FTC Options History — October 2017

In October 2017, FTC traded between $57.72 and $59.56. ATM implied volatility averaged 11.8%, placing in the 6.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.7% (HV 20d: 6.1%). Max pain ranged from $56.00 to $57.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.31.

Notable Days

  • 2017-10-16: Highest Volume — 50 contracts
  • 2017-10-11: Largest IV drop — 23.9% change
  • 2017-10-10: Highest IV Rank — 9.0%
  • 2017-10-30: Largest Expected Move — 3.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$58.82$57.72$59.56$57.72$59.54
Max Pain$56.14$56.00$57.00$57.00$56.00
ATM IV11.8%10.1%13.7%12.5%11.5%
Expected Move3.3%2.9%3.8%3.6%3.3%
HV 20d6.1%4.7%8.2%8.2%5.5%
HV 60d8.8%8.6%9.0%9.0%8.9%
IV Rank6.1%3.2%9.0%7.2%5.5%
IV Percentile25.3%0.8%62.3%38.1%17.5%
Term Structure-1.0%-2.4%1.0%-1.4%-1.1%
VWIV13.2%6.1%15.3%13.4%13.3%
Skew 25d0.9%-5.2%3.5%1.0%1.1%
Skew 10d3.3%-2.4%5.4%3.7%2.9%
Call IV 25d11.5%9.8%14.1%13.4%12.3%
Put IV 25d12.4%6.2%14.4%14.4%13.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %141.45131.27148.22131.27141.31
Gamma HHI0.390.270.500.500.36
Net GEX9.7K90319.2K16.1K903
Net DEX-159.4K-241.1K-98.4K-124.6K-121.1K
Net VEX-286-379-208-379-230
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.310.250.330.330.33
Total Volume42.27340504040
Total OI5040625240

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-10-02$57.72$57.0012.5%3.6%8.2%7.2%13.4%1.0%-1.4%16.1K-124.6K-3790.33131.27N/AN/A30104210
2017-10-03$57.86$57.0011.5%3.3%7.2%5.5%12.6%1.6%-2.4%19.2K-147.6K-3450.33132.34N/AN/A30104210
2017-10-04$58.02$57.0011.6%3.3%7.2%5.7%13.4%1.2%-0.5%18.1K-152.4K-3230.33131.32N/AN/A30104210
2017-10-05$58.44$56.0013.2%3.2%7.4%8.2%12.9%1.9%0.9%14.5K-160.6K-3260.33138.74N/AN/A30104210
2017-10-06$58.48$56.0013.0%3.2%7.4%7.9%12.7%2.0%1.0%12.7K-163.7K-3200.33138.40N/AN/A30104210
2017-10-09$58.52$56.0013.6%3.1%6.4%8.9%12.5%2.3%-1.3%12.2K-167.1K-2970.33144.65N/AN/A30104210
2017-10-10$58.56$56.0013.7%3.1%6.4%9.0%14.1%2.3%-2.1%12.5K-169.0K-2880.33143.32N/AN/A30104210
2017-10-11$58.69$56.0010.4%3.0%6.3%3.7%14.2%2.1%-0.8%11.6K-176.3K-2730.33143.68N/AN/A30104210
2017-10-12$58.75$56.0010.1%2.9%6.2%3.2%14.4%2.8%-1.3%11.1K-179.8K-2650.33144.27N/AN/A30104210
2017-10-13$58.86$56.0010.7%3.1%6.1%4.3%14.0%1.3%-0.5%8.1K-196.4K-2150.33140.99N/AN/A30104210
2017-10-16$58.97$56.0012.0%3.4%5.9%6.3%13.8%3.1%-1.8%8.6K-193.3K-2080.25140.46N/AN/A40104210
2017-10-17$58.88$56.0010.7%3.1%6.0%4.2%14.9%2.8%-1.3%14.8K-210.8K-3360.25143.71N/AN/A40105210
2017-10-18$58.91$56.0011.6%3.3%6.0%5.7%12.8%2.2%-1.3%12.1K-221.8K-3100.25141.08N/AN/A40105210
2017-10-19$58.96$56.0010.9%3.1%5.8%4.5%15.3%3.5%-1.6%13.1K-217.6K-3140.25143.68N/AN/A40105210
2017-10-20$59.34$56.0012.4%3.6%6.0%7.0%14.2%1.1%-0.2%5.2K-241.1K-2840.25144.38N/AN/A40105210
2017-10-23$59.20$56.0011.9%3.4%4.7%6.1%13.1%-0.7%-1.0%3.3K-114.6K-2640.33138.06N/AN/A30103010
2017-10-24$59.33$56.0012.0%3.4%4.7%6.3%13.6%0.9%-1.4%4.5K-115.7K-2570.33147.01N/AN/A30103010
2017-10-25$58.95$56.0011.9%3.4%5.2%6.1%15.2%-3.5%0.1%5.2K-98.4K-2890.33147.71N/AN/A30103010
2017-10-26$59.09$56.0011.5%3.3%5.2%5.6%13.0%1.1%-1.5%2.6K-110.3K-2590.33148.22N/AN/A30103010
2017-10-27$59.56$56.0010.7%3.1%5.1%4.2%6.1%-5.2%-0.5%1.6K-116.2K-2460.33142.38N/AN/A30103010
2017-10-30$59.31$56.0013.2%3.8%5.5%8.2%10.9%-5.2%-1.7%5.0K-107.7K-2610.33144.88N/AN/A30103010
2017-10-31$59.54$56.0011.5%3.3%5.5%5.5%13.3%1.1%-1.1%903-121.1K-2300.33141.31N/AN/A30103010