FTC Options History — April 2015

In April 2015, FTC traded between $47.39 and $49.04. ATM implied volatility averaged 13.7%, placing in the 7.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.4% (HV 20d: 12.3%). Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.31.

Notable Days

  • 2015-04-09: Highest Volume — 12 contracts
  • 2015-04-02: Largest IV drop — 20.9% change
  • 2015-04-30: Highest IV Rank — 13.9%
  • 2015-04-30: Largest Expected Move — 4.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$48.58$47.39$49.04$48.27$47.39
ATM IV13.7%11.6%17.1%15.9%17.1%
Expected Move4.0%3.3%4.9%4.6%4.9%
HV 20d12.3%9.2%15.9%15.9%9.8%
HV 60d13.1%12.3%14.3%14.3%12.5%
IV Rank7.5%3.5%13.9%11.7%13.9%
IV Percentile36.9%12.7%74.2%65.5%74.2%
Term Structure1.5%-1.3%2.8%0.7%0.3%
Skew 25d5.8%3.7%8.5%4.4%4.4%
Skew 10d7.3%1.7%11.1%3.1%6.1%
Call IV 25d10.8%7.5%14.1%14.1%12.8%
Put IV 25d16.6%13.8%19.0%18.5%17.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %97.7575.10113.91104.67111.29
Gamma HHI0.400.350.560.560.36
Net GEX8326431.2K1.2K851
Net DEX-19.1K-23.2K-12.8K-21.4K-12.8K
Net VEX-80-91-63-67-84
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.310.000.430.000.43
Total Volume10.143312910
Total OI9.286710710

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-04-01$48.27$0.0015.9%4.6%15.9%11.7%0.0%4.4%0.7%1.2K-21.4K-670.00104.67N/AN/A9070
2015-04-02$48.54$0.0012.6%4.1%15.9%5.4%0.0%5.8%2.8%1.2K-22.2K-670.0080.88N/AN/A9070
2015-04-06$48.70$0.0012.0%4.3%14.6%4.4%0.0%7.0%2.5%1.2K-22.7K-630.0080.51N/AN/A9070
2015-04-07$48.53$0.0012.7%4.3%14.6%5.5%0.0%6.3%1.2%1.2K-22.7K-650.0075.10N/AN/A9070
2015-04-08$48.88$0.0014.5%4.1%14.1%8.9%0.0%5.8%1.9%1.2K-23.2K-630.0083.57N/AN/A0370
2015-04-09$48.89$0.0014.1%4.0%14.0%8.2%0.0%6.1%2.1%660-18.5K-910.3386.17N/AN/A9373
2015-04-10$49.04$0.0013.3%3.8%13.1%6.8%0.0%5.5%2.1%653-19.3K-860.3395.05N/AN/A9373
2015-04-13$48.80$0.0013.7%3.9%13.2%7.5%0.0%6.1%2.5%643-19.0K-880.3389.53N/AN/A9373
2015-04-14$48.70$0.0014.1%4.0%12.0%8.2%0.0%4.3%2.0%693-18.0K-880.3386.75N/AN/A9373
2015-04-15$48.73$0.0013.0%3.7%12.0%6.2%0.0%8.5%1.6%684-18.9K-870.3398.82N/AN/A9373
2015-04-16$48.71$0.0012.8%3.7%11.3%5.8%0.0%7.0%2.4%699-18.6K-870.3397.82N/AN/A9373
2015-04-17$48.12$0.0015.3%4.4%12.0%10.4%0.0%5.7%1.3%746-15.9K-890.3393.38N/AN/A9373
2015-04-20$48.57$0.0012.6%3.6%12.2%5.4%0.0%4.5%1.7%730-18.1K-850.43109.72N/AN/A7373
2015-04-21$48.82$0.0012.5%3.6%12.4%5.3%0.0%6.0%1.7%729-19.3K-810.43110.32N/AN/A7373
2015-04-22$48.84$0.0012.7%3.6%12.2%5.5%0.0%6.4%1.1%748-19.3K-810.43104.43N/AN/A7373
2015-04-23$48.99$0.0011.6%3.3%9.7%3.5%0.0%4.8%2.5%704-20.1K-800.43107.51N/AN/A7373
2015-04-24$48.92$0.0013.0%3.7%9.7%6.2%0.0%7.4%1.0%712-20.0K-800.43110.07N/AN/A7373
2015-04-27$48.42$0.0015.6%4.5%10.0%11.0%0.0%5.4%-1.3%738-18.5K-800.43106.03N/AN/A7373
2015-04-28$48.36$0.0013.7%3.9%9.2%7.4%0.0%3.7%2.0%802-17.4K-810.43107.32N/AN/A7373
2015-04-29$48.01$0.0014.6%4.2%9.2%9.2%0.0%6.4%0.4%833-16.2K-810.43113.91N/AN/A7373
2015-04-30$47.39$0.0017.1%4.9%9.8%13.9%0.0%4.4%0.3%851-12.8K-840.43111.29N/AN/A7373