TEX Options History — January 2012

In January 2012, TEX traded between $14.43 and $20.97. ATM implied volatility averaged 56.8%, placing in the 33.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 16.9%. IV traded below realized volatility by 5.7% (HV 20d: 62.4%). Max pain ranged from $14.00 to $16.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.63.

Notable Days

  • 2012-01-11: Highest Volume — 17,035 contracts
  • 2012-01-12: Largest IV spike — 15.1% change
  • 2012-01-31: Highest IV Rank — 45.0%
  • 2012-01-31: Largest Expected Move — 18.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$17.63$14.43$20.97$14.43$19.80
Max Pain$14.70$14.00$16.00$15.00$16.00
ATM IV56.8%49.6%65.0%63.1%65.0%
Expected Move16.9%15.4%18.6%18.1%18.6%
HV 20d62.4%47.9%77.9%77.9%53.8%
HV 60d81.4%71.9%85.5%85.5%71.9%
IV Rank33.7%23.9%45.0%42.3%45.0%
IV Percentile59.6%53.6%71.0%69.0%71.0%
Term Structure-2.0%-8.6%9.5%3.8%-8.6%
VWIV59.3%54.1%67.4%60.6%67.4%
Skew 25d8.1%3.7%11.6%9.4%6.0%
Skew 10d14.8%-2.0%22.1%-2.0%11.4%
Call IV 25d55.5%51.0%62.9%57.5%62.9%
Put IV 25d63.6%58.8%68.9%66.9%68.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %14.899.1022.3114.3018.32
Gamma HHI0.180.120.260.240.13
Net GEX244.0K72.7K494.3K91.0K402.7K
Net DEX-22.6M-47.6M2.2M2.2M-29.1M
Net VEX-197.0K-254.9K-157.3K-157.3K-254.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.630.093.020.693.02
Total Volume5,8821,63417,0353,2909,118
Total OI85,711.3557,331106,66688,47574,359

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-01-03$14.43$15.0063.1%18.1%77.9%42.3%60.6%9.4%3.8%91.0K2.2M-157.3K0.6914.30N/AN/A1,9421,34852,64135,834
2012-01-04$14.85$15.0057.1%16.4%77.4%34.1%58.5%7.1%6.2%90.5K-1.2M-161.7K0.3412.81N/AN/A1,45250153,02536,643
2012-01-05$15.14$15.0055.4%15.9%77.8%31.8%55.5%6.5%9.5%81.8K-4.0M-163.7K0.829.10N/AN/A1,6641,37253,09936,742
2012-01-06$14.97$14.0052.6%17.8%77.7%27.9%61.2%11.6%-2.3%80.5K-2.4M-168.0K0.9515.10N/AN/A83879653,92537,939
2012-01-09$14.90$14.0050.7%17.4%73.6%25.3%62.2%11.2%-2.4%74.9K-1.3M-164.6K0.6113.07N/AN/A1,18572554,46038,384
2012-01-10$15.44$14.0049.6%17.2%73.5%23.9%59.7%10.6%-1.6%72.7K-7.4M-169.0K0.739.96N/AN/A1,21388654,93638,898
2012-01-11$16.31$14.0050.2%17.5%72.0%24.7%59.4%9.3%-4.5%88.0K-17.3M-176.1K0.1418.89N/AN/A14,9772,05855,32639,189
2012-01-12$17.07$14.0057.8%16.6%67.9%35.1%62.5%9.5%-1.8%319.3K-28.2M-184.1K0.4113.11N/AN/A4,3521,79259,05439,654
2012-01-13$16.80$14.0058.9%16.9%59.5%36.6%58.6%8.6%-2.0%259.4K-23.5M-182.7K0.3013.88N/AN/A2,67581657,92540,288
2012-01-17$16.89$14.0059.9%17.2%58.3%38.0%61.6%8.6%-3.4%297.7K-25.2M-177.7K0.0914.91N/AN/A6,69257758,76240,456
2012-01-18$17.98$14.0058.0%16.6%60.7%35.4%59.0%8.8%-2.7%494.3K-42.0M-179.8K0.3213.20N/AN/A2,90693862,06440,606
2012-01-19$18.75$14.0056.6%16.2%57.5%33.4%58.8%9.6%-3.4%371.9K-47.6M-183.0K1.0312.51N/AN/A6,9727,15462,27041,147
2012-01-20$18.56$14.0053.8%15.4%51.8%29.6%56.1%9.8%-3.2%274.6K-45.0M-194.1K0.4513.06N/AN/A3,2711,46263,81942,847
2012-01-23$18.71$15.0054.5%15.6%51.6%30.6%54.1%9.3%-2.8%201.8K-18.8M-217.0K1.0317.83N/AN/A1,3671,40430,14927,182
2012-01-24$19.30$15.0054.7%15.7%51.6%30.9%55.1%7.8%-1.6%215.8K-22.0M-221.5K0.1522.31N/AN/A9,1961,41630,88028,000
2012-01-25$20.97$15.0054.7%15.7%53.0%30.9%55.6%4.8%-3.4%303.1K-35.4M-228.4K0.5414.04N/AN/A5,7913,13033,01328,974
2012-01-26$20.33$16.0060.4%17.3%54.6%38.6%59.0%4.8%-5.0%366.3K-32.9M-248.6K0.3615.44N/AN/A7,3652,62937,25330,867
2012-01-27$20.89$16.0058.4%16.8%47.9%36.0%59.0%5.3%-5.1%409.8K-38.0M-254.9K0.3418.57N/AN/A1,76859939,24632,125
2012-01-30$20.41$16.0064.0%18.3%50.7%43.5%62.4%3.7%-6.5%384.3K-33.3M-253.4K0.3117.33N/AN/A2,50978439,83132,415
2012-01-31$19.80$16.0065.0%18.6%53.8%45.0%67.4%6.0%-8.6%402.7K-29.1M-254.5K3.0218.32N/AN/A2,2706,84841,58632,773