AXTI Options History — February 2017

In February 2017, AXTI traded between $5.63 and $7.93. ATM implied volatility averaged 57.7%, placing in the 23.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 16.2%. IV traded below realized volatility by 7.7% (HV 20d: 65.4%). Max pain ranged from $5.00 to $7.50. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.32.

Notable Days

  • 2017-02-23: Highest Volume — 841 contracts
  • 2017-02-02: Largest IV spike — 36.8% change
  • 2017-02-02: Highest IV Rank — 30.8%
  • 2017-02-15: Largest Expected Move — 19.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$6.66$5.63$7.93$5.75$7.08
Max Pain$5.53$5.00$7.50$5.00$7.50
ATM IV57.7%47.0%69.4%50.7%47.0%
Expected Move16.2%13.5%19.4%14.5%13.5%
HV 20d65.4%60.8%76.9%66.9%75.2%
HV 60d58.3%55.1%65.3%56.5%65.0%
IV Rank23.6%17.1%30.8%19.4%17.1%
IV Percentile34.2%7.1%58.7%15.1%7.1%
Term Structure0.3%-29.3%37.2%-4.5%37.2%
VWIV55.2%43.6%67.7%52.3%49.1%
Skew 25d27.3%1.3%55.6%25.0%55.6%
Skew 10d39.3%5.2%73.9%38.7%73.9%
Call IV 25d62.1%49.7%75.4%49.7%75.4%
Put IV 25d89.4%62.4%131.1%74.7%131.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %79.3929.65108.8872.37108.88
Gamma HHI0.710.500.990.730.87
Net GEX8.7K3.7K17.5K9.1K17.5K
Net DEX-682.5K-885.4K-397.3K-661.5K-586.5K
Net VEX-1.0K-1.8K-693-818-1.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.320.070.890.140.30
Total Volume238.158124841225184
Total OI1,617.2639381,8531,7531,853

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-02-01$5.75$5.0050.7%14.5%66.9%19.4%52.3%0.0%-4.5%9.1K-661.5K-8180.1472.37N/AN/A197281,66588
2017-02-02$5.75$5.0069.4%14.0%66.9%30.8%43.6%0.0%15.8%10.7K-632.5K-9070.16103.50N/AN/A176281,66588
2017-02-03$5.83$5.0050.9%15.5%66.1%19.5%43.7%0.0%12.9%7.4K-685.3K-7820.1689.20N/AN/A176281,67088
2017-02-06$5.63$5.0062.4%16.1%67.7%26.5%55.6%0.0%5.7%9.3K-519.5K-8020.24106.69N/AN/A117281,47788
2017-02-07$5.75$5.0055.0%16.8%61.1%22.0%44.8%0.0%10.0%7.6K-644.3K-7690.2383.79N/AN/A122281,63288
2017-02-08$6.28$5.0054.3%15.6%68.0%21.6%56.1%0.0%-9.8%4.1K-760.9K-6930.1844.65N/AN/A159281,63288
2017-02-09$6.13$5.0064.3%18.4%63.6%27.7%56.6%0.0%-29.3%8.0K-723.2K-8400.46103.64N/AN/A90411,65988
2017-02-10$6.20$5.0047.8%13.7%62.1%17.6%48.6%0.0%5.1%3.7K-739.2K-7310.2658.89N/AN/A140361,661101
2017-02-13$6.73$5.0056.5%16.2%64.1%22.9%56.7%0.0%-1.0%4.3K-755.9K-8230.1870.91N/AN/A293531,569106
2017-02-14$6.90$5.0058.3%16.7%63.0%24.0%57.6%0.0%-4.6%4.6K-794.7K-8620.7529.65N/AN/A71531,585110
2017-02-15$7.05$5.0067.7%19.4%62.9%29.7%67.7%0.0%-11.8%9.2K-828.3K-8720.2759.76N/AN/A199531,571110
2017-02-16$7.18$5.0058.4%16.7%62.9%24.1%58.4%0.0%-2.0%11.6K-876.0K-9130.6074.91N/AN/A122731,614110
2017-02-17$7.30$5.0055.4%15.9%61.6%22.2%55.4%0.0%1.5%5.4K-885.4K-9370.8985.04N/AN/A90801,639135
2017-02-21$7.23$5.0054.5%15.6%60.8%21.7%54.8%0.0%-1.5%5.5K-412.0K-9150.3198.85N/AN/A17555833105
2017-02-22$7.00$5.0065.1%18.7%62.0%28.1%66.7%25.0%-14.3%5.9K-397.3K-1.1K0.5165.18N/AN/A10353907105
2017-02-23$7.73$7.5055.5%15.9%66.2%22.3%55.9%0.0%2.4%6.9K-546.6K-1.2K0.0751.17N/AN/A78952978118
2017-02-24$7.93$7.5061.2%17.5%64.1%25.8%63.2%1.3%-3.1%17.1K-863.3K-1.7K0.1395.50N/AN/A404521,554131
2017-02-27$7.08$7.5062.1%17.8%76.9%26.3%62.3%0.0%-3.7%16.9K-655.6K-1.8K0.33105.93N/AN/A112371,686131
2017-02-28$7.08$7.5047.0%13.5%75.2%17.1%49.1%55.6%37.2%17.5K-586.5K-1.7K0.30108.88N/AN/A142421,698155