FN Options History — October 2011

In October 2011, FN traded between $11.95 and $20.03. ATM implied volatility averaged 83.6%. The 30-day expected move averaged 22.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 10.0% (HV 20d: 73.6%). Max pain ranged from $15.00 to $20.00. Net GEX was positive for 17 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 3.26.

Notable Days

  • 2011-10-26: Highest Volume — 925 contracts
  • 2011-10-10: Largest IV spike — 152.0% change
  • 2011-10-27: Largest Expected Move — 25.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$16.64$11.95$20.03$17.52$12.40
Max Pain$18.24$15.00$20.00$20.00$15.00
ATM IV83.6%69.7%175.5%84.0%87.2%
Expected Move22.7%20.0%25.6%24.1%25.0%
HV 20d73.6%55.6%110.7%64.8%108.7%
Term Structure2.1%-3.1%24.2%-2.2%-1.6%
VWIV72.1%42.3%94.7%68.8%74.1%
Skew 25d11.8%-10.1%42.7%9.8%7.3%
Skew 10d18.3%-8.6%52.9%15.9%22.3%
Call IV 25d73.9%57.1%112.1%77.7%91.9%
Put IV 25d85.6%70.2%128.4%87.4%99.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %72.3448.91148.2358.8593.87
Gamma HHI0.830.511.000.520.77
Net GEX9.8K-918.2K-912.3K
Net DEX-247.4K-589.0K-443-443-438.9K
Net VEX-955-2.6K-30-30-2.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio3.260.0030.000.000.00
Total Volume122.71409250924
Total OI589.90571,60471,604

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-10-03$17.52$0.0084.0%24.1%64.8%0.0%0.0%9.8%-2.2%-9-443-300.0058.850034
2011-10-04$18.77$0.0077.2%22.1%68.6%0.0%0.0%7.2%1.8%-8-895-310.0073.710034
2011-10-05$19.34$0.0078.2%22.4%68.5%0.0%0.0%5.7%-1.8%-7-1.3K-320.0070.260034
2011-10-06$19.71$0.0071.2%20.4%65.8%0.0%0.0%3.7%-0.4%-6-1.5K-310.0071.49406034
2011-10-07$19.86$20.0069.7%20.0%64.8%0.0%68.8%4.3%2.9%13.0K-430.6K-1.1K0.0048.9112804094
2011-10-10$20.03$20.00175.5%23.8%63.7%0.0%69.5%16.2%2.9%18.2K-589.0K-1.4K0.00148.23205374
2011-10-11$19.52$20.0070.6%20.6%64.8%0.0%0.0%5.7%0.3%17.8K-527.7K-1.4K0.0051.76005394
2011-10-12$18.75$20.0075.2%21.3%55.6%0.0%0.0%8.2%0.1%17.3K-434.0K-1.3K0.0052.17005394
2011-10-13$17.99$20.0074.5%21.4%57.5%0.0%0.0%7.8%1.2%15.9K-349.1K-1.2K0.0054.55005394
2011-10-14$18.18$20.0074.7%21.4%57.6%0.0%0.0%8.6%0.2%16.7K-361.4K-1.2K0.0052.88005394
2011-10-17$17.16$20.0074.5%21.4%61.0%0.0%0.0%13.1%1.5%14.4K-252.8K-9320.0063.20005394
2011-10-18$16.90$20.0074.8%21.4%59.7%0.0%0.0%4.1%1.0%13.3K-227.6K-9040.0063.111505394
2011-10-19$15.65$20.0080.2%23.0%64.7%0.0%0.0%23.4%-0.4%9.2K-125.5K-6520.0070.15005544
2011-10-20$15.64$20.0080.8%23.2%64.6%0.0%42.3%24.6%0.3%9.2K-123.7K-6470.0069.78205544
2011-10-21$16.09$20.0079.1%22.7%64.6%0.0%79.0%24.8%2.5%10.4K-146.5K-6810.0074.920315534
2011-10-24$15.79$15.0080.9%23.2%63.4%0.0%80.4%20.2%-3.1%8.8K-108.3K-5232.3378.526145525
2011-10-25$12.25$15.0087.6%25.1%103.8%0.0%62.2%-5.4%24.2%1.4K-8.8K-1620.25107.31521355815
2011-10-26$11.95$15.0085.5%24.5%103.6%0.0%94.7%42.7%4.3%1.2K-19.9K-2490.0070.06921461010
2011-10-27$13.05$15.0089.1%25.6%110.7%0.0%77.5%25.4%9.1%14.4K-536.1K-2.6K30.0085.321301,53114
2011-10-28$12.83$15.0084.9%24.3%109.9%0.0%0.0%-10.1%0.2%13.2K-512.5K-2.6K0.0060.140281,53244
2011-10-31$12.40$15.0087.2%25.0%108.7%0.0%74.1%7.3%-1.6%12.3K-438.9K-2.4K0.0093.8792401,53272