FORM Options History — February 2009

In February 2009, FORM traded between $13.58 and $16.61. ATM implied volatility averaged 56.2%, placing in the 26.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 16.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.9% (HV 20d: 58.1%). Max pain ranged from $15.00 to $15.00. Net GEX was positive for 7 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.75.

Notable Days

  • 2009-02-25: Highest Volume — 227 contracts
  • 2009-02-23: Largest IV spike — 16.4% change
  • 2009-02-23: Highest IV Rank — 40.0%
  • 2009-02-23: Largest Expected Move — 19.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$15.36$13.58$16.61$15.95$14.46
Max Pain$15.00$15.00$15.00$15.00$15.00
ATM IV56.2%48.0%66.8%57.1%56.2%
Expected Move16.3%14.2%19.1%16.4%16.1%
HV 20d58.1%49.3%63.3%63.3%50.8%
HV 60d64.3%59.7%69.8%69.8%59.7%
IV Rank26.4%15.7%40.0%27.5%26.4%
IV Percentile40.6%9.1%70.6%44.0%41.7%
Term Structure1.2%-1.2%4.6%2.4%2.0%
VWIV56.1%50.9%60.5%57.2%57.7%
Skew 25d8.6%3.0%11.7%8.6%3.0%
Skew 10d10.6%-11.3%32.5%32.5%-2.1%
Call IV 25d53.3%44.5%60.6%51.5%59.1%
Put IV 25d61.8%56.2%65.0%60.1%62.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %24.3215.5230.8129.2122.22
Gamma HHI0.320.270.450.300.36
Net GEX-7.2K-25.0K9.7K1.1K-9.5K
Net DEX-552.2K-1.9M1.2M-1.1M135.2K
Net VEX-29.4K-31.6K-25.6K-31.6K-26.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.750.0025.000.120.00
Total Volume110.21122279428
Total OI11,417.73710,69712,09111,23410,873

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-02-02$15.95$15.0057.1%16.4%63.3%27.5%57.2%8.6%2.4%1.1K-1.1M-31.6K0.1229.21N/AN/A84105,6235,611
2009-02-03$16.01$15.0058.1%16.7%63.1%28.8%50.9%9.9%1.7%3.2K-1.3M-31.6K0.2719.73N/AN/A1545,6355,621
2009-02-04$16.57$15.0050.3%14.4%62.4%18.8%57.0%11.7%4.6%9.7K-1.9M-31.5K7.6924.63N/AN/A161235,5905,623
2009-02-05$16.45$15.0049.5%14.2%59.2%17.7%55.7%10.4%2.8%6.5K-1.6M-31.5K1.7818.78N/AN/A591055,6035,710
2009-02-06$16.61$15.0048.0%15.2%58.4%15.7%52.7%8.3%1.8%8.1K-1.7M-31.6K0.0027.51N/AN/A205,6325,786
2009-02-09$16.45$15.0050.3%15.4%58.1%18.8%53.5%9.1%1.1%7.3K-1.6M-30.9K0.0428.32N/AN/A11245,6335,786
2009-02-10$15.67$15.0057.0%17.1%61.0%27.4%59.8%9.8%0.6%-2.5K-912.1K-29.8K7.7830.25N/AN/A9705,7385,782
2009-02-11$15.47$15.0055.1%16.6%60.7%25.0%0.0%9.3%0.9%-12.7K-513.1K-29.7K0.6325.24N/AN/A120755,7465,882
2009-02-12$15.59$15.0058.8%16.8%59.9%29.6%52.8%9.3%-0.7%-8.5K-656.3K-30.4K1.1329.28N/AN/A1011145,8665,907
2009-02-13$16.06$15.0057.0%16.4%60.0%27.5%0.0%8.3%1.2%1.2K-1.4M-31.3K25.0030.81N/AN/A2505,9676,021
2009-02-17$15.25$15.0059.8%17.2%62.0%31.1%0.0%11.3%0.0%-17.4K-388.8K-29.7K0.0020.37N/AN/A2505,9676,062
2009-02-18$15.28$15.0059.3%17.0%49.3%30.4%0.0%7.5%-1.2%-18.7K-420.6K-29.6K0.0017.33N/AN/A5205,9926,051
2009-02-19$14.44$15.0057.3%16.4%53.9%27.8%0.0%10.4%0.9%-25.0K496.1K-28.4K1.8819.68N/AN/A571076,0406,051
2009-02-20$14.48$15.0057.4%16.4%53.8%27.9%58.8%10.3%0.5%-23.4K780.5K-27.6K0.1226.01N/AN/A162196,0895,926
2009-02-23$13.58$15.0066.8%19.1%57.1%40.0%60.5%3.9%-0.1%-22.5K1.2M-25.6K0.8515.52N/AN/A39335,6205,077
2009-02-24$14.36$15.0057.3%16.4%59.3%27.7%57.1%8.2%1.1%-16.4K411.2K-26.8K0.2428.47N/AN/A171415,6455,057
2009-02-25$14.64$15.0055.3%15.9%58.7%25.2%55.3%8.1%2.7%-9.0K13.3K-27.6K1.9128.65N/AN/A781495,8005,077
2009-02-26$14.60$15.0057.3%16.4%53.7%27.8%57.7%5.2%0.5%-8.8K-24.5K-27.4K0.0020.04N/AN/A5805,7885,060
2009-02-27$14.46$15.0056.2%16.1%50.8%26.4%0.0%3.0%2.0%-9.5K135.2K-26.8K0.0022.22N/AN/A0285,8135,060