Objective question in General Organic Chemistry

Arrange the following resonating structures of formic acid in order of decreasing stability
mathop {mathop {H - mathop {mathop Climits^{||,} }limits^OÂ - OH}limits_{} }limits_{{ m{I}},,,}Â leftrightarrow mathop {mathop {H - mathop {mathop {C = }limits^{,|,,,,,} }limits^{,,{O^ - },,} mathop {OH}limits^{ + ,,,,,} }limits_{} }limits_{{ m{II}},,,}Â leftrightarrow mathop {H - mathop {mathop {mathop Climits_ +Â }limits^{,,|,} ,}limits^{,{O^ - }}Â - OH}limits_{{ m{III}},,,}Â leftrightarrow mathop {mathop {H - mathop {mathop {{C^ - }}limits^{|,,,} }limits^{{O^ + }}Â - OH}limits_{} }limits_{{ m{IV}},,,}

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