.4%10.1%
Put IV 25d15.2%11.2%20.6%20.6%12.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %81.0058.73114.25103.3158.73
Gamma HHI1.001.001.001.001.00
Net GEX1.1K8501.2K8581.2K
Net DEX-10.1K-12.6K-7.7K-8.3K-12.5K
Net VEX-64-67-60-64-66
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Total Volume00000
Total OI66666

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-08-01$42.89$0.0016.8%4.8%12.6%7.5%0.0%7.2%-0.5%858-8.3K-640.00103.31N/AN/A0060
2014-08-04$43.30$0.0015.9%4.8%13.0%6.7%0.0%9.1%0.5%920-8.9K-630.0083.50N/AN/A0060
2014-08-05$42.87$0.0014.9%4.7%13.1%5.8%0.0%5.8%0.4%872-8.0K-620.0088.52N/AN/A0060
2014-08-06$42.75$0.0015.4%4.6%12.8%6.2%0.0%5.0%0.5%890-7.9K-600.0098.59N/AN/A0060
2014-08-07$42.50$0.0014.2%5.2%12.7%5.1%0.0%8.0%-0.9%850-7.7K-610.0099.32N/AN/A0060
2014-08-08$42.99$0.0013.4%4.3%13.5%4.4%0.0%6.9%0.4%904-7.8K-610.0097.55N/AN/A0060
2014-08-11$43.15$0.0016.2%4.6%13.4%6.9%0.0%6.5%-0.1%959-9.0K-630.0097.99N/AN/A0060
2014-08-12$43.01$0.0015.3%4.3%13.4%8.6%0.0%6.1%1.0%915-8.6K-620.00102.27N/AN/A0060
2014-08-13$43.38$0.0015.2%4.4%13.8%8.5%0.0%5.3%1.0%1.0K-9.1K-620.00109.39N/AN/A0060
2014-08-14$43.47$0.0014.8%4.2%13.0%8.0%0.0%6.1%0.3%1.0K-9.3K-640.00114.25N/AN/A0060
2014-08-15$43.66$0.0011.6%3.3%12.3%3.6%0.0%5.0%2.0%1.0K-9.3K-630.0099.31N/AN/A0060
2014-08-18$43.99$0.0012.3%4.8%12.5%4.6%0.0%5.1%1.1%1.1K-10.5K-660.0059.07N/AN/A0060
2014-08-19$44.23$0.0011.6%4.6%12.4%3.7%0.0%6.1%1.8%1.2K-11.0K-660.0061.14N/AN/A0060
2014-08-20$44.49$0.0012.6%4.8%12.6%5.0%0.0%2.2%0.9%1.2K-11.4K-670.0060.01N/AN/A0060
2014-08-21$44.46$0.0012.5%4.7%12.6%4.9%0.0%1.5%0.7%1.2K-11.6K-670.0060.98N/AN/A0060
2014-08-22$44.46$0.0012.2%4.7%12.5%4.5%0.0%1.8%2.0%1.2K-11.9K-670.0060.58N/AN/A0060
2014-08-25$44.66$0.0010.8%4.5%12.5%2.6%0.0%2.3%1.9%1.2K-12.3K-670.0061.39N/AN/A0060
2014-08-26$44.74$0.0010.5%4.4%12.4%2.2%0.0%2.7%1.7%1.2K-12.6K-670.0062.58N/AN/A0060
2014-08-27$44.61$0.0011.0%4.4%12.4%2.9%0.0%1.3%0.7%1.2K-12.4K-660.0062.49N/AN/A0060
2014-08-28$44.58$0.009.9%4.5%8.6%1.4%0.0%2.5%2.3%1.2K-11.9K-660.0059.92N/AN/A0060
2014-08-29$44.78$0.0010.7%4.6%8.7%2.5%0.0%2.0%1.7%1.2K-12.5K-660.0058.73N/AN/A0060