FN Options History — September 2014

In September 2014, FN traded between $14.38 and $16.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 54.8%, placing in the 32.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.7% (HV 20d: 51.1%). Max pain ranged from $12.50 to $15.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 3.30.

Notable Days

  • 2014-09-23: Highest Volume — 190 contracts
  • 2014-09-08: Largest IV spike — 38.7% change
  • 2014-09-08: Highest IV Rank — 50.2%
  • 2014-09-29: Largest Expected Move — 13.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$15.25$14.38$16.00$16.00$14.60
Max Pain$12.98$12.50$15.00$12.50$15.00
ATM IV54.8%47.1%72.3%62.4%47.1%
Expected Move12.8%11.8%13.6%12.6%12.9%
HV 20d51.1%17.2%84.7%84.7%22.6%
HV 60d51.3%50.9%51.9%51.8%51.9%
IV Rank32.3%24.4%50.2%40.0%24.4%
IV Percentile89.7%78.2%98.8%98.0%78.2%
Term Structure-5.1%-33.2%6.4%-15.4%0.9%
VWIV45.6%43.8%48.3%45.5%48.3%
Skew 25d9.7%-5.5%29.4%26.9%8.8%
Skew 10d11.6%-8.8%38.2%28.0%15.4%
Call IV 25d42.2%34.6%59.6%35.6%44.3%
Put IV 25d51.9%43.6%69.6%62.5%53.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %97.2878.97103.58101.37103.39
Gamma HHI0.420.250.620.260.62
Net GEX-7.5K-17.1K-556-1.2K-15.4K
Net DEX122.9K-125.7K444.5K-101.1K341.4K
Net VEX-3.5K-4.0K-3.0K-4.0K-3.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio3.300.0030.670.230.15
Total Volume50.61931901653
Total OI1,900.3811,3822,1841,9561,735

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-09-02$16.00$12.5062.4%12.6%84.7%40.0%0.0%26.9%-15.4%-1.2K-101.1K-4.0K0.23101.371339321,024
2014-09-03$15.92$12.5061.5%12.2%84.7%39.1%0.0%22.7%-22.3%-1.9K-72.9K-3.9K0.00100.070219271,024
2014-09-04$15.94$12.5064.2%12.3%83.5%41.9%0.0%29.4%-33.2%-556-125.7K-4.0K2.4095.6710249271,024
2014-09-05$15.86$12.5052.1%12.3%83.4%29.5%0.0%10.7%5.7%-3.3K-36.7K-3.8K0.0097.87039371,048
2014-09-08$15.78$12.5072.3%11.8%82.8%50.2%0.0%15.4%-11.3%-2.8K-17.3K-3.8K0.0082.021909371,051
2014-09-09$15.42$12.5064.4%13.2%82.7%42.1%0.0%7.8%0.3%-2.9K13.9K-3.7K2.75101.9912339431,051
2014-09-10$15.48$12.5058.0%13.4%82.9%35.6%0.0%6.8%-0.3%-1.4K64.6K-3.5K2.0499.3623479551,062
2014-09-11$15.25$12.5050.9%13.2%82.2%28.3%0.0%7.3%-3.8%-3.6K67.0K-3.5K2.92100.8113389781,104
2014-09-12$15.27$12.5052.4%12.1%78.5%29.8%45.5%7.4%-1.4%-4.0K112.1K-3.5K2.1784.7524529801,094
2014-09-15$15.18$12.5050.5%13.1%76.7%27.9%0.0%10.2%-6.3%-4.0K109.6K-3.5K3.3399.3715501,0031,118
2014-09-16$15.21$12.5052.1%13.5%26.8%29.5%0.0%8.1%-6.1%-7.9K142.0K-3.4K5.6795.536341,0171,167
2014-09-17$15.35$12.5051.0%13.2%26.2%28.4%0.0%5.3%-3.6%-9.6K67.9K-3.5K3.00103.04261,0111,164
2014-09-18$15.53$12.5048.6%13.2%26.3%26.0%0.0%12.6%-3.4%-9.8K-23.2K-3.3K0.9194.2923219971,164
2014-09-19$15.22$12.5050.1%13.2%27.4%27.4%0.0%1.5%-3.1%-17.1K57.2K-3.3K2.7498.5023639871,171
2014-09-22$14.83$12.5053.4%12.2%23.4%30.8%44.7%-1.6%-1.1%-7.8K224.7K-3.1K1.60101.862032694688
2014-09-23$14.69$12.5052.7%12.0%18.8%30.1%0.0%13.2%-3.6%-7.2K238.1K-3.0K30.67102.566184712687
2014-09-24$14.59$12.5054.8%12.5%17.2%32.3%43.8%4.4%-1.8%-13.5K409.9K-3.2K1.0478.974850718841
2014-09-25$14.38$15.0049.0%13.1%17.3%26.4%0.0%6.7%6.4%-14.5K444.5K-3.3K0.25103.58205766891
2014-09-26$14.94$15.0050.8%13.1%23.0%28.2%0.0%-5.5%1.1%-14.9K336.7K-3.5K0.87103.512320780888
2014-09-29$14.75$15.0051.9%13.6%22.6%29.3%48.3%5.0%-5.2%-14.8K327.7K-3.4K0.0094.32240803908
2014-09-30$14.60$15.0047.1%12.9%22.6%24.4%0.0%8.8%0.9%-15.4K341.4K-3.4K0.15103.39467827908