FIZZ Options History — March 2008

In March 2008, FIZZ traded between $3.53 and $4.06. ATM implied volatility averaged 57.0%, placing in the 16.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 15.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 23.2% (HV 20d: 33.8%). Max pain ranged from $3.75 to $5.00. Net GEX was positive for 2 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.31.

Notable Days

  • 2008-03-20: Highest Volume — 62 contracts
  • 2008-03-10: Largest IV spike — 50.0% change
  • 2008-03-11: Highest IV Rank — 46.3%
  • 2008-03-11: Largest Expected Move — 19.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$3.74$3.53$4.06$3.63$3.83
Max Pain$4.75$3.75$5.00$3.75$5.00
ATM IV57.0%45.9%93.4%60.2%46.1%
Expected Move15.5%13.2%19.4%17.3%13.2%
HV 20d33.8%25.2%42.2%36.4%42.2%
HV 60d51.3%47.3%59.9%59.9%49.6%
IV Rank16.9%7.9%46.3%19.5%8.0%
IV Percentile42.4%3.1%99.5%69.8%4.0%
Term Structure1.5%-6.3%6.7%-4.0%3.9%
VWIV53.9%46.4%60.5%60.5%46.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %100.6436.06144.7636.0674.88
Gamma HHI0.520.340.780.520.75
Net GEX-1.2K-3.7K781-1.0K-3.5K
Net DEX141.5K54.4K165.1K142.2K147.2K
Net VEX-705-880-322-880-548
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.310.001.250.000.00
Total Volume8.9062300
Total OI1,928.51,7282,0381,9781,730

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-03-03$3.63$3.7560.2%17.3%36.4%19.5%60.5%0.0%-4.0%-1.0K142.2K-8800.0036.06N/AN/A3007981,180
2008-03-04$3.63$3.7558.8%16.9%31.0%18.4%0.0%0.0%-3.4%-667153.5K-8560.0050.48N/AN/A008281,180
2008-03-05$3.69$3.7559.9%17.2%25.2%19.2%0.0%0.0%-6.0%-693142.9K-8560.00103.08N/AN/A008281,180
2008-03-06$3.54$3.7549.4%14.2%29.3%10.8%0.0%0.0%-1.1%-539150.1K-8230.0085.52N/AN/A008281,180
2008-03-07$3.54$5.0051.4%15.2%25.5%12.3%0.0%0.0%4.1%-517161.1K-7810.0098.87N/AN/A008281,180
2008-03-10$3.53$5.0077.0%13.3%25.4%33.1%0.0%0.0%5.3%-768143.8K-7570.00114.57N/AN/A008281,180
2008-03-11$3.73$5.0093.4%19.4%31.8%46.3%0.0%0.0%-1.4%-756138.6K-8460.00137.29N/AN/A008281,180
2008-03-12$3.63$5.0058.1%15.3%32.6%17.8%0.0%0.0%2.5%-315147.3K-7740.0094.73N/AN/A008281,180
2008-03-13$3.69$5.0067.3%19.3%33.3%25.2%0.0%0.0%-6.3%-624143.9K-7880.00137.65N/AN/A008281,180
2008-03-14$3.67$5.0049.4%14.2%32.8%10.7%49.3%0.0%6.2%-3160.8K-7390.00102.19N/AN/A0308281,180
2008-03-17$3.67$5.0060.0%17.2%32.4%19.3%0.0%0.0%0.5%-931165.1K-7020.00110.03N/AN/A008281,210
2008-03-18$3.72$5.0045.9%13.2%31.1%7.9%0.0%0.0%5.8%-1.4K162.3K-6260.00144.76N/AN/A008281,208
2008-03-19$3.69$5.0054.5%15.6%30.9%14.9%0.0%0.0%2.6%781148.7K-6980.0095.61N/AN/A008281,208
2008-03-20$3.77$5.0050.6%14.5%31.5%11.7%59.5%0.0%5.3%585148.3K-6600.0093.66N/AN/A6208281,208
2008-03-24$4.06$5.0055.6%16.0%40.2%15.8%0.0%0.0%-5.1%-48854.4K-3220.00105.88N/AN/A006201,108
2008-03-25$3.98$5.0053.1%15.2%41.1%13.8%46.4%0.0%3.9%-2.8K121.2K-6411.25109.11N/AN/A24306201,108
2008-03-26$4.01$5.0048.9%14.0%40.5%10.3%0.0%0.0%3.2%-3.7K125.6K-5840.00111.68N/AN/A206001,128
2008-03-27$3.92$5.0050.5%14.5%41.7%11.6%0.0%0.0%6.7%-3.0K130.9K-6170.00105.05N/AN/A006021,128
2008-03-28$3.90$5.0050.0%14.3%41.8%11.2%0.0%0.0%6.6%-3.1K142.1K-6040.00101.69N/AN/A006021,128
2008-03-31$3.83$5.0046.1%13.2%42.2%8.0%0.0%0.0%3.9%-3.5K147.2K-5480.0074.88N/AN/A006021,128