TEX Options History — December 2014

In December 2014, TEX traded between $25.69 and $28.64. ATM implied volatility averaged 37.4%, placing in the 43.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.7%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.7% (HV 20d: 40.1%). Max pain ranged from $27.00 to $32.00. Net GEX was positive for 12 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.35.

Notable Days

  • 2014-12-15: Highest Volume — 7,538 contracts
  • 2014-12-08: Largest IV spike — 12.3% change
  • 2014-12-15: Highest IV Rank — 66.9%
  • 2014-12-17: Largest Expected Move — 12.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$27.52$25.69$28.64$27.72$27.88
Max Pain$30.81$27.00$32.00$32.00$28.00
ATM IV37.4%32.2%45.0%37.2%33.7%
Expected Move11.7%10.9%12.9%11.0%11.7%
HV 20d40.1%33.3%43.8%43.8%34.7%
HV 60d49.2%47.9%50.0%49.4%49.9%
IV Rank43.5%27.3%66.9%42.8%31.8%
IV Percentile77.3%54.0%94.8%82.1%64.3%
Term Structure3.2%-1.4%7.9%-0.9%7.2%
VWIV39.6%35.1%44.6%35.8%41.0%
Skew 25d3.8%1.9%5.9%2.5%4.8%
Skew 10d10.2%3.3%19.3%3.3%14.5%
Call IV 25d36.2%31.3%44.0%37.3%32.5%
Put IV 25d40.0%34.6%48.1%39.8%37.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %29.7621.9848.2433.0428.14
Gamma HHI0.150.120.200.150.17
Net GEX-5.2K-252.8K265.8K58.5K43.5K
Net DEX47.0M36.6M56.6M48.3M42.4M
Net VEX-241.4K-286.4K-215.2K-286.4K-218.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.350.342.161.940.57
Total Volume3,965.1362447,5383,105414
Total OI75,952.63669,35280,22378,74470,864

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-12-01$27.72$32.0037.2%11.0%43.8%42.8%35.8%2.5%-0.9%58.5K48.3M-286.4K1.9433.04N/AN/A1,0552,05037,58741,157
2014-12-02$27.67$32.0036.7%11.0%43.5%41.1%35.8%2.5%-0.4%46.2K48.9M-284.4K1.4123.87N/AN/A2,0582,90637,72941,238
2014-12-03$28.40$32.0036.4%11.0%41.2%40.3%36.5%2.4%-1.4%203.8K41.7M-280.1K1.3125.21N/AN/A2,1802,85536,91440,562
2014-12-04$28.03$32.0036.3%11.0%41.5%40.0%38.3%2.7%-1.1%104.5K45.8M-265.9K0.7724.37N/AN/A22517437,03640,633
2014-12-05$28.10$32.0034.1%10.9%39.5%33.0%35.1%3.8%2.8%107.8K45.4M-267.3K1.6224.74N/AN/A1,5152,45237,06340,765
2014-12-08$27.32$32.0038.3%11.2%40.5%46.0%36.4%1.9%2.4%-88.2K51.9M-243.5K2.0623.49N/AN/A1,4693,02337,17540,821
2014-12-09$27.89$32.0037.9%11.5%40.9%44.9%39.4%4.2%3.1%55.8K47.4M-255.3K1.5721.98N/AN/A1,7942,82437,25240,797
2014-12-10$26.75$32.0041.9%11.9%43.0%57.3%38.6%3.1%1.9%-196.3K53.8M-236.7K1.1424.65N/AN/A1,9602,22737,28040,955
2014-12-11$26.86$32.0040.2%11.8%43.2%51.9%40.5%3.5%1.1%-169.1K53.3M-237.9K1.0528.99N/AN/A2,1672,28537,48641,059
2014-12-12$26.49$32.0044.0%12.6%41.4%63.6%42.1%5.1%-0.2%-199.5K54.8M-231.8K0.8337.65N/AN/A3,0162,50337,58941,062
2014-12-15$26.19$32.0045.0%12.8%41.5%66.9%42.6%5.9%-0.2%-229.8K56.6M-223.1K0.7027.48N/AN/A4,4433,09538,83741,267
2014-12-16$25.69$32.0043.7%12.8%41.8%62.8%43.7%3.4%1.1%-230.4K55.5M-215.2K1.1329.79N/AN/A2,8713,25640,21040,013
2014-12-17$26.26$32.0042.7%12.9%37.4%59.6%44.6%5.3%1.9%-252.8K56.1M-216.1K1.5235.24N/AN/A1,7072,58939,13640,714
2014-12-18$27.01$32.0039.7%12.3%39.0%50.4%42.5%4.7%3.1%-187.0K51.5M-226.5K2.1632.21N/AN/A1,6603,58537,87940,689
2014-12-19$27.97$32.0036.5%11.9%40.7%40.7%42.4%5.4%5.8%-20.1K45.8M-236.2K2.1631.13N/AN/A1,1332,44937,95540,482
2014-12-22$27.39$0.0036.5%12.3%39.0%40.6%40.9%4.4%7.0%-18.2K45.0M-222.7K1.1848.24N/AN/A1,8112,14432,67737,393
2014-12-23$28.07$27.0033.3%11.5%40.3%30.6%38.7%4.3%6.4%85.3K40.6M-228.3K1.1232.29N/AN/A2,2092,48432,76236,590
2014-12-24$27.96$28.0032.2%11.4%40.2%27.3%39.1%3.7%7.7%109.2K37.7M-238.1K1.8932.62N/AN/A1,2752,40833,24936,840
2014-12-26$28.44$28.0032.6%11.6%40.4%28.5%39.2%3.3%7.9%215.7K37.0M-235.6K1.7231.90N/AN/A1,3072,24433,26136,869
2014-12-29$28.64$28.0032.4%11.4%35.7%27.9%39.5%3.6%7.6%265.8K36.6M-230.8K1.5031.65N/AN/A1,2681,89933,36336,928
2014-12-30$28.61$28.0032.7%11.3%33.3%29.0%38.6%4.2%7.1%181.8K39.1M-230.9K0.3426.04N/AN/A1826233,43737,383
2014-12-31$27.88$28.0033.7%11.7%34.7%31.8%41.0%4.8%7.2%43.5K42.4M-218.6K0.5728.14N/AN/A26415033,46537,399