TEX Options History — October 2014

In October 2014, TEX traded between $26.60 and $31.98. ATM implied volatility averaged 40.7%, placing in the 55.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.6%. IV traded below realized volatility by 3.7% (HV 20d: 44.4%). Max pain ranged from $35.00 to $35.00. Net GEX was positive for 8 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.37.

Notable Days

  • 2014-10-08: Highest Volume — 8,726 contracts
  • 2014-10-13: Largest IV spike — 25.2% change
  • 2014-10-13: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2014-10-15: Largest Expected Move — 12.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$29.14$26.60$31.98$31.25$28.74
Max Pain$35.00$35.00$35.00$35.00$35.00
ATM IV40.7%28.9%55.7%31.4%32.7%
Expected Move10.6%9.5%12.2%9.6%9.8%
HV 20d44.4%30.2%67.8%30.2%67.8%
HV 60d34.5%29.5%43.7%29.9%43.7%
IV Rank55.3%19.7%100.0%28.4%28.9%
IV Percentile80.1%25.8%100.0%46.8%59.9%
Term Structure-2.2%-6.4%5.7%3.2%0.1%
VWIV36.6%31.0%41.4%33.1%35.8%
Skew 25d5.4%2.0%10.4%2.6%6.0%
Skew 10d11.8%3.8%26.2%4.8%10.9%
Call IV 25d38.7%29.4%49.6%30.3%30.9%
Put IV 25d44.1%31.5%55.7%32.9%36.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %30.6422.8940.4823.6727.65
Gamma HHI0.130.080.190.130.15
Net GEX-168.3K-834.7K329.1K-748.2K172.6K
Net DEX44.3M22.9M57.0M45.8M44.1M
Net VEX-284.8K-316.6K-234.3K-288.2K-270.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.370.094.684.681.35
Total Volume3,824.5652168,7261,5505,909
Total OI68,847.69660,20078,58063,90969,808

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-10-01$31.25$35.0031.4%9.6%30.2%28.4%33.1%2.6%3.2%-748.2K45.8M-288.2K4.6823.67N/AN/A2731,27729,58934,320
2014-10-02$31.98$35.0030.4%9.5%32.0%24.8%32.4%2.1%4.8%-834.7K42.4M-309.4K0.9223.07N/AN/A1,3471,23829,67835,175
2014-10-03$31.87$35.0028.9%9.5%32.0%19.7%32.9%2.0%5.7%-798.6K40.9M-314.6K0.2825.41N/AN/A43211930,59935,759
2014-10-06$31.41$35.0032.1%9.7%32.1%31.0%37.1%3.5%-2.5%-770.4K45.6M-296.9K1.8722.89N/AN/A1,1852,21430,72135,725
2014-10-07$29.63$35.0034.4%10.1%34.7%39.1%35.0%4.2%-2.6%-609.9K57.0M-271.7K1.2424.25N/AN/A8301,03231,00937,747
2014-10-08$30.36$35.0033.5%10.0%36.6%36.0%37.9%5.8%-3.5%-655.0K54.2M-285.1K0.6724.43N/AN/A5,2383,48831,35337,867
2014-10-09$29.04$35.0038.3%10.6%38.4%52.8%31.0%3.4%-3.1%-351.8K53.9M-285.9K0.0925.18N/AN/A4,93445934,67537,969
2014-10-10$27.38$35.0044.5%11.3%42.2%74.5%37.3%4.9%-4.2%-97.5K56.9M-262.2K0.5730.25N/AN/A2,6911,54538,61837,773
2014-10-13$26.99$35.0055.6%11.7%37.0%100.0%40.3%2.4%-5.4%-72.8K54.9M-265.5K1.2832.67N/AN/A64782740,02437,896
2014-10-14$27.85$35.0055.7%11.4%38.7%100.0%37.7%7.7%-3.5%-46.1K53.8M-278.1K0.5433.37N/AN/A5,0612,74840,10838,036
2014-10-15$26.60$35.0052.8%12.2%40.8%90.8%41.4%6.1%-6.4%-104.1K56.8M-263.2K1.4534.26N/AN/A2,0462,96540,32338,257
2014-10-16$27.76$35.0048.9%11.9%44.8%79.0%38.7%10.4%-5.6%-69.4K53.3M-272.3K1.4239.96N/AN/A43161039,48438,083
2014-10-17$27.90$35.0044.2%11.4%45.1%64.4%38.9%4.4%-2.8%-94.0K50.3M-281.4K0.7940.48N/AN/A62549239,68738,316
2014-10-20$27.66$35.0045.4%11.3%44.9%68.1%39.4%7.2%-3.2%-29.3K40.8M-263.6K1.7540.35N/AN/A1,2582,20427,65432,546
2014-10-21$28.86$35.0041.9%10.8%48.3%57.3%38.1%7.0%-2.8%80.7K36.8M-279.2K1.1134.54N/AN/A3,0863,43628,00832,705
2014-10-22$28.14$35.0044.4%11.0%48.4%64.9%37.9%5.1%-2.8%48.9K37.2M-284.2K1.1330.59N/AN/A2,2582,54229,55534,082
2014-10-23$29.44$35.0042.7%10.6%51.8%59.7%36.8%6.1%-3.6%171.5K30.4M-307.2K1.9531.54N/AN/A1,1762,29029,50934,383
2014-10-24$29.55$35.0040.6%10.4%51.7%53.4%35.9%6.6%-2.5%192.7K29.8M-308.4K1.5231.08N/AN/A1,5282,33029,63834,446
2014-10-27$29.31$35.0043.8%10.6%51.6%63.1%34.6%7.4%-4.8%203.6K32.7M-296.3K0.4636.62N/AN/A1486830,06134,513
2014-10-28$30.49$35.0041.5%10.3%53.7%56.1%37.2%7.4%-4.4%329.1K22.9M-316.6K2.2829.03N/AN/A33476230,12834,570
2014-10-29$30.53$35.0036.7%10.1%53.4%41.2%35.7%5.5%-1.3%316.7K25.0M-314.1K2.0836.80N/AN/A1,9674,09230,27235,245
2014-10-30$27.38$35.0035.5%10.3%64.8%37.5%36.0%6.1%-0.0%-104.7K53.1M-234.3K2.0626.64N/AN/A2,5605,26330,78836,795
2014-10-31$28.74$35.0032.7%9.8%67.8%28.9%35.8%6.0%0.1%172.6K44.1M-270.7K1.3527.65N/AN/A2,5123,39731,76138,047