AXTI Options History — October 2016

In October 2016, AXTI traded between $5.17 and $5.94. ATM implied volatility averaged 63.3%, placing in the 27.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 18.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 16.4% (HV 20d: 46.9%). 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 8 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.10.

Notable Days

  • 2016-10-27: Highest Volume — 816 contracts
  • 2016-10-04: Largest IV drop — 36.3% change
  • 2016-10-27: Highest IV Rank — 37.0%
  • 2016-10-27: Largest Expected Move — 22.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$5.58$5.17$5.94$5.58$5.23
Max Pain$2.50$2.50$2.50$2.50$2.50
ATM IV63.3%47.0%79.6%73.8%59.2%
Expected Move18.1%13.5%22.8%21.2%17.0%
HV 20d46.9%42.8%60.8%44.3%52.7%
HV 60d39.8%36.9%45.4%37.1%45.4%
IV Rank27.0%17.0%37.0%33.2%24.6%
IV Percentile37.8%6.0%61.9%53.6%33.7%
Term Structure-1.6%-21.2%89.3%89.3%-11.8%
VWIV57.8%40.4%84.2%48.8%60.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %66.5927.46147.06147.0697.52
Gamma HHI0.780.650.850.750.81
Net GEX4.2K1.3K6.4K1.3K5.3K
Net DEX-293.8K-490.2K-212.0K-248.6K-238.9K
Net VEX-682-1.5K-251-251-806
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.100.050.230.120.05
Total Volume257118816118755
Total OI813.4765461,320577927

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-10-03$5.58$2.5073.8%21.2%44.3%33.2%0.0%0.0%89.3%1.3K-248.6K-2510.12147.06N/AN/A1051356413
2016-10-04$5.52$2.5047.0%13.5%45.0%17.0%48.8%0.0%9.5%4.1K-219.8K-3860.1296.76N/AN/A1111357013
2016-10-05$5.66$2.5053.7%15.4%44.9%21.0%43.0%0.0%22.6%3.4K-224.4K-3760.10111.35N/AN/A1321355113
2016-10-06$5.94$2.5069.3%17.8%45.3%30.4%65.2%0.0%-10.6%2.9K-235.3K-3680.1093.42N/AN/A1341353313
2016-10-07$5.87$2.5052.4%19.3%42.8%20.2%40.4%0.0%-11.0%2.5K-255.5K-3560.1156.17N/AN/A1221358513
2016-10-10$5.77$2.5063.7%17.7%43.5%27.3%53.7%0.0%-9.2%3.6K-252.7K-4190.0831.40N/AN/A1721361413
2016-10-11$5.63$2.5068.4%17.4%45.8%30.2%47.1%0.0%-15.3%4.0K-233.7K-4140.1037.30N/AN/A1261361413
2016-10-12$5.50$2.5064.0%18.3%47.6%27.5%49.7%0.0%-13.3%4.2K-216.2K-4200.1066.75N/AN/A1351361113
2016-10-13$5.36$2.5063.1%18.1%48.5%27.0%59.2%0.0%-13.8%4.9K-212.0K-4430.0837.10N/AN/A1691363413
2016-10-14$5.51$2.5061.6%17.7%45.4%26.0%61.2%0.0%-12.7%4.5K-230.4K-4420.0786.65N/AN/A1771364313
2016-10-17$5.61$2.5064.9%18.6%45.6%28.0%56.4%0.0%-18.2%3.0K-260.7K-3610.07104.61N/AN/A1881364713
2016-10-18$5.51$2.5055.6%15.9%46.3%22.4%47.7%0.0%0.8%4.4K-249.8K-4530.0741.06N/AN/A1881366213
2016-10-19$5.60$2.5065.9%18.9%44.0%28.6%66.0%0.0%-12.3%3.2K-256.3K-4560.0538.28N/AN/A2611366213
2016-10-20$5.54$2.5064.3%18.4%44.4%27.6%61.0%0.0%2.5%5.2K-418.2K-1.1K0.0956.14N/AN/A142131,11613
2016-10-21$5.76$2.5061.3%17.6%44.5%25.9%50.0%0.0%6.3%3.8K-461.6K-1.1K0.1437.95N/AN/A114161,12113
2016-10-24$5.73$2.5057.8%16.6%44.6%23.7%84.2%0.0%8.3%5.0K-394.0K-1.1K0.0562.75N/AN/A300161,01216
2016-10-25$5.64$2.5073.3%21.0%45.3%33.1%64.8%0.0%-21.2%6.3K-462.5K-1.4K0.2250.03N/AN/A116261,22616
2016-10-26$5.76$2.5078.3%22.5%45.1%36.2%65.2%0.0%-16.4%6.4K-490.2K-1.5K0.2327.46N/AN/A115261,29226
2016-10-27$5.17$2.5079.6%22.8%60.8%37.0%78.9%0.0%-15.8%6.2K-361.1K-1.4K0.0563.30N/AN/A779371,29426
2016-10-28$5.22$2.5052.1%14.9%58.5%20.2%53.3%0.0%9.3%5.0K-248.3K-8140.0555.39N/AN/A7163787947
2016-10-31$5.23$2.5059.2%17.0%52.7%24.6%60.3%0.0%-11.8%5.3K-238.9K-8060.0597.52N/AN/A7183788047