AXTI Options History — May 2016

In May 2016, AXTI traded between $2.66 and $3.69. ATM implied volatility averaged 80.6%, placing in the 24.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 20.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 26.4% (HV 20d: 54.1%). Max pain ranged from $2.50 to $2.50. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.28.

Notable Days

  • 2016-05-31: Highest Volume — 361 contracts
  • 2016-05-13: Largest IV spike — 58.9% change
  • 2016-05-05: Highest IV Rank — 49.0%
  • 2016-05-23: Largest Expected Move — 27.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$3.24$2.66$3.69$2.66$3.54
Max Pain$2.50$2.50$2.50$2.50$2.50
ATM IV80.6%51.1%118.4%85.4%85.2%
Expected Move20.7%14.3%27.2%24.5%24.4%
HV 20d54.1%29.6%62.6%29.6%62.6%
HV 60d44.5%36.7%47.3%36.7%47.0%
IV Rank24.6%5.6%49.0%27.7%27.6%
IV Percentile57.9%10.7%89.7%67.9%69.8%
Term Structure-12.9%-38.1%37.4%-1.7%-22.0%
VWIV73.1%50.4%108.4%69.2%108.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %82.5916.91175.0477.0592.64
Gamma HHI0.980.901.001.000.90
Net GEX7493802.2K2.2K760
Net DEX-102.5K-130.0K-61.3K-61.3K-121.3K
Net VEX-109-152-38-109-125
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.280.021.971.970.02
Total Volume118.95271361113361
Total OI452.952387602392401

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-05-02$2.66$2.5085.4%24.5%29.6%27.7%0.0%0.0%-1.7%2.2K-61.3K-1091.9777.05N/AN/A387531775
2016-05-03$3.01$2.5077.9%22.3%51.7%22.9%69.2%0.0%-34.9%846-81.1K-1110.3261.62N/AN/A852731775
2016-05-04$3.00$2.5081.1%23.3%51.9%25.0%69.9%0.0%-32.5%564-72.9K-1430.3474.15N/AN/A792735980
2016-05-05$3.17$2.50118.4%17.8%54.2%49.0%50.4%0.0%-12.5%664-85.5K-1250.3196.17N/AN/A541736980
2016-05-06$3.14$2.5081.4%14.9%54.7%25.2%61.1%0.0%-14.7%667-83.1K-1330.2870.90N/AN/A601738480
2016-05-09$3.14$2.5084.0%14.3%54.7%26.8%55.0%0.0%1.9%723-91.9K-1240.2866.43N/AN/A601740181
2016-05-10$3.14$2.50106.4%14.4%54.6%41.3%55.8%0.0%1.6%711-93.7K-1070.2866.57N/AN/A601740681
2016-05-11$3.14$2.5051.1%14.6%54.6%5.6%56.5%0.0%-4.0%728-96.5K-1070.2867.86N/AN/A601740681
2016-05-12$3.15$2.5051.2%14.7%54.6%5.7%55.9%0.0%7.5%730-98.5K-990.2870.04N/AN/A601740680
2016-05-13$3.17$2.5081.4%23.3%54.0%25.2%79.8%0.0%37.4%642-104.4K-600.28103.41N/AN/A601740680
2016-05-16$3.29$2.5074.6%21.4%54.6%20.8%84.6%0.0%-20.5%455-110.9K-450.2871.86N/AN/A601740680
2016-05-17$3.31$2.5064.6%18.5%54.7%14.3%73.4%0.0%29.6%497-98.3K-1250.2816.91N/AN/A601740680
2016-05-18$3.35$2.5078.3%22.4%53.7%23.2%87.9%0.0%-38.1%380-113.1K-440.1968.76N/AN/A901740780
2016-05-19$3.25$2.5070.5%20.2%55.0%18.2%85.5%0.0%-32.4%726-109.4K-1200.1372.02N/AN/A1351744280
2016-05-20$3.21$2.5074.6%21.4%55.6%20.8%83.6%0.0%-21.8%983-130.0K-1500.0877.11N/AN/A2051752280
2016-05-23$3.29$2.5094.7%27.2%54.4%33.8%86.0%0.0%-20.0%932-108.1K-1380.05114.52N/AN/A12063816
2016-05-24$3.40$2.5072.8%20.9%54.9%19.6%79.2%0.0%-17.8%434-125.9K-380.0570.28N/AN/A12063866
2016-05-25$3.60$2.5092.8%26.6%57.1%32.5%108.4%0.0%-36.3%688-126.5K-1050.0572.42N/AN/A12063866
2016-05-26$3.69$2.5080.1%23.0%56.8%24.3%0.0%0.0%-3.0%647-127.3K-1190.05148.62N/AN/A12463866
2016-05-27$3.42$2.5085.0%24.4%62.4%27.5%0.0%0.0%-35.8%805-111.9K-1520.05175.04N/AN/A12463956
2016-05-31$3.54$2.5085.2%24.4%62.6%27.6%0.0%0.0%-22.0%760-121.3K-1250.0292.64N/AN/A35563956