AXTI Options History — September 2010

In September 2010, AXTI traded between $5.73 and $6.89. ATM implied volatility averaged 62.4%. The 30-day expected move averaged 18.6%. IV traded below realized volatility by 5.4% (HV 20d: 67.8%). Max pain ranged from $5.00 to $5.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.01.

Notable Days

  • 2010-09-09: Highest Volume — 159 contracts
  • 2010-09-24: Largest IV spike — 49.4% change
  • 2010-09-24: Largest Expected Move — 23.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$6.15$5.73$6.89$5.94$6.62
Max Pain$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00
ATM IV62.4%45.9%80.3%51.9%45.9%
Expected Move18.6%13.1%23.0%14.9%13.1%
HV 20d67.8%48.9%84.6%84.4%48.9%
HV 60d79.5%75.6%83.9%83.9%75.6%
Term Structure10.1%-10.6%30.5%24.3%27.4%
VWIV58.3%45.4%72.1%72.1%57.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %50.1115.6189.0015.6161.95
Gamma HHI0.690.550.800.790.55
Net GEX-2.7K-3.1K-1.6K-3.0K-1.7K
Net DEX-2.4K-141.4K55.6K43.5K-124.2K
Net VEX-1.6K-1.8K-1.5K-1.5K-1.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.010.000.080.000.00
Total Volume33.4760159162
Total OI1,378.6671,2641,5991,2731,599

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-09-01$5.94$5.0051.9%14.9%84.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%24.3%-3.0K43.5K-1.5K0.0015.61N/AN/A1602651,008
2010-09-02$5.85$5.0053.8%15.4%84.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%19.8%-2.8K40.9K-1.6K0.0016.97N/AN/A302771,008
2010-09-03$5.94$5.0051.2%20.8%84.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%-1.3%-3.1K40.6K-1.5K0.0057.14N/AN/A6502771,008
2010-09-07$5.84$5.0061.1%20.8%82.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%5.6%-3.0K38.4K-1.6K0.0068.42N/AN/A3202861,008
2010-09-08$5.87$5.0057.5%21.2%80.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.8%-3.1K55.6K-1.5K0.0068.73N/AN/A002561,008
2010-09-09$6.00$5.0071.3%20.4%65.5%0.0%72.1%0.0%5.0%-3.1K39.5K-1.5K0.0360.65N/AN/A15452561,008
2010-09-10$5.74$5.0075.1%21.5%67.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.5%-2.8K46.9K-1.6K0.0061.55N/AN/A503251,013
2010-09-13$5.95$5.0071.8%20.6%68.3%0.0%45.4%0.0%5.8%-2.9K29.8K-1.6K0.0074.47N/AN/A2303241,013
2010-09-14$6.11$5.0050.3%14.4%68.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%30.5%-2.9K15.5K-1.6K0.0089.00N/AN/A003371,013
2010-09-15$6.01$5.0073.3%21.0%66.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.8%-2.9K27.5K-1.6K0.0071.37N/AN/A103371,013
2010-09-16$5.86$5.0071.4%20.5%66.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.8%-3.0K35.9K-1.6K0.0045.29N/AN/A1803381,013
2010-09-17$5.73$5.0073.3%21.0%64.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%-1.6%-3.0K47.9K-1.6K0.0031.99N/AN/A303391,013
2010-09-20$6.21$5.0055.2%15.8%70.6%0.0%57.4%0.0%21.2%-2.9K26.5K-1.5K0.0088.23N/AN/A6003131,013
2010-09-21$6.25$5.0051.8%14.9%66.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%21.5%-2.7K-3.6K-1.6K0.0040.42N/AN/A6103671,013
2010-09-22$6.25$5.0052.9%15.2%64.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%24.6%-2.6K-20.1K-1.7K0.0040.42N/AN/A064281,013
2010-09-23$6.18$5.0053.7%15.4%61.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%18.3%-2.4K-15.7K-1.7K0.0041.18N/AN/A7904281,019
2010-09-24$6.42$5.0080.3%23.0%58.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%-10.6%-2.2K-46.7K-1.8K0.0016.98N/AN/A3604531,019
2010-09-27$6.71$5.0071.4%20.5%59.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%-1.5%-2.1K-80.9K-1.7K0.0033.23N/AN/A2004591,019
2010-09-28$6.82$5.0067.1%19.2%56.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.7%-2.0K-107.0K-1.7K0.0831.74N/AN/A7764791,019
2010-09-29$6.89$5.0070.6%20.2%55.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%-1.6K-141.4K-1.7K0.0036.93N/AN/A3105441,024
2010-09-30$6.62$5.0045.9%13.1%48.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%27.4%-1.7K-124.2K-1.8K0.0061.95N/AN/A205751,024