TEX Options History — March 2016

In March 2016, TEX traded between $21.05 and $25.20. ATM implied volatility averaged 69.8%, placing in the 52.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 18.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 23.4% (HV 20d: 46.3%). Max pain ranged from $20.00 to $22.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 2 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.01.

Notable Days

  • 2016-03-18: Highest Volume — 34,881 contracts
  • 2016-03-15: Largest IV spike — 36.1% change
  • 2016-03-04: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2016-03-01: Largest Expected Move — 23.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$23.43$21.05$25.20$23.20$24.97
Max Pain$21.55$20.00$22.00$20.00$21.00
ATM IV69.8%54.1%108.6%82.2%54.1%
Expected Move18.5%15.5%23.6%23.6%15.5%
HV 20d46.3%41.3%52.4%44.1%48.7%
HV 60d83.3%82.0%84.1%83.5%83.0%
IV Rank52.2%31.8%100.0%73.1%31.8%
IV Percentile85.3%73.4%100.0%93.7%73.4%
Term Structure-12.9%-32.0%6.5%-10.8%-7.4%
VWIV71.3%59.9%131.7%80.0%59.9%
Skew 25d12.9%2.5%23.0%17.8%15.6%
Skew 10d23.9%-8.8%45.4%14.5%35.1%
Call IV 25d58.6%48.8%78.5%67.1%52.2%
Put IV 25d71.5%60.0%84.9%84.9%67.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %90.0570.23113.2194.5283.55
Gamma HHI0.240.190.450.250.19
Net GEX2.3M869.2K4.5M999.5K4.1M
Net DEX-45.3M-86.1M-9.8M-25.7M-75.3M
Net VEX-180.9K-325.5K-113.1K-139.7K-277.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.010.042.261.630.78
Total Volume6,790.7272,87534,8813,4185,897
Total OI65,256.63645,742106,16245,742100,790

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-03-01$23.20$20.0082.2%23.6%44.1%73.1%80.0%17.8%-10.8%999.5K-25.7M-139.7K1.6394.52N/AN/A1,2992,11931,01314,729
2016-03-02$23.51$20.0071.0%20.4%43.7%57.8%85.7%2.5%6.5%1.1M-29.3M-143.9K0.74109.32N/AN/A2,6501,96131,25914,729
2016-03-03$22.80$22.0086.4%19.1%41.3%78.8%62.1%12.2%-17.6%997.1K-23.7M-141.8K1.0597.79N/AN/A1,7971,87832,40914,731
2016-03-04$22.20$22.00108.6%21.1%41.9%100.0%68.0%11.9%-26.3%869.2K-19.3M-140.2K1.45105.70N/AN/A1,1981,74132,22714,264
2016-03-07$21.86$22.0094.7%19.3%42.4%82.7%68.6%11.8%-17.3%1.0M-17.7M-132.0K1.6985.96N/AN/A1,1691,97432,26314,366
2016-03-08$21.05$22.0097.6%18.6%43.9%86.2%75.1%8.0%5.1%934.5K-13.5M-126.2K1.2897.33N/AN/A1,5371,97532,49014,435
2016-03-09$21.55$22.0072.8%20.9%42.5%55.2%76.2%2.6%-25.8%1.0M-13.7M-129.3K1.34103.92N/AN/A1,4962,00933,06814,427
2016-03-10$21.59$22.0067.8%19.4%42.4%48.9%131.7%23.0%-18.0%1.0M-14.2M-122.2K1.34113.21N/AN/A1,4962,00933,08014,467
2016-03-11$21.48$22.0068.4%19.6%42.4%49.7%62.9%18.4%-13.0%1.1M-14.3M-123.7K1.41100.86N/AN/A1,4141,99433,06414,467
2016-03-14$21.31$22.0058.8%16.9%41.7%37.7%80.4%13.7%-8.3%1.0M-9.8M-113.1K2.26100.24N/AN/A8811,99433,07314,483
2016-03-15$23.38$22.0080.1%23.0%52.4%64.3%76.7%10.7%-32.0%2.7M-54.0M-176.0K0.3070.23N/AN/A4,2201,26155,39114,524
2016-03-16$24.02$21.0067.0%19.2%51.0%47.9%67.0%10.0%-24.4%3.2M-65.3M-180.1K0.4180.86N/AN/A3,7981,55658,21914,695
2016-03-17$24.51$21.0057.9%16.6%49.7%36.5%68.6%11.8%-18.7%3.4M-75.1M-177.2K1.5487.09N/AN/A1,2911,98758,60314,933
2016-03-18$24.97$22.0060.3%17.3%48.5%39.5%60.1%15.7%-20.0%4.5M-86.1M-173.1K0.0480.67N/AN/A33,4901,39158,87615,241
2016-03-21$24.71$22.0060.9%17.5%48.7%40.3%65.2%20.3%-14.8%2.5M-55.5M-197.4K0.1879.76N/AN/A6,6441,17952,39612,442
2016-03-22$24.43$22.0059.7%17.1%47.8%38.8%64.6%15.2%-9.9%2.6M-55.1M-202.8K0.2377.28N/AN/A6,3761,47355,88512,868
2016-03-23$23.76$22.0062.1%17.8%49.0%41.8%69.7%17.9%-9.0%2.5M-46.3M-194.5K1.7581.77N/AN/A1,0651,86056,00313,310
2016-03-24$25.02$22.0055.6%15.9%49.8%33.7%61.6%9.1%-6.4%3.0M-64.8M-199.7K0.3975.18N/AN/A17,5486,77556,08213,764
2016-03-28$25.14$21.0055.6%16.0%49.4%33.7%59.9%10.0%-2.9%3.9M-81.7M-325.5K0.5286.76N/AN/A5,1052,65281,77424,388
2016-03-29$25.20$21.0058.3%16.7%49.4%37.0%64.8%15.4%-9.1%3.9M-81.3M-281.3K0.7687.29N/AN/A3,4102,57875,86220,793
2016-03-30$24.80$21.0055.1%15.8%48.8%33.1%60.4%11.0%-4.9%3.9M-74.8M-282.9K1.0481.87N/AN/A1,5901,65977,96021,803
2016-03-31$24.97$21.0054.1%15.5%48.7%31.8%59.9%15.6%-7.4%4.1M-75.3M-277.6K0.7883.55N/AN/A3,3222,57578,67722,113