FTC Options History — October 2015

In October 2015, FTC traded between $45.43 and $48.87. ATM implied volatility averaged 18.8%, placing in the 21.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.0%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.2% (HV 20d: 20.0%). Max pain ranged from $47.00 to $47.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.25.

Notable Days

  • 2015-10-01: Highest Volume — 66 contracts
  • 2015-10-08: Largest IV spike — 124.3% change
  • 2015-10-08: Highest IV Rank — 69.8%
  • 2015-10-08: Largest Expected Move — 8.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$47.69$45.43$48.87$45.43$48.78
Max Pain$47.00$47.00$47.00$47.00$47.00
ATM IV18.8%12.9%38.9%25.6%15.0%
Expected Move5.0%3.7%8.4%7.3%4.3%
HV 20d20.0%11.9%23.3%21.3%11.9%
HV 60d21.6%20.9%21.9%20.9%21.5%
IV Rank21.6%7.5%69.8%38.0%12.7%
IV Percentile66.5%18.3%99.6%97.6%54.0%
Term Structure0.7%-5.1%2.6%-1.2%0.8%
VWIV21.2%20.8%21.5%21.5%20.8%
Skew 25d5.6%0.1%13.0%4.5%5.3%
Skew 10d7.4%-0.5%20.9%8.6%4.8%
Call IV 25d15.2%10.4%21.8%21.8%12.6%
Put IV 25d20.8%16.8%33.4%26.2%17.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %125.0566.16154.3492.28150.74
Gamma HHI0.390.320.460.360.46
Net GEX3.4K3407.0K1.4K5.2K
Net DEX14.1K-11.9K78.9K78.9K-10.0K
Net VEX-890-973-823-900-851
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.250.060.400.060.40
Total Volume32.0910666614
Total OI111.182105117117105

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-10-01$45.43$47.0025.6%7.3%21.3%38.0%21.5%4.5%-1.2%1.4K78.9K-9000.0692.28N/AN/A6246255
2015-10-02$46.51$47.0019.9%5.7%22.9%24.3%20.8%10.0%-0.1%3.5K56.5K-9200.0695.42N/AN/A6246255
2015-10-05$47.22$0.0019.5%5.7%23.3%23.4%0.0%7.2%0.2%6.6K18.4K-9730.0086.10N/AN/A006255
2015-10-06$46.59$0.0018.7%5.5%22.2%21.4%0.0%4.3%0.4%4.9K45.3K-9430.0666.16N/AN/A6246255
2015-10-07$46.91$0.0017.3%5.4%21.7%18.2%0.0%4.0%-1.1%6.9K31.8K-9380.0676.98N/AN/A6246255
2015-10-08$47.37$0.0038.9%8.4%22.0%69.8%0.0%13.0%-5.1%2.2K16.8K-9180.06148.16N/AN/A6246255
2015-10-09$47.48$0.0025.0%5.1%21.9%36.7%0.0%3.2%1.1%5.7K-488-9460.06123.08N/AN/A6246255
2015-10-12$47.82$0.0019.0%4.7%22.0%22.1%0.0%1.8%0.3%7.0K-11.9K-9250.06120.73N/AN/A6246255
2015-10-13$47.43$0.0031.7%4.8%21.6%52.7%0.0%0.1%2.6%5.7K-4.1K-9300.18112.53N/AN/A2246255
2015-10-14$47.00$0.0018.4%5.3%21.6%20.8%0.0%3.6%1.3%6.8K25.2K-8880.18131.21N/AN/A2246255
2015-10-15$47.53$0.0013.5%3.9%22.1%9.1%0.0%7.8%1.9%57318.8K-8830.18125.50N/AN/A2245855
2015-10-16$47.82$0.0015.0%4.3%21.6%12.6%0.0%6.2%2.0%494-7.3K-8810.18131.00N/AN/A2245855
2015-10-19$48.03$0.0015.9%4.6%21.7%14.9%0.0%6.0%0.9%75222.7K-8750.40146.00N/AN/A1045055
2015-10-20$47.90$0.0015.1%4.3%20.6%13.0%0.0%5.0%0.9%1.4K19.8K-8650.40135.78N/AN/A1045055
2015-10-21$47.75$0.0015.1%4.3%20.6%13.0%0.0%3.7%1.6%66816.3K-8950.40141.00N/AN/A1045055
2015-10-22$48.27$0.0016.0%4.6%20.6%15.0%0.0%4.4%1.4%3405.1K-8690.40143.88N/AN/A1045055
2015-10-23$48.50$0.0014.8%4.3%20.6%12.2%0.0%5.6%2.4%1.9K6.9K-8380.40140.35N/AN/A1045055
2015-10-26$48.62$0.0012.9%3.7%16.1%7.5%0.0%7.1%1.4%3.3K-53-8430.40146.24N/AN/A1045055
2015-10-27$48.48$0.0016.3%4.7%15.8%15.7%0.0%7.5%2.6%2.6K1.6K-8460.40141.87N/AN/A1045055
2015-10-28$48.87$0.0014.4%4.1%14.3%11.2%0.0%6.1%0.4%2.9K-9.4K-8230.40141.74N/AN/A1045055
2015-10-29$48.84$0.0014.5%4.2%13.9%11.5%0.0%6.4%0.8%4.3K-10.3K-8290.40154.34N/AN/A1045055
2015-10-30$48.78$0.0015.0%4.3%11.9%12.7%0.0%5.3%0.8%5.2K-10.0K-8510.40150.74N/AN/A1045055