FN Options History — April 2012

In April 2012, FN traded between $15.29 and $18.07. ATM implied volatility averaged 52.4%, placing in the 11.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 15.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.5% (HV 20d: 45.8%). Max pain ranged from $15.00 to $17.50. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.28.

Notable Days

  • 2012-04-13: Highest Volume — 56 contracts
  • 2012-04-10: Largest IV spike — 15.2% change
  • 2012-04-23: Highest IV Rank — 16.7%
  • 2012-04-23: Largest Expected Move — 17.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$16.58$15.29$18.07$18.07$16.82
Max Pain$15.53$15.00$17.50$17.50$15.00
ATM IV52.4%40.7%60.5%48.8%54.8%
Expected Move15.4%12.8%17.3%14.0%15.7%
HV 20d45.8%41.2%57.6%57.6%42.9%
HV 60d50.5%48.9%52.7%48.9%51.7%
IV Rank11.4%3.9%16.7%9.1%13.0%
IV Percentile20.5%2.7%43.4%6.2%29.9%
Term Structure1.0%-4.0%6.4%4.6%-1.3%
VWIV57.8%50.9%61.9%61.9%50.9%
Skew 25d12.0%-0.5%20.2%20.2%11.5%
Skew 10d13.9%5.0%29.1%28.4%18.4%
Call IV 25d45.5%37.9%51.9%37.9%50.1%
Put IV 25d57.5%44.5%61.6%58.1%61.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %100.1185.99109.27103.69105.61
Gamma HHI0.350.190.550.390.24
Net GEX-5.6K-13.4K-399-399-4.1K
Net DEX173.8K55.0K292.5K55.0K71.2K
Net VEX-2.1K-2.3K-1.9K-1.9K-2.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.280.001.430.000.00
Total Volume14.7056100
Total OI926.056171,131934683

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-04-02$18.07$17.5048.8%14.0%57.6%9.1%0.0%20.2%4.6%-39955.0K-1.9K0.00103.69100440494
2012-04-03$17.78$17.5048.2%13.8%49.4%8.7%0.0%19.0%4.6%-2.3K85.6K-1.9K0.50102.832010450494
2012-04-04$17.30$17.5048.1%13.8%50.7%8.7%0.0%17.6%3.9%-5.5K131.4K-2.0K0.33104.493010470504
2012-04-05$16.78$17.5044.7%12.8%51.5%6.5%0.0%12.6%6.4%-7.3K185.3K-2.1K1.43109.27710500514
2012-04-09$16.78$0.0040.7%15.3%48.6%3.9%61.9%10.9%-0.9%-8.5K216.9K-2.1K0.0085.9903502524
2012-04-10$16.29$15.0046.9%15.9%47.6%7.9%56.5%15.3%-4.0%-7.4K231.1K-2.0K0.0088.5250502527
2012-04-11$16.64$15.0047.1%15.4%44.0%8.1%0.0%18.7%0.1%-8.4K204.2K-2.0K0.0092.4600507527
2012-04-12$16.77$15.0051.8%14.9%44.1%11.1%0.0%19.1%1.5%-11.0K217.1K-2.0K0.0094.96260507527
2012-04-13$16.47$15.0052.9%15.2%41.3%11.8%0.0%15.8%2.2%-9.2K234.8K-2.0K0.0096.11056533527
2012-04-16$15.98$15.0059.1%16.9%41.2%15.8%0.0%5.8%-1.0%-7.0K286.3K-2.1K0.0092.44210533582
2012-04-17$16.73$15.0050.5%14.5%45.3%10.2%0.0%15.2%1.9%-13.4K256.8K-2.3K0.0095.6800549582
2012-04-18$16.32$15.0052.5%15.1%44.9%11.6%0.0%-0.5%2.0%-9.7K253.0K-2.2K0.00106.2300549582
2012-04-19$15.99$15.0060.4%17.3%45.2%16.7%60.3%8.3%-3.5%-4.9K292.5K-2.1K0.00101.04020549582
2012-04-20$16.12$15.0058.5%16.8%45.4%15.4%0.0%7.9%-1.5%-2.0K264.5K-2.1K0.00101.8300549567
2012-04-23$15.29$15.0060.5%17.3%46.3%16.7%0.0%13.9%-0.5%-1.5K114.7K-2.1K0.00104.9600215402
2012-04-24$15.73$15.0059.0%16.9%42.4%15.8%59.4%4.7%0.3%-1.2K102.9K-2.1K0.00103.61010215402
2012-04-25$16.15$15.0059.6%17.1%42.0%16.2%0.0%9.3%1.9%-1.4K99.4K-2.2K0.00101.1000215412
2012-04-26$16.80$15.0052.7%15.1%43.1%11.7%50.9%5.5%0.9%-1.5K96.0K-2.1K0.00104.57050215412
2012-04-27$16.79$15.0050.3%14.4%43.0%10.1%0.0%9.6%2.6%-4.2K78.1K-2.1K0.00106.7560215462
2012-04-30$16.82$15.0054.8%15.7%42.9%13.0%0.0%11.5%-1.3%-4.1K71.2K-2.1K0.00105.6100221462