MFC Options History — January 2012

In January 2012, MFC traded between $11.05 and $12.69. ATM implied volatility averaged 37.1%, placing in the 22.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 7.1% (HV 20d: 30.0%). Max pain ranged from $10.00 to $12.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.60.

Notable Days

  • 2012-01-20: Highest Volume — 20,809 contracts
  • 2012-01-12: Largest IV spike — 45.4% change
  • 2012-01-31: Highest IV Rank — 28.9%
  • 2012-01-31: Largest Expected Move — 11.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$11.76$11.05$12.69$11.05$11.72
Max Pain$11.70$10.00$12.00$10.00$12.00
ATM IV37.1%25.5%41.6%36.9%41.6%
Expected Move11.1%10.0%11.9%10.6%11.9%
HV 20d30.0%22.9%41.7%41.7%28.7%
HV 60d43.5%36.3%49.2%49.2%36.3%
IV Rank22.6%6.6%28.9%22.4%28.9%
IV Percentile50.8%4.4%60.7%53.2%60.7%
Term Structure-0.5%-3.5%4.0%4.0%-3.5%
VWIV38.4%29.1%42.0%35.6%42.0%
Skew 25d8.0%2.1%16.5%16.4%2.1%
Skew 10d12.5%-1.9%31.5%17.1%-1.9%
Call IV 25d33.3%23.4%42.3%24.3%42.3%
Put IV 25d41.3%29.9%46.6%40.7%44.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %34.1818.0362.6137.8141.82
Gamma HHI0.440.290.590.530.30
Net GEX289.8K158.8K564.3K158.8K433.6K
Net DEX-6.3M-15.3M-2.5M-2.6M-6.4M
Net VEX-66.2K-100.8K-48.7K-50.5K-87.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.600.0016.450.140.10
Total Volume1,847.1510520,809705564
Total OI35,904.4526,17952,93926,30152,939

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-01-03$11.05$10.0036.9%10.6%41.7%22.4%35.6%16.4%4.0%158.8K-2.6M-50.5K0.1437.81N/AN/A6218417,9198,382
2012-01-04$11.10$10.0036.5%10.5%39.0%21.9%29.1%5.7%3.9%162.8K-2.7M-49.7K1.8618.03N/AN/A21339617,7808,399
2012-01-05$11.18$10.0039.8%11.4%38.7%26.4%39.8%9.4%2.2%164.9K-2.6M-49.7K0.1562.61N/AN/A99314617,7168,543
2012-01-06$11.11$12.0034.6%11.8%38.6%19.2%40.0%5.3%-0.7%168.5K-2.5M-48.7K0.1627.81N/AN/A1272017,8048,538
2012-01-09$11.24$12.0033.8%11.6%35.6%18.1%0.0%14.8%-1.2%191.0K-2.8M-48.7K0.2819.16N/AN/A822317,8878,535
2012-01-10$11.40$12.0032.3%11.4%35.5%16.0%38.5%6.9%-0.1%201.1K-3.8M-49.7K0.0528.00N/AN/A3832017,8848,522
2012-01-11$11.52$12.0025.5%11.0%32.6%6.6%38.6%6.1%-1.2%209.2K-3.9M-49.5K0.0032.23N/AN/A436117,9488,512
2012-01-12$11.66$12.0037.0%10.6%27.8%22.6%40.4%7.1%-0.1%226.3K-4.8M-51.3K0.7644.91N/AN/A14611118,3288,511
2012-01-13$11.63$12.0037.0%10.6%25.9%22.5%38.9%2.4%-0.4%226.2K-4.7M-50.1K16.4540.88N/AN/A1392,28618,3758,517
2012-01-17$11.74$12.0036.1%10.4%25.0%21.3%36.5%4.5%1.3%184.8K-4.5M-52.2K0.6030.49N/AN/A1619718,48410,689
2012-01-18$11.79$12.0034.9%10.0%24.8%19.7%37.4%5.9%1.1%185.7K-4.5M-51.5K5.7235.23N/AN/A7241218,41210,698
2012-01-19$12.17$12.0037.7%10.8%23.4%23.5%37.8%7.2%-1.6%190.4K-6.4M-53.7K1.3734.80N/AN/A8051,10018,42011,001
2012-01-20$12.48$12.0039.6%11.4%23.9%26.2%37.5%11.4%-1.9%169.8K-7.7M-57.3K0.0931.51N/AN/A19,1191,69018,67612,044
2012-01-23$12.69$12.0037.0%10.6%23.9%22.5%36.6%4.1%-2.2%495.4K-15.3M-100.8K0.2034.55N/AN/A85217036,37612,609
2012-01-24$12.58$12.0037.3%10.7%22.9%22.9%40.7%12.8%0.3%510.8K-14.2M-100.5K0.0632.01N/AN/A2,83416536,79412,687
2012-01-25$12.50$12.0040.2%11.5%23.1%26.9%37.1%11.4%-2.1%564.3K-13.6M-100.0K0.6333.61N/AN/A38824439,26712,750
2012-01-26$11.93$12.0041.4%11.9%30.2%28.7%41.1%5.8%-2.4%464.2K-8.6M-94.0K1.2030.90N/AN/A54765539,44412,901
2012-01-27$11.86$12.0040.9%11.7%29.2%28.0%41.1%4.5%-2.7%451.2K-7.6M-91.3K1.7136.25N/AN/A23339839,73413,174
2012-01-30$11.78$12.0041.5%11.9%28.8%28.7%41.4%16.5%-2.4%437.0K-6.5M-88.0K0.4230.94N/AN/A1486239,74013,150
2012-01-31$11.72$12.0041.6%11.9%28.7%28.9%42.0%2.1%-3.5%433.6K-6.4M-87.6K0.1041.82N/AN/A5115339,73013,209