CALX Options History — August 2012

In August 2012, CALX traded between $4.34 and $5.82. ATM implied volatility averaged 73.2%, placing in the 54.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 21.0%. IV traded below realized volatility by 11.5% (HV 20d: 84.7%). Max pain ranged from $5.00 to $5.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.47.

Notable Days

  • 2012-08-17: Highest Volume — 73 contracts
  • 2012-08-03: Largest IV spike — 21.2% change
  • 2012-08-13: Highest IV Rank — 72.3%
  • 2012-08-13: Largest Expected Move — 22.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$5.04$4.34$5.82$4.34$5.31
Max Pain$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00
ATM IV73.2%63.8%84.8%75.3%68.0%
Expected Move21.0%18.3%22.9%21.6%19.5%
HV 20d84.7%63.4%121.4%117.7%63.4%
HV 60d86.8%85.3%89.0%85.7%87.6%
IV Rank54.5%40.0%72.3%57.7%46.6%
IV Percentile67.8%34.1%94.8%77.0%46.8%
Term Structure-2.1%-10.9%5.5%0.2%-1.7%
VWIV73.4%60.9%82.2%75.3%77.4%
Skew 25d26.2%-20.3%84.3%84.3%21.5%
Skew 10d35.5%13.3%66.7%66.7%41.6%
Call IV 25d56.7%45.3%75.4%75.4%57.0%
Put IV 25d82.8%46.5%159.7%159.7%78.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %88.8371.70103.7881.6894.06
Gamma HHI0.580.360.820.710.40
Net GEX4.7K1.6K12.2K3.8K1.6K
Net DEX-31.8K-135.8K-787-9.9K-787
Net VEX-524-674-413-413-516
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.470.0010.000.310.00
Total Volume18.1740734615
Total OI1,596.9571,4181,6971,6721,537

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-08-01$4.34$5.0075.3%21.6%117.7%57.7%75.3%84.3%0.2%3.8K-9.9K-4130.3181.6835111,508164
2012-08-02$4.58$5.0063.8%18.3%120.5%40.0%0.0%59.8%5.1%4.7K-17.5K-4810.00101.39701,505175
2012-08-03$4.44$5.0077.3%22.2%120.4%60.8%82.2%7.3%-8.9%4.0K-20.1K-4442.00103.7820401,512175
2012-08-06$4.51$5.0077.1%21.2%121.3%60.5%73.9%13.7%0.7%4.2K-4.2K-4545.0087.202101,492205
2012-08-07$4.49$5.0074.7%20.7%121.4%56.7%0.0%12.5%4.5%4.3K-5.7K-4860.0089.87001,494195
2012-08-08$4.56$5.0068.0%21.1%118.0%46.4%0.0%12.6%-1.6%4.9K-14.9K-4620.0087.82101,494195
2012-08-09$4.75$5.0081.7%22.1%83.4%67.5%0.0%18.1%-4.9%6.0K-46.1K-5300.0095.29001,495195
2012-08-10$4.97$5.0072.0%21.0%83.1%52.6%0.0%20.0%-0.4%7.5K-68.8K-5840.0094.05001,495195
2012-08-13$4.96$5.0084.8%22.9%83.1%72.3%80.0%19.4%-9.8%8.5K-51.7K-5220.0093.28201,495195
2012-08-14$4.74$5.0069.0%21.2%83.6%48.1%0.0%26.2%2.5%8.0K-25.2K-5180.0096.05201,495195
2012-08-15$4.85$5.0067.8%20.7%83.3%46.2%63.4%24.3%0.9%10.4K-31.8K-4890.0091.350101,497195
2012-08-16$5.31$5.0077.0%22.1%73.8%60.4%0.0%33.0%-8.4%8.4K-135.8K-5690.0094.851201,495200
2012-08-17$5.17$5.0070.1%20.1%67.8%49.7%70.1%30.9%-2.5%12.2K-113.1K-4770.5989.4546271,496200
2012-08-20$5.27$5.0077.2%22.1%66.8%60.6%77.2%37.9%-10.9%1.8K-5.3K-53210.0090.361101,205213
2012-08-21$5.40$5.0071.3%20.4%65.0%51.6%0.0%28.4%-3.1%1.9K-12.3K-5420.0078.15301,206223
2012-08-22$5.29$5.0075.2%21.6%63.9%57.5%60.9%33.9%-2.4%1.8K-8.6K-5501.4371.707101,209223
2012-08-23$5.82$5.0071.7%20.5%69.4%52.1%0.0%-20.3%2.2%2.8K-49.9K-6740.1690.7963101,211228
2012-08-24$5.62$5.0067.5%19.4%71.3%45.8%0.0%32.0%5.5%2.5K-37.8K-6330.0078.88001,253238
2012-08-27$5.42$5.0077.0%22.1%72.4%60.3%77.4%31.4%-6.7%2.1K-25.5K-5510.0978.194541,253238
2012-08-28$5.32$5.0072.6%20.8%68.7%53.5%0.0%28.6%-6.1%1.8K-9.5K-5230.0089.34001,270242
2012-08-29$5.53$5.0072.1%20.7%64.7%52.8%0.0%25.9%0.6%2.2K-25.8K-5730.0072.47001,270242
2012-08-30$5.34$5.0073.0%20.9%64.8%54.2%0.0%20.8%-3.4%1.9K-11.1K-5224.0093.025201,270242
2012-08-31$5.31$5.0068.0%19.5%63.4%46.6%0.0%21.5%-1.7%1.6K-787-5160.0094.061501,275262