FN Options History — February 2012

In February 2012, FN traded between $17.21 and $20.49. ATM implied volatility averaged 56.1%. The 30-day expected move averaged 15.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 8.8% (HV 20d: 47.4%). Max pain ranged from $17.50 to $17.50. Net GEX was positive for 18 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.75.

Notable Days

  • 2012-02-27: Highest Volume — 158 contracts
  • 2012-02-08: Largest IV spike — 33.1% change
  • 2012-02-08: Largest Expected Move — 17.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$18.48$17.21$20.49$17.21$17.87
Max Pain$17.50$17.50$17.50$17.50$17.50
ATM IV56.1%50.7%68.0%58.9%52.1%
Expected Move15.9%14.7%17.8%16.9%15.0%
HV 20d47.4%29.8%54.5%36.5%53.0%
HV 60d44.9%42.6%46.6%43.7%44.9%
Term Structure1.3%-1.8%2.6%1.4%0.9%
VWIV51.8%29.4%58.9%58.9%51.1%
Skew 25d3.3%-7.2%15.0%6.5%-3.6%
Skew 10d4.9%-11.0%26.7%-9.2%-5.4%
Call IV 25d51.9%41.8%64.0%57.3%49.8%
Put IV 25d55.1%45.9%69.0%63.8%46.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %51.3927.92110.6957.4754.51
Gamma HHI0.320.290.410.310.39
Net GEX2.0K-5464.6K1.6K3.4K
Net DEX-97.6K-207.0K40.1K-73.6K-17.4K
Net VEX-1.1K-2.5K-560-560-2.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.750.002.760.000.01
Total Volume52.85015810
Total OI448208871208871

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-02-01$17.21$0.0058.9%16.9%36.5%0.0%58.9%6.5%1.4%1.6K-73.6K-5600.0057.470112286
2012-02-02$17.59$17.5058.8%16.9%31.3%0.0%0.0%9.2%2.2%1.7K-78.6K-5730.0085.7306112287
2012-02-03$18.16$17.5062.4%16.9%29.8%0.0%58.2%4.9%1.5%411-49.1K-7720.00110.6960122147
2012-02-06$17.82$17.5068.0%17.6%31.3%0.0%0.0%15.0%-0.7%580-48.0K-7491.0767.395559128147
2012-02-07$19.07$17.5050.7%15.7%36.9%0.0%56.9%6.7%-0.0%855-149.5K-8460.1066.53505183205
2012-02-08$20.49$17.5067.5%17.8%42.6%0.0%56.3%5.5%-1.8%2.0K-207.0K-6710.6476.18117174208
2012-02-09$19.36$17.5054.6%15.7%49.4%0.0%0.0%4.3%1.5%1.3K-144.6K-8130.0333.671023175201
2012-02-10$18.80$17.5054.7%15.7%51.1%0.0%0.0%3.8%0.6%3.3K-161.5K-1.1K0.0037.0580270198
2012-02-13$19.00$17.5054.4%15.6%51.1%0.0%0.0%5.2%1.8%4.1K-191.5K-1.0K0.0035.0200276198
2012-02-14$19.20$17.5054.9%15.7%51.1%0.0%0.0%2.8%1.4%4.6K-197.1K-1.0K0.0042.5000268198
2012-02-15$18.81$17.5055.1%15.8%51.9%0.0%0.0%4.1%1.1%3.5K-174.0K-9531.0039.681010268198
2012-02-16$18.05$17.5057.4%16.5%54.5%0.0%29.4%8.5%0.7%-546-104.4K-9610.1530.8711517259208
2012-02-17$18.11$17.5056.9%16.3%54.5%0.0%0.0%4.7%2.3%1.8K-124.5K-9620.0053.9600265203
2012-02-21$18.16$17.5053.7%15.4%54.4%0.0%0.0%-5.1%2.4%2.7K-77.1K-9061.8043.563054227165
2012-02-22$18.12$17.5053.6%15.4%53.7%0.0%0.0%-7.2%2.5%2.0K-45.1K-1.2K0.0043.9500226219
2012-02-23$18.60$17.5052.6%15.1%54.1%0.0%52.3%3.3%2.0%2.5K-60.3K-1.1K1.4044.826084226219
2012-02-24$18.37$17.5053.1%15.2%54.2%0.0%0.0%-2.2%2.6%1.8K-39.8K-1.5K0.0045.1800286299
2012-02-27$18.52$17.5051.7%14.8%53.6%0.0%51.4%0.7%1.3%2.1K-48.6K-1.5K2.7627.9242116286299
2012-02-28$18.21$17.5051.3%14.7%52.3%0.0%51.1%-1.8%2.3%-14740.1K-2.1K0.0131.031501306415
2012-02-29$17.87$17.5052.1%15.0%53.0%0.0%0.0%-3.6%0.9%3.4K-17.4K-2.5K0.0054.5100456415