TEX Options History — April 2013

In April 2013, TEX traded between $27.22 and $32.88. ATM implied volatility averaged 49.0%, placing in the 28.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 14.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 8.2% (HV 20d: 40.8%). Max pain ranged from $29.00 to $34.00. Net GEX was positive for 17 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.94.

Notable Days

  • 2013-04-09: Highest Volume — 9,600 contracts
  • 2013-04-25: Largest IV drop — 26.0% change
  • 2013-04-18: Highest IV Rank — 49.8%
  • 2013-04-18: Largest Expected Move — 17.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$29.88$27.22$32.88$32.88$28.60
Max Pain$31.45$29.00$34.00$32.00$30.00
ATM IV49.0%38.7%60.8%41.6%39.5%
Expected Move14.4%11.1%17.4%11.9%11.3%
HV 20d40.8%36.5%45.8%40.5%41.1%
HV 60d44.8%41.5%48.7%43.9%41.5%
IV Rank28.3%9.6%49.8%14.9%11.0%
IV Percentile44.0%9.1%79.8%15.9%11.1%
Term Structure-3.3%-10.1%6.2%6.2%2.0%
VWIV50.2%38.5%59.7%42.0%39.9%
Skew 25d5.6%2.4%8.3%4.5%4.7%
Skew 10d10.2%5.6%15.0%10.3%5.6%
Call IV 25d47.9%37.2%58.0%40.8%38.0%
Put IV 25d53.5%42.3%64.3%45.4%42.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %14.299.6819.9812.3012.18
Gamma HHI0.100.080.160.110.08
Net GEX227.4K-273.0K806.3K479.5K132.5K
Net DEX-11.9M-32.7M15.7M-32.7M-10.4M
Net VEX-238.5K-261.6K-220.4K-255.6K-223.0K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.940.214.190.270.39
Total Volume2,841.0456279,6002,895869
Total OI63,003.90940,52877,12264,21047,188

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-04-01$32.88$32.0041.6%11.9%40.5%14.9%42.0%4.5%6.2%479.5K-32.7M-255.6K0.2712.30N/AN/A2,28361233,02731,183
2013-04-02$32.19$32.0042.1%12.1%40.6%15.7%41.8%2.4%6.2%483.6K-27.0M-252.8K4.1913.31N/AN/A9193,85434,37131,479
2013-04-03$31.28$32.0045.0%12.9%37.4%21.1%45.7%4.6%4.9%193.9K-16.1M-250.8K1.6516.74N/AN/A1,5562,56234,72532,431
2013-04-04$31.84$31.0043.5%12.5%38.1%18.3%43.5%3.9%6.0%448.5K-24.8M-253.5K0.3213.39N/AN/A1,95862234,93131,476
2013-04-05$31.11$34.0046.2%14.8%38.6%23.2%53.9%6.4%-6.0%397.2K-18.8M-252.9K1.2612.61N/AN/A1,9552,45436,15931,685
2013-04-08$31.07$33.0047.3%15.0%36.5%25.1%52.9%6.8%-6.3%507.0K-20.3M-253.5K1.1811.49N/AN/A9221,08437,13931,614
2013-04-09$31.91$33.0044.0%14.8%38.2%19.1%52.1%6.6%-5.8%806.3K-30.3M-254.4K0.6813.12N/AN/A5,7133,88737,64531,861
2013-04-10$31.57$33.0043.2%14.5%38.0%17.7%51.5%6.1%-5.9%771.7K-26.2M-261.6K0.5312.20N/AN/A1,45877540,84134,115
2013-04-11$31.26$33.0051.4%14.7%37.5%32.7%52.1%6.1%-6.5%693.2K-22.6M-254.0K0.6016.31N/AN/A68140940,66733,692
2013-04-12$30.46$33.0052.3%15.0%38.0%34.2%51.2%6.0%-6.9%295.5K-11.6M-246.4K0.2115.69N/AN/A1,76037440,89433,638
2013-04-15$28.17$33.0060.1%17.2%45.8%48.4%58.8%5.2%-9.9%-251.2K11.0M-221.5K0.8519.69N/AN/A3,1842,71541,09833,724
2013-04-16$28.60$31.0056.8%16.3%43.9%42.5%56.5%5.8%-8.5%-243.4K7.0M-226.6K2.0115.24N/AN/A7691,54842,42934,207
2013-04-17$27.71$31.0059.0%16.9%44.5%46.4%59.7%6.4%-8.6%-251.0K13.0M-223.4K1.2211.38N/AN/A1,2801,55742,49834,189
2013-04-18$27.22$31.0060.8%17.4%40.0%49.8%59.7%6.3%-10.1%-273.0K15.7M-220.4K0.6712.77N/AN/A1,13475742,55434,340
2013-04-19$27.61$31.0058.2%16.7%41.1%45.0%58.8%4.9%-8.7%-220.4K13.7M-222.6K0.3015.32N/AN/A1,34140042,70434,418
2013-04-22$28.46$30.0059.2%17.0%43.8%46.8%57.8%6.5%-8.0%107.2K-11.3M-226.9K0.2414.10N/AN/A1,30031521,66118,867
2013-04-23$28.73$30.0055.9%16.0%43.5%40.7%56.5%8.3%-6.0%144.2K-12.6M-228.9K0.4618.35N/AN/A86339622,37119,070
2013-04-24$29.53$30.0053.8%15.4%43.5%37.1%53.1%6.0%-6.6%203.1K-17.0M-234.7K1.1516.80N/AN/A2,1522,47923,02119,297
2013-04-25$29.16$29.0039.8%11.4%43.4%11.6%40.0%5.1%2.3%228.8K-15.0M-229.8K1.2619.98N/AN/A9301,17224,56021,086
2013-04-26$28.92$30.0038.7%11.1%43.3%9.6%39.4%5.1%2.7%169.8K-12.6M-227.5K0.6311.71N/AN/A53933824,79821,609
2013-04-29$29.07$30.0040.2%11.5%41.3%12.2%38.5%4.9%1.0%179.2K-13.5M-226.6K0.709.68N/AN/A36825925,03721,787
2013-04-30$28.60$30.0039.5%11.3%41.1%11.0%39.9%4.7%2.0%132.5K-10.4M-223.0K0.3912.18N/AN/A62624325,17322,015