FN Options History — March 2014

In March 2014, FN traded between $19.24 and $20.77. ATM implied volatility averaged 30.0%, placing in the 8.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.7%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.5% (HV 20d: 30.4%). Max pain ranged from $17.50 to $17.50. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 21 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.37.

Notable Days

  • 2014-03-04: Highest Volume — 111 contracts
  • 2014-03-05: Largest IV drop — 6.1% change
  • 2014-03-25: Highest IV Rank — 11.5%
  • 2014-03-25: Largest Expected Move — 9.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$20.04$19.24$20.77$19.54$20.77
Max Pain$17.50$17.50$17.50$17.50$17.50
ATM IV30.0%26.9%32.3%30.2%31.3%
Expected Move8.7%7.7%9.3%8.7%9.0%
HV 20d30.4%25.2%40.3%37.2%34.6%
HV 60d33.6%31.1%34.9%31.1%33.8%
IV Rank8.5%4.6%11.5%8.8%10.2%
IV Percentile8.8%1.2%21.0%5.6%16.3%
Term Structure5.9%0.7%11.6%1.7%11.6%
VWIV29.9%24.8%32.3%28.1%30.5%
Skew 25d5.9%-1.5%12.0%9.6%-0.3%
Skew 10d9.7%-1.9%19.5%13.4%0.3%
Call IV 25d28.5%24.1%33.5%30.5%33.5%
Put IV 25d34.4%29.6%40.1%40.1%33.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %110.3991.26128.6198.18100.88
Gamma HHI0.350.290.460.400.32
Net GEX44.3K28.6K52.1K52.1K28.6K
Net DEX-1.8M-2.1M-1.5M-1.7M-2.1M
Net VEX-3.0K-3.6K-2.4K-3.6K-2.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.370.0014.500.000.00
Total Volume18.4290111140
Total OI1,650.6191,5881,7121,6261,712

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-03-03$19.54$17.5030.2%8.7%37.2%8.8%0.0%9.6%1.7%52.1K-1.7M-3.6K0.0098.18101,444182
2014-03-04$20.49$17.5029.9%8.6%40.3%8.4%0.0%5.5%0.7%49.1K-2.0M-3.1K0.10100.80101101,445182
2014-03-05$20.35$17.5028.1%8.1%25.3%6.1%28.1%3.8%2.5%49.2K-1.9M-3.6K1.67103.0415251,446192
2014-03-06$20.17$17.5026.9%7.7%25.6%4.6%0.0%2.7%2.9%47.1K-1.9M-3.5K0.00128.61101,446217
2014-03-07$20.22$17.5028.0%8.7%25.2%6.0%0.0%4.3%5.1%48.1K-1.9M-3.4K0.00103.71031,445217
2014-03-10$20.01$17.5028.5%8.7%26.0%6.6%0.0%2.7%5.2%47.4K-1.8M-3.3K0.0091.26001,445220
2014-03-11$19.37$17.5029.4%8.9%28.8%7.8%0.0%7.3%4.5%50.2K-1.5M-3.6K0.00110.85001,445220
2014-03-12$19.79$17.5029.3%8.5%26.8%7.7%0.0%2.2%5.9%48.6K-1.7M-3.2K0.00112.49001,445220
2014-03-13$19.24$17.5031.0%8.9%29.3%9.9%31.2%6.8%4.9%51.5K-1.5M-3.4K0.00112.07101,445220
2014-03-14$19.70$17.5029.7%8.5%29.8%8.2%0.0%9.2%5.7%49.3K-1.7M-3.2K0.00114.63001,445220
2014-03-17$19.89$17.5030.2%8.7%28.8%8.8%24.8%9.8%4.9%48.4K-1.8M-3.1K0.00112.47401,445220
2014-03-18$19.83$17.5029.1%8.3%28.8%7.4%0.0%9.1%5.9%48.9K-1.8M-3.0K0.00113.70001,446220
2014-03-19$20.10$17.5028.9%8.3%29.0%7.1%0.0%10.8%6.3%50.0K-1.9M-2.7K0.00118.08001,446220
2014-03-20$20.62$17.5030.0%8.6%30.0%8.6%29.7%0.2%5.6%36.8K-2.0M-2.4K0.00115.352301,368220
2014-03-21$20.24$17.5031.1%8.9%31.0%9.9%31.2%4.5%5.5%41.5K-1.9M-2.7K1.52112.0023351,384220
2014-03-24$20.08$17.5031.0%8.9%30.9%9.8%31.3%12.0%9.5%36.9K-1.8M-2.8K0.00112.922301,382246
2014-03-25$19.95$17.5032.3%9.3%31.0%11.5%32.3%11.3%7.6%39.0K-1.8M-2.8K0.07112.581511,389246
2014-03-26$19.64$17.5032.0%9.2%31.6%11.1%0.0%8.8%8.5%41.8K-1.7M-2.9K0.00118.81401,404246
2014-03-27$20.50$17.5031.9%9.1%34.8%10.9%0.0%-1.5%9.4%32.9K-2.0M-2.6K0.00110.87001,408246
2014-03-28$20.38$17.5030.5%8.7%34.1%9.2%30.5%5.9%9.8%32.0K-2.0M-2.5K14.50114.974581,408246
2014-03-31$20.77$17.5031.3%9.0%34.6%10.2%0.0%-0.3%11.6%28.6K-2.1M-2.4K0.00100.884001,412300