FTC Options History — April 2016

In April 2016, FTC traded between $47.88 and $48.74. ATM implied volatility averaged 13.5%, placing in the 8.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.9% (HV 20d: 9.6%). Max pain ranged from $46.00 to $47.00. Net GEX was positive for 17 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.99.

Notable Days

  • 2016-04-01: Highest Volume — 76 contracts
  • 2016-04-05: Largest IV spike — 44.4% change
  • 2016-04-12: Highest IV Rank — 24.1%
  • 2016-04-07: Largest Expected Move — 4.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$48.29$47.88$48.74$48.74$47.88
Max Pain$46.95$46.00$47.00$46.00$47.00
ATM IV13.5%9.7%19.8%9.7%12.8%
Expected Move3.7%2.8%4.4%2.8%3.7%
HV 20d9.6%8.8%10.6%8.8%9.5%
HV 60d15.6%13.5%17.7%17.7%13.5%
IV Rank8.9%0.0%24.1%0.0%7.3%
IV Percentile21.1%0.0%67.5%0.0%14.3%
Term Structure9.5%-2.2%53.4%0.6%0.8%
VWIV13.9%11.1%16.2%13.7%11.9%
Skew 25d3.9%-0.6%7.8%6.7%1.2%
Skew 10d4.5%0.8%15.7%15.7%1.8%
Call IV 25d11.9%9.7%14.1%12.7%12.7%
Put IV 25d15.9%10.2%19.6%19.5%13.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %116.4796.74131.07118.61123.19
Gamma HHI0.850.501.001.001.00
Net GEX425-1.2K1.8K581323
Net DEX-81.9K-116.5K-52.8K-116.5K-57.1K
Net VEX-235-314-170-243-181
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.990.801.171.170.80
Total Volume61.23845767645
Total OI62.28645787845

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-04-01$48.74$46.009.7%2.8%8.8%0.0%0.0%6.7%0.6%581-116.5K-2431.17118.61N/AN/A35413543
2016-04-04$48.51$47.0011.1%3.1%9.1%3.2%13.7%5.0%40.6%-1.2K-101.9K-3021.1796.74N/AN/A35413543
2016-04-05$48.11$47.0016.0%4.3%9.4%15.0%16.2%7.8%5.0%-814-83.1K-3141.17113.53N/AN/A35413543
2016-04-06$48.58$47.0011.9%3.8%9.3%5.3%13.8%3.1%4.6%1.1K-96.8K-2751.17104.43N/AN/A35413543
2016-04-07$48.02$47.0015.8%4.4%10.6%14.6%15.4%6.7%4.7%-468-85.3K-3061.17109.69N/AN/A35413543
2016-04-08$48.11$47.0013.7%4.2%10.6%9.5%15.5%4.1%39.2%18-89.4K-2901.17111.59N/AN/A35413543
2016-04-11$47.94$47.0019.1%4.2%9.3%22.3%13.4%4.9%24.5%-1.1K-90.4K-2791.17109.34N/AN/A35413543
2016-04-12$48.14$47.0019.8%4.1%9.4%24.1%13.3%4.2%10.8%591-96.8K-2551.17112.88N/AN/A35413543
2016-04-13$48.41$47.0011.5%3.3%9.4%4.3%14.2%5.4%53.4%37-97.8K-2571.17103.55N/AN/A35413543
2016-04-14$48.33$47.0012.4%3.6%9.3%6.3%12.8%2.5%4.1%529-109.9K-2321.17109.86N/AN/A35413543
2016-04-15$48.42$47.0012.8%3.7%9.3%7.2%15.3%6.0%10.8%650-113.1K-2251.17125.05N/AN/A35413543
2016-04-18$48.73$47.0012.3%3.5%9.4%6.1%15.1%5.4%-0.7%1.8K-82.4K-1700.80115.06N/AN/A25202520
2016-04-19$48.59$47.0012.7%3.6%9.5%7.0%15.7%5.8%-1.6%1.3K-68.9K-2010.80109.45N/AN/A25202520
2016-04-20$48.50$47.0012.8%3.7%9.5%7.3%11.1%-0.3%3.0%1.5K-60.7K-2210.80119.41N/AN/A25202520
2016-04-21$48.05$47.0013.8%4.0%10.0%9.7%12.0%-0.6%0.5%1.2K-59.0K-2180.80121.58N/AN/A25202520
2016-04-22$48.06$47.0011.8%3.4%9.9%5.0%14.2%5.2%0.8%702-59.7K-2090.80128.10N/AN/A25202520
2016-04-25$48.08$47.0013.4%3.8%9.8%8.8%15.6%6.0%-0.1%467-58.1K-2060.80128.54N/AN/A25202520
2016-04-26$48.28$47.0012.5%3.6%9.3%6.7%13.1%1.7%1.2%686-69.0K-1800.80131.07N/AN/A25202520
2016-04-27$48.53$47.0011.6%3.3%9.3%4.6%12.9%1.4%-1.3%329-70.3K-1780.80127.52N/AN/A25202520
2016-04-28$48.00$47.0015.4%4.4%10.1%13.5%12.6%0.1%-2.2%777-52.8K-1980.80126.72N/AN/A25202520
2016-04-29$47.88$47.0012.8%3.7%9.5%7.3%11.9%1.2%0.8%323-57.1K-1810.80123.19N/AN/A25202520