FTC Options History — September 2017

In September 2017, FTC traded between $55.96 and $57.48. ATM implied volatility averaged 16.8%, placing in the 27.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 7.1% (HV 20d: 9.7%). Max pain ranged from $57.00 to $57.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.34.

Notable Days

  • 2017-09-26: Highest Volume — 40 contracts
  • 2017-09-14: Largest IV spike — 553.1% change
  • 2017-09-14: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2017-09-14: Largest Expected Move — 20.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$56.64$55.96$57.48$56.49$57.48
Max Pain$57.00$57.00$57.00$57.00$57.00
ATM IV16.8%10.5%70.8%14.7%12.9%
Expected Move4.2%3.0%20.3%4.2%3.7%
HV 20d9.7%7.5%12.6%12.2%8.1%
HV 60d9.6%9.2%10.0%9.9%9.2%
IV Rank27.9%3.8%100.0%37.2%7.8%
IV Percentile48.9%1.6%100.0%78.2%45.6%
Term Structure-2.4%-31.4%2.3%-3.9%-2.2%
VWIV15.0%10.4%72.0%12.0%12.4%
Skew 25d3.0%-3.8%24.7%-3.0%-3.8%
Skew 10d3.6%-1.9%24.7%4.5%3.3%
Call IV 25d15.0%10.2%74.8%12.1%11.1%
Put IV 25d18.0%7.4%99.5%9.1%7.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %135.76128.35176.07156.04128.35
Gamma HHI0.840.481.001.000.48
Net GEX9.5K-2.7K19.5K5.5K19.3K
Net DEX-47.2K-114.3K-22.3K-28.3K-114.3K
Net VEX-177-413-80-96-394
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.340.005.000.000.33
Total Volume16240240
Total OI2412521252

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-09-01$56.49$0.0014.7%4.2%12.2%37.2%0.0%-3.0%-3.9%5.5K-28.3K-960.00156.04N/AN/A20120
2017-09-05$55.96$57.0013.9%3.3%12.6%32.4%12.0%2.0%1.0%6.4K-26.6K-920.00131.41N/AN/A20120
2017-09-06$56.01$57.0018.1%3.2%12.5%56.2%12.1%5.3%1.0%6.1K-25.3K-890.00132.20N/AN/A20120
2017-09-07$56.00$57.0015.5%3.2%12.4%41.4%10.7%6.1%0.7%5.6K-22.3K-830.00133.76N/AN/A20120
2017-09-08$56.02$57.0018.1%3.1%10.8%56.2%14.1%3.4%2.3%5.7K-24.9K-850.00130.64N/AN/A20120
2017-09-11$56.70$57.0020.9%3.1%11.5%71.5%12.1%3.8%-0.6%6.6K-29.4K-875.00128.52N/AN/A210120
2017-09-12$56.82$57.0022.4%3.1%10.5%79.8%10.8%3.5%1.0%3.4K-27.2K-985.00129.49N/AN/A2101210
2017-09-13$56.72$57.0010.8%3.1%10.5%15.6%11.1%4.1%0.6%3.2K-25.8K-955.00130.63N/AN/A2101210
2017-09-14$56.67$57.0070.8%20.3%10.5%100.0%72.0%24.7%-31.4%-2.7K-31.5K-905.00176.07N/AN/A2101210
2017-09-15$56.61$57.0010.7%3.1%8.8%4.2%11.3%4.0%-0.6%7.3K-31.0K-835.00135.31N/AN/A2101210
2017-09-18$56.97$57.0011.5%3.3%8.9%5.4%11.9%1.2%-1.1%8.3K-31.8K-800.00134.46N/AN/A120120
2017-09-19$56.91$57.0010.5%3.0%8.8%3.8%10.4%0.3%-1.0%11.3K-65.6K-2110.00131.19N/AN/A120220
2017-09-20$56.96$57.0012.0%3.4%7.6%6.3%11.5%1.0%-2.3%11.7K-65.0K-2090.00130.60N/AN/A120220
2017-09-21$56.83$57.0011.6%3.3%7.5%5.7%11.4%0.3%0.9%12.0K-63.5K-2070.00130.24N/AN/A120220
2017-09-22$56.88$57.0011.9%3.4%7.5%6.1%11.7%-0.7%-1.8%11.9K-62.2K-2050.00130.21N/AN/A120220
2017-09-25$56.38$57.0012.0%3.4%8.3%6.3%12.0%1.6%-1.4%12.5K-52.2K-1930.50139.63N/AN/A2010220
2017-09-26$56.49$57.0012.0%3.4%8.3%6.3%11.6%-0.1%-2.6%17.4K-26.5K-3130.33138.31N/AN/A30103210
2017-09-27$56.97$57.0012.4%3.6%8.7%7.0%13.2%3.6%-3.7%19.5K-93.3K-4130.33135.15N/AN/A30104210
2017-09-28$57.02$57.0013.4%3.8%8.4%8.5%13.4%1.9%-3.8%18.8K-96.6K-4080.33132.95N/AN/A30104210
2017-09-29$57.48$57.0012.9%3.7%8.1%7.8%12.4%-3.8%-2.2%19.3K-114.3K-3940.33128.35N/AN/A30104210