FORM Options History — February 2012

In February 2012, FORM traded between $5.09 and $5.49. ATM implied volatility averaged 42.1%, placing in the 30.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.8% (HV 20d: 35.4%). Max pain ranged from $5.00 to $5.00. Net GEX was positive for 8 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.38.

Notable Days

  • 2012-02-29: Highest Volume — 6,242 contracts
  • 2012-02-02: Largest IV spike — 34.4% change
  • 2012-02-06: Highest IV Rank — 59.1%
  • 2012-02-03: Largest Expected Move — 13.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$5.24$5.09$5.49$5.27$5.11
Max Pain$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00
ATM IV42.1%32.4%55.1%32.9%44.9%
Expected Move12.1%9.4%13.3%9.4%12.9%
HV 20d35.4%26.3%42.6%39.9%28.1%
HV 60d41.4%36.8%47.2%47.2%36.8%
IV Rank30.5%9.1%59.1%10.1%36.6%
IV Percentile23.7%0.8%80.6%0.8%39.7%
Term Structure0.1%-4.2%16.3%16.3%-1.2%
VWIV43.4%39.9%47.9%44.4%44.9%
Skew 25d7.2%-2.8%16.4%3.4%-2.8%
Skew 10d12.9%-4.2%33.1%0.8%-3.9%
Call IV 25d37.9%28.4%48.0%35.6%47.7%
Put IV 25d45.0%39.0%50.8%39.0%44.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %19.5413.5237.1824.7720.26
Gamma HHI0.560.460.760.760.49
Net GEX-3.9K-24.7K8.5K-24.7K7.2K
Net DEX239.6K113.1K397.4K386.5K225.9K
Net VEX-2.8K-3.1K-2.4K-2.4K-2.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.380.002.600.300.27
Total Volume506.5566,2421426,242
Total OI5,067.254,1805,9914,1804,946

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-02-01$5.27$5.0032.9%9.4%39.9%10.1%0.0%3.4%16.3%-24.7K386.5K-2.4K0.3024.77N/AN/A109331,6632,517
2012-02-02$5.20$5.0044.2%12.7%39.9%35.0%44.4%15.1%2.0%-14.7K397.4K-2.6K0.5124.67N/AN/A119611,7612,547
2012-02-03$5.30$5.0046.6%13.3%40.5%40.2%47.0%-0.9%-0.9%-12.5K343.2K-2.8K0.5817.72N/AN/A2461431,8562,596
2012-02-06$5.27$5.0055.1%13.0%40.4%59.1%46.2%1.1%-0.3%-10.9K347.4K-2.8K0.0237.18N/AN/A8722,0922,619
2012-02-07$5.26$5.0045.6%13.2%40.3%38.2%47.9%-1.1%-1.6%-14.5K343.3K-2.8K0.8822.37N/AN/A2602302,1772,621
2012-02-08$5.29$5.0032.4%11.8%39.4%9.1%41.7%1.1%0.3%-12.9K258.5K-2.7K0.8915.46N/AN/A1501342,4372,642
2012-02-09$5.49$5.0042.5%12.2%40.1%31.3%43.6%-1.4%-1.4%1.9K113.1K-2.8K0.4419.25N/AN/A7313202,3992,645
2012-02-10$5.28$5.0042.8%12.3%42.6%31.9%43.4%0.2%-1.5%-10.0K249.0K-3.0K0.0015.68N/AN/A19302,9322,781
2012-02-13$5.31$5.0041.1%11.8%41.3%28.3%41.1%-0.7%1.3%-9.2K262.1K-2.8K0.0613.52N/AN/A364232,8132,781
2012-02-14$5.34$5.0041.5%11.9%40.6%29.2%0.0%-2.3%1.7%-1.9K125.8K-3.1K0.0015.75N/AN/A1003,1582,787
2012-02-15$5.26$5.0042.7%12.2%41.2%31.7%42.7%15.0%-1.2%-6.5K182.9K-3.0K0.0018.60N/AN/A2603,1582,787
2012-02-16$5.25$5.0043.5%12.5%37.1%33.5%0.0%15.4%-1.6%-7.4K178.8K-3.0K0.0018.47N/AN/A3103,1842,787
2012-02-17$5.25$5.0041.1%11.8%29.7%28.1%41.0%13.5%-0.7%-6.4K156.8K-2.9K0.0014.92N/AN/A2503,2042,787
2012-02-21$5.24$5.0040.8%11.7%29.3%27.6%40.7%12.5%0.0%6.0K180.0K-2.8K0.0016.73N/AN/A10402,5102,030
2012-02-22$5.11$5.0039.9%11.4%29.2%25.5%39.9%14.8%1.0%5.6K231.7K-2.7K0.1717.13N/AN/A231402,6042,030
2012-02-23$5.14$5.0042.6%12.2%27.5%31.5%42.6%16.4%-3.0%8.2K188.6K-2.8K0.1519.59N/AN/A65102,7482,070
2012-02-24$5.16$5.0040.1%11.5%26.4%26.1%0.0%15.1%-0.4%8.5K180.4K-2.8K2.6017.09N/AN/A10262,7752,080
2012-02-27$5.09$5.0042.5%12.2%26.3%31.4%0.0%15.4%-4.2%7.8K241.9K-2.6K0.0020.42N/AN/A01002,7752,100
2012-02-28$5.20$5.0040.1%11.5%27.4%25.9%0.0%13.3%-2.8%8.3K198.5K-2.7K0.0021.28N/AN/A062,7752,171
2012-02-29$5.11$5.0044.9%12.9%28.1%36.6%44.9%-2.8%-1.2%7.2K225.9K-2.8K0.2720.26N/AN/A4,9201,3222,7752,171