FN Options History — September 2011

In September 2011, FN traded between $15.68 and $20.51. ATM implied volatility averaged 109.5%. The 30-day expected move averaged 27.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 51.4% (HV 20d: 58.1%). Net GEX was positive for 11 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.67.

Notable Days

  • 2011-09-09: Highest Volume — 5 contracts
  • 2011-09-14: Largest IV spike — 144.1% change
  • 2011-09-30: Largest Expected Move — 41.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$17.98$15.68$20.51$15.94$18.70
ATM IV109.5%73.2%188.3%79.6%143.3%
Expected Move27.0%22.1%41.1%22.8%41.1%
HV 20d58.1%56.4%60.9%56.5%60.9%
Term Structure-12.7%-48.8%18.7%18.7%-45.2%
Skew 25d7.9%6.0%9.8%9.8%7.1%
Skew 10d12.8%-2.7%18.1%17.1%12.4%
Call IV 25d77.4%76.7%78.1%77.3%77.9%
Put IV 25d85.3%83.7%87.1%87.1%85.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %83.8634.78181.71124.14151.25
Gamma HHI0.810.511.001.000.51
Net GEX12-7420-6
Net DEX-963-2.7K4590-1.1K
Net VEX-20-3300-31
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.670.670.670.670.67
Total Volume0.350500
Total OI4.350707

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-09-02$15.94$0.0079.6%22.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%18.7%0000.00124.140000
2011-09-06$16.18$0.00116.1%29.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%-20.0%0000.00127.110000
2011-09-07$16.73$0.0078.2%23.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%-3.2%0000.0051.820000
2011-09-08$16.01$0.00188.3%25.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%-6.5%0000.0057.200000
2011-09-09$15.68$0.00187.9%25.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%-4.9%0000.6764.233200
2011-09-12$16.38$0.0096.9%23.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%-2.7%13-814-230.0056.150032
2011-09-13$16.32$0.0073.2%23.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%-2.8%19-421-220.0060.090032
2011-09-14$18.17$0.00178.7%23.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%-15.6%32459-210.0052.190032
2011-09-15$18.40$0.0082.2%23.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%-2.0%42-1.2K-250.0055.340032
2011-09-16$18.38$0.0082.9%23.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%-1.7%16-1.6K-260.0056.580032
2011-09-19$18.16$0.0082.2%23.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%9.8%1.2%39-1.0K-250.0036.030032
2011-09-20$18.76$0.0078.1%22.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%8.4%1.6%17-1.9K-260.0038.270032
2011-09-21$18.84$0.0077.2%22.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%9.2%2.3%16-2.0K-260.0034.780032
2011-09-22$18.47$0.0083.0%23.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%8.9%-0.5%17-1.8K-260.0036.600232
2011-09-23$19.00$0.0079.0%22.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%8.6%0.8%-7-1.0K-330.0038.230034
2011-09-26$19.52$0.00118.2%33.9%56.5%0.0%0.0%7.5%-44.3%16-1.4K-260.00181.710034
2011-09-27$20.51$0.00117.5%33.7%56.4%0.0%0.0%6.8%-32.0%33-2.7K-270.00169.910034
2011-09-28$19.63$0.00122.7%35.2%59.2%0.0%0.0%6.7%-48.6%-6-1.4K-330.00140.940034
2011-09-29$19.75$0.00125.0%35.8%57.5%0.0%0.0%6.0%-48.8%-6-1.4K-320.00144.680034
2011-09-30$18.70$0.00143.3%41.1%60.9%0.0%0.0%7.1%-45.2%-6-1.1K-310.00151.250034