FN Options History — August 2014

In August 2014, FN traded between $14.53 and $19.40. ATM implied volatility averaged 48.5%, placing in the 25.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.0%. IV traded below realized volatility by 6.0% (HV 20d: 54.6%). Max pain ranged from $12.50 to $20.00. Net GEX was positive for 13 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 2 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.01.

Notable Days

  • 2014-08-18: Highest Volume — 1,064 contracts
  • 2014-08-13: Largest IV spike — 42.4% change
  • 2014-08-13: Highest IV Rank — 45.3%
  • 2014-08-13: Largest Expected Move — 14.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$17.22$14.53$19.40$18.70$16.19
Max Pain$17.38$12.50$20.00$20.00$12.50
ATM IV48.5%33.7%67.5%37.5%62.4%
Expected Move12.0%9.8%14.1%10.7%13.0%
HV 20d54.6%25.5%84.8%25.6%84.7%
HV 60d38.7%25.1%52.1%26.7%51.9%
IV Rank25.9%10.7%45.3%14.5%40.0%
IV Percentile83.2%43.7%98.8%59.9%98.0%
Term Structure-5.1%-20.8%8.6%8.6%-14.0%
VWIV41.5%30.6%50.1%33.1%30.6%
Skew 25d7.5%-6.5%21.4%1.9%21.4%
Skew 10d12.4%-1.0%43.5%5.4%43.5%
Call IV 25d40.7%32.2%55.4%36.1%43.5%
Put IV 25d48.2%31.7%68.3%38.0%65.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %98.8781.45108.40108.4088.88
Gamma HHI0.450.240.640.570.27
Net GEX8.8K-6.4K28.5K17.1K-1.7K
Net DEX-77.8K-256.9K183.8K-112.7K-122.1K
Net VEX-2.9K-4.3K-1.1K-2.2K-4.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.010.004.860.000.33
Total Volume79.76201,06404
Total OI1,309.9526891,9599001,959

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-08-01$18.70$20.0037.5%10.7%25.6%14.5%0.0%1.9%8.6%17.1K-112.7K-2.2K0.00108.4000617283
2014-08-04$18.71$20.0041.8%11.6%25.5%19.0%0.0%5.0%-1.3%17.7K-115.5K-2.2K0.00107.98100617283
2014-08-05$18.64$20.0042.1%12.3%25.5%19.2%0.0%9.4%-1.2%17.4K-119.9K-2.2K0.0099.8400627283
2014-08-06$19.25$20.0033.7%9.8%28.7%10.7%33.1%10.8%2.0%22.9K-208.9K-2.2K0.00102.5220627283
2014-08-07$18.94$20.0036.9%10.6%25.8%13.9%0.0%-2.5%-2.4%21.1K-184.8K-2.2K0.00105.98130629283
2014-08-08$19.30$20.0042.0%10.5%26.8%19.2%0.0%-1.6%-1.0%23.3K-252.3K-2.3K0.00106.8700642283
2014-08-11$19.40$20.0034.2%10.4%26.8%11.1%0.0%0.1%-2.3%28.5K-256.9K-2.2K0.00107.4700642283
2014-08-12$19.16$20.0047.4%11.0%26.8%24.7%0.0%-2.0%-2.7%24.0K-213.5K-2.1K0.00107.3200642283
2014-08-13$18.40$20.0067.5%14.1%30.2%45.3%41.1%12.0%-8.9%15.7K-97.7K-2.0K4.86100.91734642274
2014-08-14$17.07$15.0047.1%13.5%39.4%24.3%50.1%-4.9%-5.6%7.0K96.2K-1.6K2.73102.601130649283
2014-08-15$17.75$15.0047.4%13.6%39.5%24.7%44.8%9.1%-6.3%9.4K-94.8K-1.7K0.96100.532726660208
2014-08-18$14.53$0.0057.8%13.0%79.6%35.3%42.0%18.3%-7.4%428132.0K-1.1K1.6898.27397667471218
2014-08-19$14.81$12.5055.3%11.6%79.7%32.8%39.5%17.2%-7.5%-5.1K183.8K-3.5K1.7285.1169119788843
2014-08-20$14.91$17.5056.7%12.0%80.0%34.2%43.1%8.7%-7.5%-5.6K183.6K-3.9K1.2581.451215854950
2014-08-21$15.00$17.5042.8%12.7%80.2%19.9%48.4%19.2%-1.2%-6.4K140.0K-3.6K0.00103.77170865965
2014-08-22$15.70$17.5054.5%12.4%82.9%32.0%46.4%-6.5%-5.5%-3.0K25.6K-4.0K0.5694.054525882965
2014-08-25$16.25$17.5057.5%13.4%84.4%35.1%36.7%6.4%-10.0%-851-128.1K-4.3K0.2089.257014892990
2014-08-26$16.50$17.5048.5%11.3%84.8%25.8%30.6%8.1%-4.8%4.1K-199.5K-4.2K0.8188.2332269271,003
2014-08-27$16.30$12.5053.2%11.9%84.7%30.7%0.0%18.4%-20.8%-607-183.7K-4.3K0.0095.32109351,022
2014-08-28$16.03$12.5053.1%12.5%84.6%30.6%0.0%9.3%-6.7%-940-104.6K-4.3K0.00101.59029351,022
2014-08-29$16.19$12.5062.4%13.0%84.7%40.0%0.0%21.4%-14.0%-1.7K-122.1K-4.2K0.3388.88319351,024