FN Options History — January 2015

In January 2015, FN traded between $16.09 and $17.34. ATM implied volatility averaged 45.4%, placing in the 22.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 13.7% (HV 20d: 31.6%). Max pain ranged from $17.50 to $17.50. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.78.

Notable Days

  • 2015-01-15: Highest Volume — 378 contracts
  • 2015-01-12: Largest IV spike — 29.9% change
  • 2015-01-27: Highest IV Rank — 33.6%
  • 2015-01-27: Largest Expected Move — 16.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$16.73$16.09$17.34$17.22$16.40
Max Pain$17.50$17.50$17.50$17.50$17.50
ATM IV45.4%36.4%56.5%39.4%49.6%
Expected Move13.1%11.0%16.2%11.0%14.2%
HV 20d31.6%28.2%34.1%32.0%32.7%
HV 60d34.9%32.6%37.0%36.2%32.6%
IV Rank22.2%12.9%33.6%16.5%26.5%
IV Percentile65.8%43.7%86.9%54.4%73.4%
Term Structure-1.9%-9.0%13.2%-2.1%-8.0%
VWIV47.1%36.1%57.0%41.6%50.2%
Skew 25d5.5%-4.3%14.7%-1.4%12.1%
Skew 10d10.3%-10.3%64.3%-2.4%12.0%
Call IV 25d44.5%33.2%53.0%39.0%47.6%
Put IV 25d50.0%36.8%60.9%37.6%59.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %98.0391.23105.9593.7192.34
Gamma HHI0.330.270.390.370.29
Net GEX10.6K7.0K14.0K12.5K8.9K
Net DEX-376.7K-613.0K-106.9K-564.2K-161.7K
Net VEX-2.8K-3.1K-2.5K-2.8K-2.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.780.007.630.852.53
Total Volume191.20378283272
Total OI1,581.81,1461,9211,8281,279

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-01-02$17.22$0.0039.4%11.0%32.0%16.5%0.0%-1.4%-2.1%12.5K-564.2K-2.8K0.8593.711531301,255573
2015-01-05$17.34$0.0039.4%12.7%32.0%16.5%0.0%13.7%-0.3%12.9K-613.0K-3.1K0.0098.59001,255573
2015-01-06$16.81$0.0038.0%12.5%31.9%15.1%0.0%2.0%0.7%11.6K-514.7K-3.0K0.00103.98001,255573
2015-01-07$16.77$0.0036.4%12.1%31.2%12.9%0.0%13.4%3.4%9.6K-477.4K-3.0K0.00103.35001,255573
2015-01-08$17.25$0.0042.6%12.5%32.9%19.3%0.0%8.1%1.2%12.1K-588.6K-3.0K0.8593.781531301,255573
2015-01-09$17.03$0.0040.0%12.4%30.4%16.6%41.6%3.4%1.4%11.4K-583.4K-2.9K0.6796.471931301,255573
2015-01-12$16.96$17.5051.9%12.3%29.6%28.9%42.0%2.1%0.5%13.5K-571.0K-2.8K0.68100.831931311,295573
2015-01-13$16.72$17.5049.5%13.0%28.7%26.4%46.6%12.7%-1.4%12.8K-500.2K-2.8K0.7099.871871311,295573
2015-01-14$16.69$17.5047.6%13.6%28.2%24.4%48.4%-1.9%-3.3%10.9K-454.0K-2.7K0.7095.931871311,293573
2015-01-15$16.21$17.5038.8%11.1%30.0%15.4%43.5%-4.3%13.2%9.9K-397.0K-2.5K0.56102.632421361,293573
2015-01-16$17.13$17.5041.8%12.0%34.1%18.4%42.0%-2.7%-0.7%14.0K-542.7K-2.8K7.63105.168611,348573
2015-01-20$16.98$17.5046.3%13.3%32.8%23.0%45.8%14.7%-2.7%11.7K-305.8K-2.8K3.0399.8933100711435
2015-01-21$16.82$17.5044.6%12.8%31.8%21.4%0.0%0.1%0.5%10.1K-274.6K-3.0K0.00105.9510739517
2015-01-22$16.69$17.5050.1%14.4%31.8%27.0%51.1%2.4%-4.9%9.6K-217.4K-3.0K3.1798.8664203740517
2015-01-23$16.34$17.5040.1%11.5%32.1%16.7%36.1%4.3%-6.0%9.2K-178.6K-2.8K3.17103.0664203740517
2015-01-26$16.38$17.5050.1%14.4%32.1%27.0%50.8%10.9%-3.5%8.0K-154.9K-2.9K0.2091.52102740517
2015-01-27$16.09$17.5056.5%16.2%32.4%33.6%57.0%3.5%-8.7%7.0K-106.9K-2.8K0.2091.23102750519
2015-01-28$16.26$17.5052.8%15.1%32.8%29.8%52.5%3.0%-8.1%7.9K-146.2K-2.8K2.6691.9677205760519
2015-01-29$16.50$17.5051.8%14.9%33.0%28.8%51.9%13.6%-9.0%9.5K-181.3K-2.8K2.6691.5477205760519
2015-01-30$16.40$17.5049.6%14.2%32.7%26.5%50.2%12.1%-8.0%8.9K-161.7K-2.8K2.5392.3477195760519