FORM Options History — October 2007

In October 2007, FORM traded between $35.02 and $46.72. ATM implied volatility averaged 49.3%, placing in the 67.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 14.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.2% (HV 20d: 43.2%). Max pain ranged from $40.00 to $45.00. Net GEX was positive for 3 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.60.

Notable Days

  • 2007-10-19: Highest Volume — 10,288 contracts
  • 2007-10-11: Largest IV spike — 13.3% change
  • 2007-10-19: Highest IV Rank — 92.4%
  • 2007-10-19: Largest Expected Move — 16.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$42.25$35.02$46.72$45.84$39.11
Max Pain$44.57$40.00$45.00$45.00$40.00
ATM IV49.3%41.7%58.6%42.4%48.2%
Expected Move14.4%12.0%16.8%12.2%13.8%
HV 20d43.2%29.7%80.0%32.7%79.8%
HV 60d41.4%36.2%55.5%38.6%55.0%
IV Rank67.3%46.7%92.4%48.6%64.1%
IV Percentile87.8%71.4%99.5%76.5%84.2%
Term Structure-4.7%-11.9%5.1%4.5%-1.5%
VWIV49.7%40.3%56.6%43.0%48.7%
Skew 25d6.9%3.6%17.5%7.6%4.6%
Skew 10d13.9%-6.1%27.8%18.6%0.3%
Call IV 25d42.5%32.5%49.8%38.1%47.5%
Put IV 25d49.4%44.6%54.0%45.7%52.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %12.297.3817.4610.7117.27
Gamma HHI0.460.320.670.360.37
Net GEX-572.5K-1.2M107.2K-419.1K107.2K
Net DEX5.8M-24.1M29.7M-16.9M-3.7M
Net VEX-93.3K-127.9K-50.8K-127.9K-90.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.600.1210.060.210.46
Total Volume1,900.30411710,2882701,117
Total OI25,931.56513,83933,75529,41417,568

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2007-10-01$45.84$45.0042.4%12.2%32.7%48.6%43.0%7.6%4.5%-419.1K-16.9M-127.9K0.2110.71N/AN/A2234713,48515,929
2007-10-02$46.72$45.0042.7%12.2%32.8%49.4%40.3%7.6%4.9%-329.9K-24.1M-119.2K0.1216.26N/AN/A4906113,48115,926
2007-10-03$45.18$45.0041.7%12.0%34.8%46.7%40.5%4.9%5.1%-537.3K-11.2M-125.0K1.4111.95N/AN/A7911113,51415,947
2007-10-04$45.47$45.0044.2%12.7%34.7%53.4%44.4%8.5%3.4%-493.0K-13.6M-122.9K6.8913.58N/AN/A3622,49613,54016,020
2007-10-05$45.89$45.0042.1%13.6%33.2%47.8%45.6%7.0%-5.9%-899.0K-14.1M-125.9K0.988.67N/AN/A30730213,55218,204
2007-10-08$44.48$45.0043.6%13.9%34.5%51.8%47.3%17.5%-6.3%-1.1M-635.5K-118.9K0.2610.98N/AN/A1,00726013,54318,021
2007-10-09$43.49$45.0046.7%14.3%34.9%60.3%51.9%5.1%-7.8%-926.4K7.3M-117.4K0.657.38N/AN/A1,37388914,24818,050
2007-10-10$43.99$45.0045.3%14.4%35.2%56.3%53.3%3.8%-7.2%-1.2M5.3M-115.2K1.809.39N/AN/A14325813,80618,531
2007-10-11$42.78$45.0051.3%14.7%35.8%72.6%52.6%7.7%-8.1%-1.2M18.2M-106.2K0.5610.93N/AN/A35119813,91418,567
2007-10-12$43.00$45.0050.2%14.4%35.6%69.5%47.0%7.5%-7.1%-1.2M16.2M-99.0K0.148.59N/AN/A6659114,01218,133
2007-10-15$42.96$45.0051.6%14.8%35.6%73.4%53.1%6.3%-8.6%-1.2M17.7M-87.0K1.5310.88N/AN/A17426614,22118,109
2007-10-16$42.27$45.0055.9%16.0%33.6%85.0%51.1%7.6%-8.4%-1.0M26.9M-75.5K0.3311.54N/AN/A1615314,26318,181
2007-10-17$42.50$45.0056.1%16.1%33.7%85.5%48.8%6.9%-9.3%-898.5K26.2M-70.2K0.4610.84N/AN/A803714,30918,154
2007-10-18$42.08$45.0056.1%16.1%31.3%85.6%56.4%6.6%-10.0%-604.7K29.7M-62.2K1.7416.01N/AN/A6371,11014,31018,146
2007-10-19$41.21$45.0058.6%16.8%29.7%92.4%55.1%6.5%-11.9%-420.6K29.7M-64.8K10.0615.15N/AN/A9309,35814,73019,025
2007-10-22$42.51$45.0053.9%15.5%31.6%79.8%56.6%6.9%-6.6%-267.5K2.8M-86.1K0.9511.19N/AN/A6556226,3747,465
2007-10-23$43.52$45.0052.4%15.0%33.0%75.6%54.6%7.0%-7.1%-311.6K732.1K-90.3K0.2713.70N/AN/A6051626,6367,964
2007-10-24$43.24$45.0052.5%15.1%32.7%75.8%55.8%6.4%-8.1%-291.7K695.0K-91.4K2.3214.37N/AN/A6611,5337,0148,027
2007-10-25$35.54$45.0051.2%14.7%75.9%72.4%45.1%8.0%-3.1%-53.5K21.8M-50.8K2.6710.20N/AN/A2,4196,4697,2168,988
2007-10-26$35.02$45.0048.5%13.9%75.8%65.1%49.9%5.3%-2.8%3.0K9.1M-54.8K1.1817.46N/AN/A1,5711,8488,2775,884
2007-10-29$36.23$45.0050.4%14.5%75.9%70.2%50.2%5.7%-4.3%-1.4K7.3M-59.7K0.8014.22N/AN/A1,0338318,3175,904
2007-10-30$38.66$40.0049.0%14.1%80.0%66.5%51.3%3.6%-2.4%87.3K-1.5M-84.8K0.9211.37N/AN/A8667969,8117,110
2007-10-31$39.11$40.0048.2%13.8%79.8%64.1%48.7%4.6%-1.5%107.2K-3.7M-90.1K0.4617.27N/AN/A76535210,1387,430