FSP Options History — March 2016

In March 2016, FSP traded between $9.54 and $10.70. ATM implied volatility averaged 28.1%, placing in the 14.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.5% (HV 20d: 22.6%). Max pain ranged from $10.00 to $12.50. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.28.

Notable Days

  • 2016-03-01: Highest Volume — 153 contracts
  • 2016-03-09: Largest IV drop — 51.0% change
  • 2016-03-08: Highest IV Rank — 34.4%
  • 2016-03-29: Largest Expected Move — 11.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$10.05$9.54$10.70$9.54$10.64
Max Pain$10.36$10.00$12.50$12.50$10.00
ATM IV28.1%18.9%41.4%35.5%25.3%
Expected Move7.5%4.8%11.5%10.2%7.2%
HV 20d22.6%19.4%25.9%25.7%25.5%
HV 60d26.9%26.0%28.6%26.7%28.5%
IV Rank14.3%0.3%34.4%25.5%9.9%
IV Percentile42.2%1.2%90.5%82.5%23.0%
Term Structure-4.8%-13.5%4.9%-11.9%-13.0%
VWIV32.3%18.5%73.3%70.7%19.5%
Skew 25d18.6%-32.5%74.1%12.8%-28.6%
Skew 10d31.8%-51.8%112.5%12.6%-51.8%
Call IV 25d35.8%22.2%64.5%38.2%64.5%
Put IV 25d54.4%26.8%105.3%51.1%35.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %57.8024.24111.5659.1128.17
Gamma HHI0.980.960.990.990.97
Net GEX3.6K2.6K4.8K3.2K3.2K
Net DEX-51.3K-80.5K-24.2K-30.8K-80.5K
Net VEX-439-503-344-344-499
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.280.091.610.091.61
Total Volume58.6362215315381
Total OI183147215147215

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-03-01$9.54$12.5035.5%10.2%25.7%25.5%70.7%12.8%-11.9%3.2K-30.8K-3440.0959.11N/AN/A1411213512
2016-03-02$9.68$12.5032.5%9.3%25.7%20.9%73.3%6.6%-12.2%3.3K-35.8K-3591.2044.09N/AN/A101213512
2016-03-03$9.80$0.0035.5%7.6%25.9%25.5%0.0%-1.7%-5.2%4.5K-44.5K-4001.2073.89N/AN/A101214412
2016-03-04$9.81$0.0021.4%6.4%25.5%4.0%0.0%59.8%-1.2%3.7K-39.7K-3881.2027.86N/AN/A101214412
2016-03-07$9.96$0.0031.6%4.8%25.2%19.5%0.0%55.8%1.5%3.7K-46.5K-4001.2052.03N/AN/A101214412
2016-03-08$9.95$0.0041.4%6.4%25.2%34.4%0.0%3.8%4.9%4.7K-57.9K-4101.09111.56N/AN/A232514412
2016-03-09$9.88$0.0020.3%5.8%19.4%2.3%0.0%-8.2%1.4%3.6K-46.3K-4471.0944.24N/AN/A232515725
2016-03-10$9.69$0.0023.6%6.8%21.2%7.4%0.0%3.3%-3.6%3.8K-36.3K-4131.0948.02N/AN/A232515725
2016-03-11$9.94$0.0023.1%6.6%21.4%6.6%0.0%74.1%-3.0%3.8K-44.3K-4501.09111.52N/AN/A232515725
2016-03-14$9.90$0.0021.7%6.2%21.6%4.5%21.9%62.6%-3.6%4.3K-42.0K-4381.4857.79N/AN/A233415725
2016-03-15$9.89$10.0025.0%7.2%21.2%9.5%25.0%63.3%-5.2%3.6K-24.2K-4011.4861.58N/AN/A233415734
2016-03-16$9.96$10.0028.3%8.1%19.8%14.6%27.0%-5.3%-6.5%3.0K-50.9K-4631.4872.42N/AN/A233415734
2016-03-17$10.21$10.0018.9%5.4%20.3%0.3%18.7%14.7%-2.8%3.0K-52.5K-4631.4840.87N/AN/A233415734
2016-03-18$10.19$10.0026.7%7.6%20.4%12.0%26.5%1.2%-9.7%4.8K-59.8K-4691.4860.66N/AN/A233415734
2016-03-21$10.24$10.0026.6%7.6%20.4%11.8%25.3%-6.6%1.0%3.4K-62.6K-4651.3063.80N/AN/A233015730
2016-03-22$10.27$10.0027.1%7.8%20.3%12.6%25.8%29.4%-4.8%3.9K-65.8K-4671.3071.13N/AN/A233015730
2016-03-23$10.05$10.0028.3%8.1%22.4%14.4%28.5%-2.3%-2.4%3.4K-61.5K-4540.9769.49N/AN/A313015730
2016-03-24$10.05$10.0026.9%7.7%19.7%12.4%30.5%48.6%-0.8%3.2K-44.2K-4311.6140.39N/AN/A315016530
2016-03-28$10.18$10.0034.4%9.9%19.4%23.8%35.3%55.1%-3.6%2.6K-47.6K-5021.6169.29N/AN/A315016550
2016-03-29$10.70$10.0040.2%11.5%25.3%32.5%37.9%2.4%-13.5%3.1K-77.3K-4991.6139.37N/AN/A315016550
2016-03-30$10.62$10.0024.7%7.1%25.7%9.1%18.5%-32.5%-11.3%3.3K-77.1K-5031.6124.24N/AN/A315016550
2016-03-31$10.64$10.0025.3%7.2%25.5%9.9%19.5%-28.6%-13.0%3.2K-80.5K-4991.6128.17N/AN/A315016550