CALX Options History — April 2012

In April 2012, CALX traded between $6.90 and $8.64. ATM implied volatility averaged 68.5%, placing in the 54.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 19.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 7.6% (HV 20d: 60.9%). Max pain ranged from $5.00 to $7.50. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.60.

Notable Days

  • 2012-04-25: Highest Volume — 876 contracts
  • 2012-04-04: Largest IV spike — 23.6% change
  • 2012-04-30: Highest IV Rank — 82.9%
  • 2012-04-30: Largest Expected Move — 24.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$7.63$6.90$8.64$8.64$7.96
Max Pain$6.38$5.00$7.50$7.50$7.50
ATM IV68.5%46.0%86.6%46.0%86.6%
Expected Move19.8%13.2%24.8%13.2%24.8%
HV 20d60.9%44.1%77.3%45.4%77.3%
HV 60d81.0%79.3%83.7%80.2%82.8%
IV Rank54.0%17.9%82.9%17.9%82.9%
IV Percentile73.0%16.3%98.8%16.3%98.8%
Term Structure-2.5%-16.4%14.8%14.8%-16.4%
VWIV70.0%38.4%90.6%57.9%86.6%
Skew 25d-2.3%-36.8%31.6%-23.6%3.4%
Skew 10d-1.7%-45.0%59.8%-27.0%7.3%
Call IV 25d68.3%41.3%85.4%62.8%83.5%
Put IV 25d66.1%34.7%114.7%39.3%86.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %25.899.7476.2118.0621.43
Gamma HHI0.470.400.640.400.57
Net GEX15.4K9.7K31.3K15.7K28.6K
Net DEX-845.1K-1.5M-488.0K-1.0M-1.4M
Net VEX-4.4K-5.3K-4.0K-4.0K-5.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.600.003.660.000.00
Total Volume119.350876720
Total OI3,973.953,4974,8383,6944,838

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-04-02$8.64$7.5046.0%13.2%45.4%17.9%0.0%-23.6%14.8%15.7K-1.0M-4.0K0.0018.06702,4791,215
2012-04-03$8.40$7.5046.8%13.4%44.1%19.2%0.0%-36.8%6.5%14.5K-1.0M-4.2K0.0017.53002,4811,210
2012-04-04$7.79$7.5057.9%16.6%50.5%36.9%57.9%11.8%6.7%12.3K-758.3K-4.1K3.459.7411382,4811,204
2012-04-05$7.77$7.5056.5%16.2%49.8%34.8%56.5%-0.1%6.1%11.6K-716.1K-4.2K2.0010.315102,4911,232
2012-04-09$7.37$5.0064.5%18.6%48.5%47.6%63.4%-10.1%3.5%10.3K-564.7K-4.0K0.0015.602702,4961,242
2012-04-10$7.22$5.0062.3%19.2%47.8%44.1%38.4%8.6%-1.9%9.7K-498.6K-4.0K0.3115.7432102,5001,242
2012-04-11$7.95$5.0063.7%20.0%60.8%46.4%51.0%25.8%-2.2%11.8K-779.8K-4.1K0.0212.88459102,5171,252
2012-04-12$7.84$5.0067.3%19.3%60.8%52.0%0.0%-2.9%-1.9%15.3K-948.6K-4.7K0.0020.1410302,8931,252
2012-04-13$7.50$5.0069.3%19.9%62.1%55.3%0.0%17.4%-2.4%11.5K-751.8K-4.7K0.0034.58002,8431,252
2012-04-16$7.57$5.0070.6%20.2%62.3%57.4%0.0%14.1%-2.9%11.5K-752.3K-4.6K0.0015.94002,8431,252
2012-04-17$7.70$5.0070.4%20.2%62.6%57.0%70.4%16.6%-4.0%11.8K-865.8K-4.5K0.1914.582752,8431,252
2012-04-18$7.33$5.0072.4%20.8%64.2%60.3%72.4%-14.1%-6.8%10.9K-679.9K-4.5K0.0023.801602,8701,247
2012-04-19$7.14$5.0072.8%20.9%64.4%60.9%72.8%-12.8%-8.4%11.5K-577.7K-4.3K0.4840.8442202,8851,247
2012-04-20$6.90$7.5075.5%21.6%64.8%65.1%90.6%-14.3%-9.8%14.0K-488.0K-4.2K0.0031.681802,9271,247
2012-04-23$7.07$7.5079.9%22.9%65.8%72.3%79.9%-19.8%-11.9%14.8K-649.3K-4.3K0.0012.869502,4271,070
2012-04-24$6.95$7.5076.2%21.8%59.5%66.3%80.0%-28.0%-6.1%15.4K-616.3K-4.2K0.0075.841602,5211,070
2012-04-25$7.85$7.5075.5%21.6%76.0%65.2%74.8%-13.3%-2.6%19.0K-1.0M-4.5K0.0176.2186972,5371,070
2012-04-26$7.64$7.5075.7%21.7%74.7%65.6%75.7%31.6%-3.9%31.3K-1.3M-4.9K3.6623.01702563,3081,076
2012-04-27$8.05$7.5080.4%23.0%77.2%73.0%79.7%1.1%-6.7%27.2K-1.5M-5.2K0.0027.0221403,3381,329
2012-04-30$7.96$7.5086.6%24.8%77.3%82.9%86.6%3.4%-16.4%28.6K-1.4M-5.3K0.0021.432003,5091,329