TEX Options History — March 2017

In March 2017, TEX traded between $29.64 and $32.74. ATM implied volatility averaged 32.9%, placing in the 5.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 5.6% (HV 20d: 38.5%). Max pain ranged from $30.00 to $32.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 22 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.90.

Notable Days

  • 2017-03-09: Highest Volume — 4,522 contracts
  • 2017-03-13: Largest IV spike — 15.8% change
  • 2017-03-14: Highest IV Rank — 14.8%
  • 2017-03-27: Largest Expected Move — 9.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$30.84$29.64$32.74$32.74$31.56
Max Pain$30.26$30.00$32.00$32.00$30.00
ATM IV32.9%29.8%37.4%31.8%29.8%
Expected Move9.3%8.5%9.9%9.1%8.5%
HV 20d38.5%35.3%43.4%36.6%35.4%
HV 60d34.5%31.5%37.5%36.9%33.9%
IV Rank5.4%0.0%14.8%2.3%0.0%
IV Percentile9.9%0.0%32.9%4.0%0.0%
Term Structure3.5%-1.2%5.7%0.8%5.7%
VWIV32.8%30.6%39.2%33.6%30.9%
Skew 25d2.8%1.0%7.2%1.0%7.2%
Skew 10d8.0%1.2%24.5%3.2%11.9%
Call IV 25d32.1%25.1%34.5%34.5%25.1%
Put IV 25d34.9%32.3%37.1%35.5%32.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %80.9059.3593.2980.4988.64
Gamma HHI0.160.150.200.200.17
Net GEX207.2K-90.3K501.1K501.1K349.8K
Net DEX-7.4M-15.4M-608.1K-15.4M-11.7M
Net VEX-111.6K-119.4K-105.1K-116.6K-107.0K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.900.416.121.291.68
Total Volume2,334.9131,4654,5222,8001,557
Total OI25,622.8722,42527,54124,35125,824

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-03-01$32.74$32.0031.8%9.1%36.6%2.3%33.6%1.0%0.8%501.1K-15.4M-116.6K1.2980.49N/AN/A1,2251,57513,69510,656
2017-03-02$31.86$32.0033.7%9.7%37.8%4.7%34.1%1.2%-1.2%346.0K-11.8M-119.4K1.3983.57N/AN/A1,1441,59114,36410,773
2017-03-03$32.19$32.0031.8%9.1%37.8%2.2%32.4%2.0%0.3%422.6K-13.3M-118.8K1.6092.61N/AN/A1,0771,72314,37310,842
2017-03-06$32.27$30.0034.1%9.4%36.4%5.2%32.3%4.2%4.3%397.6K-13.0M-117.8K1.8467.99N/AN/A9971,83314,40311,072
2017-03-07$31.83$30.0032.9%9.3%35.3%4.2%32.8%3.0%4.4%294.2K-11.0M-116.0K1.9171.09N/AN/A9601,83214,43411,090
2017-03-08$31.15$30.0032.6%9.4%35.4%3.8%33.2%2.5%4.0%160.5K-7.6M-114.5K1.9173.89N/AN/A9361,79214,30011,088
2017-03-09$29.67$30.0033.9%9.8%39.4%7.8%32.9%3.8%3.0%-90.3K-608.1K-107.4K0.4168.90N/AN/A3,2151,30714,28511,137
2017-03-10$30.21$30.0031.8%9.3%39.8%3.5%32.4%2.6%4.5%112.1K-4.5M-115.5K0.4359.35N/AN/A2,6761,15816,13411,289
2017-03-13$30.26$30.0036.8%9.4%36.8%13.6%33.5%2.8%4.0%100.9K-4.2M-113.0K2.0976.48N/AN/A6121,28216,14111,338
2017-03-14$30.15$30.0037.4%9.4%36.8%14.8%32.2%1.9%3.7%85.5K-3.7M-111.8K2.2280.56N/AN/A4981,10416,14411,272
2017-03-15$31.35$30.0032.9%9.4%39.8%5.7%33.7%1.9%2.6%253.0K-10.5M-113.5K2.0980.73N/AN/A6191,29516,18711,277
2017-03-16$30.39$30.0032.6%9.4%41.0%5.5%30.6%2.9%4.3%171.4K-5.6M-109.6K2.3182.51N/AN/A5811,34116,26011,261
2017-03-17$31.23$30.0031.7%9.1%41.9%3.6%33.0%1.7%4.4%384.6K-10.0M-112.0K2.8887.62N/AN/A5051,45316,28011,261
2017-03-20$30.92$30.0031.4%9.0%42.0%2.9%31.9%2.3%5.5%354.8K-9.7M-109.6K1.9280.65N/AN/A5791,11012,5659,860
2017-03-21$29.91$30.0033.0%9.5%43.4%6.2%33.3%2.0%3.6%226.7K-5.3M-105.6K1.1585.73N/AN/A1,1691,34212,6139,889
2017-03-22$29.72$30.0033.5%9.6%42.8%7.3%34.0%3.1%3.4%221.9K-4.2M-105.1K6.1280.36N/AN/A5803,55013,16110,107
2017-03-23$29.95$30.0033.4%9.6%39.5%7.0%32.6%3.5%3.1%11.7K-2.8M-111.9K2.1682.19N/AN/A5191,12313,20812,341
2017-03-24$29.98$30.0032.4%9.3%39.2%5.0%31.1%3.1%3.6%-6.9K-2.9M-111.4K1.6384.36N/AN/A55690913,22412,409
2017-03-27$29.64$30.0034.6%9.9%38.2%9.6%39.2%3.4%2.4%-63.4K-902.1K-106.8K1.7184.41N/AN/A56195813,24412,413
2017-03-28$29.97$30.0033.0%9.5%38.5%6.2%32.4%1.7%4.2%-20.0K-2.4M-105.8K1.6986.42N/AN/A59099813,21512,432
2017-03-29$30.79$30.0031.4%9.0%35.6%2.9%31.6%1.3%5.5%175.0K-7.3M-108.4K1.5988.87N/AN/A6371,01313,26712,425
2017-03-30$31.53$30.0030.3%8.7%35.6%0.6%31.4%5.6%5.0%376.8K-11.1M-109.4K1.7393.29N/AN/A5931,02813,33712,436
2017-03-31$31.56$30.0029.8%8.5%35.4%0.0%30.9%7.2%5.7%349.8K-11.7M-107.0K1.6888.64N/AN/A58097713,38612,438