AXTI Options History — March 2014

In March 2014, AXTI traded between $2.20 and $2.35. ATM implied volatility averaged 53.3%, placing in the 22.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 14.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 30.0% (HV 20d: 23.2%). Max pain ranged from $2.50 to $2.50. Net GEX was positive for 12 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 21 days.

Notable Days

  • 2014-03-24: Largest IV spike — 43.8% change
  • 2014-03-24: Highest IV Rank — 39.5%
  • 2014-03-06: Largest Expected Move — 18.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$2.28$2.20$2.35$2.31$2.20
Max Pain$2.50$2.50$2.50$2.50$2.50
ATM IV53.3%42.9%67.6%60.5%57.7%
Expected Move14.2%10.2%18.7%17.3%16.5%
HV 20d23.2%16.2%24.6%24.1%22.7%
HV 60d25.1%23.9%26.1%23.9%24.7%
IV Rank22.0%11.7%39.5%20.7%34.6%
IV Percentile65.1%28.2%93.3%86.5%83.3%
Term Structure-1.9%-28.8%19.9%-6.5%-10.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %104.2745.96136.47110.3445.96
Gamma HHI1.000.991.000.991.00
Net GEX20-195201136-102
Net DEX8.2K2.1K16.5K2.1K15.7K
Net VEX-80-103-54-103-54
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Total Volume00000
Total OI285.286246301301246

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-03-03$2.31$2.5060.5%17.3%24.1%20.7%0.0%0.0%-6.5%1362.1K-1030.00110.34N/AN/A00179122
2014-03-04$2.30$2.5055.8%16.0%24.0%17.4%0.0%0.0%-28.8%1176.2K-970.00107.55N/AN/A00179122
2014-03-05$2.29$2.5057.1%16.4%23.5%18.4%0.0%0.0%-22.5%1163.5K-980.00106.38N/AN/A00179122
2014-03-06$2.27$2.5065.1%18.7%22.9%23.9%0.0%0.0%-24.8%1096.5K-920.00104.22N/AN/A00179122
2014-03-07$2.26$2.5052.8%10.2%16.2%15.4%0.0%0.0%4.1%13810.4K-830.00110.05N/AN/A00179122
2014-03-10$2.35$2.5061.7%12.0%21.9%21.5%0.0%0.0%4.5%1612.2K-980.00103.05N/AN/A00179122
2014-03-11$2.33$2.5056.2%11.0%21.8%17.7%0.0%0.0%16.3%1633.8K-940.00112.85N/AN/A00179122
2014-03-12$2.35$2.5067.6%11.6%22.1%25.7%0.0%0.0%19.9%2012.9K-940.00103.06N/AN/A00179122
2014-03-13$2.28$2.5047.4%13.6%24.1%11.7%0.0%0.0%3.5%1614.0K-890.00125.07N/AN/A00179122
2014-03-14$2.27$2.5043.4%12.5%24.0%16.4%0.0%0.0%11.6%1394.9K-860.00104.19N/AN/A00179122
2014-03-17$2.27$2.5045.4%13.0%23.8%18.8%0.0%0.0%2.1%1167.6K-800.00108.92N/AN/A00179122
2014-03-18$2.31$2.5051.2%14.7%24.6%26.2%0.0%0.0%2.4%1104.3K-840.00108.29N/AN/A00179122
2014-03-19$2.28$2.5056.5%16.2%24.4%33.0%0.0%0.0%-1.1%-1568.2K-780.00136.47N/AN/A00179122
2014-03-20$2.28$2.5042.9%12.3%24.4%15.6%0.0%0.0%1.3%-19511.1K-730.00107.55N/AN/A00179122
2014-03-21$2.25$2.5042.9%12.3%24.4%15.6%0.0%0.0%0.5%-15713.1K-680.00110.14N/AN/A00179122
2014-03-24$2.28$2.5061.6%17.7%24.5%39.5%0.0%0.0%-0.3%-1568.8K-740.00115.94N/AN/A00124122
2014-03-25$2.27$2.5052.0%14.9%23.9%27.2%0.0%0.0%-12.2%-13213.3K-640.0047.27N/AN/A00124122
2014-03-26$2.25$2.5047.1%13.5%23.7%21.1%0.0%0.0%2.0%-15313.3K-650.00104.13N/AN/A00124122
2014-03-27$2.21$2.5046.8%13.4%24.1%20.7%0.0%0.0%0.9%-11214.9K-590.00104.13N/AN/A00124122
2014-03-28$2.20$2.5046.9%13.5%23.0%20.8%0.0%0.0%-2.5%-9216.5K-540.00114.09N/AN/A00124122
2014-03-31$2.20$2.5057.7%16.5%22.7%34.6%0.0%0.0%-10.1%-10215.7K-540.0045.96N/AN/A00124122