FTC Options History — August 2015

In August 2015, FTC traded between $45.45 and $50.30. ATM implied volatility averaged 18.8%, placing in the 17.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.5% (HV 20d: 15.2%). Max pain ranged from $48.00 to $49.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.06.

Notable Days

  • 2015-08-14: Highest Volume — 55 contracts
  • 2015-08-24: Largest IV spike — 120.5% change
  • 2015-08-24: Highest IV Rank — 78.6%
  • 2015-08-24: Largest Expected Move — 14.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$48.86$45.45$50.30$49.86$47.50
Max Pain$48.80$48.00$49.00$48.00$49.00
ATM IV18.8%11.1%51.5%12.1%25.8%
Expected Move5.4%3.2%14.8%3.5%7.4%
HV 20d15.2%11.2%24.1%12.9%24.1%
HV 60d13.2%11.4%17.1%11.6%17.0%
IV Rank17.0%2.7%78.6%4.6%30.3%
IV Percentile57.5%6.0%99.6%12.7%98.8%
Term Structure-0.9%-17.4%2.8%1.2%-2.3%
VWIV25.2%11.2%57.1%11.2%22.8%
Skew 25d3.5%-15.9%11.5%3.8%6.6%
Skew 10d6.4%-21.4%18.7%2.8%18.7%
Call IV 25d19.0%7.0%68.7%8.8%21.3%
Put IV 25d22.5%12.6%56.4%12.6%27.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %98.1673.73163.06109.8687.38
Gamma HHI0.420.390.470.420.42
Net GEX2.1K-1.9K3.9K3.5K474
Net DEX-31.8K-76.3K46.6K-58.3K21.8K
Net VEX-1.2K-1.2K-1.0K-1.2K-1.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.060.060.080.060.06
Total Volume46.238055053
Total OI102.857102104103102

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-08-03$49.86$48.0012.1%3.5%12.9%4.6%0.0%3.8%1.2%3.5K-58.3K-1.2K0.00109.86N/AN/A005152
2015-08-04$49.94$48.0011.6%3.3%12.7%3.5%11.2%5.0%2.1%3.8K-64.6K-1.2K0.06112.89N/AN/A5135152
2015-08-05$50.30$48.0011.1%3.2%11.2%2.7%11.2%5.9%2.0%3.6K-74.7K-1.2K0.06116.79N/AN/A5135152
2015-08-06$49.63$0.0013.0%3.8%12.3%6.1%0.0%5.3%0.1%2.6K-53.3K-1.2K0.0674.22N/AN/A5135152
2015-08-07$49.52$0.0012.4%3.9%11.5%5.0%0.0%3.8%1.7%3.0K-48.1K-1.2K0.0673.73N/AN/A5135152
2015-08-10$50.05$0.0012.9%4.1%11.5%6.0%0.0%6.6%-0.5%3.9K-70.2K-1.2K0.0685.74N/AN/A5135152
2015-08-11$49.70$0.0012.8%4.1%11.7%5.9%0.0%5.4%-0.0%3.5K-54.3K-1.2K0.0080.46N/AN/A005152
2015-08-12$49.66$0.0014.0%4.0%11.6%8.1%0.0%4.6%-1.0%3.3K-47.7K-1.2K0.0684.49N/AN/A5135152
2015-08-13$49.76$0.0014.5%4.2%11.2%9.0%0.0%6.4%0.1%3.7K-60.5K-1.2K0.0677.94N/AN/A5135152
2015-08-14$50.02$49.0013.9%4.0%11.4%7.9%14.8%5.4%0.6%3.3K-62.2K-1.2K0.0884.16N/AN/A5145153
2015-08-17$50.28$49.0013.9%4.0%11.5%7.9%15.3%6.3%0.1%3.2K-70.7K-1.2K0.0887.08N/AN/A5145153
2015-08-18$50.28$49.0014.6%4.2%11.5%9.2%15.6%6.5%-0.6%3.7K-76.3K-1.2K0.0895.06N/AN/A5145153
2015-08-19$50.03$49.0014.4%4.1%11.6%8.8%0.0%6.9%0.2%2.8K-61.8K-1.2K0.0074.97N/AN/A005053
2015-08-20$48.80$49.0017.9%5.1%14.6%15.3%17.9%3.8%0.1%1.5K-27.1K-1.2K0.0879.70N/AN/A5145053
2015-08-21$47.28$49.0023.4%6.7%17.9%25.7%22.5%2.7%-0.7%23032.4K-1.1K0.0885.36N/AN/A5145053
2015-08-24$45.75$49.0051.5%14.8%20.8%78.6%52.7%-10.3%-17.4%1807.8K-1.2K0.06163.06N/AN/A5035052
2015-08-25$45.45$49.0036.3%10.4%19.7%50.1%57.1%-15.9%2.8%-1.9K46.6K-1.0K0.06151.33N/AN/A5035052
2015-08-26$46.75$49.0024.9%7.1%22.5%28.5%19.2%7.4%0.1%42331.0K-1.1K0.06104.07N/AN/A5035052
2015-08-27$47.71$49.0019.1%5.5%24.0%17.6%44.1%-3.9%-5.3%-9069.9K-1.1K0.06152.54N/AN/A5035052
2015-08-28$47.81$49.0023.8%6.8%24.0%26.5%22.9%11.5%-1.9%71613.4K-1.1K0.0680.59N/AN/A5035052
2015-08-31$47.50$49.0025.8%7.4%24.1%30.3%22.8%6.6%-2.3%47421.8K-1.1K0.0687.38N/AN/A5035052