FORM Options History — February 2015

In February 2015, FORM traded between $7.65 and $9.90. ATM implied volatility averaged 50.4%, placing in the 28.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 14.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 10.3% (HV 20d: 40.0%). Max pain ranged from $5.00 to $8.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.22.

Notable Days

  • 2015-02-05: Highest Volume — 1,162 contracts
  • 2015-02-19: Largest IV spike — 44.3% change
  • 2015-02-04: Highest IV Rank — 48.4%
  • 2015-02-04: Largest Expected Move — 19.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$8.78$7.65$9.90$7.65$9.82
Max Pain$6.53$5.00$8.00$7.00$8.00
ATM IV50.4%37.1%67.6%66.6%42.8%
Expected Move14.2%10.6%19.4%19.1%12.3%
HV 20d40.0%36.4%43.8%36.4%41.1%
HV 60d38.3%36.4%42.5%42.5%38.1%
IV Rank28.2%13.0%48.4%47.3%19.1%
IV Percentile65.1%23.8%93.7%93.3%45.6%
Term Structure-1.2%-12.6%8.0%-11.5%2.7%
VWIV49.6%39.9%73.9%66.8%44.8%
Skew 25d1.9%-23.1%23.1%-0.8%14.5%
Skew 10d4.2%-26.1%32.1%-8.3%14.2%
Call IV 25d49.1%31.8%76.9%71.8%32.8%
Put IV 25d51.0%33.6%70.9%70.9%47.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %90.9822.19138.7925.4076.16
Gamma HHI0.430.290.660.360.33
Net GEX18.3K7.4K36.3K7.4K23.5K
Net DEX-763.9K-1.3M-235.5K-235.5K-1.3M
Net VEX-1.8K-2.5K-1.5K-1.5K-2.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.220.000.420.000.42
Total Volume692.4741441,162367422
Total OI1,925.4741,3972,4561,3972,456

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-02-02$7.65$7.0066.6%19.1%36.4%47.3%66.8%-0.8%-11.5%7.4K-235.5K-1.5K0.0025.40N/AN/A36701,015382
2015-02-03$8.04$7.0066.5%19.1%40.9%47.2%56.6%-6.1%-12.6%10.5K-402.2K-1.5K0.2289.45N/AN/A4871051,132382
2015-02-04$7.89$7.0067.6%19.4%36.8%48.4%73.9%2.7%-9.3%9.8K-384.9K-1.6K0.1922.19N/AN/A8071561,133385
2015-02-05$8.44$5.0051.5%14.6%43.8%29.7%49.5%2.9%-0.3%17.1K-629.1K-2.0K0.1750.00N/AN/A9891731,466486
2015-02-06$8.53$6.0045.3%13.4%42.2%22.5%47.6%3.5%-0.2%16.3K-660.3K-1.9K0.2040.76N/AN/A8561731,434508
2015-02-09$8.44$6.0063.6%14.4%41.8%43.8%50.3%0.6%0.0%16.4K-650.8K-1.9K0.20104.49N/AN/A8561731,436508
2015-02-10$8.54$6.0047.0%12.9%39.7%24.5%46.0%6.4%1.2%17.8K-659.1K-1.8K0.21115.63N/AN/A8371731,436508
2015-02-11$8.49$6.0041.8%12.0%39.8%18.5%43.4%-0.6%3.0%18.0K-657.4K-1.8K0.2695.50N/AN/A6591731,437508
2015-02-12$8.53$6.0046.6%13.4%39.5%24.1%45.7%-8.2%1.1%18.2K-674.9K-1.8K0.2676.17N/AN/A6661731,454508
2015-02-13$8.55$6.0037.1%10.6%39.1%13.0%40.6%-10.9%5.6%19.3K-696.8K-1.8K0.27106.86N/AN/A6461731,470508
2015-02-17$8.51$6.0041.2%11.8%39.2%17.8%40.9%2.6%4.4%19.6K-673.4K-1.7K0.29102.58N/AN/A5951731,470508
2015-02-18$8.66$6.0040.8%11.7%37.9%16.8%42.4%3.7%8.0%20.1K-727.5K-1.7K0.28138.79N/AN/A6631881,449508
2015-02-19$9.00$7.0058.9%16.9%39.2%37.9%50.6%-23.1%-0.8%36.3K-837.8K-1.6K0.00129.55N/AN/A14401,479526
2015-02-20$9.14$7.0047.0%13.5%39.3%24.0%0.0%4.0%3.1%16.9K-942.6K-1.6K0.15114.76N/AN/A131201,486526
2015-02-23$9.18$7.0044.9%12.9%39.3%21.6%39.9%-5.9%2.3%17.6K-833.1K-1.8K0.32113.37N/AN/A271861,370443
2015-02-24$9.70$7.0052.4%15.0%42.4%30.4%52.2%12.6%-1.7%17.9K-998.1K-1.5K0.21108.03N/AN/A453941,401444
2015-02-25$9.77$7.0045.7%13.1%41.1%22.4%51.9%23.1%-5.7%20.5K-1.2M-1.8K0.18111.78N/AN/A5921051,616454
2015-02-26$9.90$7.0049.5%14.2%41.1%26.9%49.7%15.9%-11.6%25.2K-1.3M-2.3K0.28107.06N/AN/A4531251,876476
2015-02-27$9.82$8.0042.8%12.3%41.1%19.1%44.8%14.5%2.7%23.5K-1.3M-2.5K0.4276.16N/AN/A2971251,950506