TEX Options History — April 2016

In April 2016, TEX traded between $23.12 and $24.49. ATM implied volatility averaged 62.4%, placing in the 42.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 17.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 27.2% (HV 20d: 35.2%). Max pain ranged from $21.00 to $25.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 1 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.95.

Notable Days

  • 2016-04-07: Highest Volume — 25,407 contracts
  • 2016-04-12: Largest IV drop — 12.4% change
  • 2016-04-07: Highest IV Rank — 56.4%
  • 2016-04-07: Largest Expected Move — 18.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$23.92$23.12$24.49$24.17$23.95
Max Pain$24.33$21.00$25.00$21.00$24.00
ATM IV62.4%56.0%73.8%62.5%58.9%
Expected Move17.3%15.6%18.8%17.9%16.9%
HV 20d35.2%21.8%48.9%48.9%21.8%
HV 60d67.8%38.5%83.2%83.1%38.5%
IV Rank42.2%34.2%56.4%42.4%37.7%
IV Percentile78.3%67.5%88.1%82.5%73.8%
Term Structure-10.8%-18.2%3.3%-13.0%-1.8%
VWIV61.5%53.5%69.5%69.5%54.4%
Skew 25d21.3%0.2%27.2%0.2%22.4%
Skew 10d40.4%24.9%59.0%24.9%36.0%
Call IV 25d48.9%42.8%69.6%69.6%45.3%
Put IV 25d70.2%66.9%73.8%69.8%67.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %64.1248.6491.8391.8373.09
Gamma HHI0.230.180.320.190.24
Net GEX1.6M258.8K3.7M3.7M437.0K
Net DEX-23.2M-61.5M926.3K-61.5M-2.4M
Net VEX-218.4K-255.9K-196.6K-255.9K-208.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.950.073.502.842.58
Total Volume7,239.7142,73025,4074,0473,997
Total OI76,579.57154,253102,447100,53160,635

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-04-01$24.17$21.0062.5%17.9%48.9%42.4%69.5%0.2%-13.0%3.7M-61.5M-255.9K2.8491.83N/AN/A1,0552,99278,44222,089
2016-04-04$23.60$25.0063.1%15.6%48.6%43.1%57.8%26.4%-10.9%3.2M-44.2M-228.2K1.6349.81N/AN/A1,1231,82778,73823,033
2016-04-05$23.12$25.0070.2%17.9%48.9%51.9%59.9%20.7%-15.6%3.0M-41.0M-230.6K1.4256.45N/AN/A1,1271,60378,95623,240
2016-04-06$23.48$25.0071.9%17.1%46.7%54.1%60.2%19.5%-12.9%3.2M-42.1M-224.6K0.2761.55N/AN/A6,0861,64079,13323,314
2016-04-07$23.27$25.0073.8%18.8%46.4%56.4%66.1%18.8%-15.8%3.0M-35.8M-221.5K0.0748.64N/AN/A23,6751,73277,06423,418
2016-04-08$23.51$25.0065.5%17.6%46.5%46.1%62.8%18.1%-15.5%2.2M-28.2M-207.6K0.1869.33N/AN/A14,6252,57358,32323,657
2016-04-11$23.77$25.0067.1%18.3%46.4%48.0%63.2%18.6%-13.8%2.2M-30.3M-198.8K0.5556.91N/AN/A3,4701,90558,36324,504
2016-04-12$23.89$25.0058.8%17.8%46.2%37.6%59.1%20.9%-15.2%2.2M-33.9M-198.8K1.2850.54N/AN/A3,3994,36160,38524,993
2016-04-13$24.36$25.0063.0%18.0%33.4%42.9%59.5%25.6%-15.2%2.7M-41.1M-216.9K2.7559.91N/AN/A1,8064,96759,74528,032
2016-04-14$24.31$25.0060.3%17.3%32.1%39.5%63.7%22.8%-14.5%2.1M-38.5M-209.2K2.6765.28N/AN/A1,3403,58359,73728,607
2016-04-15$24.44$25.0063.2%18.1%31.3%43.2%64.4%25.9%-18.2%520.3K-40.2M-213.9K0.7664.72N/AN/A6,8835,23959,73330,500
2016-04-18$23.91$24.0059.7%17.1%31.4%38.7%60.9%22.0%-12.4%501.8K-4.9M-218.2K2.1562.46N/AN/A1,9494,19632,41421,839
2016-04-19$23.99$24.0057.9%16.6%31.3%36.5%61.9%22.2%-11.4%500.4K-4.6M-219.9K2.2670.23N/AN/A1,7673,99432,79623,990
2016-04-20$24.29$24.0061.9%17.7%31.4%41.5%64.0%19.5%-9.6%602.8K-8.3M-229.2K2.7064.28N/AN/A1,6004,32032,93724,039
2016-04-21$24.49$24.0061.5%17.6%29.8%41.0%64.8%21.8%-4.3%661.0K-10.0M-235.1K2.5658.38N/AN/A1,7394,45633,58424,291
2016-04-22$24.47$24.0058.2%16.7%23.2%36.9%57.5%22.3%-9.1%661.5K-10.4M-232.2K1.8974.16N/AN/A2,1994,15333,66224,353
2016-04-25$24.23$24.0061.0%17.5%23.3%40.4%60.3%27.2%-12.7%617.0K-6.5M-220.6K2.8567.96N/AN/A1,5524,42734,77424,520
2016-04-26$23.78$24.0057.7%16.5%24.0%36.3%67.4%24.1%3.3%419.8K-1.9M-210.8K3.5062.07N/AN/A1,1654,07234,82324,984
2016-04-27$23.82$24.0058.4%16.7%23.5%37.2%59.7%27.1%-1.4%433.3K-1.7M-209.5K3.4566.94N/AN/A1,2094,16634,84125,098
2016-04-28$23.54$24.0056.0%16.1%23.5%34.2%53.5%21.8%-6.2%258.8K926.3K-196.6K2.5671.98N/AN/A1,1412,92134,91525,670
2016-04-29$23.95$24.0058.9%16.9%21.8%37.7%54.4%22.4%-1.8%437.0K-2.4M-208.9K2.5873.09N/AN/A1,1172,88034,91225,723