FTC Options History — May 2016

In May 2016, FTC traded between $47.95 and $49.16. ATM implied volatility averaged 13.5%, placing in the 9.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.2% (HV 20d: 10.2%). Max pain ranged from $47.00 to $48.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.68.

Notable Days

  • 2016-05-04: Highest Volume — 95 contracts
  • 2016-05-24: Largest IV drop — 17.4% change
  • 2016-05-18: Highest IV Rank — 13.1%
  • 2016-05-18: Largest Expected Move — 4.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$48.51$47.95$49.16$48.34$49.14
Max Pain$47.86$47.00$48.00$47.00$48.00
ATM IV13.5%11.0%15.2%13.6%12.3%
Expected Move3.9%3.1%4.4%3.9%3.5%
HV 20d10.2%8.2%12.1%10.1%10.8%
HV 60d10.7%9.9%13.6%13.6%10.0%
IV Rank9.0%2.9%13.1%9.2%6.1%
IV Percentile23.1%0.4%42.5%24.2%8.3%
Term Structure14.8%-0.6%58.7%0.6%0.9%
VWIV14.6%12.4%18.6%18.6%13.5%
Skew 25d5.1%1.4%9.2%7.8%1.4%
Skew 10d4.6%1.5%9.7%3.7%3.5%
Call IV 25d12.3%9.2%15.0%12.6%12.2%
Put IV 25d17.3%12.6%20.4%20.4%13.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %121.34101.59138.19128.16138.00
Gamma HHI0.690.551.001.000.58
Net GEX4.1K-6.4K8.0K3267.3K
Net DEX-95.9K-172.5K-17.9K-61.3K-106.8K
Net VEX-303-491-168-177-191
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.680.430.800.800.43
Total Volume79.38145954567
Total OI73.57145954555

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-05-02$48.34$47.0013.6%3.9%10.1%9.2%18.6%7.8%0.6%326-61.3K-1770.80128.16N/AN/A25202520
2016-05-03$48.04$47.0015.0%4.3%9.9%12.5%15.5%4.2%-0.1%939-58.0K-1710.80125.50N/AN/A25202520
2016-05-04$48.00$47.0015.0%4.3%9.2%12.6%16.6%4.8%-0.3%339-61.0K-1680.73128.35N/AN/A55402520
2016-05-05$47.98$48.0015.1%4.3%8.2%12.8%14.9%6.5%47.2%4.5K-92.1K-4910.73112.34N/AN/A55405540
2016-05-06$48.29$48.0014.2%4.2%8.5%10.8%14.8%7.6%0.1%5.2K-93.3K-4710.73101.59N/AN/A55405540
2016-05-09$48.62$48.0012.4%3.8%8.7%6.4%14.6%8.8%1.0%5.5K-138.9K-3940.73105.19N/AN/A55405540
2016-05-10$49.10$48.0013.7%3.7%9.2%9.6%13.3%2.1%25.5%5.4K-172.5K-3470.73117.04N/AN/A55405540
2016-05-11$48.61$48.0013.4%3.8%9.9%8.8%14.6%3.9%2.8%4.6K-157.3K-3650.73117.03N/AN/A55405540
2016-05-12$48.70$48.0013.1%3.8%9.8%8.0%14.9%6.8%1.3%5.7K-146.3K-3720.73112.21N/AN/A55405540
2016-05-13$48.46$48.0014.9%4.3%10.0%12.3%14.9%6.8%55.0%4.4K-134.6K-3810.73117.47N/AN/A55405540
2016-05-16$48.82$48.0014.0%4.0%10.1%10.1%14.9%9.2%2.3%5.8K-153.5K-3330.73103.11N/AN/A55405540
2016-05-17$48.66$48.0013.3%3.8%10.1%8.4%14.7%6.3%0.7%6.1K-150.3K-3290.73123.05N/AN/A55405540
2016-05-18$48.00$48.0015.2%4.4%11.2%13.1%15.2%3.3%56.7%-5.3K-25.7K-3240.73112.90N/AN/A55403540
2016-05-19$47.95$48.0015.1%4.3%10.7%12.8%15.0%2.4%58.7%-6.4K-17.9K-3170.73120.39N/AN/A55403540
2016-05-20$48.15$48.0014.5%4.1%10.8%11.3%14.5%5.4%56.2%5.1K-46.6K-3020.73120.33N/AN/A55403540
2016-05-23$48.07$48.0013.5%3.9%10.9%9.0%13.5%4.2%1.2%7.2K-44.8K-2840.57129.29N/AN/A35203520
2016-05-24$48.83$48.0011.1%3.2%12.1%3.3%13.4%7.2%0.3%6.9K-75.2K-2610.57127.95N/AN/A35203520
2016-05-25$48.87$48.0011.8%3.4%12.0%4.9%12.4%3.1%-0.6%6.7K-79.7K-2570.57136.12N/AN/A35203520
2016-05-26$48.90$48.0011.0%3.1%11.2%2.9%13.3%3.3%0.5%7.0K-83.5K-2420.57133.88N/AN/A35203520
2016-05-27$49.16$48.0011.2%3.2%11.3%3.5%12.5%2.0%1.3%8.0K-115.1K-1890.57138.19N/AN/A35203520
2016-05-31$49.14$48.0012.3%3.5%10.8%6.1%13.5%1.4%0.9%7.3K-106.8K-1910.43138.00N/AN/A47203520