MFC Options History — October 2018

In October 2018, MFC traded between $15.03 and $18.03. ATM implied volatility averaged 30.9%, placing in the 10.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.8% (HV 20d: 30.0%). Max pain ranged from $18.00 to $19.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 3.05.

Notable Days

  • 2018-10-04: Highest Volume — 24,200 contracts
  • 2018-10-04: Largest IV spike — 42.9% change
  • 2018-10-29: Highest IV Rank — 18.0%
  • 2018-10-29: Largest Expected Move — 12.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$16.22$15.03$18.03$17.94$15.78
Max Pain$18.04$18.00$19.00$18.00$18.00
ATM IV30.9%19.3%43.7%20.3%35.2%
Expected Move8.9%5.5%12.5%5.8%10.1%
HV 20d30.0%18.3%43.1%19.7%42.7%
HV 60d22.8%17.4%29.1%17.4%29.1%
IV Rank10.3%3.5%18.0%4.1%12.9%
IV Percentile91.7%44.4%99.6%53.6%98.4%
Term Structure-2.5%-14.9%3.9%1.7%-4.0%
VWIV30.8%19.1%39.6%20.9%35.3%
Skew 25d7.0%0.7%19.6%0.7%4.5%
Skew 10d15.9%-2.0%52.4%-2.0%18.2%
Call IV 25d27.8%17.7%37.6%23.9%34.7%
Put IV 25d34.8%21.2%52.0%24.6%39.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %66.9822.93115.6172.3782.32
Gamma HHI0.440.310.780.780.35
Net GEX-847.2K-1.5M-443.4K-1.3M-546.9K
Net DEX23.4M8.6M37.8M8.6M15.4M
Net VEX-47.2K-60.0K-33.4K-33.4K-48.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio3.050.518.343.482.83
Total Volume4,977.3481,87624,2002,5922,650
Total OI30,273.26116,71441,30916,71426,974

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-10-01$17.94$18.0020.3%5.8%19.7%4.1%20.9%0.7%1.7%-1.3M8.6M-33.4K3.4872.37N/AN/A5792,0133,42713,287
2018-10-02$17.80$18.0019.3%5.5%18.3%3.5%19.1%3.5%2.3%-1.5M11.6M-34.2K2.3122.93N/AN/A5661,3103,47914,261
2018-10-03$18.03$18.0023.2%6.7%18.9%5.8%23.1%9.5%0.3%-1.3M9.1M-36.2K4.7775.92N/AN/A6793,2373,52814,701
2018-10-04$17.48$19.0033.2%8.1%21.8%11.7%26.6%5.5%-3.0%-1.3M15.6M-40.0K8.34115.61N/AN/A2,59021,6103,66417,035
2018-10-05$16.85$18.0026.1%7.6%25.2%7.5%28.4%5.8%-0.3%-1.4M26.7M-45.4K2.8479.51N/AN/A2,7497,8084,95424,233
2018-10-08$16.77$18.0023.4%7.7%25.0%5.9%28.5%5.9%-1.7%-1.5M29.6M-51.8K1.9379.26N/AN/A3,4996,7626,02328,316
2018-10-09$16.96$18.0024.4%8.0%25.4%6.5%29.1%7.3%-2.2%-1.5M25.9M-60.0K0.5171.63N/AN/A2,0961,0707,97127,892
2018-10-10$16.07$18.0032.9%9.4%31.0%11.5%31.7%7.0%-6.2%-844.2K31.8M-50.5K1.63106.56N/AN/A1,4702,3937,99728,094
2018-10-11$15.64$18.0029.5%8.4%31.8%9.5%29.7%2.8%-0.3%-613.2K33.5M-44.5K0.9098.96N/AN/A1,1671,0488,52827,925
2018-10-12$15.74$18.0033.4%9.6%31.6%11.8%37.9%7.7%-2.5%-603.8K33.3M-46.4K3.6488.19N/AN/A9763,5558,69428,226
2018-10-15$15.42$18.0035.1%10.1%32.0%12.9%35.5%7.2%-1.1%-563.6K36.9M-46.0K5.3884.75N/AN/A8244,4338,74830,255
2018-10-16$15.48$18.0034.2%9.8%31.6%12.3%32.8%12.8%-2.4%-609.5K37.8M-47.4K6.4974.03N/AN/A7384,7918,69531,592
2018-10-17$15.78$18.0031.2%8.9%29.0%10.5%31.3%7.3%-1.9%-734.3K36.6M-52.1K2.8836.58N/AN/A1,4094,0528,79731,747
2018-10-18$15.47$18.0034.2%9.8%28.9%12.3%31.5%7.0%-3.4%-505.4K37.7M-48.9K2.9034.64N/AN/A1,3914,0359,49331,807
2018-10-19$15.96$18.0029.7%8.5%32.2%9.7%32.1%7.7%-1.1%-934.0K35.1M-56.0K2.4532.18N/AN/A1,3673,3479,50331,806
2018-10-22$16.11$18.0030.4%8.7%32.6%10.1%31.4%9.3%-2.0%-574.7K13.7M-54.4K1.3631.41N/AN/A1,3611,8567,43918,675
2018-10-23$16.05$18.0031.2%9.0%32.6%10.6%33.1%6.5%-2.7%-591.7K14.1M-55.0K2.7459.96N/AN/A6371,7457,47318,741
2018-10-24$15.54$18.0032.1%9.2%33.8%11.1%32.7%5.4%-4.0%-538.6K16.8M-48.3K2.8838.77N/AN/A6061,7477,53118,853
2018-10-25$15.68$18.0032.6%9.4%34.3%11.4%32.8%8.0%-3.7%-554.6K16.6M-49.2K2.8532.75N/AN/A6531,8607,53918,922
2018-10-26$15.36$18.0036.6%10.5%34.7%13.8%34.1%4.5%3.9%-498.1K17.4M-46.3K2.5247.63N/AN/A6871,7347,56418,898
2018-10-29$15.03$18.0043.7%12.5%34.7%18.0%32.0%19.6%-14.9%-443.4K18.8M-40.8K2.60113.08N/AN/A6851,7787,62418,890
2018-10-30$16.01$18.0038.1%10.9%43.1%14.6%39.6%5.9%-7.4%-560.9K14.6M-50.7K1.8361.51N/AN/A1,0311,8857,63418,850
2018-10-31$15.78$18.0035.2%10.1%42.7%12.9%35.3%4.5%-4.0%-546.9K15.4M-48.1K2.8382.32N/AN/A6911,9598,15818,816