FTC Options History — April 2018

In April 2018, FTC traded between $62.00 and $65.76. ATM implied volatility averaged 15.5%, placing in the 6.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.4%. IV traded below realized volatility by 10.9% (HV 20d: 26.3%). Max pain ranged from $62.00 to $62.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.11.

Notable Days

  • 2018-04-02: Highest Volume — 38 contracts
  • 2018-04-06: Largest IV spike — 29.5% change
  • 2018-04-02: Highest IV Rank — 12.2%
  • 2018-04-02: Largest Expected Move — 6.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$63.83$62.00$65.76$62.00$63.76
Max Pain$62.00$62.00$62.00$62.00$62.00
ATM IV15.5%12.2%21.4%21.4%13.2%
Expected Move4.4%3.5%6.1%6.1%3.8%
HV 20d26.3%19.5%29.3%26.0%19.5%
HV 60d22.4%21.2%23.2%21.2%23.2%
IV Rank6.8%3.8%12.2%12.2%4.7%
IV Percentile75.3%43.7%96.4%96.4%59.5%
Term Structure0.3%-1.7%3.1%-1.7%-1.5%
VWIV19.5%17.6%21.1%21.1%17.6%
Skew 25d3.5%-3.0%8.1%-1.6%2.9%
Skew 10d4.5%-3.0%13.1%3.2%-3.0%
Call IV 25d14.4%8.8%21.3%21.3%13.7%
Put IV 25d17.9%11.2%28.5%19.7%16.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %115.8095.06130.95114.52129.56
Gamma HHI0.340.270.400.320.39
Net GEX7.9K5.4K11.1K8.6K5.7K
Net DEX-96.1K-149.7K-57.3K-57.3K-67.1K
Net VEX-408-459-369-449-369
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.110.000.150.150.00
Total Volume33.71423383823
Total OI31.8123383823

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-04-02$62.00$62.0021.4%6.1%26.0%12.2%21.1%-1.6%-1.7%8.6K-57.3K-4490.15114.52N/AN/A335335
2018-04-03$62.65$62.0018.3%5.2%26.0%9.4%19.9%7.5%-1.3%9.0K-69.7K-4540.15113.42N/AN/A335335
2018-04-04$63.61$62.0015.1%4.3%26.6%6.4%17.6%8.0%3.1%9.5K-84.0K-4590.15113.05N/AN/A335335
2018-04-05$63.91$0.0015.9%4.7%26.5%7.2%0.0%3.6%0.8%8.4K-92.5K-4520.15101.91N/AN/A335335
2018-04-06$62.33$0.0020.6%5.4%27.8%11.5%0.0%-2.7%-0.7%9.9K-61.5K-4360.1595.06N/AN/A335335
2018-04-09$62.75$0.0018.4%5.0%26.7%9.5%0.0%8.1%0.2%9.6K-73.9K-4360.1598.47N/AN/A335335
2018-04-10$63.80$0.0019.1%4.8%27.6%10.1%0.0%4.4%0.1%9.3K-88.8K-4340.15109.15N/AN/A335335
2018-04-11$63.50$0.0016.9%4.9%27.5%8.1%0.0%6.1%0.7%10.2K-114.6K-4240.15118.67N/AN/A335330
2018-04-12$64.38$0.0016.1%4.6%28.1%7.3%0.0%6.3%-0.0%10.9K-134.0K-4010.15112.92N/AN/A335330
2018-04-13$63.54$0.0014.6%4.2%28.4%6.0%0.0%1.9%1.0%9.4K-127.4K-4020.15114.60N/AN/A335330
2018-04-16$64.36$0.0014.4%4.1%28.8%5.8%0.0%4.1%0.5%11.1K-131.7K-3970.15119.80N/AN/A335330
2018-04-17$65.44$0.0012.6%3.6%29.2%4.2%0.0%5.2%1.8%7.8K-141.6K-4010.15117.53N/AN/A335330
2018-04-18$65.76$0.0012.2%3.5%29.2%3.8%0.0%4.2%0.5%6.5K-149.7K-3930.15125.92N/AN/A335330
2018-04-19$65.21$0.0014.8%4.3%29.3%6.2%0.0%2.3%0.0%6.2K-147.3K-3930.15120.20N/AN/A335330
2018-04-20$64.72$0.0013.5%3.9%27.2%5.0%0.0%5.3%1.2%5.7K-142.1K-3910.15114.76N/AN/A335330
2018-04-23$64.51$0.0012.3%3.5%25.5%3.8%0.0%0.1%0.4%5.7K-75.8K-3850.00124.43N/AN/A230230
2018-04-24$63.25$0.0013.5%3.9%24.4%5.0%0.0%-3.0%0.4%5.5K-63.9K-3750.00123.13N/AN/A230230
2018-04-25$63.11$0.0015.0%4.3%22.9%6.3%0.0%3.7%0.3%5.4K-61.9K-3720.00105.52N/AN/A230230
2018-04-26$64.00$0.0013.5%3.9%23.3%5.0%0.0%4.0%-0.3%5.8K-65.7K-3730.00128.19N/AN/A230230
2018-04-27$63.87$0.0013.3%3.8%22.2%4.8%0.0%2.3%0.3%5.7K-66.7K-3750.00130.95N/AN/A230230
2018-04-30$63.76$0.0013.2%3.8%19.5%4.7%0.0%2.9%-1.5%5.7K-67.1K-3690.00129.56N/AN/A230230