FORM Options History — February 2017

In February 2017, FORM traded between $10.75 and $12.70. ATM implied volatility averaged 46.0%, placing in the 17.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 17.7% (HV 20d: 28.4%). Max pain ranged from $12.50 to $12.50. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.30.

Notable Days

  • 2017-02-09: Highest Volume — 749 contracts
  • 2017-02-27: Largest IV spike — 25.0% change
  • 2017-02-07: Highest IV Rank — 35.5%
  • 2017-02-01: Largest Expected Move — 18.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$11.97$10.75$12.70$12.70$10.75
Max Pain$12.50$12.50$12.50$12.50$12.50
ATM IV46.0%33.4%66.0%62.6%46.3%
Expected Move12.3%9.6%18.0%18.0%13.3%
HV 20d28.4%21.8%35.8%35.7%25.6%
HV 60d39.8%38.7%41.9%41.8%39.9%
IV Rank17.1%5.5%35.5%32.3%17.3%
IV Percentile41.8%1.2%97.6%95.2%58.7%
Term Structure-0.8%-12.3%15.9%-12.3%-3.2%
VWIV42.8%34.3%62.5%62.5%45.5%
Skew 25d2.7%-10.9%17.1%10.6%8.2%
Skew 10d8.1%-10.8%22.4%13.7%21.8%
Call IV 25d42.2%34.1%51.5%48.2%38.2%
Put IV 25d44.9%29.4%58.8%58.8%46.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %58.1015.30112.3981.6028.41
Gamma HHI0.400.370.520.380.42
Net GEX37.0K10.4K47.1K43.2K28.7K
Net DEX-1.1M-1.8M-615.8K-1.7M-615.8K
Net VEX-5.5K-6.4K-4.0K-6.3K-4.0K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.300.041.770.230.22
Total Volume434.842270749275312
Total OI3,203.4742,9063,7832,9063,060

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-02-01$12.70$12.5062.6%18.0%35.7%32.3%62.5%10.6%-12.3%43.2K-1.7M-6.3K0.2381.60N/AN/A223522,621285
2017-02-02$12.55$12.5059.0%13.8%35.8%29.0%47.4%-8.2%-3.6%44.8K-1.7M-6.4K0.2476.03N/AN/A233572,668285
2017-02-03$12.68$12.5063.8%14.4%35.1%33.4%49.6%-4.4%-4.7%44.6K-1.8M-6.3K0.2277.67N/AN/A255572,668290
2017-02-06$12.70$12.5065.4%13.9%31.2%34.8%48.3%6.3%-4.1%47.1K-1.7M-6.2K0.2678.23N/AN/A255672,687290
2017-02-07$12.63$12.5066.0%13.7%31.6%35.5%47.6%9.7%-2.8%47.0K-1.7M-6.3K0.2376.36N/AN/A245572,687320
2017-02-08$12.40$12.5049.8%14.3%32.8%20.5%50.2%2.5%-4.1%43.9K-1.5M-6.0K1.7774.24N/AN/A2484392,680330
2017-02-09$12.05$12.5046.9%13.4%34.6%17.9%49.2%2.8%-6.6%28.7K-1.1M-5.8K1.4762.10N/AN/A3034462,780706
2017-02-10$12.15$12.5038.3%11.0%33.1%10.0%38.1%15.4%1.3%10.4K-757.0K-5.9K0.2074.28N/AN/A303612,735951
2017-02-13$11.93$12.5039.2%11.2%30.6%10.8%39.0%-6.8%-0.6%38.6K-982.2K-5.3K0.1856.62N/AN/A431762,735561
2017-02-14$12.00$12.5037.8%10.8%28.3%9.5%38.4%4.5%-0.5%39.6K-1.2M-5.5K0.18112.39N/AN/A423762,983541
2017-02-15$12.05$12.5035.7%10.2%22.9%7.6%35.7%1.0%2.7%46.7K-997.8K-5.6K0.0756.05N/AN/A689492,983541
2017-02-16$11.78$12.5036.3%10.4%24.2%8.2%36.3%-3.5%0.9%36.4K-748.5K-5.6K0.0752.01N/AN/A689493,243540
2017-02-17$11.83$12.5037.0%10.6%24.2%8.8%37.9%-5.6%-0.1%36.2K-793.1K-5.8K0.1115.30N/AN/A465493,243540
2017-02-21$11.88$12.5036.8%10.5%21.8%8.6%38.1%-1.7%1.3%37.9K-1.1M-5.4K0.0446.57N/AN/A341152,688276
2017-02-22$11.73$12.5037.6%10.8%22.2%9.4%38.5%9.8%2.3%35.4K-997.9K-5.3K0.0438.09N/AN/A344152,688276
2017-02-23$11.38$12.5033.4%9.6%23.1%5.5%34.3%-10.9%-1.8%33.7K-866.9K-4.9K0.0826.30N/AN/A344262,693276
2017-02-24$11.10$12.5036.8%10.5%23.3%8.6%35.3%5.2%15.9%29.8K-685.7K-4.2K0.1126.58N/AN/A269292,693276
2017-02-27$11.18$12.5046.0%13.2%22.6%17.0%40.8%17.1%4.3%30.9K-765.0K-4.3K0.0545.12N/AN/A258122,758289
2017-02-28$10.75$12.5046.3%13.3%25.6%17.3%45.5%8.2%-3.2%28.7K-615.8K-4.0K0.2228.41N/AN/A256562,765295