AXTI Options History — January 2016

In January 2016, AXTI traded between $2.37 and $2.61. ATM implied volatility averaged 76.0%, placing in the 25.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 19.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 35.5% (HV 20d: 40.5%). Max pain ranged from $2.50 to $2.50. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.41.

Notable Days

  • 2016-01-05: Highest Volume — 1,326 contracts
  • 2016-01-22: Largest IV spike — 63.2% change
  • 2016-01-29: Highest IV Rank — 41.0%
  • 2016-01-29: Largest Expected Move — 29.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$2.49$2.37$2.61$2.61$2.58
Max Pain$2.50$2.50$2.50$2.50$2.50
ATM IV76.0%45.7%102.0%84.1%102.0%
Expected Move19.7%13.1%29.2%13.8%29.2%
HV 20d40.5%31.6%46.6%43.8%44.0%
HV 60d37.8%36.2%39.4%37.2%39.4%
IV Rank25.0%6.3%41.0%30.0%41.0%
IV Percentile51.4%2.8%85.7%65.9%85.7%
Term Structure-3.2%-22.5%39.2%10.5%-22.5%
VWIV66.9%32.1%101.7%40.8%101.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %99.5551.24131.2670.82121.60
Gamma HHI1.001.001.001.001.00
Net GEX7.7K87241.2K8.6K6.1K
Net DEX-122.8K-233.0K9.7K-230.6K-219.3K
Net VEX-278-440-130-411-429
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.410.061.560.060.06
Total Volume1,005.0531151,3261,3251,307
Total OI1,307.7893751,7861,7861,585

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-01-04$2.61$2.5084.1%13.8%43.8%30.0%40.8%0.0%10.5%8.6K-230.6K-4110.0670.82N/AN/A1,254711,550236
2016-01-05$2.61$2.5080.6%13.6%43.8%27.8%43.7%0.0%10.2%9.0K-233.0K-3870.0665.69N/AN/A1,255711,525236
2016-01-06$2.60$2.5077.3%13.6%43.8%25.8%46.3%0.0%6.6%9.9K-230.0K-3790.06120.41N/AN/A1,255711,539236
2016-01-07$2.49$2.5077.2%16.6%46.6%25.7%57.8%0.0%0.5%7.8K-177.0K-3740.0659.60N/AN/A1,255711,539236
2016-01-08$2.45$2.5076.5%14.5%39.8%25.3%54.7%0.0%0.8%8.3K-160.5K-3530.0665.18N/AN/A1,255711,539236
2016-01-11$2.50$2.5083.9%21.0%40.7%29.8%73.6%0.0%-22.4%11.4K-172.8K-3130.06111.77N/AN/A1,255711,539236
2016-01-12$2.47$2.5055.1%20.1%31.6%12.1%69.2%0.0%-2.3%41.2K-96.0K-2720.06109.63N/AN/A1,255711,539236
2016-01-13$2.40$2.5045.7%13.1%33.0%6.3%47.0%0.0%5.0%13.4K-92.0K-2470.0686.45N/AN/A1,255711,539236
2016-01-14$2.49$2.5050.5%14.5%34.3%9.3%53.7%0.0%-2.8%10.3K-162.6K-2310.0663.14N/AN/A1,255711,539236
2016-01-15$2.39$2.5070.9%20.3%37.3%21.9%71.4%0.0%-7.2%1.0K9.7K-1540.06117.63N/AN/A1,255711,539236
2016-01-19$2.37$2.5071.5%20.5%36.5%22.2%70.3%0.0%-3.9%1.2K-23.4K-1501.5699.19N/AN/A457032970
2016-01-20$2.45$2.5066.4%19.0%38.7%19.0%60.7%0.0%-4.7%1.6K-25.7K-1481.56112.93N/AN/A457032970
2016-01-21$2.44$2.5050.8%14.6%38.6%9.4%32.1%0.0%39.2%1.2K-31.9K-1531.5651.24N/AN/A457032970
2016-01-22$2.54$2.5083.0%23.8%41.2%29.3%77.6%0.0%-7.6%992-36.4K-1461.13131.26N/AN/A627032970
2016-01-25$2.44$2.5089.1%25.6%43.4%33.1%92.8%0.0%-11.8%872-27.7K-1301.13125.86N/AN/A627030570
2016-01-26$2.45$2.5093.7%26.9%43.5%35.9%94.1%0.0%-19.6%995-28.5K-1410.06126.24N/AN/A1,2377030570
2016-01-27$2.51$2.5095.2%27.3%44.2%36.8%94.9%0.0%-17.1%6.2K-192.5K-4400.06127.26N/AN/A1,237701,51570
2016-01-28$2.54$2.5091.2%26.1%44.4%34.3%89.5%0.0%-11.7%6.6K-202.1K-4320.06125.48N/AN/A1,237701,51570
2016-01-29$2.58$2.50102.0%29.2%44.0%41.0%101.7%0.0%-22.5%6.1K-219.3K-4290.06121.60N/AN/A1,237701,51570