FORM Options History — January 2010

In January 2010, FORM traded between $15.47 and $21.92. ATM implied volatility averaged 42.1%, placing in the 34.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.3% (HV 20d: 37.8%). Max pain ranged from $17.50 to $20.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 1 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.97.

Notable Days

  • 2010-01-12: Highest Volume — 4,448 contracts
  • 2010-01-14: Largest IV spike — 60.8% change
  • 2010-01-28: Highest IV Rank — 57.1%
  • 2010-01-28: Largest Expected Move — 14.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$18.51$15.47$21.92$21.92$15.47
Max Pain$19.34$17.50$20.00$20.00$17.50
ATM IV42.1%27.9%50.4%35.1%46.8%
Expected Move13.4%12.5%14.4%12.5%13.4%
HV 20d37.8%26.2%46.8%30.1%46.8%
HV 60d37.3%34.1%41.7%34.2%41.7%
IV Rank34.5%4.1%57.1%18.7%48.6%
IV Percentile34.3%0.4%67.1%5.6%51.2%
Term Structure-2.6%-5.0%0.9%-2.1%0.9%
VWIV46.9%43.0%50.4%43.4%47.4%
Skew 25d3.7%-0.6%6.9%5.7%2.8%
Skew 10d5.4%-5.0%18.5%10.1%6.3%
Call IV 25d45.6%42.0%51.4%42.0%45.8%
Put IV 25d49.2%46.3%53.6%47.7%48.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %24.7816.6935.9417.7724.92
Gamma HHI0.420.290.550.290.38
Net GEX387.7K70.7K712.2K712.2K70.7K
Net DEX-8.1M-24.9M4.6M-24.9M4.6M
Net VEX-67.2K-78.5K-53.5K-78.5K-53.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.970.022.640.572.03
Total Volume1,492.4741094,4481191,970
Total OI29,559.31627,23733,90427,25931,784

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-01-04$21.92$20.0035.1%12.5%30.1%18.7%43.4%5.7%-2.1%712.2K-24.9M-78.5K0.5717.77N/AN/A764323,0874,172
2010-01-05$21.62$20.0033.3%12.6%30.6%14.9%43.0%4.4%-0.7%709.2K-23.4M-75.5K0.0318.22N/AN/A106323,1034,178
2010-01-06$21.11$20.0038.0%13.5%32.1%24.4%46.4%4.2%-2.4%673.4K-20.3M-73.9K2.6416.69N/AN/A7219023,0564,181
2010-01-07$20.86$20.0036.6%13.6%32.6%21.5%47.8%5.8%-3.2%644.7K-18.7M-71.2K0.1718.83N/AN/A2454223,0514,263
2010-01-08$20.95$20.0037.0%13.3%32.1%22.5%45.9%6.9%-2.5%634.8K-19.0M-70.8K0.2816.93N/AN/A75021322,9594,299
2010-01-11$20.58$20.0027.9%13.3%26.2%4.1%45.8%6.2%-3.3%633.6K-17.8M-68.6K0.4018.42N/AN/A1134523,5714,453
2010-01-12$19.05$20.0036.8%12.8%37.9%22.0%45.6%3.2%-3.5%527.9K-9.7M-59.8K1.8027.55N/AN/A1,5872,86123,6244,467
2010-01-13$19.38$20.0030.1%12.9%36.9%8.7%44.7%5.6%-3.2%552.9K-10.9M-70.1K0.5026.10N/AN/A52426424,3966,542
2010-01-14$18.75$20.0048.5%13.9%38.4%45.3%47.8%6.1%-5.0%416.4K-8.0M-68.3K1.1528.94N/AN/A1,5281,75024,5646,805
2010-01-15$17.55$20.0047.2%13.5%43.6%42.7%47.0%2.5%-4.6%279.6K-2.9M-63.9K0.6133.86N/AN/A2,0011,22925,7028,202
2010-01-19$17.76$20.0046.7%13.4%44.0%41.6%46.5%3.9%-2.5%315.9K-5.1M-71.4K0.8716.99N/AN/A98785821,3356,553
2010-01-20$17.13$20.0047.8%13.7%43.9%43.9%47.9%0.1%-1.6%259.7K-2.5M-67.6K0.5632.41N/AN/A1,13162921,8257,369
2010-01-21$16.75$20.0047.6%13.7%41.1%43.6%48.4%1.7%-3.5%202.4K-388.0K-64.7K2.4122.41N/AN/A4321,04021,5367,967
2010-01-22$16.46$20.0047.6%13.6%40.2%44.2%48.4%2.9%-1.0%159.5K818.4K-65.0K0.3429.96N/AN/A1,87263621,4988,975
2010-01-25$16.46$17.5048.8%14.0%38.0%53.1%50.4%4.4%-3.6%150.5K1.5M-62.6K0.0222.65N/AN/A2,0683621,9739,505
2010-01-26$16.30$17.5047.0%13.5%37.2%48.9%47.2%-0.5%-3.1%109.2K2.4M-59.6K0.2433.16N/AN/A78819021,0819,508
2010-01-27$17.05$17.5047.0%13.5%43.1%49.2%47.5%4.5%-0.2%172.7K-391.7K-66.8K2.5529.12N/AN/A16441821,1459,618
2010-01-28$16.50$17.5050.4%14.4%43.5%57.1%50.2%-0.6%-3.8%140.8K1.0M-64.6K1.1835.94N/AN/A68581121,3599,921
2010-01-29$15.47$17.5046.8%13.4%46.8%48.6%47.4%2.8%0.9%70.7K4.6M-53.5K2.0324.92N/AN/A6511,31921,72510,059