FORM Options History — November 2015

In November 2015, FORM traded between $8.31 and $8.86. ATM implied volatility averaged 42.7%, placing in the 19.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.2%. IV traded below realized volatility by 6.2% (HV 20d: 48.9%). Max pain ranged from $7.00 to $8.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.23.

Notable Days

  • 2015-11-04: Highest Volume — 513 contracts
  • 2015-11-12: Largest IV spike — 127.0% change
  • 2015-11-13: Highest IV Rank — 34.1%
  • 2015-11-13: Largest Expected Move — 15.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$8.62$8.31$8.86$8.53$8.71
Max Pain$7.15$7.00$8.00$8.00$7.00
ATM IV42.7%20.6%53.3%43.5%42.1%
Expected Move12.2%5.9%15.3%12.5%12.1%
HV 20d48.9%28.9%51.9%51.5%28.9%
HV 60d40.4%38.1%42.8%42.8%38.1%
IV Rank19.5%0.0%34.1%13.8%22.4%
IV Percentile34.0%0.0%67.9%35.3%29.8%
Term Structure0.7%-6.5%30.3%-6.5%0.8%
VWIV42.1%29.3%61.4%61.4%40.9%
Skew 25d-3.2%-125.4%9.2%9.2%5.9%
Skew 10d8.6%-9.3%45.1%16.1%9.9%
Call IV 25d47.5%36.2%158.0%53.0%40.2%
Put IV 25d44.2%32.6%62.2%62.2%46.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %57.9526.89130.7342.4997.76
Gamma HHI0.320.290.330.290.33
Net GEX8.8K6.5K9.9K8.3K9.6K
Net DEX-315.7K-389.0K-240.6K-313.9K-313.2K
Net VEX-1.2K-1.3K-1.1K-1.3K-1.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.230.000.350.350.00
Total Volume343.55051349425
Total OI1,080.61,0261,1501,0771,026

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-11-02$8.53$8.0043.5%12.5%51.5%13.8%61.4%9.2%-6.5%8.3K-313.9K-1.3K0.3542.49N/AN/A366128852225
2015-11-03$8.68$8.0043.8%12.5%50.8%14.1%46.3%7.8%-1.9%8.9K-330.4K-1.3K0.3527.04N/AN/A365128848225
2015-11-04$8.74$8.0042.9%12.3%50.8%13.1%46.4%8.8%0.0%9.2K-357.8K-1.3K0.3341.33N/AN/A385128863225
2015-11-05$8.65$7.0043.2%12.3%51.1%13.5%47.0%2.1%-1.2%9.2K-340.0K-1.3K0.3456.72N/AN/A377128866225
2015-11-06$8.86$7.0039.8%11.4%51.2%9.4%0.0%-3.6%0.9%9.9K-389.0K-1.3K0.0057.43N/AN/A380869225
2015-11-09$8.85$7.0043.4%12.2%47.5%13.7%0.0%2.5%0.3%9.5K-372.0K-1.2K0.0034.24N/AN/A40852225
2015-11-10$8.51$7.0046.1%12.1%50.7%16.9%43.6%-3.4%0.6%9.1K-305.5K-1.2K0.3444.44N/AN/A374128850225
2015-11-11$8.31$7.0020.6%5.9%51.9%0.0%38.0%-125.4%30.3%6.5K-240.6K-1.2K0.34130.73N/AN/A374128850225
2015-11-12$8.31$7.0046.7%13.4%50.4%27.2%45.9%-8.3%-0.5%8.1K-263.0K-1.2K0.26101.02N/AN/A37698850234
2015-11-13$8.37$7.0053.3%15.3%50.3%34.1%51.3%-2.7%-6.1%8.1K-276.9K-1.2K0.2694.54N/AN/A38198870234
2015-11-16$8.46$7.0047.8%13.7%50.2%28.4%0.0%1.1%-1.7%8.4K-295.9K-1.2K0.0746.39N/AN/A141865234
2015-11-17$8.41$7.0045.2%13.0%50.1%25.6%45.3%-0.9%1.0%8.3K-281.0K-1.1K0.2573.05N/AN/A38095868235
2015-11-18$8.75$7.0042.4%12.1%51.3%22.7%29.3%7.6%-0.2%8.9K-340.8K-1.3K0.2872.30N/AN/A385107879271
2015-11-19$8.67$7.0041.7%11.9%51.7%22.0%39.3%6.7%-0.3%8.6K-320.4K-1.2K0.2854.17N/AN/A385107871275
2015-11-20$8.69$7.0041.3%11.9%51.7%21.6%31.1%8.5%0.6%9.0K-343.3K-1.2K0.2840.59N/AN/A385107871275
2015-11-23$8.61$7.0042.4%12.2%51.9%22.7%0.0%4.4%-0.1%8.9K-291.5K-1.2K0.0026.89N/AN/A00823203
2015-11-24$8.72$7.0040.0%11.5%51.6%20.2%0.0%4.7%3.1%9.2K-311.1K-1.1K0.0041.66N/AN/A00823203
2015-11-25$8.74$7.0041.7%11.9%51.1%22.0%31.2%6.6%-2.3%9.3K-314.9K-1.1K0.2240.21N/AN/A35979823203
2015-11-27$8.75$7.0045.6%13.1%33.1%26.1%35.0%3.8%-2.0%9.3K-312.9K-1.1K0.2235.94N/AN/A35979823203
2015-11-30$8.71$7.0042.1%12.1%28.9%22.4%40.9%5.9%0.8%9.6K-313.2K-1.1K0.0097.76N/AN/A250823203