TEX Options History — April 2011

In April 2011, TEX traded between $31.70 and $38.02. ATM implied volatility averaged 37.5%, placing in the 11.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.1% (HV 20d: 36.4%). Max pain ranged from $32.00 to $36.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.59.

Notable Days

  • 2011-04-21: Highest Volume — 11,019 contracts
  • 2011-04-21: Largest IV drop — 20.5% change
  • 2011-04-14: Highest IV Rank — 23.7%
  • 2011-04-12: Largest Expected Move — 12.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$34.54$31.70$38.02$37.06$34.78
Max Pain$33.45$32.00$36.00$32.00$33.00
ATM IV37.5%32.2%43.2%35.9%33.5%
Expected Move11.3%9.2%12.7%10.3%9.6%
HV 20d36.4%30.2%42.4%33.5%42.3%
HV 60d41.3%39.8%43.1%40.6%39.8%
IV Rank11.1%0.0%23.7%6.7%3.1%
IV Percentile15.3%0.0%41.7%4.8%1.6%
Term Structure0.5%-1.4%4.8%4.8%2.4%
VWIV39.3%32.6%45.1%36.8%33.4%
Skew 25d5.5%3.1%7.2%4.6%3.9%
Skew 10d12.1%8.0%16.0%10.8%8.3%
Call IV 25d37.2%29.7%41.3%34.1%32.1%
Put IV 25d42.7%35.0%47.3%38.7%36.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %14.387.9720.8914.1419.93
Gamma HHI0.120.080.160.120.12
Net GEX1.0M408.0K2.1M874.9K2.1M
Net DEX-36.8M-73.5M-8.6M-60.3M-43.1M
Net VEX-291.2K-344.2K-257.5K-296.2K-344.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.590.053.963.960.12
Total Volume3,679.8585611,0192,113885
Total OI63,591.550,54171,42264,77268,952

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-04-01$37.06$32.0035.9%10.3%33.5%6.7%36.8%4.6%4.8%874.9K-60.3M-296.2K3.9614.14N/AN/A4261,68733,72731,045
2011-04-04$37.60$36.0036.5%11.6%33.3%8.2%45.1%6.0%-0.4%1.0M-66.6M-287.1K0.0511.76N/AN/A2,67013233,94031,120
2011-04-05$38.02$33.0036.1%11.6%33.2%7.2%41.4%6.3%-0.3%1.1M-73.5M-290.6K0.347.97N/AN/A97733434,76731,233
2011-04-06$36.01$33.0036.2%11.9%38.9%7.6%42.3%6.6%-0.6%756.3K-51.6M-291.5K0.5313.18N/AN/A4,0122,11635,03931,335
2011-04-07$35.66$34.0035.7%12.1%34.8%6.3%41.9%6.0%-0.8%681.7K-49.2M-303.5K0.7712.30N/AN/A70554037,07832,072
2011-04-08$34.35$34.0036.5%12.4%36.6%8.2%43.7%7.2%-0.6%445.5K-33.5M-292.6K1.6212.03N/AN/A1,9773,19537,14932,325
2011-04-11$34.05$34.0040.8%12.4%35.6%18.2%41.8%6.9%-0.9%521.2K-31.8M-285.3K0.1412.61N/AN/A1,33319237,62032,379
2011-04-12$33.00$34.0039.9%12.7%36.9%16.1%43.0%6.0%-1.4%408.0K-21.3M-274.6K1.3014.60N/AN/A1,0051,30637,78532,342
2011-04-13$33.06$34.0036.4%12.3%36.7%8.1%42.2%6.2%-0.2%465.5K-21.0M-271.0K0.4915.31N/AN/A71534937,25631,534
2011-04-14$33.32$34.0043.2%12.4%30.9%23.7%42.3%6.0%-0.6%608.3K-23.0M-272.7K0.1413.77N/AN/A3,52149337,32531,722
2011-04-15$33.01$33.0042.4%12.1%30.2%21.8%40.6%5.3%-0.9%945.5K-22.2M-276.9K0.3411.61N/AN/A2,16172639,50931,913
2011-04-18$31.70$33.0043.1%12.3%30.6%23.5%41.8%5.3%-0.8%533.7K-8.6M-257.5K0.3012.85N/AN/A1,15334429,30121,240
2011-04-19$32.48$34.0042.4%12.2%32.6%21.9%40.7%6.7%-0.7%649.0K-13.1M-266.5K0.1815.36N/AN/A5,6781,03529,44321,432
2011-04-20$32.68$33.0040.5%11.6%33.0%17.4%40.5%5.6%-0.8%1.1M-20.0M-285.0K0.3012.24N/AN/A4,1671,26633,95322,286
2011-04-21$34.89$33.0032.2%9.2%41.7%0.0%32.6%5.4%2.7%1.5M-38.9M-297.4K0.1020.89N/AN/A10,04797233,59123,145
2011-04-25$34.56$33.0034.4%9.9%41.2%5.0%34.1%3.6%2.7%1.7M-37.7M-305.7K0.4219.70N/AN/A1,04243735,70223,319
2011-04-26$35.25$33.0034.6%9.9%41.9%5.6%34.2%4.5%2.2%1.5M-41.6M-301.4K0.1516.86N/AN/A3,93059534,05923,497
2011-04-27$35.01$33.0034.9%10.0%41.9%6.3%35.1%4.8%2.2%1.8M-43.2M-313.8K0.2312.68N/AN/A69815837,16123,748
2011-04-28$34.29$33.0034.9%10.0%42.4%6.2%33.1%3.1%1.4%1.6M-34.8M-309.5K0.3917.82N/AN/A7,6472,97137,03023,756
2011-04-29$34.78$33.0033.5%9.6%42.3%3.1%33.4%3.9%2.4%2.1M-43.1M-344.2K0.1219.93N/AN/A7889742,93126,021