FN Options History — October 2012

In October 2012, FN traded between $9.35 and $11.84. ATM implied volatility averaged 57.4%, placing in the 17.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 17.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 11.1% (HV 20d: 46.3%). Max pain ranged from $10.00 to $15.00. Net GEX was positive for 10 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.17.

Notable Days

  • 2012-10-09: Highest Volume — 40 contracts
  • 2012-10-03: Largest IV drop — 31.5% change
  • 2012-10-17: Highest IV Rank — 24.1%
  • 2012-10-17: Largest Expected Move — 18.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$10.29$9.35$11.84$11.50$9.63
Max Pain$11.11$10.00$15.00$15.00$10.00
ATM IV57.4%35.5%64.8%53.0%58.6%
Expected Move17.0%10.2%18.6%15.2%16.8%
HV 20d46.3%37.2%52.6%37.9%47.9%
HV 60d45.5%42.9%48.3%43.6%42.9%
IV Rank17.7%0.5%24.1%12.9%19.0%
IV Percentile54.7%0.8%79.0%32.5%62.3%
Term Structure3.4%-1.4%24.8%4.5%3.0%
VWIV61.8%58.2%63.8%63.4%58.2%
Skew 25d4.3%-10.5%16.2%-10.5%3.4%
Skew 10d3.9%-9.5%21.1%-9.5%2.0%
Call IV 25d49.7%34.6%61.5%53.3%61.5%
Put IV 25d54.0%36.7%64.9%42.7%64.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %75.7844.13103.7846.29103.78
Gamma HHI0.510.310.730.690.31
Net GEX475-1.7K4.0K3.0K84
Net DEX193.7K20.7K323.8K277.4K26.9K
Net VEX-409-585-352-573-381
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.170.001.000.000.00
Total Volume4.76204003
Total OI600.429189819782209

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-10-01$11.50$15.0053.0%15.2%37.9%12.9%0.0%-10.5%4.5%3.0K277.4K-5730.0046.2900378404
2012-10-02$11.84$15.0051.8%14.8%39.4%12.1%0.0%-3.4%6.4%3.7K265.8K-5850.0044.1300378404
2012-10-03$11.44$15.0035.5%10.2%41.2%0.5%0.0%-1.6%21.1%3.4K307.2K-4770.0055.1100378404
2012-10-04$11.49$15.0043.7%12.5%37.2%6.3%0.0%11.0%24.8%3.2K284.2K-5350.0055.4750378404
2012-10-05$11.60$0.0049.5%16.2%37.2%10.4%0.0%16.2%1.9%4.0K275.1K-5420.0082.4800383404
2012-10-08$10.97$0.0043.9%18.2%41.3%6.5%0.0%5.5%0.8%861323.8K-3910.0083.8000383404
2012-10-09$10.00$0.0055.9%18.2%51.8%15.0%63.4%7.4%1.0%-371317.1K-3561.0094.792020383404
2012-10-10$9.95$10.0054.3%17.6%51.6%15.7%0.0%6.6%2.7%-712316.4K-3740.0095.8301403416
2012-10-11$10.17$10.0061.5%17.6%52.6%21.4%0.0%10.5%2.1%-640307.3K-3740.0094.5900403407
2012-10-12$10.07$10.0063.7%18.3%47.2%23.2%0.0%10.4%1.8%-1.2K309.0K-3640.0095.0510403407
2012-10-15$10.22$10.0064.7%18.6%48.2%24.0%0.0%13.5%-0.6%-1.0K233.8K-3620.0097.3400404335
2012-10-16$10.27$10.0060.9%17.5%48.2%21.0%0.0%12.1%1.7%-1.0K230.7K-3590.0095.3050404335
2012-10-17$10.16$10.0064.8%18.6%48.1%24.1%0.0%11.1%-1.4%-1.6K151.8K-3660.0095.7200409259
2012-10-18$9.82$10.0063.8%18.3%48.8%23.2%63.8%4.0%1.4%-1.7K159.1K-3590.0096.38240409259
2012-10-19$9.35$10.0061.9%17.8%50.3%21.7%0.0%-4.6%-0.3%-21164.4K-3590.0096.8401414259
2012-10-22$9.50$10.0063.9%18.3%50.5%23.3%0.0%-2.7%-0.3%422.6K-3580.0050.280081108
2012-10-23$9.59$10.0064.5%18.5%48.6%23.8%0.0%2.8%-1.1%4320.7K-3570.0050.080081108
2012-10-24$9.50$10.0063.5%18.2%48.6%23.0%0.0%-0.6%1.3%4421.7K-3520.0049.7402081108
2012-10-25$9.52$10.0063.0%18.1%47.5%22.6%0.0%-1.1%0.8%-8926.8K-3830.0054.580081128
2012-10-26$9.53$10.0062.3%17.9%47.4%22.1%0.0%0.4%0.0%-6526.5K-3830.0053.770081128
2012-10-31$9.63$10.0058.6%16.8%47.9%19.0%58.2%3.4%3.0%8426.9K-3810.00103.783081128