AXTI Options History — August 2010

In August 2010, AXTI traded between $5.19 and $6.24. ATM implied volatility averaged 69.2%. The 30-day expected move averaged 20.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 23.5% (HV 20d: 92.7%). Max pain ranged from $5.00 to $5.00. Net GEX was positive for 12 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.46.

Notable Days

  • 2010-08-17: Highest Volume — 1,000 contracts
  • 2010-08-04: Largest IV spike — 39.8% change
  • 2010-08-04: Largest Expected Move — 24.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$5.62$5.19$6.24$5.83$5.41
Max Pain$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00
ATM IV69.2%52.1%86.9%62.4%74.5%
Expected Move20.1%15.0%24.9%17.9%21.3%
HV 20d92.7%77.3%101.4%91.3%79.6%
Term Structure6.4%-21.8%23.3%8.9%4.4%
VWIV67.5%65.4%70.6%66.6%70.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %59.4528.51105.7869.4235.32
Gamma HHI0.720.430.920.840.79
Net GEX-908-3.2K1.8K1.0K-2.8K
Net DEX-22.4K-126.9K90.5K-116.8K81.7K
Net VEX-744-1.6K-22-82-1.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.460.005.000.000.00
Total Volume59.31801,000116
Total OI686.5911471,2742331,267

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-08-02$5.83$5.0062.4%17.9%91.3%0.0%66.6%0.0%8.9%1.0K-116.8K-820.0069.42N/AN/A11022310
2010-08-03$5.67$5.0062.2%17.8%90.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%-5.8%1.1K-103.5K-940.0067.24N/AN/A0021310
2010-08-04$5.98$5.0086.9%24.9%87.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%-12.2%250-124.9K-220.0047.39N/AN/A3021310
2010-08-05$5.89$5.0066.0%18.9%87.6%0.0%65.4%0.0%-21.8%837-113.5K-720.0067.47N/AN/A0221010
2010-08-06$5.90$5.0064.3%17.3%87.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%23.3%797-114.6K-620.00105.78N/AN/A0021010
2010-08-09$6.24$5.0052.1%15.0%86.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%19.9%266-126.9K-400.0068.55N/AN/A16021010
2010-08-10$5.93$5.0059.8%19.2%88.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%16.4%564-118.1K-580.0074.32N/AN/A1021010
2010-08-11$5.23$5.0061.4%21.7%101.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.5%1.8K-86.8K-870.0287.96N/AN/A105221110
2010-08-12$5.39$5.0060.5%17.3%101.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%17.0%349-62.5K-650.00103.72N/AN/A55013512
2010-08-13$5.41$5.0073.6%21.1%100.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.4%400-87.7K-880.0078.10N/AN/A0018512
2010-08-16$5.57$5.0064.5%18.5%98.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%12.6%375-93.2K-740.0043.21N/AN/A1018512
2010-08-17$5.83$5.0057.8%16.6%98.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%19.7%283-100.4K-690.0084.89N/AN/A01,00018612
2010-08-18$5.97$5.0076.3%21.9%98.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%8.0%-3.2K58.6K-1.5K0.0073.73N/AN/A7001861,012
2010-08-19$5.67$5.0076.3%21.9%99.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%5.2%-2.8K54.7K-1.6K5.0034.82N/AN/A152561,012
2010-08-20$5.69$5.0082.4%23.6%99.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.8%-2.8K57.4K-1.6K0.0028.51N/AN/A002571,017
2010-08-23$5.36$5.0070.6%20.2%95.6%0.0%70.6%0.0%9.1%-2.9K88.1K-1.6K0.0042.28N/AN/A2602381,007
2010-08-24$5.19$5.0073.6%21.1%95.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%5.0%-2.6K89.0K-1.6K0.0030.69N/AN/A012591,007
2010-08-25$5.54$5.0075.5%21.6%96.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.7%-2.8K72.2K-1.6K0.0035.72N/AN/A002591,008
2010-08-26$5.24$5.0075.3%21.6%99.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%5.4%-2.7K87.4K-1.6K0.0039.67N/AN/A002591,008
2010-08-27$5.40$5.0076.4%21.9%77.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.5%-2.8K77.3K-1.6K0.0044.34N/AN/A002591,008
2010-08-30$5.19$5.0069.9%20.0%78.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%11.3%-2.6K90.5K-1.5K0.0044.73N/AN/A002591,008
2010-08-31$5.41$5.0074.5%21.3%79.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.4%-2.8K81.7K-1.5K0.0035.32N/AN/A602591,008