FORM Options History — March 2011

In March 2011, FORM traded between $8.59 and $10.77. ATM implied volatility averaged 47.7%, placing in the 51.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.7%. IV traded below realized volatility by 12.1% (HV 20d: 59.8%). Max pain ranged from $10.00 to $10.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.08.

Notable Days

  • 2011-03-21: Highest Volume — 5,482 contracts
  • 2011-03-10: Largest IV spike — 13.3% change
  • 2011-03-16: Highest IV Rank — 67.2%
  • 2011-03-16: Largest Expected Move — 15.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$9.53$8.59$10.77$9.37$10.29
Max Pain$10.00$10.00$10.00$10.00$10.00
ATM IV47.7%42.2%53.8%48.9%46.2%
Expected Move13.7%12.1%15.4%14.0%13.2%
HV 20d59.8%52.9%74.2%61.8%60.5%
HV 60d54.5%50.0%59.0%52.9%59.0%
IV Rank51.0%36.3%67.2%54.1%47.0%
IV Percentile53.3%27.4%83.3%62.7%42.9%
Term Structure1.5%-3.0%6.2%2.9%2.3%
VWIV48.1%42.0%54.2%47.5%46.6%
Skew 25d0.8%-14.9%17.4%0.5%-1.5%
Skew 10d6.8%-23.7%39.6%4.9%1.8%
Call IV 25d45.8%29.0%54.8%45.8%43.8%
Put IV 25d46.6%36.0%52.6%46.3%42.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %23.2314.5345.7623.1115.56
Gamma HHI0.530.450.620.540.59
Net GEX188.0K23.4K304.6K182.9K287.5K
Net DEX-4.5M-10.8M1.5M-4.2M-8.0M
Net VEX-48.3K-55.2K-44.2K-50.8K-45.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.080.0027.490.980.43
Total Volume1,058.174295,4822,650132
Total OI42,708.52240,17445,49940,17442,487

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-03-01$9.37$10.0048.9%14.0%61.8%54.1%47.5%0.5%2.9%182.9K-4.2M-50.8K0.9823.11N/AN/A1,3371,31320,75219,422
2011-03-02$9.42$10.0048.6%13.9%61.8%53.4%47.0%2.4%-2.1%192.6K-4.8M-55.2K0.0130.80N/AN/A68121,88220,725
2011-03-03$9.61$10.0042.2%12.1%52.9%36.3%42.0%7.9%6.2%226.7K-5.6M-54.5K0.6116.08N/AN/A181121,93620,726
2011-03-04$9.40$10.0043.2%13.9%53.4%39.0%47.6%-7.2%-0.2%213.0K-4.8M-53.7K0.0018.78N/AN/A35021,92520,735
2011-03-07$9.11$10.0048.6%14.0%54.4%53.4%48.0%-14.9%-0.6%164.1K-2.7M-51.6K4.3123.11N/AN/A8134921,90020,735
2011-03-08$9.17$10.0050.6%14.1%54.3%58.7%47.2%2.7%-1.2%174.1K-2.6M-51.6K0.6020.40N/AN/A23814321,84520,998
2011-03-09$9.01$10.0045.5%13.3%54.7%45.2%0.0%-2.0%3.2%159.3K-1.9M-50.7K2.0020.64N/AN/A8016021,98521,057
2011-03-10$8.71$10.0051.5%14.8%55.8%61.2%50.2%-1.4%-1.1%90.1K-462.2K-48.9K0.8221.06N/AN/A23719522,05021,212
2011-03-11$8.68$10.0049.4%14.2%55.8%55.5%48.1%-0.9%-0.4%75.9K291.6K-48.5K2.9934.63N/AN/A14744022,14021,265
2011-03-14$8.86$10.0050.0%14.3%56.3%57.1%50.2%3.3%-0.2%133.1K-819.1K-48.2K0.2523.73N/AN/A1934822,24921,293
2011-03-15$8.79$10.0051.9%14.9%55.9%62.2%52.8%0.5%-2.9%108.0K-498.3K-48.2K27.4928.32N/AN/A752,06222,33021,341
2011-03-16$8.73$10.0053.8%15.4%55.6%67.2%54.2%-2.2%-3.0%78.0K-55.9K-50.0K2.1245.76N/AN/A23650122,34623,153
2011-03-17$8.59$10.0051.2%14.7%55.6%60.3%49.3%-0.3%0.6%53.0K990.7K-47.6K0.0620.82N/AN/A2,26414422,43723,030
2011-03-18$8.64$10.0046.6%13.4%55.7%48.0%54.1%-2.5%5.8%23.4K1.5M-46.3K0.1126.23N/AN/A2,24123821,10623,161
2011-03-21$9.89$10.0043.5%12.5%74.0%40.0%43.6%17.4%5.1%291.1K-6.3M-46.7K0.7234.83N/AN/A3,1862,29619,00822,381
2011-03-22$9.87$10.0046.8%13.4%72.5%48.5%47.1%-1.5%1.4%230.1K-5.4M-46.6K0.3622.04N/AN/A50218118,04122,711
2011-03-23$10.49$10.0048.9%14.0%74.2%54.2%49.5%12.5%0.7%248.6K-8.9M-44.3K0.1623.78N/AN/A2,00131617,98522,882
2011-03-24$10.77$10.0045.2%13.0%64.3%44.4%48.1%13.4%4.1%286.3K-10.8M-45.2K0.2515.80N/AN/A86521718,96123,168
2011-03-25$10.47$10.0045.3%13.0%63.3%44.5%45.1%-9.1%5.6%260.5K-9.5M-45.1K0.2514.53N/AN/A3789418,67123,274
2011-03-28$10.51$10.0047.4%13.6%62.7%50.2%46.0%2.1%1.6%275.8K-9.9M-44.9K0.7417.81N/AN/A43532218,91023,316
2011-03-29$10.56$10.0046.5%13.3%59.9%47.9%47.1%8.2%2.3%265.2K-9.9M-44.2K0.9617.13N/AN/A696618,82623,531
2011-03-30$10.33$10.0045.1%12.9%60.7%44.1%47.1%-8.3%3.5%304.6K-8.2M-44.2K1.6319.34N/AN/A16126218,84723,561
2011-03-31$10.29$10.0046.2%13.2%60.5%47.0%46.6%-1.5%2.3%287.5K-8.0M-45.1K0.4315.56N/AN/A924018,78523,702