FG Options History — February 2020

In February 2020, FG traded between $9.91 and $12.24. ATM implied volatility averaged 24.4%, placing in the 7.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.6%. IV traded below realized volatility by 33.9% (HV 20d: 58.2%). Max pain ranged from $2.50 to $10.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.07.

Notable Days

  • 2020-02-07: Highest Volume — 8,593 contracts
  • 2020-02-07: Largest IV drop — 76.1% change
  • 2020-02-06: Highest IV Rank — 38.1%
  • 2020-02-06: Largest Expected Move — 14.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$11.67$9.91$12.24$9.94$11.36
Max Pain$7.89$2.50$10.00$7.50$10.00
ATM IV24.4%13.1%64.4%47.7%20.5%
Expected Move6.6%3.8%14.3%13.7%5.9%
HV 20d58.2%23.7%65.7%27.1%64.4%
HV 60d40.5%25.9%43.6%25.9%43.5%
IV Rank7.8%0.0%38.1%25.0%5.6%
IV Percentile17.4%0.0%88.9%68.7%7.5%
Term Structure27.3%-12.6%149.7%8.5%149.7%
VWIV28.8%13.9%87.9%47.0%24.7%
Skew 25d1.6%-6.1%8.3%3.9%-5.0%
Skew 10d-0.4%-18.9%14.1%3.5%14.1%
Call IV 25d35.5%10.3%198.6%55.5%198.6%
Put IV 25d37.2%13.5%193.6%59.4%193.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %91.8831.38147.57102.59147.57
Gamma HHI0.930.511.000.990.51
Net GEX89.8K13.6K315.0K276.8K30.1K
Net DEX-3.8M-11.5M-1.2M-4.5M-1.2M
Net VEX-3.8K-11.1K-1.1K-11.0K-2.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.070.0012.750.001.25
Total Volume544.42128,5933154
Total OI5,392.8952,6639,9479,4942,704

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2020-02-03$9.94$7.5047.7%13.7%27.1%25.0%47.0%3.9%8.5%276.8K-4.5M-11.0K0.00102.59N/AN/A3109,48410
2020-02-04$9.91$7.5041.7%12.0%23.7%20.4%41.7%4.6%6.7%296.8K-4.6M-11.1K0.0099.32N/AN/A2109,46110
2020-02-05$10.14$7.5045.4%13.0%24.3%23.3%45.2%-3.4%1.4%315.0K-5.2M-10.9K0.00103.70N/AN/A2309,46110
2020-02-06$12.05$10.0064.4%14.3%65.5%38.1%87.9%8.3%-12.6%125.8K-10.1M-6.5K0.04138.97N/AN/A711309,45710
2020-02-07$12.24$2.5015.4%5.3%65.5%0.0%20.3%0.8%-4.0%72.0K-11.5M-1.1K0.0653.71N/AN/A8,0935009,89453
2020-02-10$12.16$5.0017.3%4.0%65.7%1.4%27.1%0.8%-0.2%73.6K-3.6M-2.2K1.8779.74N/AN/A711333,917524
2020-02-11$12.14$5.0020.9%3.9%65.4%4.2%14.1%-0.3%-5.0%83.9K-3.7M-2.2K0.3431.38N/AN/A58203,935640
2020-02-12$12.09$5.0015.2%4.4%65.4%0.0%14.5%1.3%3.1%55.1K-3.5M-2.0K0.0261.90N/AN/A19743,946660
2020-02-13$12.10$5.0014.0%4.0%64.8%0.0%13.9%3.2%-4.7%68.7K-3.5M-2.1K1.1449.90N/AN/A63724,095671
2020-02-14$12.11$5.0017.0%4.9%64.9%2.3%14.8%1.6%3.1%74.3K-3.6M-2.4K0.33102.63N/AN/A314,154731
2020-02-18$12.09$10.0015.0%4.3%65.0%0.8%17.2%1.8%-6.5%56.9K-2.9M-2.1K0.1865.48N/AN/A1733,705731
2020-02-19$12.05$10.0015.2%4.3%64.8%0.9%33.8%6.5%-8.5%37.1K-2.8M-1.9K0.00115.46N/AN/A2903,699757
2020-02-20$12.07$10.0013.1%3.8%64.1%0.0%0.0%5.5%-5.8%34.1K-2.8M-1.9K1.2199.13N/AN/A29353,703757
2020-02-21$11.97$10.0020.8%6.0%63.7%5.9%18.9%-1.9%7.6%22.7K-2.8M-2.6K12.7593.44N/AN/A4513,729788
2020-02-24$11.97$10.0023.8%6.8%63.2%8.2%0.0%5.0%-8.9%25.7K-1.5M-2.5K1.0093.06N/AN/A25252,054609
2020-02-25$11.88$10.0018.5%5.3%62.8%4.1%22.3%-2.2%126.7%23.8K-1.4M-1.8K0.0991.24N/AN/A2322,059634
2020-02-26$11.77$10.0019.3%5.5%63.0%4.7%0.0%-6.1%127.5%21.1K-1.4M-2.5K0.0090.10N/AN/A202,069636
2020-02-27$11.64$10.0017.7%5.1%63.3%3.5%16.5%6.7%141.3%13.6K-1.3M-2.3K0.08126.37N/AN/A1312,071637
2020-02-28$11.36$10.0020.5%5.9%64.4%5.6%24.7%-5.0%149.7%30.1K-1.2M-2.9K1.25147.57N/AN/A24302,067637