FORM Options History — January 2016

In January 2016, FORM traded between $7.62 and $8.63. ATM implied volatility averaged 56.4%, placing in the 37.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 15.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 16.5% (HV 20d: 39.8%). Max pain ranged from $8.00 to $8.00. Net GEX was positive for 17 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 0 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.90.

Notable Days

  • 2016-01-26: Highest Volume — 726 contracts
  • 2016-01-06: Largest IV spike — 53.1% change
  • 2016-01-12: Highest IV Rank — 56.5%
  • 2016-01-15: Largest Expected Move — 17.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$8.11$7.62$8.63$8.59$8.29
Max Pain$8.00$8.00$8.00$8.00$8.00
ATM IV56.4%41.4%74.8%57.8%57.0%
Expected Move15.3%13.8%17.4%13.9%16.4%
HV 20d39.8%32.9%48.4%32.9%48.4%
HV 60d39.4%35.8%42.2%38.5%35.8%
IV Rank37.3%21.7%56.5%38.7%38.0%
IV Percentile78.4%30.2%97.2%84.9%85.3%
Term Structure-6.1%-14.5%-1.2%-3.5%-6.9%
VWIV53.9%49.1%61.3%49.1%57.6%
Skew 25d4.5%-10.5%20.2%-4.3%12.7%
Skew 10d7.4%-28.4%37.0%-28.4%31.9%
Call IV 25d51.0%41.4%59.2%48.4%53.8%
Put IV 25d55.5%40.5%66.5%44.1%66.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %55.1130.08117.8430.0850.22
Gamma HHI0.280.230.420.380.23
Net GEX3.1K-4136.2K6.2K4.0K
Net DEX-119.8K-286.2K68.0K-191.2K-266.1K
Net VEX-1.3K-1.8K-850-1.1K-1.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.900.321.521.200.40
Total Volume481.211260726282726
Total OI1,142.5796081,2951,1751,186

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-01-04$8.59$8.0057.8%13.9%32.9%38.7%49.1%-4.3%-3.5%6.2K-191.2K-1.1K1.2030.08N/AN/A128154797378
2016-01-05$8.63$8.0041.4%13.8%32.9%21.7%49.7%-4.1%-4.9%5.5K-177.0K-1.1K1.0834.50N/AN/A143154812388
2016-01-06$8.44$8.0063.3%14.4%33.7%44.5%50.1%-10.5%-5.1%5.3K-148.6K-1.1K1.0852.46N/AN/A143154827388
2016-01-07$8.17$8.0055.9%14.1%34.7%36.8%50.0%1.3%-5.2%3.9K-75.1K-1.0K1.0644.54N/AN/A145154827388
2016-01-08$7.75$8.0044.5%14.7%38.4%25.0%52.3%3.5%-1.2%3.4K-40.5K-9691.0767.90N/AN/A144154838388
2016-01-11$7.86$8.0066.8%14.8%37.6%48.2%51.6%2.4%-6.0%3.0K-6.5K-8801.0330.53N/AN/A144149841388
2016-01-12$7.80$8.0074.8%14.6%36.0%56.5%50.9%1.1%-7.0%2.8K4.8K-8781.4630.77N/AN/A144210851383
2016-01-13$7.68$8.0054.0%15.5%36.2%34.8%54.7%3.0%-6.6%2.4K25.5K-9391.3840.68N/AN/A152210851444
2016-01-14$7.80$8.0053.8%15.4%36.7%34.6%53.2%8.2%-7.1%2.6K15.5K-9331.5133.60N/AN/A152229851444
2016-01-15$7.62$8.0060.6%17.4%36.1%41.7%61.3%-1.4%-14.5%-14668.0K-8851.5170.04N/AN/A152229851444
2016-01-19$7.70$8.0054.3%15.6%36.4%35.1%54.3%1.4%-2.8%-41335.9K-8501.5261.03N/AN/A103157324284
2016-01-20$8.20$8.0054.9%15.7%43.9%35.8%55.0%8.2%-4.1%122-4.6K-1.0K0.3244.71N/AN/A486157344328
2016-01-21$8.29$8.0054.4%15.6%44.0%35.2%52.8%12.9%-6.7%3.5K-259.0K-1.8K0.4335.45N/AN/A486207746328
2016-01-22$8.54$8.0050.0%14.3%45.4%30.7%55.4%20.2%-4.1%3.5K-286.2K-1.8K0.4352.25N/AN/A486207746388
2016-01-25$8.37$8.0058.4%16.7%44.8%39.4%57.8%5.0%-6.6%3.2K-270.4K-1.8K0.4166.61N/AN/A499207746388
2016-01-26$8.37$8.0058.4%16.7%44.5%39.4%58.1%9.2%-7.3%3.6K-267.9K-1.8K0.40111.61N/AN/A519207762388
2016-01-27$7.93$8.0054.8%15.7%47.9%35.6%54.5%7.9%-9.2%3.5K-209.4K-1.8K0.40117.84N/AN/A519207798388
2016-01-28$8.01$8.0055.7%16.0%46.3%36.6%56.5%9.2%-6.2%3.6K-222.8K-1.8K0.4072.26N/AN/A519207798388
2016-01-29$8.29$8.0057.0%16.4%48.4%38.0%57.6%12.7%-6.9%4.0K-266.1K-1.8K0.4050.22N/AN/A519207798388