FG Options History — August 2019

In August 2019, FG traded between $6.99 and $8.05. ATM implied volatility averaged 53.5%, placing in the 27.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 10.1% (HV 20d: 43.4%). Max pain ranged from $7.50 to $12.50. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.00.

Notable Days

  • 2019-08-29: Highest Volume — 16 contracts
  • 2019-08-23: Largest IV spike — 195.6% change
  • 2019-08-23: Highest IV Rank — 74.2%
  • 2019-08-23: Largest Expected Move — 32.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$7.58$6.99$8.05$7.70$7.98
Max Pain$11.07$7.50$12.50$7.50$12.50
ATM IV53.5%28.0%111.7%47.0%48.9%
Expected Move13.0%8.0%32.0%13.5%14.0%
HV 20d43.4%31.3%52.1%31.3%43.2%
HV 60d32.8%29.3%36.1%29.3%34.0%
IV Rank27.5%7.0%74.2%22.3%23.7%
IV Percentile60.9%16.9%97.8%63.7%64.0%
Term Structure12.5%-18.5%166.2%-7.1%8.5%
VWIV85.5%48.3%159.6%48.6%159.6%
Skew 25d4.0%-38.1%40.9%-20.5%21.6%
Skew 10d19.7%-41.5%76.9%-10.7%76.9%
Call IV 25d57.3%37.6%79.5%68.4%51.2%
Put IV 25d61.3%27.4%93.0%47.9%72.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %116.7637.24135.45114.73125.37
Gamma HHI0.940.741.000.860.95
Net GEX1.0K5572.4K1.3K739
Net DEX-21.9K-35.6K-10.7K-25.3K-24.3K
Net VEX-72-85-58-70-76
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.000.000.000.000.00
Total Volume2.36401620
Total OI193.2275830830259

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-08-01$7.70$7.5047.0%13.5%31.3%22.3%48.6%-20.5%-7.1%1.3K-25.3K-700.00114.73N/AN/A023020
2019-08-02$7.35$7.5048.5%13.9%32.3%23.5%48.3%8.2%1.2%1.1K-18.8K-700.00101.85N/AN/A023022
2019-08-05$7.10$0.0075.2%10.7%33.2%44.9%0.0%26.1%4.0%1.0K-15.4K-640.00123.86N/AN/A003022
2019-08-06$7.16$0.0055.1%14.6%33.7%28.7%0.0%13.4%-15.7%1.1K-14.8K-620.00122.04N/AN/A003022
2019-08-07$7.09$0.0085.8%13.3%33.7%53.4%0.0%-0.1%-15.5%921-16.8K-650.00132.80N/AN/A003022
2019-08-08$7.40$0.0077.9%11.5%38.2%47.1%0.0%8.1%-6.9%1.2K-18.9K-630.00113.46N/AN/A003022
2019-08-09$7.33$0.0057.3%11.5%37.9%30.5%0.0%30.5%-1.5%1.4K-18.3K-630.00129.47N/AN/A603022
2019-08-12$7.38$0.0035.3%9.9%38.0%12.9%0.0%10.0%-1.1%2.3K-20.0K-710.00109.12N/AN/A1003080
2019-08-13$7.36$0.0073.5%9.6%38.0%43.5%0.0%14.7%-3.7%1.7K-21.0K-700.00119.97N/AN/A003080
2019-08-14$6.99$0.0054.5%15.6%41.4%28.3%0.0%16.4%-18.5%580-10.7K-580.00122.22N/AN/A003080
2019-08-15$7.39$0.0028.0%8.0%47.1%7.0%0.0%15.6%5.3%2.4K-20.6K-670.00121.53N/AN/A003080
2019-08-16$7.66$0.0029.7%8.5%49.2%8.4%0.0%2.5%13.4%583-35.6K-660.00103.31N/AN/A1503080
2019-08-19$7.80$0.0036.7%10.5%49.6%14.0%0.0%6.3%161.4%668-22.9K-840.0037.24N/AN/A00580
2019-08-20$7.58$0.0028.3%8.1%50.6%7.3%0.0%-27.6%1.6%760-21.0K-810.00107.03N/AN/A00580
2019-08-21$7.84$0.0030.3%8.7%51.0%8.9%0.0%-32.1%166.2%963-25.0K-770.00123.34N/AN/A00580
2019-08-22$8.05$0.0037.8%10.8%52.0%14.9%0.0%-38.1%0.0%932-26.7K-750.00132.79N/AN/A00580
2019-08-23$7.88$0.00111.7%32.0%52.1%74.2%159.6%40.9%0.0%557-24.9K-850.00135.45N/AN/A10580
2019-08-26$7.98$12.5038.4%11.0%52.1%15.3%0.0%-31.1%4.0%705-25.3K-770.00110.63N/AN/A00590
2019-08-27$7.88$12.5052.9%15.2%52.1%27.0%0.0%9.8%-14.1%712-24.7K-770.00124.63N/AN/A00590
2019-08-28$7.90$12.5059.2%17.0%52.1%32.1%0.0%4.0%-14.6%755-24.9K-770.00124.77N/AN/A00590
2019-08-29$8.02$12.5064.6%18.5%46.7%36.4%0.0%10.4%-17.1%627-26.1K-800.00133.18N/AN/A160590
2019-08-30$7.98$12.5048.9%14.0%43.2%23.7%0.0%21.6%8.5%739-24.3K-760.00125.37N/AN/A00590