CALX Options History — February 2012

In February 2012, CALX traded between $7.97 and $11.98. ATM implied volatility averaged 58.1%, placing in the 35.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 17.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 42.6% (HV 20d: 100.7%). 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 12 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.17.

Notable Days

  • 2012-02-08: Highest Volume — 621 contracts
  • 2012-02-06: Largest IV spike — 51.4% change
  • 2012-02-29: Highest IV Rank — 49.4%
  • 2012-02-02: Largest Expected Move — 19.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$10.29$7.97$11.98$7.97$9.04
Max Pain$9.00$7.50$10.00$7.50$10.00
ATM IV58.1%37.8%68.1%64.0%65.6%
Expected Move17.3%15.6%19.5%18.3%18.8%
HV 20d100.7%67.7%113.9%68.4%113.9%
HV 60d90.6%79.8%95.3%80.3%90.0%
IV Rank35.2%3.9%49.4%37.7%49.4%
IV Percentile43.8%0.8%71.4%57.5%62.7%
Term Structure0.1%-6.5%2.9%0.7%-3.8%
VWIV58.4%43.3%65.5%65.5%43.3%
Skew 25d4.8%-11.1%16.9%2.2%-11.1%
Skew 10d21.3%-7.8%61.7%5.4%-7.8%
Call IV 25d56.4%45.3%64.9%60.2%64.6%
Put IV 25d61.2%53.5%67.3%62.3%53.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %32.1112.2144.7724.8142.81
Gamma HHI0.350.280.510.510.32
Net GEX11.3K7.2K15.9K7.7K9.2K
Net DEX-1.2M-1.9M-557.2K-557.2K-709.9K
Net VEX-3.1K-3.8K-2.6K-3.8K-3.0K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.170.000.530.000.42
Total Volume92.650621234
Total OI3,171.52,8063,6422,8063,223

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-02-01$7.97$7.5064.0%18.3%68.4%37.7%0.0%2.2%0.7%7.7K-557.2K-3.8K0.0024.81201,5761,230
2012-02-02$8.07$7.5068.1%19.5%67.7%43.0%0.0%4.5%-1.1%7.8K-588.6K-3.8K0.0023.91001,5761,230
2012-02-03$8.85$7.5037.8%17.0%73.1%3.9%65.5%12.5%-0.2%7.2K-818.6K-3.6K0.0025.051001,5761,230
2012-02-06$8.38$7.5057.3%19.2%74.1%29.0%64.7%1.6%-3.8%8.2K-730.9K-3.6K0.2323.61132301,5831,230
2012-02-07$8.59$7.5047.8%19.5%74.3%16.7%0.0%2.4%-6.5%7.6K-811.4K-3.5K0.1743.094071,7081,260
2012-02-08$10.91$7.5066.6%17.5%110.0%41.1%60.5%2.1%-0.8%10.2K-1.5M-2.8K0.1416.64544771,7391,267
2012-02-09$11.98$7.5056.9%16.3%112.9%35.4%60.2%2.3%1.2%10.8K-1.9M-2.8K0.1832.89165301,8801,333
2012-02-10$11.83$7.5057.2%16.4%113.6%35.8%57.1%16.9%1.6%12.5K-1.9M-2.6K0.5338.91125661,9301,363
2012-02-13$11.66$10.0057.5%16.5%111.7%36.4%58.0%0.7%2.4%12.1K-1.8M-2.7K0.4342.5361261,9901,429
2012-02-14$11.75$10.0054.9%15.7%109.0%32.2%55.0%13.9%2.5%12.0K-1.8M-2.8K0.0038.8510201,9701,445
2012-02-15$11.72$10.0054.5%15.6%104.6%31.5%54.6%12.1%2.9%13.8K-1.8M-2.9K0.0744.777052,0601,445
2012-02-16$11.79$10.0055.2%15.8%104.7%32.7%55.4%12.1%2.6%15.9K-1.8M-2.9K0.0142.317012,1251,450
2012-02-17$11.57$10.0056.0%16.1%105.5%33.9%0.0%7.6%2.2%15.3K-1.8M-2.9K0.0044.151002,1921,450
2012-02-21$10.79$10.0060.7%17.4%109.2%41.4%60.4%3.8%0.8%14.8K-1.3M-2.9K0.3124.4764201,8451,271
2012-02-22$10.29$10.0061.8%17.7%111.3%43.3%61.6%-3.5%-1.1%12.5K-1.1M-3.0K0.0024.602701,8321,291
2012-02-23$10.71$10.0059.0%16.9%111.2%38.7%59.1%-2.1%2.2%14.2K-1.2M-3.0K0.5021.771051,8311,291
2012-02-24$10.19$10.0059.0%16.9%113.3%38.7%62.8%-4.3%0.6%12.0K-1.0M-2.9K0.0112.2110111,8311,296
2012-02-27$10.05$10.0060.2%17.3%112.3%40.7%43.3%14.5%1.5%12.2K-970.2K-3.0K0.2037.431021,9311,296
2012-02-28$9.72$10.0061.8%17.7%113.2%43.3%0.0%8.3%-1.0%10.8K-888.2K-3.0K0.0037.40601,9291,296
2012-02-29$9.04$10.0065.6%18.8%113.9%49.4%0.0%-11.1%-3.8%9.2K-709.9K-3.0K0.4242.8124101,9271,296