FN Options History — January 2012

In January 2012, FN traded between $14.21 and $17.41. ATM implied volatility averaged 62.9%. The 30-day expected move averaged 18.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 13.0% (HV 20d: 50.0%). Max pain ranged from $15.00 to $15.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.68.

Notable Days

  • 2012-01-18: Highest Volume — 33 contracts
  • 2012-01-31: Largest IV spike — 84.4% change
  • 2012-01-31: Largest Expected Move — 32.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$16.11$14.21$17.41$14.85$16.47
Max Pain$15.00$15.00$15.00$15.00$15.00
ATM IV62.9%53.7%113.6%56.4%113.6%
Expected Move18.7%15.4%32.6%16.2%32.6%
HV 20d50.0%42.5%53.4%47.9%43.4%
HV 60d67.0%44.0%77.7%76.7%44.0%
Term Structure-0.2%-25.7%10.8%9.9%-25.7%
VWIV65.3%65.3%65.3%65.3%65.3%
Skew 25d10.5%-6.9%23.5%1.0%2.2%
Skew 10d15.7%-9.7%34.3%2.5%11.5%
Call IV 25d56.1%44.4%79.9%44.4%79.9%
Put IV 25d66.6%43.3%82.1%45.4%82.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %89.3942.02157.3157.28157.31
Gamma HHI0.610.280.900.870.28
Net GEX43.2K1.2K97.9K71.2K1.4K
Net DEX-1.2M-2.6M-56.0K-1.1M-62.9K
Net VEX-1.2K-2.5K-469-2.5K-550
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.680.0010.000.000.00
Total Volume8.0503303
Total OI1,298.51691,8971,893205

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-01-03$14.85$15.0056.4%16.2%47.9%0.0%0.0%1.0%9.9%71.2K-1.1M-2.5K0.0057.28001,740153
2012-01-04$14.21$15.0056.4%16.2%50.6%0.0%0.0%-6.9%7.4%62.1K-775.7K-2.2K0.0042.02001,740153
2012-01-05$14.85$15.0053.7%15.4%52.8%0.0%65.3%1.1%10.8%79.1K-1.2M-2.4K0.0051.970181,740153
2012-01-06$14.81$0.0055.5%18.6%52.6%0.0%0.0%7.7%0.4%78.3K-1.1M-2.3K0.0099.313001,740153
2012-01-09$15.28$0.0058.6%19.3%53.0%0.0%0.0%8.5%0.1%89.7K-1.3M-2.1K0.0077.19001,740153
2012-01-10$15.64$0.0056.2%19.9%53.4%0.0%0.0%18.3%2.1%88.8K-1.7M-1.9K0.0075.65001,740153
2012-01-11$15.75$0.0054.0%19.5%52.8%0.0%0.0%15.8%-1.3%97.9K-1.8M-1.8K0.0077.82201,740153
2012-01-12$16.08$0.0065.8%18.9%53.0%0.0%0.0%6.7%0.2%96.0K-2.1M-1.4K0.0050.39201,742153
2012-01-13$16.18$0.0068.9%19.7%52.9%0.0%0.0%20.6%-2.4%68.2K-2.3M-9670.0088.10001,744153
2012-01-17$16.32$0.0065.3%18.7%52.9%0.0%0.0%17.6%-3.0%37.8K-2.4M-5960.0091.43001,744153
2012-01-18$16.67$0.0061.6%17.7%52.8%0.0%0.0%5.0%0.8%27.7K-2.6M-53310.0051.533301,744153
2012-01-19$16.75$0.0060.9%17.4%49.7%0.0%0.0%5.8%2.3%24.3K-2.6M-5120.00131.380101,741138
2012-01-20$16.71$0.0063.6%18.2%49.6%0.0%0.0%19.9%0.5%33.2K-2.5M-5521.43113.617101,741148
2012-01-23$16.65$0.0063.7%18.3%49.3%0.0%0.0%23.2%-3.2%1.2K-56.0K-46910.00113.6122010663
2012-01-24$17.11$0.0060.3%17.3%48.7%0.0%0.0%23.5%2.0%1.4K-57.1K-5220.0096.964010883
2012-01-25$17.41$0.0060.4%17.3%48.4%0.0%0.0%5.4%0.6%1.6K-66.9K-5340.0053.680011283
2012-01-26$17.24$0.0057.7%16.5%48.7%0.0%0.0%10.5%4.2%1.5K-70.5K-5330.00124.9820011283
2012-01-27$16.91$0.0064.8%18.6%42.5%0.0%0.0%19.2%-6.1%1.6K-75.8K-5690.00107.300012283
2012-01-30$16.35$0.0061.6%17.7%44.1%0.0%0.0%4.3%-3.9%1.5K-67.5K-5520.00126.270012283
2012-01-31$16.47$0.00113.6%32.6%43.4%0.0%0.0%2.2%-25.7%1.4K-62.9K-5500.00157.310312283