FTC Options History — October 2014

In October 2014, FTC traded between $40.72 and $44.82. ATM implied volatility averaged 18.3%, placing in the 14.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.6%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.8% (HV 20d: 19.1%). Max pain ranged from $42.00 to $42.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.00.

Notable Days

  • 2014-10-08: Highest Volume — 3 contracts
  • 2014-10-13: Largest IV spike — 20.9% change
  • 2014-10-13: Highest IV Rank — 25.7%
  • 2014-10-14: Largest Expected Move — 6.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$42.71$40.72$44.82$42.87$44.82
Max Pain$42.00$42.00$42.00$42.00$42.00
ATM IV18.3%15.2%25.3%17.0%15.2%
Expected Move5.6%5.0%6.8%5.4%5.0%
HV 20d19.1%11.7%23.5%11.7%22.9%
HV 60d14.0%11.0%16.1%11.1%15.5%
IV Rank14.9%9.9%25.7%12.8%9.9%
IV Percentile82.2%67.1%95.2%81.7%67.1%
Term Structure0.4%-0.9%1.9%-0.1%0.7%
VWIV20.6%19.1%24.6%20.0%20.2%
Skew 25d6.8%1.6%9.6%5.9%8.1%
Skew 10d10.0%1.1%16.4%2.8%5.6%
Call IV 25d13.4%9.0%20.6%11.7%9.7%
Put IV 25d20.2%14.0%27.1%17.6%17.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %59.7342.74164.9250.7850.10
Gamma HHI0.760.611.000.810.77
Net GEX1.2K6051.7K1.2K1.7K
Net DEX-10.8K-18.9K-3.4K-9.6K-18.9K
Net VEX-59-72-28-60-71
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.000.000.000.000.00
Total Volume2.0870313
Total OI7.6096878

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-10-01$42.87$42.0017.0%5.4%11.7%12.8%20.0%5.9%-0.1%1.2K-9.6K-600.0050.78N/AN/A1070
2014-10-02$42.83$42.0015.8%5.3%11.7%10.9%0.0%5.0%1.1%1.3K-11.8K-700.0052.44N/AN/A0080
2014-10-03$43.36$42.0016.1%5.2%12.4%11.3%0.0%2.9%0.6%1.5K-13.2K-720.0052.35N/AN/A0080
2014-10-06$43.18$42.0016.5%5.2%12.4%12.0%19.3%8.7%0.7%1.4K-12.6K-720.0051.86N/AN/A2080
2014-10-07$42.51$0.0017.9%5.3%13.2%14.2%0.0%5.6%0.7%985-6.0K-410.0052.75N/AN/A0060
2014-10-08$43.32$42.0018.3%5.2%15.0%14.8%19.1%9.6%0.9%1.4K-13.0K-720.0050.77N/AN/A3080
2014-10-09$42.45$42.0019.8%5.7%16.4%17.2%20.0%5.7%0.0%1.2K-10.3K-640.0053.81N/AN/A3080
2014-10-10$42.07$42.0020.9%5.7%16.5%18.9%19.7%5.7%-0.0%1.1K-9.3K-610.0054.45N/AN/A3080
2014-10-13$40.74$42.0025.3%6.3%19.5%25.7%20.6%1.6%-0.0%835-7.1K-500.0060.42N/AN/A3080
2014-10-14$41.28$42.0021.9%6.8%19.9%20.4%24.6%4.8%-0.9%916-8.6K-540.00138.24N/AN/A3080
2014-10-15$40.72$42.0022.4%6.5%20.2%21.2%21.5%5.4%0.2%809-6.6K-490.0061.58N/AN/A3080
2014-10-16$40.85$0.0022.8%6.2%20.0%21.8%0.0%8.5%-0.6%605-3.4K-280.00164.92N/AN/A0060
2014-10-17$41.44$0.0021.5%6.4%21.1%19.8%0.0%9.1%-0.8%754-4.4K-330.0054.92N/AN/A0060
2014-10-20$41.98$42.0019.0%6.0%21.7%15.9%20.8%9.6%0.1%1.1K-8.6K-550.0053.93N/AN/A3080
2014-10-21$42.90$42.0016.4%5.6%23.2%11.7%20.8%6.3%0.6%1.4K-11.2K-630.0049.97N/AN/A3080
2014-10-22$42.59$42.0018.1%5.8%23.0%14.4%21.2%5.4%0.1%1.3K-11.3K-620.0047.19N/AN/A3080
2014-10-23$43.12$42.0017.5%5.7%23.1%13.5%20.8%7.5%0.1%1.4K-12.6K-670.0044.38N/AN/A3080
2014-10-24$43.59$42.0015.8%5.4%23.3%10.8%20.3%9.4%1.3%1.5K-13.9K-680.0047.07N/AN/A3080
2014-10-27$43.52$42.0016.3%5.3%23.3%11.6%20.7%8.2%1.2%1.5K-13.8K-670.0042.74N/AN/A3080
2014-10-28$44.00$0.0016.0%5.2%23.5%11.2%0.0%8.2%1.9%1.4K-9.7K-460.0042.77N/AN/A0060
2014-10-29$43.99$42.0015.8%5.2%22.8%10.9%20.0%9.2%1.1%1.7K-15.2K-680.0046.76N/AN/A3080
2014-10-30$44.26$42.0015.9%5.2%22.9%11.0%20.1%5.2%1.1%1.7K-16.6K-700.0049.65N/AN/A3080
2014-10-31$44.82$42.0015.2%5.0%22.9%9.9%20.2%8.1%0.7%1.7K-18.9K-710.0050.10N/AN/A3080