CALX Options History — January 2012

In January 2012, CALX traded between $6.29 and $8.50. ATM implied volatility averaged 63.7%, placing in the 37.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 18.6%. IV traded below realized volatility by 13.2% (HV 20d: 76.9%). Max pain ranged from $7.50 to $10.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.31.

Notable Days

  • 2012-01-06: Highest Volume — 201 contracts
  • 2012-01-18: Largest IV spike — 29.5% change
  • 2012-01-18: Highest IV Rank — 47.7%
  • 2012-01-18: Largest Expected Move — 20.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$7.46$6.29$8.50$6.39$7.57
Max Pain$7.89$7.50$10.00$10.00$7.50
ATM IV63.7%50.8%71.7%50.8%69.1%
Expected Move18.6%14.6%20.6%14.6%19.8%
HV 20d76.9%65.6%88.1%81.8%67.2%
HV 60d92.3%79.0%100.4%99.4%79.6%
IV Rank37.3%20.7%47.7%20.7%44.4%
IV Percentile60.8%29.5%84.4%29.5%75.6%
Term Structure1.6%-7.0%18.0%15.9%-7.0%
VWIV66.8%63.3%69.6%63.3%65.4%
Skew 25d6.8%-10.0%25.5%-10.0%9.6%
Skew 10d13.9%-12.0%70.4%-10.7%9.5%
Call IV 25d54.9%41.0%67.0%54.1%48.0%
Put IV 25d61.8%44.1%70.7%44.1%57.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %58.1015.1294.0256.2016.55
Gamma HHI0.540.460.680.460.54
Net GEX8.1K2.2K17.4K2.6K7.5K
Net DEX-203.8K-693.9K220.9K184.4K-473.6K
Net VEX-3.9K-4.2K-3.8K-3.8K-3.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.310.001.800.000.00
Total Volume36.650201820
Total OI4,938.252,7176,2145,9302,796

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-01-03$6.39$10.0050.8%14.6%81.8%20.7%0.0%-10.0%15.9%2.6K184.4K-3.8K0.0056.20084,1281,802
2012-01-04$6.29$10.0052.5%15.1%81.7%22.9%0.0%-2.9%14.4%2.2K220.9K-3.8K0.0055.461004,1281,794
2012-01-05$6.51$10.0055.7%16.0%82.5%27.0%63.3%3.0%18.0%3.1K205.3K-3.8K0.0063.080204,1381,794
2012-01-06$6.98$0.0055.1%19.7%85.1%26.2%68.8%-5.5%0.7%4.7K143.4K-3.9K0.0015.1220104,1381,814
2012-01-09$7.04$7.5063.2%19.7%81.0%36.7%0.0%0.9%-0.2%7.7K32.7K-4.1K0.0063.942004,3371,808
2012-01-10$7.05$7.5066.0%19.7%80.4%40.3%0.0%3.7%-1.7%8.2K9.0K-4.1K0.0045.103004,3531,808
2012-01-11$7.24$7.5063.4%19.3%80.9%36.9%67.4%8.0%1.1%10.1K-19.3K-4.2K0.0043.036304,3831,808
2012-01-12$7.31$7.5068.4%19.6%77.3%43.4%0.0%4.9%-1.4%11.0K-23.9K-4.2K0.0092.68004,4031,808
2012-01-13$6.99$7.5065.6%18.8%78.0%39.8%65.9%2.8%1.1%9.6K55.5K-4.1K0.0092.61304,4031,808
2012-01-17$6.70$7.5055.4%15.9%79.5%26.6%0.0%-0.2%0.9%4.8K112.4K-3.9K0.0093.95004,4061,808
2012-01-18$7.51$7.5071.7%20.6%88.1%47.7%0.0%12.6%-1.8%16.4K-78.3K-4.0K0.0091.7015004,4061,808
2012-01-19$7.75$7.5066.2%19.0%76.7%40.6%0.0%12.0%0.8%17.4K-227.8K-4.1K0.2394.0252124,4061,808
2012-01-20$8.01$7.5064.8%18.6%73.6%38.8%64.8%17.7%3.1%11.7K-269.2K-4.0K0.6391.22854,3871,820
2012-01-23$8.42$7.5067.1%19.2%73.0%41.8%67.3%25.5%-3.3%7.1K-665.8K-3.8K1.8050.57591,5271,190
2012-01-24$8.50$7.5066.4%19.0%72.4%40.8%66.2%20.6%1.3%6.9K-679.5K-3.8K0.0045.542301,5221,199
2012-01-25$8.32$7.5069.1%19.8%73.6%44.4%68.9%3.0%-3.5%7.4K-667.7K-3.8K0.0045.173001,5341,199
2012-01-26$8.46$7.5069.5%19.9%73.2%44.8%69.6%22.3%-4.2%7.3K-693.9K-3.9K0.4744.571571,5441,199
2012-01-27$8.15$7.5065.3%18.7%65.8%39.4%65.4%2.2%-1.0%7.8K-631.4K-3.8K1.4744.6717251,5491,206
2012-01-30$8.08$7.5068.2%19.5%65.6%43.1%0.0%6.7%-0.4%7.6K-609.0K-3.8K0.0016.83001,5661,230
2012-01-31$7.57$7.5069.1%19.8%67.2%44.4%0.0%9.6%-7.0%7.5K-473.6K-3.8K0.0016.552001,5661,230