AXTI Options History — September 2012

In September 2012, AXTI traded between $3.04 and $3.48. ATM implied volatility averaged 103.3%, placing in the 43.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 25.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 61.2% (HV 20d: 42.1%). Max pain ranged from $5.00 to $5.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 1 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.00.

Notable Days

  • 2012-09-21: Highest Volume — 277 contracts
  • 2012-09-21: Largest IV spike — 34.4% change
  • 2012-09-11: Highest IV Rank — 72.6%
  • 2012-09-06: Largest Expected Move — 37.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$3.26$3.04$3.48$3.36$3.38
Max Pain$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00
ATM IV103.3%67.3%151.2%100.3%106.1%
Expected Move25.8%19.3%37.7%28.7%30.4%
HV 20d42.1%31.5%55.2%43.9%55.2%
HV 60d62.1%60.1%65.2%63.5%64.1%
IV Rank43.3%21.3%72.6%41.5%45.0%
IV Percentile81.0%45.2%98.4%89.3%88.5%
Term Structure-26.1%-65.3%13.5%-32.4%-36.4%
VWIV101.6%101.6%101.6%101.6%101.6%
Skew 25d3.1%-26.5%32.6%7.2%12.4%
Skew 10d2.5%-29.5%36.3%4.7%19.4%
Call IV 25d52.3%40.7%68.6%40.7%53.3%
Put IV 25d55.5%42.0%82.9%47.9%65.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %103.0092.15118.9594.4592.15
Gamma HHI0.730.540.930.790.68
Net GEX1.2K4141.8K8871.2K
Net DEX-38.2K-112.1K-1.2K-22.7K-92.3K
Net VEX-343-500-213-253-431
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.000.000.010.000.00
Total Volume17.842027725
Total OI1,576.7371,5711,6011,5711,579

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-09-04$3.36$5.00100.3%28.7%43.9%41.5%0.0%7.2%-32.4%887-22.7K-2530.0094.45N/AN/A201,033538
2012-09-05$3.31$5.00113.5%32.5%44.7%49.6%0.0%7.0%-43.3%1.1K-21.1K-2640.00107.57N/AN/A001,034538
2012-09-06$3.28$5.00131.4%37.7%43.6%60.5%0.0%2.9%-65.3%1.2K-22.7K-3550.00112.57N/AN/A001,034538
2012-09-07$3.30$0.00121.6%20.6%37.9%54.5%0.0%3.8%-28.3%932-19.3K-2130.00118.95N/AN/A001,034538
2012-09-10$3.23$0.00148.6%22.2%33.9%71.0%0.0%32.6%-10.0%834-20.0K-4550.00102.99N/AN/A001,034538
2012-09-11$3.09$0.00151.2%21.9%37.5%72.6%0.0%-2.8%-10.2%1.2K-10.7K-4100.00102.37N/AN/A001,034538
2012-09-12$3.14$0.00131.5%20.5%38.0%60.6%0.0%-5.4%-6.8%1.2K-9.1K-3630.00105.41N/AN/A001,034538
2012-09-13$3.07$0.0087.3%25.0%37.8%33.5%0.0%-17.6%13.5%850-17.6K-5000.00117.38N/AN/A001,034538
2012-09-14$3.04$0.0069.4%19.9%34.6%22.6%0.0%-8.0%-11.4%1.8K-1.2K-2510.00105.25N/AN/A001,034538
2012-09-17$3.06$0.0067.3%19.3%31.6%21.3%0.0%-1.5%-16.4%1.7K-6.4K-2220.00102.05N/AN/A001,034538
2012-09-18$3.13$0.0074.0%21.2%31.7%25.4%0.0%-3.6%-19.2%1.5K-9.2K-2310.00105.16N/AN/A001,034538
2012-09-19$3.12$0.0075.7%21.7%31.5%26.4%0.0%-8.9%-20.3%1.5K-9.7K-2210.0099.79N/AN/A001,034538
2012-09-20$3.08$0.0078.8%22.6%31.5%28.3%0.0%-26.5%-22.6%1.6K-6.3K-2350.00104.00N/AN/A001,034538
2012-09-21$3.47$0.00105.8%30.3%53.5%44.9%101.6%7.5%-60.6%414-30.0K-2460.01105.64N/AN/A27521,034538
2012-09-24$3.46$5.0097.7%28.0%53.6%39.9%0.0%8.8%-36.7%1.0K-105.5K-4410.0095.14N/AN/A2301,073506
2012-09-25$3.47$5.00104.1%29.8%52.6%43.8%0.0%16.2%-33.6%961-111.3K-4960.0095.60N/AN/A0101,085506
2012-09-26$3.38$5.0096.4%27.6%53.3%39.1%0.0%14.7%-22.9%1.2K-99.1K-4480.0096.10N/AN/A001,085516
2012-09-27$3.48$5.00102.5%29.4%54.2%42.9%0.0%21.0%-32.6%952-112.1K-4770.0094.50N/AN/A2201,085516
2012-09-28$3.38$5.00106.1%30.4%55.2%45.0%0.0%12.4%-36.4%1.2K-92.3K-4310.0092.15N/AN/A501,063516