FORM Options History — March 2010

In March 2010, FORM traded between $16.76 and $18.83. ATM implied volatility averaged 35.1%, placing in the 25.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.3% (HV 20d: 35.4%). Max pain ranged from $17.50 to $17.50. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 23 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.71.

Notable Days

  • 2010-03-18: Highest Volume — 661 contracts
  • 2010-03-11: Largest IV spike — 12.9% change
  • 2010-03-17: Highest IV Rank — 33.7%
  • 2010-03-17: Largest Expected Move — 10.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$17.75$16.76$18.83$16.80$17.76
Max Pain$17.50$17.50$17.50$17.50$17.50
ATM IV35.1%31.7%37.8%34.7%35.3%
Expected Move10.3%9.3%10.8%9.9%10.1%
HV 20d35.4%32.1%40.0%37.0%35.2%
HV 60d42.1%40.6%43.0%43.0%42.6%
IV Rank25.1%13.7%33.7%20.6%26.6%
IV Percentile11.2%3.2%20.2%8.3%11.9%
Term Structure3.6%0.8%7.1%2.4%5.8%
VWIV36.0%32.5%39.5%32.5%32.8%
Skew 25d-0.7%-10.5%11.7%-6.3%6.8%
Skew 10d1.5%-17.4%29.7%-5.8%8.6%
Call IV 25d35.7%26.8%40.5%33.7%26.8%
Put IV 25d35.0%25.7%49.0%27.4%33.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %16.899.3522.5117.509.94
Gamma HHI0.430.320.570.340.45
Net GEX333.3K145.5K555.1K165.7K230.1K
Net DEX-3.0M-9.9M1.0M555.6K-1.0M
Net VEX-40.5K-45.7K-32.6K-43.9K-32.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.710.072.270.080.74
Total Volume285.087666619073
Total OI29,638.78328,91629,94229,87629,483

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-03-01$16.80$17.5034.7%9.9%37.0%20.6%32.5%-6.3%2.4%165.7K555.6K-43.9K0.0817.50N/AN/A83720,9108,966
2010-03-02$17.11$17.5034.9%10.0%36.4%21.0%34.9%-2.8%0.9%213.5K-613.5K-45.0K0.1915.19N/AN/A3536820,9088,967
2010-03-03$16.93$17.5033.0%9.5%36.5%16.8%33.1%-4.5%3.7%199.0K-246.9K-43.8K0.6116.73N/AN/A996020,8289,016
2010-03-04$16.76$17.5032.4%9.3%36.8%15.4%0.0%-6.9%3.9%145.5K1.0M-41.0K0.2722.05N/AN/A521420,8579,006
2010-03-05$17.28$17.5032.2%10.5%33.3%14.9%35.3%0.9%2.5%262.0K-1.5M-45.7K0.4118.59N/AN/A1285220,8489,006
2010-03-08$17.38$17.5032.5%10.6%33.2%15.5%37.1%2.2%1.9%288.8K-2.0M-44.6K0.7517.76N/AN/A1269420,9078,965
2010-03-09$17.49$17.5031.7%9.9%32.3%13.7%35.2%-0.9%3.9%292.2K-1.9M-41.9K0.5922.51N/AN/A975720,9208,966
2010-03-10$17.96$17.5031.7%10.3%32.3%16.6%36.0%5.3%2.1%392.0K-4.5M-44.6K0.3121.76N/AN/A772420,9299,013
2010-03-11$18.20$17.5035.8%10.3%32.1%28.1%36.7%1.5%3.3%424.9K-5.7M-44.5K0.0720.12N/AN/A3372520,9079,013
2010-03-12$17.93$17.5035.8%10.2%32.6%28.0%36.1%2.6%3.5%396.1K-4.5M-43.7K0.3320.74N/AN/A1906320,7798,993
2010-03-15$17.55$17.5037.4%10.7%33.8%32.7%36.5%1.1%2.2%334.8K-2.5M-40.8K1.1021.77N/AN/A18420320,7688,963
2010-03-16$17.88$17.5036.4%10.5%33.5%30.0%36.4%3.9%2.8%409.2K-4.0M-40.7K0.4621.05N/AN/A793620,8369,004
2010-03-17$18.83$17.5037.8%10.8%37.5%33.7%37.8%4.0%0.8%555.1K-9.9M-44.5K0.079.35N/AN/A6074120,8598,981
2010-03-18$18.17$17.5036.6%10.5%39.2%30.3%36.3%-2.6%2.8%451.2K-6.1M-40.5K1.1713.12N/AN/A30535620,7868,971
2010-03-19$17.86$17.5035.9%10.3%39.4%28.4%36.1%-6.0%3.3%380.7K-4.0M-37.7K1.8316.93N/AN/A13324320,8649,025
2010-03-22$18.26$17.5036.9%10.6%40.0%31.2%35.5%-0.4%4.4%438.9K-5.0M-39.0K0.5813.30N/AN/A995720,2928,780
2010-03-23$18.54$17.5036.2%10.4%34.9%29.3%37.0%-0.7%4.8%510.6K-6.5M-39.1K0.9812.03N/AN/A31230520,2728,807
2010-03-24$18.15$17.5035.4%10.2%36.0%27.1%35.9%-4.1%5.6%422.6K-4.3M-37.7K1.0815.33N/AN/A9310020,3048,989
2010-03-25$18.00$17.5035.7%10.2%35.4%27.9%37.0%-4.9%5.9%393.8K-3.7M-37.4K1.3015.67N/AN/A20226320,2789,089
2010-03-26$17.60$17.5036.3%10.4%35.8%29.4%38.5%-10.5%3.9%212.4K-640.2K-34.5K2.2717.40N/AN/A13630919,5779,339
2010-03-29$17.78$17.5037.5%10.8%35.3%32.9%39.5%-6.6%5.4%250.5K-1.2M-34.5K0.4417.31N/AN/A1587019,6859,632
2010-03-30$18.00$17.5035.5%10.2%35.0%27.2%36.6%11.7%7.1%296.6K-1.8M-33.4K0.7812.29N/AN/A1058219,7329,672
2010-03-31$17.76$17.5035.3%10.1%35.2%26.6%32.8%6.8%5.8%230.1K-1.0M-32.6K0.749.94N/AN/A423119,7349,749