FN Options History — November 2011

In November 2011, FN traded between $12.10 and $14.33. ATM implied volatility averaged 86.2%. The 30-day expected move averaged 24.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 15.4% (HV 20d: 101.5%). Max pain ranged from $10.00 to $15.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.38.

Notable Days

  • 2011-11-08: Highest Volume — 2,190 contracts
  • 2011-11-04: Largest IV spike — 99.0% change
  • 2011-11-04: Largest Expected Move — 37.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$13.83$12.10$14.33$12.10$14.19
Max Pain$13.33$10.00$15.00$15.00$15.00
ATM IV86.2%74.3%159.6%88.8%77.8%
Expected Move24.1%21.9%37.4%25.5%22.3%
HV 20d101.5%63.6%119.5%103.9%63.6%
HV 60d86.5%82.1%90.6%90.6%82.4%
Term Structure-3.9%-60.4%4.7%1.8%0.4%
VWIV75.7%46.8%90.7%88.7%74.5%
Skew 25d12.6%1.4%26.5%13.6%18.5%
Skew 10d16.9%3.2%39.4%17.2%19.1%
Call IV 25d77.1%58.0%167.0%76.3%61.3%
Put IV 25d89.6%79.1%189.0%89.9%79.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %86.3547.69159.4369.5147.69
Gamma HHI0.840.470.940.710.91
Net GEX24.2K7.9K32.0K7.9K31.6K
Net DEX-902.0K-1.2M-272.4K-272.4K-1.1M
Net VEX-3.5K-4.5K-1.7K-1.7K-3.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.380.008.002.000.00
Total Volume119.85702,190300
Total OI1,870.4761,3272,9511,3281,806

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-11-01$12.10$15.0088.8%25.5%103.9%0.0%88.7%13.6%1.8%7.9K-272.4K-1.7K2.0069.5110201,25672
2011-11-02$13.53$12.5092.6%26.5%112.9%0.0%90.7%7.7%-11.3%10.5K-412.1K-2.1K0.1293.2782101,26392
2011-11-03$14.24$12.5080.2%23.0%114.9%0.0%76.7%18.1%-1.5%12.2K-494.1K-2.1K0.0081.031001,235102
2011-11-04$14.11$10.00159.6%37.4%114.6%0.0%0.0%22.0%-60.4%14.9K-610.5K-2.5K3.00159.43131,225102
2011-11-07$13.73$10.0094.6%24.1%114.2%0.0%0.0%11.6%-0.8%10.1K-420.7K-1.9K0.0995.21117101,226105
2011-11-08$14.33$10.0074.3%22.3%116.3%0.0%46.8%4.5%2.0%15.5K-580.5K-2.1K0.0197.142,163271,336111
2011-11-09$13.40$0.0090.1%24.2%117.4%0.0%0.0%10.2%1.9%26.9K-1.1M-4.3K0.4096.65522,827124
2011-11-10$14.12$0.0076.6%21.9%119.5%0.0%0.0%13.4%4.7%28.8K-1.1M-4.5K0.0084.64032,106126
2011-11-11$14.03$0.0077.6%22.2%119.2%0.0%0.0%8.1%0.6%29.6K-1.2M-4.5K0.0057.55002,106123
2011-11-14$13.72$0.0085.0%24.4%118.1%0.0%0.0%1.4%2.5%29.1K-1.1M-4.3K0.0078.22002,106123
2011-11-15$14.08$0.0078.8%22.6%118.8%0.0%0.0%5.7%-1.3%30.6K-1.1M-4.4K8.0086.17182,106123
2011-11-16$14.22$0.0078.6%22.5%116.2%0.0%0.0%11.2%-0.0%32.0K-1.2M-4.4K0.0088.46032,106124
2011-11-17$14.03$0.0081.4%23.3%116.3%0.0%0.0%7.1%-3.5%31.1K-1.1M-4.2K0.0090.830102,106121
2011-11-18$14.00$0.0079.2%22.7%115.6%0.0%0.0%26.5%0.0%27.1K-1.1M-4.2K0.0087.42002,106120
2011-11-21$14.30$0.0076.8%22.0%115.9%0.0%76.7%13.0%1.5%28.5K-1.2M-4.2K0.1988.141631,69090
2011-11-22$13.94$15.0077.6%22.3%70.2%0.0%0.0%25.1%1.3%28.4K-1.1M-4.1K0.0085.87001,70693
2011-11-23$13.38$15.0087.1%25.0%71.4%0.0%74.5%12.0%-9.1%27.1K-923.8K-3.9K0.0084.561301,70693
2011-11-25$13.39$15.0088.0%25.2%64.4%0.0%0.0%7.5%-6.6%27.1K-884.3K-3.8K0.0082.55001,71393
2011-11-28$13.85$15.0078.9%22.6%65.0%0.0%0.0%13.0%-1.5%29.9K-1.0M-3.8K0.0093.12001,71393
2011-11-29$13.70$15.0086.1%24.7%63.7%0.0%0.0%13.6%-3.5%29.6K-979.4K-3.7K0.0065.94001,71393
2011-11-30$14.19$15.0077.8%22.3%63.6%0.0%0.0%18.5%0.4%31.6K-1.1M-3.9K0.0047.69001,71393