FN Options History — November 2012

In November 2012, FN traded between $9.49 and $12.75. ATM implied volatility averaged 54.0%, placing in the 21.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 15.8%. IV traded below realized volatility by 45.0% (HV 20d: 99.0%). Max pain ranged from $10.00 to $12.50. Net GEX was positive for 11 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.44.

Notable Days

  • 2012-11-30: Highest Volume — 110 contracts
  • 2012-11-06: Largest IV drop — 18.8% change
  • 2012-11-16: Highest IV Rank — 30.7%
  • 2012-11-05: Largest Expected Move — 18.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$11.63$9.49$12.75$10.00$12.42
Max Pain$12.24$10.00$12.50$10.00$12.50
ATM IV54.0%46.5%70.1%58.4%47.0%
Expected Move15.8%13.5%18.2%16.7%13.5%
HV 20d99.0%48.9%112.7%48.9%107.0%
HV 60d67.3%43.8%72.6%43.8%71.5%
IV Rank21.5%14.8%30.7%18.9%15.5%
IV Percentile38.0%5.2%87.3%61.9%6.0%
Term Structure1.9%-3.5%6.6%2.1%1.3%
VWIV55.1%49.7%59.3%56.7%49.7%
Skew 25d9.3%-2.8%42.0%8.0%5.1%
Skew 10d15.2%-1.5%50.1%13.2%10.9%
Call IV 25d49.3%41.9%62.4%60.1%46.5%
Put IV 25d58.7%43.0%96.3%68.0%51.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %66.6737.17104.74104.7471.60
Gamma HHI0.400.290.540.290.42
Net GEX159-4791.3K188195
Net DEX7.0K-60.3K35.6K17.8K1.2K
Net VEX-450-495-370-395-451
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.440.006.670.301.20
Total Volume15.76201100110
Total OI281.905209331209303

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-11-01$10.00$10.0058.4%16.7%48.9%18.9%0.0%8.0%2.1%18817.8K-3950.00104.740081128
2012-11-02$9.49$10.0059.7%17.1%50.6%19.9%0.0%3.2%0.4%10625.3K-3700.00103.950081128
2012-11-05$9.70$0.0070.1%18.2%51.6%28.3%0.0%6.1%0.2%5824.1K-3710.0066.640081128
2012-11-06$12.75$0.0056.9%16.4%112.7%17.7%56.7%5.4%-0.5%-201-41.1K-3910.3045.88662081128
2012-11-07$12.48$12.5057.5%16.4%110.9%18.2%57.3%12.4%-0.5%1.3K-60.3K-4736.6748.24320139148
2012-11-08$12.00$12.5055.2%16.5%106.0%25.9%0.0%20.8%-0.9%913-15.7K-4950.0069.8601139168
2012-11-09$11.97$12.5052.3%16.5%106.0%22.3%0.0%42.0%-0.1%858-11.9K-4860.0057.55020139169
2012-11-12$12.00$12.5049.1%16.5%105.9%18.2%0.0%10.4%-0.6%1.1K-13.4K-4760.0057.6080139169
2012-11-13$11.81$12.5046.5%15.6%106.1%14.8%54.0%15.9%3.2%7221.0K-4550.0060.73015137169
2012-11-14$11.75$12.5048.3%15.8%106.2%17.1%0.0%7.8%1.5%16714.5K-4640.0063.3900137184
2012-11-15$11.52$12.5056.5%16.2%106.6%27.6%57.1%9.4%1.2%-47928.5K-4470.0076.45100137184
2012-11-16$11.12$12.5059.0%16.9%107.4%30.7%0.0%6.0%3.7%-34135.6K-4400.0070.4400147184
2012-11-19$11.35$12.5058.3%16.7%106.6%29.9%0.0%3.0%-3.5%-26430.3K-4440.0058.540092164
2012-11-20$11.24$12.5057.5%16.5%104.7%28.8%59.3%8.2%6.6%-26935.2K-4310.0063.3803092164
2012-11-21$12.00$12.5051.8%14.8%106.6%21.6%51.8%16.9%1.8%-47619.4K-4870.0037.1710092194
2012-11-23$12.02$12.5049.2%14.1%106.7%18.3%0.0%12.9%4.9%-10415.0K-4890.0062.8300102194
2012-11-26$12.33$12.5050.7%14.5%106.5%20.2%0.0%3.8%5.0%814.1K-4770.0070.2400102194
2012-11-27$11.98$12.5049.7%14.2%107.5%18.9%49.7%-2.8%5.9%-4814.9K-4703.3370.39310102194
2012-11-28$12.11$12.5049.1%14.1%107.4%18.2%0.0%0.6%5.9%-6913.3K-4740.0071.850099204
2012-11-29$12.27$12.5050.6%14.5%107.4%20.0%0.0%0.4%2.6%-589.3K-4680.0068.505099204
2012-11-30$12.42$12.5047.0%13.5%107.0%15.5%0.0%5.1%1.3%1951.2K-4511.2071.60506099204