CALX Options History — December 2011

In December 2011, CALX traded between $5.62 and $8.30. ATM implied volatility averaged 60.8%, placing in the 33.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 17.8%. IV traded below realized volatility by 26.9% (HV 20d: 87.7%). Max pain ranged from $7.50 to $15.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.29.

Notable Days

  • 2011-12-08: Highest Volume — 2,066 contracts
  • 2011-12-27: Largest IV spike — 48.2% change
  • 2011-12-14: Highest IV Rank — 65.8%
  • 2011-12-21: Largest Expected Move — 20.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$6.64$5.62$8.30$8.30$6.47
Max Pain$12.98$7.50$15.00$7.50$10.00
ATM IV60.8%40.6%85.7%51.3%40.6%
Expected Move17.8%11.6%20.9%14.7%11.6%
HV 20d87.7%79.5%94.9%87.7%83.0%
HV 60d101.9%99.2%105.2%102.3%99.4%
IV Rank33.6%7.4%65.8%21.4%7.4%
IV Percentile52.1%4.0%98.1%31.6%4.0%
Term Structure3.8%-33.8%26.0%-3.6%24.9%
VWIV52.6%38.1%65.7%64.3%53.7%
Skew 25d9.6%-36.1%43.3%-11.3%43.3%
Skew 10d19.4%-45.1%53.3%27.6%39.8%
Call IV 25d63.2%39.0%172.0%49.9%40.6%
Put IV 25d72.8%38.6%135.9%38.6%83.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %57.7413.9295.5959.6713.92
Gamma HHI0.470.370.690.680.42
Net GEX3.4K6637.0K7.0K3.4K
Net DEX301.7K191.2K433.1K342.7K191.2K
Net VEX-3.1K-4.5K-737-1.3K-4.0K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.290.001.670.000.00
Total Volume121.28602,066405
Total OI5,543.8574,0456,3504,0455,928

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-12-01$8.30$7.5051.3%14.7%87.7%21.4%0.0%-11.3%-3.6%7.0K342.7K-1.3K0.0059.674003,161884
2011-12-02$7.90$7.5058.8%16.8%88.9%31.0%0.0%15.3%3.9%5.9K365.0K-1.2K0.0030.70403,201884
2011-12-05$7.91$15.0068.2%18.1%88.9%43.2%0.0%-0.1%4.7%5.7K379.8K-1.1K0.0085.470263,205884
2011-12-06$7.59$15.0066.6%18.4%89.6%41.1%64.3%-2.8%3.6%3.7K418.0K-9830.0485.9617163,205910
2011-12-07$7.21$15.0068.5%17.9%87.8%43.6%49.4%-6.5%6.2%4.1K409.4K-9500.4379.5528123,318916
2011-12-08$6.71$15.0049.8%17.8%83.2%19.3%43.1%-11.5%7.2%2.8K433.1K-7370.9972.321,0361,0303,346904
2011-12-09$6.90$15.0044.3%18.8%83.9%12.2%65.7%9.6%2.5%4.8K204.0K-4.5K0.0075.586104,3661,934
2011-12-12$6.94$15.0048.3%19.8%82.8%17.4%0.0%9.2%-0.9%5.3K201.8K-4.5K0.0035.90804,4061,934
2011-12-13$6.52$15.0067.1%19.7%84.3%41.7%0.0%16.8%-1.1%4.0K238.4K-4.2K0.0066.25204,4041,934
2011-12-14$6.29$15.0085.7%20.6%83.2%65.8%0.0%8.5%-2.5%3.3K299.6K-4.1K0.0067.980104,4061,934
2011-12-15$6.42$15.0063.6%18.2%83.4%37.2%0.0%14.5%3.7%3.4K302.5K-4.1K0.0062.18004,4061,944
2011-12-16$6.26$15.0058.5%16.8%83.3%30.6%43.4%-2.9%-0.6%3.1K265.5K-4.0K0.0058.412004,4061,874
2011-12-19$5.62$12.5064.4%18.5%88.1%38.2%64.1%17.7%5.9%1.4K330.7K-3.6K1.2560.2224304,0951,827
2011-12-20$6.07$12.5057.7%16.5%94.3%29.6%61.4%-3.3%26.0%1.8K294.1K-3.8K1.6795.596104,1191,857
2011-12-21$5.91$12.5072.8%20.9%94.4%49.1%43.0%23.7%-4.3%1.8K309.2K-3.8K0.0093.69304,1131,867
2011-12-22$6.17$12.5059.7%17.1%94.9%32.1%38.1%34.9%3.3%2.2K296.3K-3.9K0.0039.38804,1161,867
2011-12-23$6.29$12.5044.4%12.7%94.5%12.4%0.0%31.1%24.3%2.9K256.2K-4.0K0.0048.94204,1241,867
2011-12-27$6.25$12.5065.8%18.9%92.8%40.1%0.0%35.7%-33.8%2.8K273.3K-3.9K0.0039.99004,1261,866
2011-12-28$5.73$12.5069.6%19.9%93.3%45.0%0.0%16.0%1.1%1.5K269.6K-3.5K0.0024.00004,1261,828
2011-12-29$5.99$10.0071.2%20.4%79.5%47.0%0.0%-36.1%8.5%663254.9K-3.6K0.0016.90054,1261,803
2011-12-30$6.47$10.0040.6%11.6%83.0%7.4%53.7%43.3%24.9%3.4K191.2K-4.0K0.0013.92504,1261,802