TXT Options History — September 2012

In September 2012, TXT traded between $25.95 and $28.36. ATM implied volatility averaged 33.5%, placing in the 16.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 11.9% (HV 20d: 21.6%). Max pain ranged from $25.00 to $28.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.92.

Notable Days

  • 2012-09-21: Highest Volume — 7,095 contracts
  • 2012-09-13: Largest IV spike — 17.6% change
  • 2012-09-28: Highest IV Rank — 26.2%
  • 2012-09-28: Largest Expected Move — 11.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$27.15$25.95$28.36$26.41$26.17
Max Pain$26.84$25.00$28.00$25.00$27.00
ATM IV33.5%25.8%39.2%34.2%39.2%
Expected Move9.9%8.7%11.2%9.8%11.2%
HV 20d21.6%14.8%26.5%17.8%26.1%
HV 60d37.0%35.3%39.3%39.3%35.3%
IV Rank16.2%2.8%26.2%17.4%26.2%
IV Percentile27.9%0.8%59.1%26.2%59.1%
Term Structure-1.2%-4.5%4.6%3.1%-4.5%
VWIV34.4%30.5%39.1%31.2%39.1%
Skew 25d6.2%5.1%7.4%6.6%6.3%
Skew 10d12.3%9.2%16.2%15.2%12.1%
Call IV 25d31.9%27.9%36.0%30.6%35.8%
Put IV 25d38.0%34.2%42.2%37.2%42.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %14.057.7327.1627.1614.88
Gamma HHI0.190.110.350.120.16
Net GEX1.2M191.8K2.3M868.2K447.7K
Net DEX-47.0M-64.3M-25.4M-43.5M-28.1M
Net VEX-218.6K-249.7K-200.3K-245.5K-220.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.920.082.960.210.39
Total Volume1,405.2111787,0951,238818
Total OI79,864.63264,67884,68084,31571,135

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-09-04$26.41$25.0034.2%9.8%17.8%17.4%31.2%6.6%3.1%868.2K-43.5M-245.5K0.2127.161,02721144,41639,899
2012-09-05$26.32$25.0033.8%9.7%14.8%16.7%34.2%6.5%3.5%808.4K-42.0M-249.7K2.9618.704513344,18639,962
2012-09-06$27.06$25.0030.2%8.7%17.4%10.4%33.8%6.3%4.6%1.1M-50.8M-236.5K0.8023.2722017644,23740,021
2012-09-07$27.59$27.0025.8%9.3%18.3%2.8%34.8%6.8%0.4%1.5M-58.5M-228.9K1.8711.4823042944,34839,971
2012-09-10$27.11$27.0030.1%9.9%19.5%10.4%31.3%6.6%-0.7%1.2M-52.6M-226.0K0.269.0449113044,42539,875
2012-09-11$27.09$27.0029.4%9.9%19.5%9.0%34.2%6.0%-1.3%1.1M-51.6M-224.6K1.5714.3335956544,75639,924
2012-09-12$27.67$27.0027.4%9.5%20.7%5.5%33.4%5.6%-0.9%1.5M-53.1M-222.7K0.4012.2064925742,38240,331
2012-09-13$28.19$27.0032.2%9.2%21.5%13.9%30.5%5.7%-0.8%2.0M-58.7M-209.1K0.3416.2662521142,12840,349
2012-09-14$28.36$27.0033.0%9.5%21.5%15.4%31.7%5.9%-1.3%2.3M-64.3M-206.5K0.4014.9541516442,52640,395
2012-09-17$28.22$27.0033.9%9.7%21.6%16.9%34.0%6.0%-1.7%2.2M-62.2M-203.5K1.1711.2124128342,58540,332
2012-09-18$27.86$27.0033.7%9.6%22.2%16.5%33.6%5.2%-2.0%1.7M-56.5M-203.6K1.8110.0725345942,77640,531
2012-09-19$27.94$28.0033.5%9.6%22.0%16.2%35.3%5.7%-1.7%1.5M-56.7M-202.8K1.0813.1419421042,82440,793
2012-09-20$27.54$28.0033.4%9.6%22.6%16.0%34.6%5.1%-1.7%1.1M-51.5M-200.3K0.4212.0081234042,88440,872
2012-09-21$27.12$27.0036.3%10.4%22.8%21.0%38.2%6.9%-4.0%1.3M-47.9M-202.0K2.3611.222,1124,98343,10140,949
2012-09-24$26.80$28.0035.7%10.2%23.2%20.1%32.6%7.4%-3.1%191.8K-32.0M-211.9K0.087.735,11539932,67632,002
2012-09-25$25.99$27.0037.5%10.7%25.7%23.2%36.7%6.4%-3.3%307.3K-25.9M-214.9K0.4615.461,14852536,70532,157
2012-09-26$25.95$27.0038.2%10.9%25.7%24.4%36.7%5.8%-3.2%360.1K-25.4M-219.3K0.1410.341,64923237,60932,453
2012-09-27$26.38$27.0038.5%11.0%26.5%24.9%38.5%6.3%-3.5%496.9K-31.0M-224.9K0.8613.4331727238,36632,547
2012-09-28$26.17$27.0039.2%11.2%26.1%26.2%39.1%6.3%-4.5%447.7K-28.1M-220.7K0.3914.8858823038,43932,696