FTC Options History — September 2015

In September 2015, FTC traded between $44.67 and $48.31. ATM implied volatility averaged 22.7%, placing in the 29.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 3.6% (HV 20d: 26.3%). Max pain ranged from $47.00 to $49.00. Net GEX was positive for 17 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.06.

Notable Days

  • 2015-09-16: Highest Volume — 67 contracts
  • 2015-09-28: Largest IV spike — 20.4% change
  • 2015-09-28: Highest IV Rank — 44.9%
  • 2015-09-01: Largest Expected Move — 8.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$46.90$44.67$48.31$45.98$45.69
Max Pain$47.24$47.00$49.00$49.00$47.00
ATM IV22.7%18.0%29.9%29.9%23.0%
Expected Move6.5%5.2%8.6%8.6%6.6%
HV 20d26.3%20.6%29.4%26.3%22.2%
HV 60d19.5%18.2%21.1%18.2%21.1%
IV Rank29.9%19.8%44.9%38.0%31.8%
IV Percentile92.3%79.8%98.8%98.8%93.7%
Term Structure0.2%-2.0%4.1%4.1%-1.0%
VWIV21.4%13.8%27.0%27.0%15.6%
Skew 25d7.9%1.7%12.9%5.5%12.9%
Skew 10d12.5%4.1%18.3%4.1%11.9%
Call IV 25d18.8%13.9%27.5%27.5%15.8%
Put IV 25d26.7%21.0%33.0%33.0%28.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %83.0366.1394.8394.0991.71
Gamma HHI0.390.350.410.410.36
Net GEX2.1K-1.0K4.7K-1.0K1.4K
Net DEX26.7K-39.0K100.8K65.6K81.4K
Net VEX-1.0K-1.1K-853-1.0K-886
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.060.050.080.060.06
Total Volume57.3330675366
Total OI112102117102117

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-09-01$45.98$49.0029.9%8.6%26.3%38.0%27.0%5.5%4.1%-1.0K65.6K-1.0K0.0694.09N/AN/A5035052
2015-09-02$46.79$49.0023.9%6.9%27.1%26.8%15.1%10.0%0.2%-6247.2K-1.1K0.0683.92N/AN/A5035052
2015-09-03$47.07$0.0025.3%6.8%27.0%29.3%0.0%8.3%-0.1%10731.1K-1.1K0.0666.13N/AN/A5035052
2015-09-04$46.58$0.0024.1%6.9%27.2%34.5%0.0%10.0%-0.4%-41051.9K-1.0K0.0669.79N/AN/A5035052
2015-09-08$47.66$0.0022.3%6.2%28.3%30.1%0.0%12.5%0.6%16426.7K-1.1K0.0071.09N/AN/A005052
2015-09-09$46.95$0.0022.9%6.6%28.6%31.6%22.8%7.7%-0.6%10035.4K-1.1K0.0571.91N/AN/A6235052
2015-09-10$47.13$47.0023.3%6.7%28.7%32.4%23.8%10.3%-1.1%3.4K1.5K-1.1K0.0575.27N/AN/A6236252
2015-09-11$47.45$47.0022.4%6.4%28.9%30.2%22.3%9.8%0.2%3.5K3.1K-1.1K0.0576.96N/AN/A6236252
2015-09-14$47.30$47.0023.7%6.8%28.7%33.4%23.5%8.7%-1.1%3.6K-780-1.1K0.0683.89N/AN/A6246252
2015-09-15$47.94$47.0020.0%5.7%29.2%24.5%0.0%12.1%1.1%3.8K-14.1K-1.1K0.0080.76N/AN/A026253
2015-09-16$48.31$47.0019.8%5.7%29.4%24.2%23.4%10.2%0.7%3.8K-26.7K-1.1K0.0886.14N/AN/A6256254
2015-09-17$48.30$47.0018.0%5.2%29.4%19.8%13.8%4.5%0.4%3.9K-39.0K-1.1K0.0894.83N/AN/A6256254
2015-09-18$47.62$47.0020.2%5.8%28.5%25.1%22.8%3.7%1.4%4.2K-4.3K-1.1K0.0884.21N/AN/A6256255
2015-09-21$47.66$47.0018.0%5.2%26.1%19.9%20.4%6.9%2.8%4.7K-8.5K-1.1K0.0689.52N/AN/A6246254
2015-09-22$46.81$47.0021.4%6.1%24.1%28.0%21.4%7.0%-0.9%3.4K21.0K-1.1K0.0685.65N/AN/A6246254
2015-09-23$46.99$47.0021.2%6.1%23.9%27.5%21.2%8.9%-0.3%3.7K17.4K-1.1K0.0691.00N/AN/A6246255
2015-09-24$46.60$47.0020.2%5.8%22.0%25.1%19.3%7.1%2.1%3.3K41.7K-1.0K0.0688.91N/AN/A6246255
2015-09-25$46.47$47.0023.7%6.8%20.6%33.4%21.0%5.4%-0.6%3.1K41.2K-1.0K0.0690.27N/AN/A6246255
2015-09-28$45.00$47.0028.5%8.2%23.3%44.9%25.6%3.3%-2.0%49788.3K-9010.0680.27N/AN/A6246255
2015-09-29$44.67$47.0025.8%7.4%23.3%38.4%25.1%1.7%-1.5%-337100.8K-8530.0687.31N/AN/A6246255
2015-09-30$45.69$47.0023.0%6.6%22.2%31.8%15.6%12.9%-1.0%1.4K81.4K-8860.0691.71N/AN/A6246255