FORM Options History — September 2013

In September 2013, FORM traded between $6.10 and $7.28. ATM implied volatility averaged 33.8%, placing in the 30.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.9%. IV traded below realized volatility by 4.1% (HV 20d: 37.9%). Max pain ranged from $5.00 to $6.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.75.

Notable Days

  • 2013-09-12: Highest Volume — 359 contracts
  • 2013-09-12: Largest IV spike — 58.8% change
  • 2013-09-09: Highest IV Rank — 46.8%
  • 2013-09-06: Largest Expected Move — 10.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$6.93$6.10$7.28$6.10$6.86
Max Pain$5.15$5.00$6.00$6.00$5.00
ATM IV33.8%22.2%41.5%33.6%34.3%
Expected Move9.9%9.2%10.5%9.6%9.8%
HV 20d37.9%32.8%41.5%32.8%34.4%
HV 60d38.6%37.3%39.2%37.3%38.9%
IV Rank30.5%6.2%46.8%30.1%31.5%
IV Percentile40.9%2.0%80.6%36.5%42.9%
Term Structure3.8%-1.0%8.0%3.4%6.3%
VWIV34.4%28.6%42.3%42.3%34.3%
Skew 25d0.3%-10.2%12.4%4.9%-2.5%
Skew 10d-0.4%-13.0%11.6%8.7%-2.2%
Call IV 25d30.1%20.6%38.5%29.6%31.6%
Put IV 25d30.4%27.0%34.4%34.4%29.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %20.928.5592.1018.2518.04
Gamma HHI0.450.390.550.400.43
Net GEX52.9K37.8K68.7K43.0K43.1K
Net DEX-2.3M-2.8M-1.2M-1.2M-2.1M
Net VEX-3.1K-4.2K-2.3K-3.9K-2.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.750.007.500.001.00
Total Volume89.3035920710
Total OI5,892.85,2616,4206,1095,341

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-09-03$6.10$6.0033.6%9.6%32.8%30.1%0.0%4.9%3.4%43.0K-1.2M-3.9K0.0018.25N/AN/A02075,305804
2013-09-04$6.42$6.0036.0%10.3%37.7%35.1%42.3%1.8%-1.0%49.4K-1.5M-4.2K0.0010.36N/AN/A12605,305924
2013-09-05$6.71$6.0033.7%9.7%40.8%30.3%33.9%-2.1%0.6%58.1K-2.0M-3.9K0.0011.89N/AN/A2505,421924
2013-09-06$6.88$5.0034.7%10.5%41.4%32.4%36.5%-0.1%4.8%58.9K-2.3M-4.0K0.0317.03N/AN/A24065,432924
2013-09-09$6.95$5.0041.5%10.1%41.1%46.8%29.9%-10.2%2.3%61.5K-2.4M-3.7K0.0053.62N/AN/A4205,491918
2013-09-10$7.10$5.0029.4%10.5%41.5%21.3%0.0%-5.9%2.8%67.4K-2.6M-3.6K0.0046.57N/AN/A15805,502918
2013-09-11$7.21$5.0022.2%10.2%41.5%6.2%36.2%-3.4%1.9%62.5K-2.8M-3.4K0.0012.34N/AN/A22805,455918
2013-09-12$7.28$5.0035.2%10.1%41.3%33.4%35.3%-1.1%1.7%52.4K-2.8M-3.2K0.1710.28N/AN/A307525,324918
2013-09-13$7.24$5.0034.6%9.9%37.9%32.2%34.6%12.4%3.1%45.7K-2.6M-2.9K0.3311.63N/AN/A58195,022927
2013-09-16$7.07$5.0033.9%9.7%38.7%30.7%33.9%2.7%4.1%51.9K-2.4M-2.9K1.118.55N/AN/A36405,019927
2013-09-17$7.04$5.0034.6%9.9%38.6%32.2%0.0%1.0%3.9%58.9K-2.4M-2.9K0.008.56N/AN/A005,027907
2013-09-18$7.03$5.0035.2%10.1%38.3%33.5%0.0%0.9%5.0%65.3K-2.4M-2.8K0.0011.43N/AN/A005,027907
2013-09-19$7.02$5.0035.7%10.2%38.4%34.5%35.7%-0.0%2.6%68.7K-2.4M-2.5K0.0010.82N/AN/A1204,994907
2013-09-20$7.06$5.0034.7%9.9%38.1%32.3%0.0%4.6%3.7%66.7K-2.4M-2.6K0.0092.10N/AN/A005,003907
2013-09-23$6.89$5.0033.3%9.5%34.3%29.5%28.6%-3.9%5.4%41.3K-2.1M-2.5K7.5015.21N/AN/A4304,660607
2013-09-24$7.08$5.0032.0%9.2%35.0%26.8%32.0%7.8%8.0%37.8K-2.3M-2.3K0.0216.27N/AN/A5314,660601
2013-09-25$7.06$5.0032.7%9.4%34.5%28.2%32.7%5.0%7.5%38.3K-2.3M-2.4K0.0013.05N/AN/A2404,709601
2013-09-26$6.93$5.0033.8%9.7%35.7%30.4%0.0%0.6%4.5%41.5K-2.2M-2.4K0.0017.58N/AN/A004,709601
2013-09-27$6.73$5.0035.2%10.1%36.4%33.5%35.3%-6.6%5.4%46.2K-1.9M-2.5K1.1214.83N/AN/A51574,709601
2013-09-30$6.86$5.0034.3%9.8%34.4%31.5%34.3%-2.5%6.3%43.1K-2.1M-2.3K1.0018.04N/AN/A554,721620