TEX Options History — October 2015

In October 2015, TEX traded between $17.73 and $20.78. ATM implied volatility averaged 45.2%, placing in the 41.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.8%. IV traded below realized volatility by 5.0% (HV 20d: 50.2%). Max pain ranged from $18.00 to $19.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.74.

Notable Days

  • 2015-10-16: Highest Volume — 10,700 contracts
  • 2015-10-13: Largest IV drop — 42.9% change
  • 2015-10-12: Highest IV Rank — 78.5%
  • 2015-10-19: Largest Expected Move — 14.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$19.32$17.73$20.78$17.73$20.09
Max Pain$18.59$18.00$19.00$19.00$19.00
ATM IV45.2%34.3%60.1%48.6%39.0%
Expected Move12.8%11.2%14.1%13.9%11.2%
HV 20d50.2%36.7%60.3%36.7%60.3%
HV 60d61.6%58.6%65.5%58.6%65.5%
IV Rank41.3%14.1%78.5%49.8%25.7%
IV Percentile75.7%23.4%98.0%88.1%50.8%
Term Structure-1.6%-5.3%5.1%5.1%1.8%
VWIV46.7%39.2%65.1%48.7%39.2%
Skew 25d8.3%-1.4%21.0%10.1%11.9%
Skew 10d22.0%-8.8%120.5%10.5%33.6%
Call IV 25d41.4%26.8%53.5%46.3%32.0%
Put IV 25d49.8%43.9%63.5%56.4%43.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %77.4233.16121.06100.6993.66
Gamma HHI0.260.110.590.330.18
Net GEX289.1K24.6K743.1K182.3K313.4K
Net DEX13.0M5.6M20.5M19.1M9.6M
Net VEX-88.0K-105.3K-71.7K-73.1K-96.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.740.783.072.470.78
Total Volume5,422.22725910,7005,0478,735
Total OI49,817.541,80454,19751,29448,849

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-10-01$17.73$19.0048.6%13.9%36.7%49.8%48.7%10.1%5.1%182.3K19.1M-73.1K2.47100.69N/AN/A1,4563,59132,69718,597
2015-10-02$18.26$19.0047.2%13.5%39.3%46.1%65.1%-1.4%0.8%246.6K17.9M-77.8K2.63102.57N/AN/A1,4043,69632,72018,646
2015-10-05$19.31$18.0047.2%13.4%45.5%46.2%45.1%5.9%-3.6%400.1K13.2M-88.1K0.9552.24N/AN/A13312632,74018,606
2015-10-06$19.58$18.0043.5%12.7%45.6%37.1%39.5%5.3%-1.7%373.4K11.9M-85.8K2.8733.16N/AN/A1,1113,18832,82418,688
2015-10-07$19.53$18.0046.6%12.8%44.8%44.7%54.2%6.3%-1.5%415.5K12.5M-83.6K2.7640.18N/AN/A1,1643,21732,93718,596
2015-10-08$20.56$18.0045.8%12.2%48.6%42.8%43.4%6.8%-1.4%298.5K8.2M-92.6K0.9543.04N/AN/A3,2863,10733,08718,574
2015-10-09$20.78$18.0044.8%12.2%48.5%40.2%42.7%4.7%-2.3%351.0K5.6M-100.4K0.9744.66N/AN/A3,2243,11333,42518,605
2015-10-12$20.22$18.0060.1%12.8%49.2%78.5%43.9%5.1%-2.5%410.9K6.6M-95.4K1.0338.68N/AN/A3,0993,17933,40018,629
2015-10-13$19.73$18.0034.3%13.1%49.7%14.1%43.4%7.8%-3.0%566.7K8.1M-86.8K1.2241.26N/AN/A3,1043,77633,41918,659
2015-10-14$19.50$18.0047.8%13.7%49.7%47.8%45.1%8.9%-4.4%619.8K11.7M-85.5K0.8951.46N/AN/A4,1053,64133,41819,265
2015-10-15$18.52$18.0048.0%13.8%50.7%48.3%46.9%6.7%-5.3%743.1K16.5M-71.7K1.4085.26N/AN/A2,6263,67333,63819,336
2015-10-16$18.69$19.0046.3%13.3%50.6%43.9%48.2%10.2%-3.5%24.6K20.5M-75.4K1.2692.35N/AN/A4,7265,97434,63319,564
2015-10-19$18.33$19.0049.3%14.1%50.2%51.4%50.9%21.0%-4.4%60.5K16.5M-75.5K1.68121.06N/AN/A2,0423,42523,78618,018
2015-10-20$19.00$19.0049.2%14.1%49.3%51.2%53.5%5.4%-4.0%130.7K14.5M-86.8K0.8281.75N/AN/A4,0753,32323,93718,055
2015-10-21$19.97$19.0040.4%11.6%51.3%29.3%42.1%10.7%-0.1%218.3K10.1M-105.3K1.1299.23N/AN/A2,7823,12026,48521,508
2015-10-22$19.05$19.0042.1%12.1%50.2%33.4%43.8%6.5%1.3%141.2K14.2M-95.2K2.6282.89N/AN/A1,3153,44626,67421,542
2015-10-23$20.08$19.0039.0%11.2%52.7%25.6%47.9%18.4%0.5%249.4K10.0M-99.0K3.0799.38N/AN/A9432,89426,72021,444
2015-10-26$19.42$19.0044.9%12.9%54.5%40.5%43.6%8.3%-3.1%205.8K12.2M-98.4K2.3691.86N/AN/A1,0842,55726,75221,491
2015-10-27$18.32$19.0045.3%13.0%58.0%41.6%46.3%7.4%-1.5%27.0K18.1M-81.8K2.4196.29N/AN/A1,1082,66926,89221,626
2015-10-28$19.14$19.0042.5%12.2%59.6%34.5%51.4%10.2%-0.2%179.2K14.7M-90.7K2.06112.17N/AN/A1,0152,08726,92721,749
2015-10-29$19.21$19.0043.2%12.4%59.2%36.3%43.3%6.8%-2.3%202.6K13.8M-89.8K2.0599.33N/AN/A9681,98226,98321,844
2015-10-30$20.09$19.0039.0%11.2%60.3%25.7%39.2%11.9%1.8%313.4K9.6M-96.7K0.7893.66N/AN/A4,9153,82026,98421,865