FORM Options History — February 2018

In February 2018, FORM traded between $12.20 and $14.45. ATM implied volatility averaged 51.2%, placing in the 45.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.8% (HV 20d: 48.3%). Max pain ranged from $12.50 to $15.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.69.

Notable Days

  • 2018-02-01: Highest Volume — 687 contracts
  • 2018-02-28: Largest IV drop — 30.5% change
  • 2018-02-05: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2018-02-06: Largest Expected Move — 17.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$13.08$12.20$14.45$14.45$13.05
Max Pain$12.76$12.50$15.00$15.00$12.50
ATM IV51.2%32.8%81.3%66.3%32.8%
Expected Move13.6%9.4%17.0%14.9%9.4%
HV 20d48.3%44.6%52.6%45.7%52.5%
HV 60d48.9%45.9%51.3%45.9%50.3%
IV Rank45.8%10.3%100.0%86.6%10.3%
IV Percentile65.8%4.4%100.0%98.0%4.4%
Term Structure0.7%-8.1%13.3%-3.7%-1.3%
VWIV45.6%36.8%57.3%51.8%40.2%
Skew 25d7.5%-7.4%22.0%3.5%-7.4%
Skew 10d8.6%-12.4%27.2%3.4%5.4%
Call IV 25d38.7%22.3%58.3%52.0%32.8%
Put IV 25d46.2%25.4%61.1%55.5%25.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %78.4257.7393.4764.0492.49
Gamma HHI0.470.340.660.660.34
Net GEX17.7K7.1K47.0K47.0K7.2K
Net DEX-216.3K-895.9K46.4K-895.9K-13.5K
Net VEX-4.7K-7.6K-3.5K-7.6K-4.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.690.182.670.180.95
Total Volume435.789218687687533
Total OI3,953.3163,6784,2124,1603,954

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-02-01$14.45$15.0066.3%14.9%45.7%86.6%51.8%3.5%-3.7%47.0K-895.9K-7.6K0.1864.04N/AN/A5831043,566594
2018-02-02$13.85$15.0065.6%15.0%47.0%85.2%52.8%2.6%-3.9%35.4K-647.5K-6.6K0.2557.73N/AN/A390983,356583
2018-02-05$13.38$12.5081.3%15.4%47.7%100.0%57.3%2.8%5.0%28.8K-474.4K-5.8K0.2658.73N/AN/A370973,284581
2018-02-06$13.58$12.5075.7%17.0%46.3%89.6%55.1%10.2%-3.1%31.1K-521.4K-5.8K0.2574.68N/AN/A329823,296578
2018-02-07$13.20$12.5056.4%16.2%46.7%54.0%50.5%4.6%-8.0%25.8K-369.7K-5.3K0.2482.79N/AN/A373913,302579
2018-02-08$12.20$12.5051.3%14.7%52.4%44.5%51.3%-5.4%-2.9%16.0K-60.8K-3.9K0.8887.13N/AN/A2902563,436590
2018-02-09$12.53$12.5051.0%14.6%52.6%44.0%49.6%19.3%-1.0%13.4K-53.4K-4.4K0.9489.46N/AN/A2722563,463712
2018-02-12$12.40$12.5048.4%13.9%52.6%39.1%47.3%3.6%0.4%12.1K-32.7K-4.0K0.9778.49N/AN/A2642563,462699
2018-02-13$12.43$12.5048.3%13.8%52.3%38.9%40.2%3.6%0.5%9.3K46.4K-3.6K0.4776.37N/AN/A2501183,477699
2018-02-14$12.95$12.5045.4%13.0%45.6%33.6%37.5%17.5%5.0%16.4K-185.0K-4.6K0.5186.37N/AN/A2511293,477712
2018-02-15$13.03$12.5045.1%12.9%44.7%33.0%36.8%14.6%4.6%15.9K-188.5K-4.6K0.5380.05N/AN/A2411283,482730
2018-02-16$12.83$12.5045.3%13.0%44.6%33.5%37.7%12.2%9.8%13.8K-166.7K-4.6K0.5080.68N/AN/A2381193,480730
2018-02-20$13.20$12.5047.5%13.6%45.7%37.4%46.7%4.6%-0.6%14.7K-189.4K-4.2K0.5669.71N/AN/A142792,979699
2018-02-21$13.15$12.5037.8%10.8%45.6%19.5%38.0%-2.9%6.7%8.6K-75.4K-3.7K0.5682.09N/AN/A142792,985699
2018-02-22$12.88$12.5045.7%13.1%45.7%34.1%44.5%9.5%-0.0%9.6K-49.3K-3.7K0.5382.08N/AN/A149792,985699
2018-02-23$12.68$12.5043.1%12.3%45.7%29.3%43.1%15.4%0.8%7.1K2.5K-3.5K0.4593.47N/AN/A150682,990699
2018-02-26$13.58$12.5038.3%11.0%52.2%20.5%37.8%22.0%13.3%15.2K-223.4K-3.9K2.6771.02N/AN/A1734622,993707
2018-02-27$13.23$12.5047.1%13.5%52.6%36.8%47.2%11.7%-8.1%8.0K-12.4K-4.3K1.3482.66N/AN/A2733663,003853
2018-02-28$13.05$12.5032.8%9.4%52.5%10.3%40.2%-7.4%-1.3%7.2K-13.5K-4.4K0.9592.49N/AN/A2732603,103851