CALX Options History — July 2012

In July 2012, CALX traded between $4.60 and $8.12. ATM implied volatility averaged 79.2%, placing in the 63.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 23.6%. IV traded below realized volatility by 16.5% (HV 20d: 95.7%). Max pain ranged from $5.00 to $7.50. Net GEX was positive for 14 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.56.

Notable Days

  • 2012-07-24: Highest Volume — 317 contracts
  • 2012-07-12: Largest IV spike — 70.9% change
  • 2012-07-26: Highest IV Rank — 89.0%
  • 2012-07-26: Largest Expected Move — 27.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$5.76$4.60$8.12$8.02$4.61
Max Pain$6.13$5.00$7.50$7.50$5.00
ATM IV79.2%49.2%95.7%69.7%83.4%
Expected Move23.6%19.4%27.4%20.0%23.9%
HV 20d95.7%55.5%121.8%58.7%117.6%
HV 60d87.3%74.8%97.3%77.8%86.7%
IV Rank63.9%17.6%89.0%51.3%70.1%
IV Percentile82.7%10.7%99.2%66.7%93.3%
Term Structure-5.2%-18.3%5.8%2.1%-2.2%
VWIV77.8%41.2%93.4%41.2%85.0%
Skew 25d20.5%-18.3%40.2%25.9%34.7%
Skew 10d37.0%-8.7%64.7%46.3%45.2%
Call IV 25d74.6%48.7%94.5%48.7%94.5%
Put IV 25d95.1%54.8%129.1%74.6%129.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %77.4216.8897.3779.2497.37
Gamma HHI0.620.370.930.580.56
Net GEX1.9K-59.7K26.2K23.6K4.6K
Net DEX-101.4K-1.1M594.3K-1.0M-57.1K
Net VEX-1.3K-3.1K-482-3.1K-594
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.560.003.330.000.00
Total Volume50.09503174721
Total OI3,357.4291,2604,3914,1651,651

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-07-02$8.02$7.5069.7%20.0%58.7%51.3%41.2%25.9%2.1%23.6K-1.0M-3.1K0.0079.244702,6121,553
2012-07-03$8.01$7.5067.8%19.4%56.9%48.4%67.7%23.4%5.8%24.6K-1.0M-3.0K0.0076.55502,6431,553
2012-07-05$8.12$7.5067.9%19.5%57.0%46.4%0.0%11.5%4.7%25.2K-1.1M-2.9K0.0087.97602,6431,553
2012-07-06$7.81$0.0068.8%21.0%57.9%47.8%73.4%-6.5%-2.4%25.5K-905.5K-2.9K1.0026.3910102,6491,553
2012-07-09$7.49$7.5073.7%21.8%55.5%55.4%0.0%-7.7%-2.8%25.7K-683.3K-2.7K0.0027.782102,6551,563
2012-07-10$7.21$7.5067.6%23.9%57.1%45.8%0.0%-7.0%-13.0%26.2K-432.3K-2.4K0.0089.180202,6551,563
2012-07-11$6.48$7.5049.2%25.6%67.6%17.6%0.0%-18.3%-16.5%5.2K151.9K-1.2K0.4988.6451252,6551,583
2012-07-12$5.07$7.5084.1%24.1%107.7%71.2%84.1%25.8%-0.4%-11.1K420.0K-9891.1616.88871012,6541,595
2012-07-13$4.82$7.5083.1%23.8%106.9%69.7%71.7%22.3%-6.9%-12.7K478.2K-8793.3385.2212402,7251,614
2012-07-16$4.78$7.5082.4%23.6%102.1%68.6%81.8%21.6%-6.2%-19.6K563.8K-7380.8085.2325202,7271,639
2012-07-17$4.60$5.0082.1%23.5%102.1%68.1%0.0%18.7%-7.8%-11.6K586.0K-6220.0086.800202,7521,639
2012-07-18$4.74$5.0083.9%24.1%103.8%71.0%0.0%20.0%-9.7%-18.9K594.3K-6250.0094.93002,7521,639
2012-07-19$5.45$5.0089.7%25.7%119.2%79.9%0.0%32.2%-12.5%-9.8K207.6K-8460.0086.510272,7231,626
2012-07-20$5.01$5.0082.3%23.6%121.0%68.4%0.0%25.3%-4.4%-59.7K416.7K-7590.0087.49302,7231,626
2012-07-23$4.85$5.0087.4%25.0%119.0%76.2%87.4%32.1%-4.9%2.4K-45.5K-6180.2971.3535101,155105
2012-07-24$4.66$5.0086.7%24.9%119.1%75.3%86.7%33.6%-7.3%1.8K-20.1K-4820.1483.53277401,154115
2012-07-25$4.89$5.0083.8%24.0%121.8%70.7%83.8%40.2%1.5%4.4K-79.8K-7030.0085.415401,415155
2012-07-26$4.70$5.0095.7%27.4%120.9%89.0%93.4%38.9%-18.3%4.1K-75.6K-6751.6782.7818301,454155
2012-07-27$4.74$5.0087.3%25.0%121.1%76.1%0.0%29.3%-4.3%4.4K-68.7K-6880.0089.231101,461174
2012-07-30$4.90$5.0087.2%25.0%116.9%75.9%0.0%33.9%-4.6%5.2K-82.7K-7320.6397.3416101,471174
2012-07-31$4.61$5.0083.4%23.9%117.6%70.1%85.0%34.7%-2.2%4.6K-57.1K-5940.0097.372101,487164