AXTI Options History — February 2016

In February 2016, AXTI traded between $2.50 and $2.85. ATM implied volatility averaged 79.9%, placing in the 25.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 20.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 29.4% (HV 20d: 50.5%). 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 4 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.23.

Notable Days

  • 2016-02-17: Highest Volume — 1,325 contracts
  • 2016-02-29: Largest IV spike — 44.6% change
  • 2016-02-09: Highest IV Rank — 51.4%
  • 2016-02-02: Largest Expected Move — 28.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$2.66$2.50$2.85$2.50$2.55
Max Pain$2.50$2.50$2.50$2.50$2.50
ATM IV79.9%49.0%118.8%73.2%95.5%
Expected Move20.9%14.0%28.6%21.0%27.4%
HV 20d50.5%43.8%55.4%45.4%50.8%
HV 60d44.1%40.0%45.6%40.0%44.3%
IV Rank25.3%4.3%51.4%23.2%34.3%
IV Percentile52.2%4.8%90.1%45.2%78.6%
Term Structure-2.2%-62.0%180.1%-16.6%-28.6%
VWIV83.2%73.3%98.2%73.3%78.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %121.74100.09135.12111.17134.07
Gamma HHI1.001.001.001.001.00
Net GEX5.2K6715.4K8.8K99
Net DEX-206.2K-365.0K-6.9K-201.5K-7.2K
Net VEX-206-399-78-399-83
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.230.063.500.063.50
Total Volume825.6901,3251,30790
Total OI1,155.61691,5851,585169

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-02-01$2.50$2.5073.2%21.0%45.4%23.2%73.3%0.0%-16.6%8.8K-201.5K-3990.06111.17N/AN/A1,237701,51570
2016-02-02$2.60$2.5099.8%28.6%43.8%39.7%98.2%0.0%-21.5%7.1K-222.6K-3900.06125.36N/AN/A1,237701,51570
2016-02-03$2.85$2.5090.3%25.9%54.7%33.8%78.1%0.0%-6.0%6.5K-332.9K-3250.06122.27N/AN/A1,237701,51570
2016-02-04$2.79$0.0096.2%22.4%55.4%37.4%0.0%0.0%-13.7%6.9K-309.4K-3300.06112.36N/AN/A1,237701,51570
2016-02-05$2.79$0.0099.6%14.3%52.6%39.5%0.0%0.0%19.8%6.9K-308.3K-3200.06116.94N/AN/A1,237701,51570
2016-02-08$2.75$0.00107.1%20.4%52.5%44.2%0.0%0.0%2.2%7.4K-295.8K-2990.06115.33N/AN/A1,237701,51570
2016-02-09$2.77$0.00118.8%23.5%52.2%51.4%0.0%0.0%-62.0%7.1K-306.9K-2840.06118.34N/AN/A1,237701,51570
2016-02-10$2.68$0.0081.0%23.2%53.6%28.1%0.0%0.0%180.1%7.3K-282.8K-2150.06119.86N/AN/A1,237701,51570
2016-02-11$2.65$0.0070.1%20.1%52.6%17.9%0.0%0.0%-0.8%9.8K-266.1K-2660.06120.76N/AN/A1,237701,51570
2016-02-12$2.59$0.0082.6%23.7%52.0%26.0%0.0%0.0%79.3%6.5K-228.8K-2690.06123.03N/AN/A1,237701,51570
2016-02-16$2.65$0.0053.5%15.3%49.9%7.2%0.0%0.0%-11.0%13.7K-297.2K-1890.06128.48N/AN/A1,237701,51570
2016-02-17$2.63$0.0076.8%22.0%49.9%22.2%0.0%0.0%-10.4%15.4K-288.8K-1660.06130.07N/AN/A1,255701,51570
2016-02-18$2.62$0.0060.5%17.3%48.9%11.7%0.0%0.0%-32.3%801-365.0K-892.26135.12N/AN/A31701,46970
2016-02-19$2.59$0.0076.9%22.0%49.1%22.3%0.0%0.0%-26.1%80-361.0K-860.71113.88N/AN/A99701,46970
2016-02-22$2.71$0.0077.1%22.1%49.6%22.4%0.0%0.0%-22.4%151-14.5K-783.50129.75N/AN/A20709970
2016-02-23$2.66$0.0070.3%20.2%47.7%18.0%0.0%0.0%-31.9%67-8.8K-843.50133.48N/AN/A20709970
2016-02-24$2.73$0.0054.6%15.7%48.3%7.9%0.0%0.0%-13.9%116-9.7K-793.50134.15N/AN/A20709970
2016-02-25$2.62$0.0049.0%14.0%50.5%4.3%0.0%0.0%-5.5%86-10.6K-833.50110.29N/AN/A20709970
2016-02-26$2.56$0.0066.0%18.9%51.1%15.3%0.0%0.0%-23.4%113-6.9K-843.50100.09N/AN/A20709970
2016-02-29$2.55$0.0095.5%27.4%50.8%34.3%0.0%0.0%-28.6%99-7.2K-833.50134.07N/AN/A20709970