FTC Options History — March 2015

In March 2015, FTC traded between $47.42 and $49.63. ATM implied volatility averaged 14.3%, placing in the 8.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.5% (HV 20d: 12.9%). Max pain ranged from $47.00 to $47.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 22 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.00.

Notable Days

  • 2015-03-02: Highest Volume — 10 contracts
  • 2015-03-20: Largest IV drop — 28.3% change
  • 2015-03-10: Highest IV Rank — 17.7%
  • 2015-03-11: Largest Expected Move — 5.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$48.52$47.42$49.63$48.81$48.68
Max Pain$47.00$47.00$47.00$47.00$47.00
ATM IV14.3%10.4%19.1%11.7%13.5%
Expected Move4.1%3.0%5.4%3.4%3.9%
HV 20d12.9%10.8%15.7%10.8%15.7%
HV 60d14.5%13.8%15.0%14.4%14.7%
IV Rank8.7%1.2%17.7%3.7%7.1%
IV Percentile45.2%3.2%81.3%14.3%37.3%
Term Structure2.0%0.6%4.5%1.4%1.5%
VWIV31.5%18.2%65.8%20.0%30.9%
Skew 25d6.3%3.0%9.4%3.3%6.6%
Skew 10d7.8%0.7%15.1%3.7%5.5%
Call IV 25d11.5%8.9%14.3%9.8%10.9%
Put IV 25d17.7%13.1%20.9%13.1%17.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %111.3188.95156.16156.16108.35
Gamma HHI0.450.360.560.380.55
Net GEX1.4K1.0K1.8K1.4K1.1K
Net DEX-24.6K-29.6K-21.1K-26.6K-22.6K
Net VEX-73-80-65-78-67
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.000.000.000.000.00
Total Volume3.5010109
Total OI7.6827887

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-03-02$48.81$47.0011.7%3.4%10.8%3.7%20.0%3.3%1.4%1.4K-26.6K-780.00156.16N/AN/A10080
2015-03-03$48.45$47.0013.1%3.7%11.4%6.3%18.2%4.0%2.6%1.5K-25.3K-800.00143.03N/AN/A10080
2015-03-04$48.27$47.0013.8%4.0%11.1%7.7%18.4%6.8%2.5%1.5K-24.7K-800.00145.85N/AN/A10080
2015-03-05$48.53$0.0011.3%3.8%11.1%3.0%42.3%9.4%2.5%1.5K-25.8K-770.00114.26N/AN/A10080
2015-03-06$47.71$0.0013.0%4.3%11.9%6.1%65.8%7.6%1.7%1.6K-23.5K-800.00117.77N/AN/A10080
2015-03-09$47.99$0.0016.1%4.4%11.5%12.0%0.0%7.2%1.1%1.8K-23.9K-790.00119.53N/AN/A0080
2015-03-10$47.44$0.0019.1%5.2%12.1%17.7%0.0%7.3%0.8%1.6K-22.1K-790.00122.59N/AN/A0080
2015-03-11$47.42$0.0018.8%5.4%10.8%17.0%0.0%6.5%0.6%1.7K-21.9K-780.00117.80N/AN/A0080
2015-03-12$48.15$0.0015.1%4.3%12.1%10.2%0.0%7.2%3.2%1.8K-24.8K-760.0092.77N/AN/A0080
2015-03-13$47.98$0.0016.2%4.6%11.5%12.1%0.0%7.2%2.3%1.7K-23.9K-760.0088.95N/AN/A0080
2015-03-16$48.73$0.0015.4%4.4%12.7%10.7%0.0%6.5%2.1%1.3K-26.8K-720.0093.92N/AN/A0080
2015-03-17$48.62$0.0016.2%4.6%12.8%12.2%0.0%5.5%1.5%1.4K-26.1K-740.0089.83N/AN/A0080
2015-03-18$49.13$0.0014.4%4.1%13.2%8.8%0.0%7.3%2.8%1.1K-28.5K-680.00103.00N/AN/A0080
2015-03-19$49.28$0.0014.4%4.1%13.2%8.9%0.0%3.8%3.7%1.1K-28.6K-680.00101.80N/AN/A0080
2015-03-20$49.63$0.0010.4%3.0%13.0%1.2%0.0%3.0%4.5%1.0K-29.6K-680.00108.07N/AN/A0080
2015-03-23$49.45$0.0012.4%3.6%13.1%5.1%0.0%5.6%2.4%1.0K-24.5K-660.00108.86N/AN/A0070
2015-03-24$49.19$0.0012.4%3.6%13.3%5.0%0.0%6.6%1.2%1.1K-24.0K-670.00107.05N/AN/A0070
2015-03-25$48.20$0.0015.6%4.5%15.2%11.1%0.0%6.6%0.9%1.1K-21.7K-700.00102.86N/AN/A0070
2015-03-26$48.11$0.0015.6%4.5%15.2%11.0%24.9%6.9%1.4%1.2K-21.1K-700.0097.98N/AN/A9070
2015-03-27$48.53$0.0013.7%3.9%15.6%7.5%0.0%5.7%1.0%1.1K-21.9K-690.00103.56N/AN/A0070
2015-03-30$49.04$0.0013.4%3.8%15.7%6.8%0.0%7.0%1.4%1.1K-23.6K-650.00104.81N/AN/A9070
2015-03-31$48.68$0.0013.5%3.9%15.7%7.1%30.9%6.6%1.5%1.1K-22.6K-670.00108.35N/AN/A9070