FN Options History — January 2014

In January 2014, FN traded between $17.69 and $19.68. ATM implied volatility averaged 41.5%, placing in the 23.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 11.4% (HV 20d: 30.1%). Max pain ranged from $15.00 to $17.50. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 2 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 3.10.

Notable Days

  • 2014-01-15: Highest Volume — 152 contracts
  • 2014-01-07: Largest IV spike — 34.6% change
  • 2014-01-30: Highest IV Rank — 39.0%
  • 2014-01-30: Largest Expected Move — 15.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$18.53$17.69$19.68$19.68$18.47
Max Pain$17.26$15.00$17.50$15.00$17.50
ATM IV41.5%23.3%53.8%30.0%53.1%
Expected Move13.0%8.6%15.4%8.6%15.2%
HV 20d30.1%25.9%33.3%25.9%30.0%
HV 60d34.2%33.0%34.8%34.5%34.4%
IV Rank23.0%0.0%39.0%6.0%38.0%
IV Percentile53.9%0.0%95.6%2.4%94.4%
Term Structure-3.4%-9.1%10.2%10.2%-5.5%
VWIV46.1%30.1%53.1%30.1%53.1%
Skew 25d4.5%-3.7%14.6%0.1%-3.7%
Skew 10d9.6%-16.1%23.1%-0.2%-16.1%
Call IV 25d43.6%30.2%53.9%31.0%53.9%
Put IV 25d48.1%31.2%56.9%31.2%50.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %85.8668.04108.65101.4893.24
Gamma HHI0.410.330.540.540.41
Net GEX10.3K1.7K27.7K27.7K7.9K
Net DEX-516.0K-887.1K-255.1K-869.2K-380.0K
Net VEX-1.8K-2.0K-1.5K-1.8K-2.0K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio3.100.0018.000.100.10
Total Volume33.952015232106
Total OI1,113.7628141,4391,118968

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-01-02$19.68$15.0030.0%8.6%25.9%6.0%30.1%0.1%10.2%27.7K-869.2K-1.8K0.10101.48293757361
2014-01-03$19.55$15.0031.0%8.9%26.0%7.2%0.0%-1.0%9.0%26.3K-887.1K-1.8K0.00108.65045770364
2014-01-06$19.00$17.5023.3%11.4%27.8%0.0%44.9%14.6%-1.2%19.2K-710.0K-1.7K10.0086.21220770409
2014-01-07$18.88$17.5031.4%11.8%27.8%10.3%46.0%4.5%-4.1%17.9K-703.9K-1.8K18.0077.40118770429
2014-01-08$18.71$17.5036.9%13.2%27.8%17.3%0.0%2.5%-5.5%14.8K-638.4K-1.7K0.0077.45290771447
2014-01-09$18.45$17.5028.4%12.1%28.1%6.6%46.1%8.2%-1.6%7.4K-579.6K-1.5K8.3386.06650773447
2014-01-10$18.17$17.5031.5%12.8%28.5%10.5%44.5%5.7%-4.7%6.0K-517.5K-1.6K0.0077.64014766497
2014-01-13$17.69$17.5036.4%12.5%29.6%16.7%44.3%7.1%-2.6%2.4K-435.0K-1.5K0.0091.07019766511
2014-01-14$18.01$17.5037.8%13.2%30.7%18.5%0.0%7.6%-5.9%3.2K-474.0K-1.5K0.0081.2300766521
2014-01-15$18.10$17.5042.5%13.0%30.7%24.5%45.4%2.2%-2.7%1.7K-487.6K-1.5K0.0095.691520766521
2014-01-16$18.00$17.5045.5%13.1%30.4%28.4%0.0%8.7%-4.5%9.4K-634.9K-1.8K0.0068.0420918521
2014-01-17$18.22$17.5046.3%13.3%30.5%29.4%45.6%5.8%-4.0%8.6K-679.2K-1.8K0.0091.06250918521
2014-01-21$18.92$17.5045.2%13.0%33.2%27.9%48.7%5.5%-4.7%8.4K-361.4K-1.8K0.4079.705723527287
2014-01-22$19.11$17.5047.2%13.5%31.6%30.5%46.7%2.3%-4.5%10.1K-463.8K-2.0K1.6379.241626583310
2014-01-23$18.69$17.5050.3%14.4%32.2%34.4%48.7%5.0%-7.1%8.9K-387.2K-2.0K1.6783.80610586336
2014-01-24$18.13$17.5049.0%14.0%30.9%32.8%48.8%5.6%-5.3%6.0K-265.7K-1.9K0.0083.60010580346
2014-01-27$17.99$17.5050.3%14.4%30.7%34.4%50.2%6.4%-5.6%5.7K-255.1K-1.9K0.1082.04293580346
2014-01-28$18.52$17.5052.6%15.1%33.1%37.4%0.0%6.4%-7.1%8.1K-370.1K-2.0K0.0079.8300607349
2014-01-29$18.26$17.5048.9%14.0%33.2%32.7%48.1%-3.3%-4.9%7.8K-349.2K-1.9K0.0096.05012607349
2014-01-30$18.56$17.5053.8%15.4%33.3%39.0%0.0%3.6%-9.1%8.2K-387.5K-2.0K0.0083.5900607361
2014-01-31$18.47$17.5053.1%15.2%30.0%38.0%53.1%-3.7%-5.5%7.9K-380.0K-2.0K0.1093.249610607361