AXTI Options History — January 2015

In January 2015, AXTI traded between $2.70 and $2.90. ATM implied volatility averaged 75.9%, placing in the 27.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 16.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 47.1% (HV 20d: 28.8%). Max pain ranged from $2.50 to $2.50. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.22.

Notable Days

  • 2015-01-08: Highest Volume — 125 contracts
  • 2015-01-14: Largest IV drop — 66.2% change
  • 2015-01-12: Highest IV Rank — 83.4%
  • 2015-01-20: Largest Expected Move — 20.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$2.82$2.70$2.90$2.83$2.75
Max Pain$2.50$2.50$2.50$2.50$2.50
ATM IV75.9%46.8%165.7%68.6%51.2%
Expected Move16.4%13.3%20.3%13.9%14.7%
HV 20d28.8%24.8%34.3%34.3%30.0%
HV 60d33.9%29.4%36.8%36.8%29.4%
IV Rank27.4%9.2%83.4%22.8%12.0%
IV Percentile58.5%14.3%99.6%69.0%27.8%
Term Structure-6.4%-24.9%31.2%-23.8%9.7%
VWIV56.9%44.6%70.3%44.6%51.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %70.4821.34105.8147.2121.34
Gamma HHI0.940.911.001.000.95
Net GEX2.7K2.3K3.6K2.5K3.4K
Net DEX-124.8K-138.8K-112.4K-122.6K-122.2K
Net VEX-186-227-138-181-144
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.220.000.510.510.23
Total Volume71.65012562112
Total OI687.1626699626691

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-01-02$2.83$2.5068.6%13.9%34.3%22.8%44.6%0.0%-23.8%2.5K-122.6K-1810.5147.21N/AN/A412160224
2015-01-05$2.82$2.5084.7%14.5%32.9%32.9%0.0%0.0%2.4%2.5K-120.9K-1880.0075.03N/AN/A73060224
2015-01-06$2.85$2.5086.2%13.3%33.0%33.8%0.0%0.0%-7.9%2.6K-131.5K-1960.0038.67N/AN/A0067524
2015-01-07$2.84$2.5082.0%17.8%28.4%31.2%0.0%0.0%-22.2%2.4K-122.5K-2150.0075.80N/AN/A0067524
2015-01-08$2.90$2.5099.8%15.3%27.5%42.3%52.3%0.0%-12.4%2.4K-136.4K-2060.2068.97N/AN/A1042167524
2015-01-09$2.81$2.50104.0%18.4%27.8%44.9%63.4%0.0%-16.1%2.4K-119.0K-2270.2075.80N/AN/A1042167124
2015-01-12$2.80$2.50165.7%19.2%27.7%83.4%65.8%0.0%-24.9%2.4K-116.3K-2200.2177.36N/AN/A1012167124
2015-01-13$2.85$2.50144.0%19.1%27.4%69.9%66.5%0.0%-16.5%2.3K-123.7K-2060.21104.08N/AN/A1012167324
2015-01-14$2.81$2.5048.6%13.9%28.1%10.4%46.2%0.0%-6.9%2.8K-127.6K-1980.2181.75N/AN/A1012167324
2015-01-15$2.83$2.5052.8%15.1%27.5%12.9%52.2%0.0%-3.8%2.7K-128.5K-1920.21105.81N/AN/A1012167324
2015-01-16$2.86$2.5048.0%13.8%26.9%10.0%0.0%0.0%-14.2%2.6K-138.8K-1880.0082.79N/AN/A0067324
2015-01-20$2.80$2.5070.9%20.3%28.3%24.3%0.0%0.0%-13.3%2.4K-119.2K-2160.0082.88N/AN/A0066724
2015-01-21$2.84$2.5066.3%19.0%28.5%21.4%0.0%0.0%-12.5%2.5K-124.5K-1770.0078.95N/AN/A0066724
2015-01-22$2.81$2.5068.5%19.6%28.9%22.8%70.3%0.0%-5.4%2.5K-119.7K-1830.2386.82N/AN/A912166724
2015-01-23$2.80$2.5065.4%18.8%27.1%20.9%68.5%0.0%-3.6%2.7K-120.1K-1810.2379.68N/AN/A912166724
2015-01-26$2.88$2.5065.8%18.9%24.8%21.1%0.0%0.0%-1.1%2.5K-136.2K-1600.0078.55N/AN/A0066722
2015-01-27$2.77$2.5046.8%13.4%28.5%9.2%0.0%0.0%2.4%3.3K-127.4K-1410.0042.09N/AN/A0066722
2015-01-28$2.70$2.5050.6%14.5%28.9%11.6%48.9%0.0%10.2%3.6K-112.4K-1660.2339.49N/AN/A912166724
2015-01-29$2.77$2.5048.7%14.0%29.9%10.4%53.0%0.0%31.2%3.3K-127.0K-1380.2366.46N/AN/A912166724
2015-01-30$2.75$2.5051.2%14.7%30.0%12.0%51.1%0.0%9.7%3.4K-122.2K-1440.2321.34N/AN/A912166724