FTC Options History — July 2018

In July 2018, FTC traded between $65.74 and $68.70. ATM implied volatility averaged 11.4%, placing in the 1.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.7% (HV 20d: 13.0%). Max pain ranged from $68.00 to $69.00. Net GEX was positive for 16 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.82.

Notable Days

  • 2018-07-31: Highest Volume — 52 contracts
  • 2018-07-06: Largest IV drop — 21.5% change
  • 2018-07-05: Highest IV Rank — 4.2%
  • 2018-07-02: Largest Expected Move — 3.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$67.59$65.74$68.70$66.05$66.92
Max Pain$68.90$68.00$69.00$68.00$69.00
ATM IV11.4%9.9%14.0%13.3%11.9%
Expected Move3.3%2.8%3.8%3.8%3.4%
HV 20d13.0%9.4%14.8%12.9%12.6%
HV 60d12.4%11.3%13.6%13.6%12.1%
IV Rank1.8%0.5%4.2%3.6%2.3%
IV Percentile23.5%2.0%71.0%58.3%34.5%
Term Structure1.1%-1.8%3.1%-0.3%0.2%
VWIV10.8%8.5%14.9%14.9%12.9%
Skew 25d3.0%-0.8%5.2%4.5%3.2%
Skew 10d3.1%1.5%6.1%3.0%2.2%
Call IV 25d11.7%9.3%14.9%14.0%12.1%
Put IV 25d14.6%11.8%18.5%18.5%15.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %126.45115.01134.56121.72132.05
Gamma HHI0.260.190.360.190.23
Net GEX918-4.4K7.6K2.6K2.5K
Net DEX-58.6K-89.7K-22.4K-22.4K-32.8K
Net VEX-369-460-290-460-303
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.820.630.910.800.63
Total Volume44.47642524552
Total OI4442454542

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-07-02$66.05$68.0013.3%3.8%12.9%3.6%14.9%4.5%-0.3%2.6K-22.4K-4600.80121.72N/AN/A25202520
2018-07-03$65.74$68.0012.1%3.5%12.9%2.5%13.7%3.4%0.9%2.9K-28.9K-4450.80122.41N/AN/A25202520
2018-07-05$66.24$69.0014.0%3.8%12.8%4.2%12.2%4.5%1.4%2.6K-26.1K-4490.80118.20N/AN/A25202520
2018-07-06$67.04$69.0011.0%3.5%13.5%1.4%10.6%4.9%1.5%2.4K-40.2K-4370.80115.01N/AN/A25202520
2018-07-09$67.56$69.0012.3%3.2%13.7%2.7%9.9%2.5%1.1%1.6K-52.8K-4250.80122.78N/AN/A25202520
2018-07-10$67.73$69.0010.0%3.2%13.7%0.5%8.8%2.9%0.9%2.3K-57.8K-4160.80126.93N/AN/A25202520
2018-07-11$67.29$69.0011.1%3.2%13.7%1.6%9.4%5.2%3.0%2.2K-51.2K-4140.80126.03N/AN/A25202520
2018-07-12$68.05$69.0011.5%3.3%14.4%1.9%9.6%4.6%1.8%845-66.1K-4010.80127.05N/AN/A25202520
2018-07-13$68.06$69.0011.3%3.2%14.3%1.7%10.0%3.4%1.8%1.0K-77.8K-3670.80128.62N/AN/A25202520
2018-07-16$67.70$69.0010.5%3.0%14.4%1.0%10.2%1.7%2.3%1.2K-67.8K-3830.80127.39N/AN/A25202520
2018-07-17$68.28$69.0010.0%2.9%14.8%0.5%8.5%3.9%3.1%636-68.9K-3780.80126.41N/AN/A25202520
2018-07-18$68.43$69.0011.0%3.2%14.5%1.5%9.9%3.5%2.5%1.6K-83.4K-3440.80128.91N/AN/A25202520
2018-07-19$68.30$69.0011.5%3.3%14.3%1.9%9.6%3.8%1.5%2.4K-87.0K-3100.80129.47N/AN/A25202520
2018-07-20$68.19$69.0011.1%3.2%13.7%1.6%9.8%3.6%1.8%7.6K-89.7K-3280.80134.56N/AN/A25202520
2018-07-23$68.16$69.0010.9%3.1%13.7%1.4%10.1%2.5%0.9%-2.5K-63.6K-3350.91131.70N/AN/A22202220
2018-07-24$67.89$69.0011.3%3.2%10.1%1.8%11.7%0.0%0.3%-4.4K-64.1K-3300.91125.87N/AN/A22202220
2018-07-25$68.70$69.009.9%2.8%10.8%0.5%9.1%3.1%-0.2%-3.5K-75.1K-2900.91128.91N/AN/A22202220
2018-07-26$68.70$69.0011.5%3.3%9.4%1.9%10.3%1.9%-1.8%-3.4K-79.4K-3020.91130.01N/AN/A22202220
2018-07-27$67.64$69.0010.7%3.1%11.3%1.2%11.8%-0.8%0.8%-2.1K-57.5K-3150.91128.42N/AN/A22202220
2018-07-30$66.63$69.0011.8%3.4%12.6%2.2%14.2%-0.4%0.1%891-37.2K-3250.91123.02N/AN/A22202220
2018-07-31$66.92$69.0011.9%3.4%12.6%2.3%12.9%3.2%0.2%2.5K-32.8K-3030.63132.05N/AN/A32202220