FSP Options History — March 2012

In March 2012, FSP traded between $10.24 and $10.88. ATM implied volatility averaged 49.1%, placing in the 18.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 28.0% (HV 20d: 21.1%). Max pain ranged from $10.00 to $10.00. Net GEX was positive for 2 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.37.

Notable Days

  • 2012-03-02: Highest Volume — 21 contracts
  • 2012-03-28: Largest IV spike — 214.8% change
  • 2012-03-21: Highest IV Rank — 47.8%
  • 2012-03-21: Largest Expected Move — 28.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$10.58$10.24$10.88$10.38$10.60
Max Pain$10.00$10.00$10.00$10.00$10.00
ATM IV49.1%24.4%101.0%46.2%24.4%
Expected Move12.2%7.0%28.4%13.2%7.0%
HV 20d21.1%18.0%23.6%22.8%20.9%
HV 60d23.8%22.2%26.6%26.4%22.2%
IV Rank18.7%2.5%47.8%17.7%2.5%
IV Percentile63.6%4.4%96.0%89.3%4.4%
Term Structure-17.3%-141.6%82.2%-10.5%82.2%
Skew 25d-0.6%-124.5%55.5%2.2%13.8%
Skew 10d21.5%-1.4%103.7%15.6%2.7%
Call IV 25d48.3%26.2%181.3%51.7%35.5%
Put IV 25d47.7%17.2%138.3%53.9%49.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %156.46150.59159.03150.59158.23
Gamma HHI0.870.500.990.660.86
Net GEX-560-1.3K57-487-368
Net DEX-7.1K-17.7K2.4K-7.3K1.2K
Net VEX-107-182-39-40-177
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.370.001.101.100.00
Total Volume3.45502100
Total OI74.40930866581

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-03-01$10.38$10.0046.2%13.2%22.8%17.7%0.0%2.2%-10.5%-487-7.3K-400.00150.59N/AN/A003926
2012-03-02$10.27$10.0045.3%13.0%23.1%17.1%0.0%11.4%-8.9%-592-5.7K-391.10150.75N/AN/A10113926
2012-03-05$10.39$0.0037.4%10.2%22.8%12.6%0.0%11.0%-2.8%-828-10.9K-920.00158.84N/AN/A004937
2012-03-06$10.29$0.0047.3%10.4%23.0%18.3%0.0%8.8%-2.6%-715-6.7K-960.00159.03N/AN/A004937
2012-03-07$10.38$0.0048.9%9.4%23.2%19.2%0.0%12.9%3.8%-674-9.9K-910.00158.01N/AN/A004937
2012-03-08$10.24$0.0030.6%11.1%23.6%8.7%0.0%55.5%-4.7%-1.3K-7.0K-920.00154.12N/AN/A404937
2012-03-09$10.36$0.0035.2%9.0%23.0%11.4%0.0%44.5%-3.4%-1.1K-8.6K-860.00151.46N/AN/A004637
2012-03-12$10.37$0.0038.6%9.7%22.1%13.3%0.0%11.0%-2.1%-1.1K-9.8K-810.00159.03N/AN/A004637
2012-03-13$10.70$0.0030.7%8.8%23.2%8.8%0.0%9.9%-0.2%-317-16.6K-730.00156.65N/AN/A004637
2012-03-14$10.56$0.0040.4%8.0%21.7%14.3%0.0%-16.2%-4.2%-387-16.5K-710.00157.02N/AN/A004637
2012-03-15$10.62$0.0033.1%9.5%21.7%10.1%0.0%-2.3%-3.1%-51-17.7K-690.00155.19N/AN/A004637
2012-03-16$10.60$0.0032.6%9.4%18.2%9.9%0.0%-2.2%-2.4%37-17.7K-690.00157.92N/AN/A004637
2012-03-19$10.79$0.0091.2%26.1%19.0%43.4%0.0%-0.6%-121.7%57-10.0K-670.00157.74N/AN/A0101812
2012-03-20$10.81$0.0092.4%26.5%18.7%44.1%0.0%-0.4%-113.0%-189-5.9K-880.00157.73N/AN/A0201822
2012-03-21$10.78$0.0098.9%28.4%18.0%47.8%0.0%-4.4%-141.6%-6051.1K-1330.00157.71N/AN/A001842
2012-03-22$10.56$0.0028.2%8.1%19.3%7.3%0.0%-6.0%0.1%-6462.4K-1330.00154.60N/AN/A1001842
2012-03-23$10.68$0.0030.0%8.6%19.6%5.8%0.0%0.8%-3.4%-533-5.4K-1590.00155.70N/AN/A0112842
2012-03-26$10.86$0.0026.2%7.5%20.2%3.6%0.0%-7.5%-3.7%-881-3.3K-1730.00157.83N/AN/A002853
2012-03-27$10.86$0.0032.1%9.2%20.0%7.0%0.0%-13.7%-4.1%-869-3.2K-1720.00157.70N/AN/A002853
2012-03-28$10.88$0.00101.0%0.0%19.9%47.6%0.0%-124.5%0.0%-257-424-1810.00157.95N/AN/A002853
2012-03-29$10.71$0.0090.6%0.0%20.9%41.4%0.0%-17.9%0.0%-5361.4K-1820.00158.23N/AN/A002853
2012-03-30$10.60$0.0024.4%7.0%20.9%2.5%0.0%13.8%82.2%-3681.2K-1770.00158.23N/AN/A002853