AXTI Options History — February 2019

In February 2019, AXTI traded between $4.03 and $4.49. ATM implied volatility averaged 54.2%, placing in the 31.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 15.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.2% (HV 20d: 51.0%). Max pain ranged from $2.50 to $5.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.28.

Notable Days

  • 2019-02-20: Highest Volume — 348 contracts
  • 2019-02-21: Largest IV drop — 45.0% change
  • 2019-02-19: Highest IV Rank — 71.2%
  • 2019-02-19: Largest Expected Move — 23.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$4.24$4.03$4.49$4.12$4.46
Max Pain$3.95$2.50$5.00$5.00$2.50
ATM IV54.2%38.9%80.5%51.8%43.6%
Expected Move15.4%11.1%23.1%15.0%12.5%
HV 20d51.0%34.7%67.1%67.1%52.9%
HV 60d58.5%57.6%61.0%58.5%59.9%
IV Rank31.7%8.8%71.2%28.1%15.8%
IV Percentile35.2%4.8%93.3%21.8%12.7%
Term Structure13.8%-13.6%37.3%27.6%-4.5%
VWIV49.6%35.1%80.9%37.4%38.4%
Skew 25d-8.4%-25.6%14.1%7.3%3.9%
Skew 10d-10.7%-43.6%25.9%7.3%10.7%
Call IV 25d75.3%53.8%186.6%126.6%55.2%
Put IV 25d66.9%51.6%160.9%133.9%59.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %32.7712.7660.7815.8417.24
Gamma HHI0.460.350.620.350.62
Net GEX2.9K1.9K5.2K1.9K5.2K
Net DEX109.4K-202.1K334.3K334.3K-202.1K
Net VEX-1.2K-1.3K-995-1.1K-1.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.280.001.520.080.06
Total Volume12203488550
Total OI7,2842,00410,98110,8942,451

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-02-01$4.12$5.0051.8%15.0%67.1%28.1%37.4%7.3%27.6%1.9K334.3K-1.1K0.0815.84N/AN/A7969,4621,432
2019-02-04$4.12$5.0058.4%14.8%66.2%38.0%38.8%-21.8%29.9%2.0K314.2K-1.1K0.0014.50N/AN/A609,5051,432
2019-02-05$4.18$5.0059.3%15.5%65.7%39.3%42.9%-25.6%22.9%2.1K315.7K-1.1K0.0658.51N/AN/A3429,5111,432
2019-02-06$4.18$5.0054.7%15.7%65.5%32.4%0.0%-20.2%23.6%2.2K313.3K-1.2K0.0060.62N/AN/A009,5311,433
2019-02-07$4.06$5.0057.1%16.4%65.8%36.2%0.0%-21.7%27.7%2.1K314.6K-1.1K0.0014.57N/AN/A509,5311,429
2019-02-08$4.04$5.0046.6%13.4%65.0%20.3%0.0%0.0%29.1%2.0K317.5K-1.1K1.5260.16N/AN/A21329,5321,429
2019-02-11$4.03$5.0059.3%17.0%65.0%39.4%0.0%-23.3%28.4%1.9K329.9K-1.1K1.0112.76N/AN/A70719,5221,459
2019-02-12$4.18$5.0053.3%15.3%36.2%30.4%35.1%-24.1%37.3%2.4K298.5K-1.2K0.7318.08N/AN/A110809,5221,389
2019-02-13$4.22$5.0053.9%15.5%35.4%31.3%40.9%-18.0%29.5%2.6K294.3K-1.1K0.2115.76N/AN/A97209,5351,385
2019-02-14$4.30$5.0058.5%16.8%34.7%38.2%44.8%-16.4%21.7%2.6K257.3K-1.1K0.5659.63N/AN/A36209,5351,287
2019-02-15$4.46$5.0072.4%20.8%36.5%59.0%73.1%-12.6%-4.2%2.9K241.3K-1.2K0.1918.88N/AN/A137269,5251,287
2019-02-19$4.42$2.5080.5%23.1%36.8%71.2%80.9%4.8%-13.6%3.1K-170.5K-1.2K0.0917.34N/AN/A264251,623381
2019-02-20$4.49$2.5073.7%21.1%35.4%61.0%74.0%5.8%-6.8%3.7K-171.3K-1.2K0.0933.55N/AN/A319291,706406
2019-02-21$4.10$2.5040.5%11.6%49.6%11.2%45.7%-7.9%-2.5%2.8K-96.4K-9950.1658.65N/AN/A273451,820410
2019-02-22$4.21$2.5043.0%12.3%46.2%14.9%43.4%-3.4%-6.9%3.5K-120.6K-1.1K0.1712.97N/AN/A269451,874425
2019-02-25$4.38$2.5041.0%11.7%48.1%11.9%0.0%14.1%23.5%4.5K-169.3K-1.3K0.0059.94N/AN/A5001,943424
2019-02-26$4.40$2.5038.9%11.1%47.0%8.8%0.0%11.8%0.4%4.6K-185.8K-1.3K0.0060.78N/AN/A3601,977424
2019-02-27$4.19$2.5042.9%12.3%49.9%14.7%0.0%-3.7%-1.1%3.7K-135.4K-1.1K0.0512.91N/AN/A5832,003424
2019-02-28$4.46$2.5043.6%12.5%52.9%15.8%38.4%3.9%-4.5%5.2K-202.1K-1.3K0.0617.24N/AN/A4732,025426