CALX Options History — May 2011

In May 2011, CALX traded between $20.68 and $22.78. ATM implied volatility averaged 48.7%. The 30-day expected move averaged 14.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.9% (HV 20d: 45.9%). Max pain ranged from $20.00 to $22.50. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 21 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.97.

Notable Days

  • 2011-05-31: Highest Volume — 1,643 contracts
  • 2011-05-12: Largest IV spike — 17.3% change
  • 2011-05-23: Largest Expected Move — 15.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$21.66$20.68$22.78$21.38$21.57
Max Pain$20.48$20.00$22.50$20.00$22.50
ATM IV48.7%43.1%54.4%44.4%45.4%
Expected Move14.2%12.7%15.6%12.7%13.0%
HV 20d45.9%38.5%51.6%38.5%42.2%
HV 60d45.3%41.0%47.3%46.7%41.0%
Term Structure5.2%1.7%8.2%8.2%5.3%
VWIV50.4%45.7%54.9%52.9%45.7%
Skew 25d5.3%-1.9%10.2%9.3%1.8%
Skew 10d5.4%-11.8%16.7%-3.5%-9.9%
Call IV 25d47.1%33.5%52.4%43.6%46.1%
Put IV 25d52.4%41.6%58.6%52.9%47.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %52.0037.2868.9259.5852.17
Gamma HHI0.490.250.830.250.55
Net GEX212.9K86.3K615.7K86.3K172.5K
Net DEX-6.7M-10.9M-4.5M-5.3M-4.8M
Net VEX-28.3K-32.9K-26.2K-26.2K-32.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.970.0013.160.0513.16
Total Volume513.238111,643691,643
Total OI9,722.5717,54711,4999,1089,187

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-05-02$21.38$20.0044.4%12.7%38.5%0.0%52.9%9.3%8.2%86.3K-5.3M-26.2K0.0559.586635,6283,480
2011-05-03$21.32$20.0044.5%12.8%38.5%0.0%46.9%4.9%5.1%91.1K-5.1M-26.6K0.0561.58510255,6173,462
2011-05-04$20.79$20.0049.9%14.3%39.1%0.0%49.4%-1.0%7.8%113.1K-4.6M-26.8K0.0064.6220706,0923,477
2011-05-05$20.68$20.0050.3%14.4%39.1%0.0%0.0%-1.9%4.6%117.0K-4.5M-26.8K0.0068.9212906,1803,477
2011-05-06$21.83$20.0045.8%14.4%43.4%0.0%51.3%10.2%3.7%154.6K-6.8M-27.5K0.0537.28189106,2913,477
2011-05-09$22.36$20.0048.3%14.4%43.9%0.0%51.2%9.6%4.0%165.9K-7.6M-26.3K0.1239.75225276,3003,487
2011-05-10$22.05$20.0044.4%14.5%43.9%0.0%48.0%5.2%3.2%173.7K-7.2M-26.2K0.0045.651,05606,3103,508
2011-05-11$21.40$20.0043.1%14.3%45.5%0.0%49.8%6.3%4.1%230.2K-6.4M-26.7K0.0247.94598106,9173,508
2011-05-12$22.61$20.0050.6%14.5%49.0%0.0%50.8%8.1%4.9%265.0K-9.7M-30.2K0.1045.02201207,4813,518
2011-05-13$22.10$20.0049.7%14.2%49.8%0.0%52.5%5.7%5.2%284.6K-8.6M-29.7K0.2246.09927,5033,538
2011-05-16$21.99$20.0050.8%14.6%48.6%0.0%51.8%5.8%4.7%294.7K-8.3M-28.8K0.3249.2131107,5123,538
2011-05-17$21.91$20.0047.9%13.7%45.9%0.0%47.4%8.2%6.7%323.4K-8.1M-28.0K0.0249.50536107,5423,548
2011-05-18$22.78$20.0051.7%14.8%47.2%0.0%50.9%8.4%1.7%615.7K-10.9M-29.3K0.2845.567902247,9443,555
2011-05-19$22.11$20.0050.1%14.4%49.2%0.0%50.1%2.1%5.2%410.0K-8.4M-28.9K0.0860.16397307,6063,606
2011-05-20$21.54$20.0050.0%14.3%50.6%0.0%54.9%3.8%7.4%203.3K-6.9M-27.8K0.2442.199332287,6183,606
2011-05-23$21.00$20.0054.4%15.6%51.6%0.0%51.4%6.2%7.1%131.9K-4.9M-28.1K0.0350.74418136,0911,456
2011-05-24$21.12$20.0053.3%15.3%51.6%0.0%51.8%5.1%6.4%140.9K-5.1M-28.6K0.3849.03166636,2771,467
2011-05-25$21.22$22.5051.7%14.8%51.4%0.0%48.9%-0.9%6.1%145.8K-5.3M-28.8K0.0763.86562426,3111,502
2011-05-26$21.22$22.5052.4%15.0%51.3%0.0%51.0%6.0%3.3%168.9K-5.5M-29.4K0.6156.442551566,6601,524
2011-05-27$21.78$22.5045.0%12.9%42.8%0.0%0.0%7.5%5.4%182.4K-6.1M-30.5K4.6256.771758096,6931,680
2011-05-31$21.57$22.5045.4%13.0%42.2%0.0%45.7%1.8%5.3%172.5K-4.8M-32.9K13.1652.171161,5276,7172,470