FTC Options History — July 2015

In July 2015, FTC traded between $48.35 and $50.22. ATM implied volatility averaged 15.0%, placing in the 9.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.9% (HV 20d: 13.1%). Max pain ranged from $46.00 to $48.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.18.

Notable Days

  • 2015-07-27: Highest Volume — 76 contracts
  • 2015-07-08: Largest IV spike — 26.9% change
  • 2015-07-08: Highest IV Rank — 22.8%
  • 2015-07-08: Largest Expected Move — 5.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$49.52$48.35$50.22$48.94$49.93
Max Pain$47.81$46.00$48.00$46.00$48.00
ATM IV15.0%11.4%21.8%17.0%11.4%
Expected Move4.2%3.3%5.9%4.9%3.3%
HV 20d13.1%11.7%14.2%12.2%12.9%
HV 60d12.1%11.6%12.6%11.6%11.8%
IV Rank9.9%3.1%22.8%13.7%3.1%
IV Percentile50.1%6.7%96.4%82.9%6.7%
Term Structure0.6%-1.6%2.8%-0.3%1.7%
VWIV16.3%9.4%20.7%19.6%10.6%
Skew 25d6.0%3.5%8.8%6.9%5.6%
Skew 10d7.4%2.0%12.5%12.3%3.9%
Call IV 25d10.8%6.8%17.6%12.8%7.6%
Put IV 25d16.8%12.1%22.2%19.7%13.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %90.5759.35128.5099.06115.01
Gamma HHI0.690.330.990.330.44
Net GEX6.3K299.5K9463.7K
Net DEX-97.8K-162.2K-22.8K-25.6K-68.6K
Net VEX-629-1.2K-12-26-1.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.180.020.570.430.06
Total Volume50.04510761054
Total OI53.0451010210102

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-07-01$48.94$46.0017.0%4.9%12.2%13.7%19.6%6.9%-0.3%946-25.6K-260.4399.06N/AN/A7373
2015-07-02$48.84$46.0017.6%5.0%11.7%14.8%20.4%3.7%-1.6%894-24.8K-260.4390.29N/AN/A7373
2015-07-06$48.75$0.0018.4%4.9%11.7%16.3%18.7%5.7%0.8%1.1K-26.8K-170.5760.04N/AN/A7473
2015-07-07$49.13$48.0017.2%5.0%11.8%14.1%19.3%8.4%-0.4%29-30.3K-120.5765.83N/AN/A7474
2015-07-08$48.35$48.0021.8%5.9%13.2%22.8%20.7%7.2%-0.9%716-22.8K-250.0859.35N/AN/A51474
2015-07-09$48.61$48.0020.0%5.0%12.5%19.3%18.9%8.7%-0.5%8.7K-123.6K-7020.0768.10N/AN/A574574
2015-07-10$49.27$48.0017.9%5.0%13.5%15.4%18.3%6.8%-0.4%8.3K-139.0K-7100.0763.46N/AN/A574574
2015-07-13$49.77$48.0013.6%3.9%13.7%7.3%16.5%5.4%1.4%9.3K-150.1K-7130.0781.71N/AN/A574574
2015-07-14$49.98$48.0015.7%3.8%13.7%11.3%16.3%5.3%1.0%9.5K-157.1K-7110.0787.55N/AN/A574574
2015-07-15$49.75$48.0013.5%3.9%13.7%7.1%16.0%4.7%0.9%9.2K-153.8K-7080.0784.15N/AN/A574574
2015-07-16$50.15$48.0012.9%3.7%13.9%5.9%14.7%4.2%0.6%9.4K-160.7K-7070.0791.15N/AN/A574574
2015-07-17$50.09$48.0011.5%3.3%13.4%3.3%14.6%3.7%2.1%9.3K-162.2K-7060.07128.50N/AN/A574574
2015-07-20$50.22$48.0012.6%3.6%13.5%5.3%15.5%7.0%1.5%9.2K-129.0K-7030.02102.15N/AN/A501501
2015-07-21$50.08$48.0012.6%3.6%13.4%5.5%14.9%5.6%1.7%9.2K-125.2K-6990.02102.64N/AN/A501501
2015-07-22$50.08$48.0013.1%3.7%13.3%6.3%15.3%6.6%0.3%9.1K-125.3K-6980.02102.94N/AN/A501501
2015-07-23$49.90$48.0012.8%3.7%13.1%5.8%16.2%8.8%1.2%9.1K-123.6K-6940.0296.74N/AN/A501501
2015-07-24$49.35$48.0016.2%4.6%13.6%12.2%16.5%6.6%-0.8%8.5K-114.6K-6840.2298.71N/AN/A5011501
2015-07-27$48.80$48.0016.8%4.8%14.2%13.3%16.1%5.7%-0.8%7.5K-85.8K-7810.5292.86N/AN/A50265011
2015-07-28$49.50$48.0013.1%3.8%12.9%6.4%16.5%4.9%2.8%4.9K-67.0K-1.0K0.2893.65N/AN/A50145032
2015-07-29$49.90$48.0012.5%3.6%13.1%5.2%13.2%7.4%0.6%4.3K-67.7K-1.1K0.2095.99N/AN/A51105041
2015-07-30$49.97$48.0011.7%3.4%13.0%3.7%9.4%3.5%1.7%4.8K-68.9K-1.2K0.12112.65N/AN/A5165146
2015-07-31$49.93$48.0011.4%3.3%12.9%3.1%10.6%5.6%1.7%3.7K-68.6K-1.2K0.06115.01N/AN/A5135151