FORM Options History — August 2007

In August 2007, FORM traded between $37.72 and $45.36. ATM implied volatility averaged 39.4%, placing in the 40.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.6%. IV traded below realized volatility by 4.6% (HV 20d: 44.0%). Max pain ranged from $35.00 to $45.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 21 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.67.

Notable Days

  • 2007-08-09: Highest Volume — 2,487 contracts
  • 2007-08-09: Largest IV spike — 21.7% change
  • 2007-08-16: Highest IV Rank — 67.1%
  • 2007-08-16: Largest Expected Move — 14.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$42.04$37.72$45.36$38.19$45.36
Max Pain$40.87$35.00$45.00$35.00$45.00
ATM IV39.4%33.4%49.3%38.7%34.5%
Expected Move11.6%9.8%14.1%11.1%9.9%
HV 20d44.0%38.2%48.5%38.2%41.9%
HV 60d35.1%30.7%37.7%30.7%37.7%
IV Rank40.5%24.2%67.1%38.6%27.3%
IV Percentile53.0%16.0%89.1%62.1%19.2%
Term Structure2.5%-0.3%5.0%1.6%5.0%
VWIV40.4%34.4%47.6%38.9%35.4%
Skew 25d6.6%4.6%7.8%5.7%7.6%
Skew 10d12.0%7.2%15.5%8.6%11.9%
Call IV 25d39.8%34.9%45.5%40.0%35.2%
Put IV 25d46.3%42.4%51.6%45.7%42.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %17.2610.6028.6716.8124.71
Gamma HHI0.510.370.760.400.51
Net GEX627.3K348.4K925.3K782.2K674.3K
Net DEX-16.4M-34.5M-135.0K-4.3M-24.1M
Net VEX-134.0K-143.1K-115.6K-125.1K-130.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.670.082.840.990.30
Total Volume999.5651522,4871,254270
Total OI25,912.1321,48629,50727,51023,635

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2007-08-01$38.19$35.0038.7%11.1%38.2%38.6%38.9%5.7%1.6%782.2K-4.3M-125.1K0.9916.81N/AN/A62962518,0139,497
2007-08-02$38.96$35.0037.3%10.7%38.9%34.8%37.9%5.4%2.8%735.8K-7.3M-129.6K0.1512.95N/AN/A1722517,3069,769
2007-08-03$37.72$35.0038.0%10.9%40.3%36.6%38.8%4.6%1.5%586.9K-135.0K-115.6K0.1816.99N/AN/A1292317,3449,792
2007-08-06$39.12$40.0040.4%12.1%42.5%43.1%43.5%5.3%2.2%759.6K-8.9M-125.1K0.8111.19N/AN/A90973817,3339,793
2007-08-07$40.56$40.0039.7%12.1%40.8%41.3%41.6%4.9%2.0%925.3K-19.0M-137.5K0.0910.60N/AN/A1,36011917,93610,098
2007-08-08$42.47$40.0033.4%12.0%42.5%24.2%40.1%5.7%3.1%826.1K-27.8M-135.1K0.3019.95N/AN/A1,00730616,90710,103
2007-08-09$43.12$40.0040.6%12.2%41.7%43.7%43.2%6.7%1.8%856.5K-31.9M-139.2K2.8417.30N/AN/A6481,83917,13010,228
2007-08-10$41.31$40.0042.0%13.1%44.7%47.5%46.3%6.1%2.7%567.3K-17.7M-143.1K0.5312.43N/AN/A44223316,77011,892
2007-08-13$41.09$40.0047.0%13.3%44.9%61.0%45.8%6.5%2.3%655.9K-17.4M-139.4K0.2312.45N/AN/A4169517,06311,947
2007-08-14$40.07$40.0044.8%13.3%42.8%54.9%47.4%6.3%1.8%558.6K-10.4M-134.8K0.7711.09N/AN/A33525717,00211,935
2007-08-15$40.42$40.0044.6%13.1%42.9%54.5%44.9%6.4%1.8%617.0K-13.2M-135.0K1.3715.55N/AN/A25034217,03911,957
2007-08-16$42.22$40.0049.3%14.1%45.4%67.1%47.6%6.1%-0.3%432.5K-25.4M-136.1K0.8121.27N/AN/A1,3131,05917,00511,885
2007-08-17$43.87$40.0043.9%12.6%46.6%52.6%44.8%7.8%-0.3%672.9K-34.5M-134.0K0.1919.76N/AN/A1,83535417,31712,190
2007-08-20$43.51$40.0037.9%10.9%46.9%36.4%38.1%7.8%2.1%369.8K-13.0M-133.6K0.2719.17N/AN/A1,74047212,0039,483
2007-08-21$42.20$45.0042.0%12.0%48.5%47.5%38.8%7.6%1.7%348.4K-7.4M-135.1K0.2415.02N/AN/A63815112,6329,711
2007-08-22$43.21$45.0037.1%10.6%47.5%34.2%37.5%7.8%2.8%489.3K-13.1M-139.5K0.7028.67N/AN/A38727113,1059,771
2007-08-23$42.75$40.0036.1%10.4%47.2%31.6%37.9%7.4%3.0%483.7K-10.6M-137.9K0.4625.00N/AN/A1426513,2669,744
2007-08-24$44.38$40.0034.3%9.8%47.9%26.6%34.4%7.5%4.1%642.2K-19.9M-136.4K1.2618.02N/AN/A37947713,2919,787
2007-08-27$44.22$45.0036.4%10.4%48.0%32.3%36.3%7.2%3.6%629.1K-18.5M-136.4K0.8512.72N/AN/A33228213,4589,961
2007-08-28$43.69$45.0036.3%10.4%44.3%32.0%36.7%6.6%3.6%587.6K-15.4M-135.3K0.5814.27N/AN/A25914913,54510,086
2007-08-29$44.20$45.0036.5%10.5%44.1%32.5%36.6%7.5%4.2%635.8K-18.4M-136.5K0.0814.73N/AN/A9317313,66510,174
2007-08-30$44.25$45.0036.1%10.4%43.9%31.6%36.1%6.3%4.0%591.9K-18.2M-131.0K1.3626.41N/AN/A21729513,20510,206
2007-08-31$45.36$45.0034.5%9.9%41.9%27.3%35.4%7.6%5.0%674.3K-24.1M-130.8K0.3024.71N/AN/A2086213,29510,340