FORM Options History — February 2010

In February 2010, FORM traded between $15.20 and $17.05. ATM implied volatility averaged 39.3%, placing in the 31.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.6%. IV traded below realized volatility by 8.1% (HV 20d: 47.5%). Max pain ranged from $17.50 to $17.50. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.97.

Notable Days

  • 2010-02-10: Highest Volume — 897 contracts
  • 2010-02-11: Largest IV spike — 30.0% change
  • 2010-02-04: Highest IV Rank — 46.8%
  • 2010-02-08: Largest Expected Move — 13.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$16.14$15.20$17.05$15.90$16.45
Max Pain$17.50$17.50$17.50$17.50$17.50
ATM IV39.3%29.8%46.0%43.1%33.8%
Expected Move11.6%8.6%13.2%12.4%9.7%
HV 20d47.5%42.8%53.5%49.4%43.7%
HV 60d42.1%41.2%43.0%42.0%43.0%
IV Rank31.4%9.4%46.8%40.2%18.6%
IV Percentile22.6%1.2%48.8%34.9%6.0%
Term Structure1.0%-3.7%9.6%0.2%4.7%
VWIV39.2%29.7%45.8%35.2%29.7%
Skew 25d4.3%-2.2%12.7%4.4%0.6%
Skew 10d9.8%1.1%21.1%5.4%5.5%
Call IV 25d37.5%29.4%46.5%40.4%34.2%
Put IV 25d41.7%34.8%47.8%44.8%34.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %25.6715.9238.0433.0629.64
Gamma HHI0.340.320.370.360.33
Net GEX115.9K52.2K204.9K94.9K129.0K
Net DEX2.7M-347.8K5.5M4.1M1.4M
Net VEX-48.8K-55.4K-42.4K-52.3K-45.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.970.022.502.500.07
Total Volume319.4214489776244
Total OI31,448.68429,16532,49231,87929,855

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-02-01$15.90$17.5043.1%12.4%49.4%40.2%35.2%4.4%0.2%94.9K4.1M-52.3K2.5033.06N/AN/A21854422,0389,841
2010-02-02$15.78$17.5041.7%11.9%48.8%36.8%40.6%0.5%0.8%96.7K3.9M-52.1K1.1130.94N/AN/A13214722,1099,685
2010-02-03$15.91$17.5042.3%12.1%49.6%38.2%33.4%2.0%0.3%96.3K3.8M-52.2K0.7324.27N/AN/A856222,1319,748
2010-02-04$15.20$17.5046.0%13.2%50.7%46.8%44.5%11.9%-3.1%52.2K5.5M-46.1K0.4317.56N/AN/A1526522,1599,774
2010-02-05$15.42$17.5045.1%12.4%51.9%44.7%45.8%-2.2%-0.3%55.9K5.2M-45.7K1.0524.22N/AN/A656822,3009,620
2010-02-08$15.20$17.5044.7%13.2%51.3%43.9%45.1%0.1%-3.7%56.7K5.2M-44.9K0.6526.56N/AN/A1217922,3209,647
2010-02-09$15.60$17.5034.2%12.9%53.5%19.6%43.6%4.3%-1.5%70.9K4.7M-46.6K1.9031.68N/AN/A13625822,3349,671
2010-02-10$15.90$17.5033.9%12.4%49.1%18.7%42.8%5.5%-1.0%93.6K3.7M-47.5K1.6223.82N/AN/A34255522,3169,511
2010-02-11$16.22$17.5044.0%12.6%49.3%42.3%41.6%4.8%-0.5%117.4K2.6M-51.0K1.9216.08N/AN/A19136722,3219,759
2010-02-12$16.17$17.5042.8%12.3%48.5%39.4%42.5%2.4%-1.5%119.5K2.5M-53.3K0.9320.28N/AN/A15714622,4429,901
2010-02-16$16.56$17.5041.8%12.0%44.3%37.1%41.8%6.1%-0.4%146.7K2.0M-51.7K1.6215.92N/AN/A426822,44410,036
2010-02-17$16.54$17.5039.9%11.4%44.0%32.7%38.8%7.1%1.3%148.9K1.9M-51.5K0.2619.32N/AN/A2025222,45510,037
2010-02-18$17.05$17.5037.3%10.7%43.8%26.8%37.3%12.7%3.8%204.9K-347.8K-55.4K0.5223.58N/AN/A1336922,45110,021
2010-02-19$16.82$17.5035.4%10.2%43.3%22.3%30.6%7.2%4.1%177.0K1.1M-50.5K1.0825.77N/AN/A788422,39010,030
2010-02-22$16.82$17.5035.9%10.3%42.8%23.5%36.0%4.8%2.5%183.5K-295.9K-47.9K0.0928.64N/AN/A6465720,4258,740
2010-02-23$16.02$17.5038.2%10.9%46.3%28.7%0.0%2.2%1.4%88.8K2.4M-42.4K1.3929.32N/AN/A17824720,7158,735
2010-02-24$16.31$17.5037.4%10.7%46.7%27.0%37.5%1.2%1.9%108.2K1.9M-44.4K0.0229.05N/AN/A176420,8248,942
2010-02-25$16.75$17.5029.8%8.6%44.8%9.4%29.7%5.5%9.6%161.0K538.0K-46.6K0.5238.04N/AN/A653420,8528,946
2010-02-26$16.45$17.5033.8%9.7%43.7%18.6%0.0%0.6%4.7%129.0K1.4M-45.2K0.0729.64N/AN/A41320,8928,963