FORM Options History — November 2014

In November 2014, FORM traded between $7.80 and $8.93. ATM implied volatility averaged 50.1%, placing in the 29.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 14.0%. IV traded below realized volatility by 9.4% (HV 20d: 59.5%). Max pain ranged from $7.00 to $7.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.43.

Notable Days

  • 2014-11-05: Highest Volume — 2,128 contracts
  • 2014-11-21: Largest IV spike — 126.1% change
  • 2014-11-21: Highest IV Rank — 95.5%
  • 2014-11-21: Largest Expected Move — 16.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$8.44$7.80$8.93$7.80$8.04
Max Pain$7.00$7.00$7.00$7.00$7.00
ATM IV50.1%35.8%108.1%42.2%43.9%
Expected Move14.0%12.0%16.9%12.4%14.2%
HV 20d59.5%52.3%69.3%58.1%52.3%
HV 60d59.4%48.3%62.6%58.2%48.3%
IV Rank29.5%13.3%95.5%20.5%22.5%
IV Percentile77.5%29.0%99.6%63.9%67.5%
Term Structure-4.9%-60.2%9.1%-3.7%-10.0%
VWIV47.1%39.8%52.9%42.5%50.3%
Skew 25d6.3%-13.6%58.6%-5.5%-6.8%
Skew 10d10.0%-11.4%148.5%-2.4%3.2%
Call IV 25d47.5%31.6%61.8%41.3%59.8%
Put IV 25d53.8%34.1%101.9%35.8%53.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %98.9376.23143.2987.20113.79
Gamma HHI0.450.410.540.540.43
Net GEX28.4K10.0K41.1K10.0K26.4K
Net DEX-1.3M-1.7M-623.4K-623.4K-906.7K
Net VEX-3.6K-4.2K-2.5K-2.6K-3.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.430.000.880.650.00
Total Volume872.57902,1289600
Total OI3,530.5262,4283,9342,4283,367

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-11-03$7.80$7.0042.2%12.4%58.1%20.5%42.5%-5.5%-3.7%10.0K-623.4K-2.6K0.6587.20N/AN/A5823781,527901
2014-11-04$7.93$7.0042.3%12.0%57.6%20.7%41.4%4.7%2.1%10.3K-654.7K-2.7K0.5587.59N/AN/A6833781,597901
2014-11-05$8.91$7.0059.3%14.2%69.3%40.0%45.9%8.7%-0.7%13.2K-1.1M-2.5K0.2492.37N/AN/A1,7204081,734901
2014-11-06$8.93$7.0045.1%13.3%64.5%23.8%45.7%3.1%2.7%32.3K-1.7M-4.1K0.5376.23N/AN/A7634082,884931
2014-11-07$8.78$7.0044.3%12.6%60.7%23.0%49.5%-0.8%-0.1%32.6K-1.7M-4.2K0.5485.46N/AN/A7524082,942931
2014-11-10$8.85$7.0055.3%13.2%54.9%35.5%47.3%2.0%-7.8%32.9K-1.7M-4.1K0.54109.61N/AN/A7524082,962931
2014-11-11$8.87$7.0040.9%12.9%55.2%19.1%45.9%3.1%-3.5%30.8K-1.6M-3.3K0.5480.54N/AN/A7524082,635639
2014-11-12$8.69$7.0047.4%13.6%56.5%26.5%48.2%-9.6%-2.4%31.7K-1.7M-4.0K0.5392.15N/AN/A7724082,962931
2014-11-13$8.46$7.0046.7%14.3%58.1%25.6%49.6%-0.5%4.7%33.8K-1.5M-4.1K0.5387.44N/AN/A7714082,992931
2014-11-14$8.69$7.0035.8%13.6%58.2%13.3%0.0%-7.8%-28.2%41.1K-1.6M-3.4K0.00126.24N/AN/A1002,993931
2014-11-17$8.35$7.0048.1%15.0%61.1%27.3%51.0%6.2%8.2%35.1K-1.5M-3.9K0.5887.73N/AN/A7044083,003931
2014-11-18$8.49$7.0049.1%14.1%61.0%28.4%47.6%5.5%1.3%35.5K-1.5M-3.8K0.5688.45N/AN/A7334083,001931
2014-11-19$8.25$7.0046.1%16.2%61.1%24.9%0.0%7.7%7.6%33.5K-1.3M-3.9K0.00116.36N/AN/A503,000931
2014-11-20$8.34$7.0047.8%14.5%60.6%27.0%46.4%58.6%1.7%34.7K-1.4M-3.8K0.5495.51N/AN/A7514082,974931
2014-11-21$8.29$7.00108.1%16.9%60.3%95.5%52.9%44.8%-60.2%24.7K-1.4M-4.0K0.56143.29N/AN/A7314082,952931
2014-11-24$8.35$7.0055.6%14.1%60.0%35.8%39.8%26.7%9.1%27.5K-1.0M-3.7K0.00119.70N/AN/A2302,492800
2014-11-25$8.20$7.0050.7%14.1%60.2%30.3%50.0%-6.9%-7.3%27.9K-944.2K-3.6K0.8881.40N/AN/A4393872,515800
2014-11-26$8.15$7.0042.7%14.1%60.4%21.1%50.3%-13.6%-6.6%26.7K-956.3K-3.7K0.00108.58N/AN/A502,565800
2014-11-28$8.04$7.0043.9%14.2%52.3%22.5%0.0%-6.8%-10.0%26.4K-906.7K-3.5K0.00113.79N/AN/A002,567800