FTC Options History — May 2015

In May 2015, FTC traded between $47.55 and $49.32. ATM implied volatility averaged 13.4%, placing in the 6.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.3% (HV 20d: 13.0%). Max pain ranged from $49.00 to $49.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.78.

Notable Days

  • 2015-05-06: Highest Volume — 15 contracts
  • 2015-05-08: Largest IV drop — 36.2% change
  • 2015-05-07: Highest IV Rank — 12.1%
  • 2015-05-07: Largest Expected Move — 4.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$48.69$47.55$49.32$48.13$48.92
Max Pain$49.00$49.00$49.00$49.00$49.00
ATM IV13.4%10.3%16.1%13.8%13.8%
Expected Move4.0%3.3%4.6%4.0%4.0%
HV 20d13.0%11.2%14.2%11.2%13.0%
HV 60d12.7%12.5%13.1%12.9%13.0%
IV Rank6.9%1.1%12.1%7.7%7.7%
IV Percentile35.9%2.8%70.6%42.1%47.6%
Term Structure1.0%-0.2%2.1%1.7%0.3%
VWIV12.9%10.7%14.2%14.2%13.9%
Skew 25d6.2%3.7%8.6%5.7%7.7%
Skew 10d8.4%3.9%9.5%3.9%7.9%
Call IV 25d10.1%8.0%12.7%9.3%8.8%
Put IV 25d16.3%14.0%17.8%15.0%16.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %93.1879.50116.94116.9497.79
Gamma HHI0.350.260.530.350.26
Net GEX7531941.6K826222
Net DEX-20.1K-27.0K-13.7K-16.6K-19.8K
Net VEX-64-81-38-80-59
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.780.431.140.430.57
Total Volume9.40151011
Total OI9.757111011

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-05-01$48.13$0.0013.8%4.0%11.2%7.7%0.0%5.7%1.7%826-16.6K-800.43116.94N/AN/A7373
2015-05-04$48.34$0.0013.2%4.4%11.3%6.5%0.0%8.6%-0.2%802-17.7K-780.0087.07N/AN/A0073
2015-05-05$47.66$0.0012.6%4.3%12.3%5.5%0.0%6.1%0.4%843-15.1K-790.4382.86N/AN/A7373
2015-05-06$47.55$0.0016.0%4.6%11.9%11.8%0.0%5.1%0.5%848-13.7K-811.1488.58N/AN/A7873
2015-05-07$48.06$0.0016.1%4.6%12.6%12.1%0.0%6.7%0.6%836-16.0K-771.1481.44N/AN/A7873
2015-05-08$48.64$0.0010.3%3.9%13.4%1.1%0.0%6.0%1.2%1.5K-23.9K-500.0088.21N/AN/A0070
2015-05-11$48.58$0.0012.2%3.9%13.3%4.6%0.0%5.7%1.6%1.5K-23.9K-490.0082.58N/AN/A0070
2015-05-12$48.41$0.0015.8%4.5%13.3%11.4%0.0%5.1%0.8%813-18.1K-721.1479.50N/AN/A7873
2015-05-13$48.26$0.0015.1%4.3%13.3%10.2%0.0%8.1%1.1%817-17.8K-731.1489.46N/AN/A7873
2015-05-14$48.91$0.0012.7%3.6%14.2%5.6%0.0%5.7%1.4%895-21.0K-651.1485.64N/AN/A7873
2015-05-15$48.96$0.0012.9%3.7%13.5%6.0%0.0%5.5%1.2%799-20.9K-661.1495.53N/AN/A7873
2015-05-18$49.31$0.0013.3%3.8%13.3%6.8%0.0%5.1%2.1%1.6K-27.0K-380.0089.36N/AN/A0070
2015-05-19$49.32$0.0014.0%4.0%13.2%8.1%14.2%5.9%0.7%1.4K-26.9K-410.0096.77N/AN/A0170
2015-05-20$49.18$49.0013.1%3.8%13.2%6.4%13.2%5.5%1.1%236-20.8K-650.5796.52N/AN/A7474
2015-05-21$49.22$49.0011.6%3.3%13.2%3.5%10.7%5.4%1.0%194-21.1K-620.5797.32N/AN/A7474
2015-05-22$49.26$49.0012.3%3.5%13.2%4.8%12.3%3.7%1.3%227-21.5K-600.57101.04N/AN/A7474
2015-05-26$48.66$49.0013.2%3.8%13.4%6.5%12.9%7.7%0.7%294-17.8K-650.5796.53N/AN/A7474
2015-05-27$49.26$49.0012.5%3.6%14.1%5.2%12.5%7.4%0.7%276-21.5K-550.57102.55N/AN/A7474
2015-05-28$49.16$49.0013.2%3.8%13.8%6.5%13.2%6.7%0.9%227-20.7K-580.57107.86N/AN/A7474
2015-05-29$48.92$49.0013.8%4.0%13.0%7.7%13.9%7.7%0.3%222-19.8K-590.5797.79N/AN/A7474