FN Options History — December 2018

In December 2018, FN traded between $46.97 and $53.27. ATM implied volatility averaged 42.8%, placing in the 34.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.0%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.5% (HV 20d: 43.3%). Max pain ranged from $40.00 to $50.00. Net GEX was positive for 11 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.19.

Notable Days

  • 2018-12-24: Highest Volume — 243 contracts
  • 2018-12-12: Largest IV drop — 15.8% change
  • 2018-12-10: Highest IV Rank — 43.8%
  • 2018-12-24: Largest Expected Move — 13.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$49.67$46.97$53.27$53.27$51.21
Max Pain$41.50$40.00$50.00$50.00$40.00
ATM IV42.8%37.1%47.6%37.1%43.9%
Expected Move12.0%10.6%13.6%10.6%12.6%
HV 20d43.3%37.6%50.6%50.4%47.8%
HV 60d44.0%39.4%47.1%39.4%46.9%
IV Rank34.8%24.2%43.8%24.2%36.9%
IV Percentile69.7%46.4%79.0%46.4%72.6%
Term Structure3.1%-5.6%8.6%-3.1%8.6%
VWIV42.5%34.9%49.8%39.7%34.9%
Skew 25d5.2%3.9%6.4%4.4%5.7%
Skew 10d13.6%7.3%19.6%11.0%11.9%
Call IV 25d39.4%35.8%45.6%36.3%41.2%
Put IV 25d44.5%40.6%52.0%40.6%46.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %81.4669.5291.1572.2991.15
Gamma HHI0.120.090.200.170.20
Net GEX245-28.2K37.0K29.5K37.0K
Net DEX-5.6M-7.5M-4.1M-7.5M-6.4M
Net VEX-19.8K-22.2K-17.1K-18.7K-17.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.190.132.750.440.20
Total Volume81.156243696
Total OI3,905.653,7294,0473,9193,742

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-12-03$53.27$50.0037.1%10.6%50.4%24.2%39.7%4.4%-3.1%29.5K-7.5M-18.7K0.4472.2948211,8782,041
2018-12-04$52.09$50.0041.2%11.8%50.6%31.9%41.1%5.0%-3.5%14.7K-6.9M-19.4K1.2369.5247581,8522,062
2018-12-05$52.06$50.0042.5%12.2%37.8%34.2%42.6%3.9%-5.6%12.7K-6.8M-19.6K1.2384.3047581,8522,062
2018-12-06$48.60$40.0043.9%11.6%41.3%36.8%37.4%5.2%3.4%-19.0K-4.9M-22.2K1.5075.6410151,8522,090
2018-12-07$48.72$40.0043.1%11.3%41.1%35.5%38.4%4.6%3.0%-15.3K-5.0M-22.0K2.7586.0120551,8572,088
2018-12-10$46.97$40.0047.6%12.1%42.8%43.8%45.7%5.0%3.5%-28.2K-4.1M-22.1K1.0073.3317171,8582,088
2018-12-11$47.91$40.0046.5%11.8%38.9%41.8%43.9%5.7%3.8%-24.6K-4.6M-21.9K2.1873.7717371,8572,103
2018-12-12$49.41$40.0039.2%11.2%39.9%28.1%42.7%5.0%3.7%-10.7K-5.5M-20.8K2.6579.5317451,8592,091
2018-12-13$48.76$40.0039.3%11.3%40.1%28.4%43.4%5.2%4.1%-19.2K-5.1M-20.8K2.6575.2817451,8592,091
2018-12-14$49.15$40.0039.5%11.3%38.1%28.7%43.9%5.6%4.1%-17.1K-5.3M-20.4K2.5779.2721541,8592,091
2018-12-17$48.60$40.0041.5%11.9%37.6%32.5%41.2%4.1%2.8%-19.7K-5.1M-19.9K0.1380.955371,8592,091
2018-12-18$51.25$40.0040.0%11.5%42.3%29.7%38.6%6.4%3.2%6.1K-6.5M-18.8K0.2683.0157151,8852,091
2018-12-19$50.17$40.0040.7%11.7%42.7%30.9%42.2%5.8%8.1%3.8K-6.1M-18.8K0.3987.1354211,9232,091
2018-12-20$50.50$40.0042.4%12.1%42.7%34.0%42.4%4.9%0.8%4.3K-6.3M-18.8K0.3283.25104331,9572,086
2018-12-21$48.56$40.0041.6%11.9%44.4%32.7%43.9%5.1%3.0%544-4.9M-20.0K0.7785.37112861,9582,089
2018-12-24$47.10$40.0047.4%13.6%45.5%43.4%49.8%6.4%-1.3%-4.7K-4.5M-19.4K0.9986.061221211,8351,902
2018-12-26$49.33$40.0046.8%13.4%48.9%42.3%47.0%5.4%7.0%13.3K-5.5M-18.6K1.3586.1217231,8381,902
2018-12-27$49.22$40.0046.2%13.2%46.5%41.2%46.2%5.5%7.7%12.4K-5.4M-18.7K0.7287.3632231,8261,903
2018-12-28$50.58$40.0045.6%13.1%47.6%40.0%45.0%4.3%8.1%28.9K-6.2M-17.5K0.5189.8447241,8421,903
2018-12-31$51.21$40.0043.9%12.6%47.8%36.9%34.9%5.7%8.6%37.0K-6.4M-17.1K0.2091.15511,8401,902