FORM Options History — December 2012

In December 2012, FORM traded between $4.26 and $4.79. ATM implied volatility averaged 34.2%, placing in the 21.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 5.0% (HV 20d: 39.2%). Max pain ranged from $5.00 to $5.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.45.

Notable Days

  • 2012-12-10: Highest Volume — 250 contracts
  • 2012-12-24: Largest IV drop — 35.1% change
  • 2012-12-14: Highest IV Rank — 37.9%
  • 2012-12-07: Largest Expected Move — 12.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$4.53$4.26$4.79$4.45$4.56
Max Pain$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00
ATM IV34.2%24.3%44.7%34.7%27.3%
Expected Move10.1%7.0%12.8%10.0%7.8%
HV 20d39.2%32.3%46.9%46.9%33.5%
HV 60d43.8%42.2%44.9%44.6%43.0%
IV Rank21.0%4.8%37.9%21.7%9.7%
IV Percentile21.6%0.8%61.9%18.7%2.8%
Term Structure8.6%-4.3%22.2%10.5%12.4%
VWIV41.5%31.4%48.6%44.6%48.6%
Skew 25d3.0%-9.6%22.7%8.4%-3.4%
Skew 10d7.3%-10.6%71.2%10.4%-1.4%
Call IV 25d29.8%22.7%38.1%27.7%31.5%
Put IV 25d32.8%25.4%45.4%36.1%28.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %8.285.5314.146.777.44
Gamma HHI0.780.660.870.870.79
Net GEX13.3K9.1K19.3K11.8K13.5K
Net DEX106.8K-46.9K204.8K94.2K165.6K
Net VEX-1.6K-1.9K-1.1K-1.9K-1.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.450.001.180.091.00
Total Volume52.202500200
Total OI4,271.34,1294,4574,1854,164

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-12-03$4.45$5.0034.7%10.0%46.9%21.7%0.0%8.4%10.5%11.8K94.2K-1.9K0.006.77N/AN/A002,7581,427
2012-12-04$4.39$5.0041.6%11.9%45.4%32.9%0.0%0.7%-4.3%10.7K120.9K-1.8K0.007.84N/AN/A052,7581,427
2012-12-05$4.26$5.0027.9%8.0%46.3%10.7%0.0%-2.7%13.8%9.1K204.8K-1.5K0.0910.72N/AN/A145132,7581,432
2012-12-06$4.39$5.0031.7%9.1%46.3%16.9%0.0%3.8%14.6%10.7K147.2K-1.6K0.007.38N/AN/A0112,6921,437
2012-12-07$4.31$5.0032.1%12.8%46.1%17.4%0.0%21.3%1.6%9.5K174.4K-1.6K0.0010.47N/AN/A002,6921,437
2012-12-10$4.41$5.0029.7%12.8%46.1%13.6%44.6%17.1%2.0%10.6K149.0K-1.6K0.0014.14N/AN/A02502,6921,437
2012-12-11$4.52$5.0033.7%9.2%45.1%20.1%0.0%22.7%22.2%10.8K100.7K-1.8K0.009.93N/AN/A002,6921,687
2012-12-12$4.49$5.0038.9%9.2%40.9%28.4%0.0%3.0%6.9%10.7K152.0K-1.7K0.006.12N/AN/A002,6921,687
2012-12-13$4.45$5.0034.2%9.8%41.0%20.8%0.0%-1.0%0.6%9.5K170.8K-1.6K0.005.53N/AN/A3002,6921,687
2012-12-14$4.48$5.0044.7%12.8%36.1%37.9%0.0%17.9%4.0%10.1K141.3K-1.7K0.007.12N/AN/A002,7101,687
2012-12-17$4.68$5.0038.7%11.1%35.7%28.2%0.0%-8.8%5.1%16.2K23.9K-1.8K0.0013.93N/AN/A002,7101,687
2012-12-18$4.65$5.0036.5%10.5%34.9%24.7%0.0%-9.5%4.8%15.7K72.7K-1.6K1.185.62N/AN/A34402,7101,687
2012-12-19$4.65$5.0037.1%10.6%34.9%25.6%0.0%-9.6%3.3%15.6K69.2K-1.7K0.006.14N/AN/A062,7301,727
2012-12-20$4.79$5.0040.7%11.7%32.3%31.5%0.0%-5.7%1.1%18.0K-46.9K-1.8K0.009.64N/AN/A1002,7191,726
2012-12-21$4.65$5.0037.4%10.7%34.6%26.1%0.0%-8.3%3.4%16.5K70.9K-1.6K0.005.69N/AN/A0202,7261,726
2012-12-24$4.59$5.0024.3%7.0%34.9%4.8%0.0%-1.2%17.0%15.1K173.6K-1.2K1.008.48N/AN/A92922,5391,610
2012-12-26$4.68$5.0031.2%8.9%34.4%16.0%0.0%8.2%20.0%19.3K-2.1K-1.6K0.008.29N/AN/A0862,6311,525
2012-12-27$4.66$5.0032.6%9.4%33.9%18.3%0.0%7.9%19.2%18.2K8.0K-1.6K0.008.29N/AN/A002,6311,533
2012-12-28$4.55$5.0030.0%8.6%35.0%14.0%31.4%-0.2%13.6%14.1K146.1K-1.1K0.006.02N/AN/A0102,6311,533
2012-12-31$4.56$5.0027.3%7.8%33.5%9.7%48.6%-3.4%12.4%13.5K165.6K-1.1K0.007.44N/AN/A02002,6311,533