FORM Options History — October 2008

In October 2008, FORM traded between $14.83 and $18.30. ATM implied volatility averaged 91.1%, placing in the 71.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 24.6%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.1% (HV 20d: 91.2%). Max pain ranged from $15.00 to $20.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 0 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.11.

Notable Days

  • 2008-10-27: Highest Volume — 1,570 contracts
  • 2008-10-09: Largest IV spike — 22.8% change
  • 2008-10-09: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2008-10-27: Largest Expected Move — 29.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$16.81$14.83$18.30$17.03$17.42
Max Pain$16.96$15.00$20.00$20.00$17.50
ATM IV91.1%69.3%113.3%69.3%81.9%
Expected Move24.6%19.9%29.1%19.9%23.5%
HV 20d91.2%66.1%104.0%67.4%95.8%
HV 60d68.4%60.6%72.8%61.5%72.3%
IV Rank71.8%44.6%100.0%44.6%59.5%
IV Percentile96.7%91.3%100.0%92.5%92.5%
Term Structure-7.8%-17.5%-0.4%-1.7%-4.0%
VWIV84.8%69.1%99.6%69.1%89.3%
Skew 25d11.7%-6.2%17.2%6.2%12.3%
Skew 10d22.3%-28.5%46.2%-0.3%46.2%
Call IV 25d79.0%67.5%91.0%67.5%73.7%
Put IV 25d90.8%70.4%105.6%73.7%85.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %30.5716.1843.8419.2230.74
Gamma HHI0.180.160.210.190.17
Net GEX74.6K-9.2K195.3K92.0K72.6K
Net DEX440.2K-3.3M6.0M2.1M-2.3M
Net VEX-44.7K-65.8K-32.7K-47.6K-44.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.110.009.002.430.45
Total Volume402.304291,5704868
Total OI22,758.8714,84729,70427,51716,696

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-10-01$17.03$20.0069.3%19.9%67.4%44.6%69.1%6.2%-1.7%92.0K2.1M-47.6K2.4319.22N/AN/A143417,6619,856
2008-10-02$16.95$20.0071.3%20.4%66.1%47.3%71.8%5.8%-2.0%88.5K2.3M-47.2K0.0024.86N/AN/A29017,6719,878
2008-10-03$15.90$20.0079.1%22.7%69.2%57.6%75.5%-6.2%-6.9%38.4K4.3M-41.3K9.0016.18N/AN/A1210817,6719,856
2008-10-06$16.11$17.5088.3%22.0%67.5%69.8%76.4%8.0%-8.4%40.4K4.4M-39.4K3.6033.13N/AN/A4215117,6839,795
2008-10-07$14.83$17.5085.7%22.5%72.6%66.4%0.0%9.7%-11.4%-9.2K6.0M-32.7K0.4829.82N/AN/A462217,6959,655
2008-10-08$16.65$17.5092.3%23.5%85.4%75.1%83.5%8.3%-7.3%85.3K1.9M-45.3K0.9234.92N/AN/A52148017,7129,601
2008-10-09$15.96$17.50113.3%26.2%86.2%100.0%90.9%13.4%-12.1%48.7K3.4M-44.1K0.5242.96N/AN/A1548017,8129,883
2008-10-10$17.31$15.00113.1%26.4%91.7%99.7%94.5%11.5%-9.8%109.2K-121.9K-52.7K0.8034.57N/AN/A26220917,8829,926
2008-10-13$18.30$17.50112.5%24.8%94.0%99.0%83.8%13.0%-9.0%195.3K-3.3M-65.8K0.1724.45N/AN/A4968319,7679,937
2008-10-14$17.38$17.50105.9%24.3%94.9%90.5%0.0%7.2%-9.2%127.6K756.5K-48.5K0.3925.88N/AN/A81031518,2489,953
2008-10-15$16.02$17.5099.8%27.9%98.3%82.5%83.1%15.2%-17.5%52.0K3.6M-42.5K1.1533.32N/AN/A10612218,6729,972
2008-10-16$17.38$17.5090.0%25.8%100.5%70.0%92.0%15.6%-11.5%108.1K2.0M-45.9K0.6531.85N/AN/A17011018,6339,987
2008-10-17$16.92$15.0089.1%25.5%100.5%68.8%0.0%13.1%-10.6%113.2K2.5M-45.0K0.0535.21N/AN/A8564318,8919,845
2008-10-20$18.28$15.0087.2%25.0%102.3%66.4%82.5%13.3%-6.4%76.7K-3.3M-46.3K0.2932.48N/AN/A36810810,1784,669
2008-10-21$17.51$15.0086.1%24.7%103.1%64.9%81.4%10.8%-7.1%72.2K-2.7M-44.8K6.8830.15N/AN/A2517210,5144,777
2008-10-22$16.72$15.0087.6%25.1%102.9%66.8%85.1%16.8%-8.5%58.4K-1.6M-41.4K0.5643.84N/AN/A271510,5394,909
2008-10-23$15.97$15.0092.7%26.6%103.8%73.4%82.8%16.4%-8.7%47.2K-892.0K-39.1K0.5125.07N/AN/A773910,5604,922
2008-10-24$16.19$15.0099.6%28.6%104.0%82.4%99.6%15.4%-9.0%53.3K-1.4M-41.5K0.5725.88N/AN/A442510,6224,935
2008-10-27$15.77$15.00101.4%29.1%94.2%84.6%94.2%16.4%-11.4%45.9K-847.4K-38.7K2.4725.27N/AN/A4521,11810,6374,952
2008-10-28$17.24$17.5088.3%25.3%99.1%67.7%90.0%17.2%-4.7%63.7K-2.0M-44.2K3.7428.57N/AN/A20677110,9115,681
2008-10-29$17.40$17.5081.3%23.3%98.8%58.8%88.7%15.0%-0.4%63.6K-2.1M-46.7K5.0535.12N/AN/A3819211,0306,176
2008-10-30$17.35$17.5079.5%22.8%98.8%56.5%82.8%15.8%-0.9%72.5K-2.4M-44.1K7.9639.52N/AN/A2620711,0365,568
2008-10-31$17.42$17.5081.9%23.5%95.8%59.5%89.3%12.3%-4.0%72.6K-2.3M-44.4K0.4530.74N/AN/A472111,0515,645