CALX Options History — October 2012

In October 2012, CALX traded between $5.90 and $6.85. ATM implied volatility averaged 68.6%, placing in the 47.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 19.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 15.8% (HV 20d: 52.8%). Max pain ranged from $5.00 to $5.00. Net GEX was positive for 11 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.05.

Notable Days

  • 2012-10-26: Highest Volume — 566 contracts
  • 2012-10-10: Largest IV spike — 45.4% change
  • 2012-10-24: Highest IV Rank — 81.1%
  • 2012-10-24: Largest Expected Move — 26.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$6.19$5.90$6.85$6.44$6.65
Max Pain$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00
ATM IV68.6%44.8%90.5%65.5%71.2%
Expected Move19.8%12.8%26.0%18.8%20.4%
HV 20d52.8%35.4%67.1%66.7%65.7%
HV 60d69.2%58.1%90.6%90.6%64.4%
IV Rank47.3%10.8%81.1%42.6%51.3%
IV Percentile53.1%3.6%99.2%38.9%66.7%
Term Structure-1.1%-16.4%23.4%0.5%-6.9%
VWIV63.5%39.3%76.6%39.3%71.1%
Skew 25d8.1%-40.6%59.5%1.9%16.3%
Skew 10d21.3%-20.2%91.0%5.8%32.1%
Call IV 25d65.6%49.7%88.2%73.9%56.8%
Put IV 25d73.7%43.7%142.2%75.8%73.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %91.2830.18108.0099.6190.76
Gamma HHI0.620.410.940.690.48
Net GEX533-9383.5K3.5K1.5K
Net DEX-15.4K-298.4K26.8K-53.1K-298.4K
Net VEX-562-877-445-687-877
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.050.000.250.000.00
Total Volume51.3810566810
Total OI1,346.9055431,6201,5811,208

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-10-01$6.44$5.0065.5%18.8%66.7%42.6%0.0%1.9%0.5%3.5K-53.1K-6870.0099.61801,261320
2012-10-02$6.34$5.0067.3%19.3%66.2%45.4%0.0%-10.2%-1.2%2.8K-35.2K-6580.0094.47001,269320
2012-10-03$6.21$5.0064.8%18.6%65.9%41.5%0.0%11.1%-15.1%1.6K-8.4K-5650.0093.87001,269320
2012-10-04$6.05$5.0066.6%19.1%67.1%44.4%0.0%9.8%-4.8%1.0K4.8K-5200.0030.18001,269320
2012-10-05$6.31$0.0070.0%18.3%59.2%49.5%0.0%9.2%2.2%-8719.3K-4640.0098.30001,269320
2012-10-08$6.35$0.0060.9%19.1%57.7%35.6%0.0%4.7%1.9%2.0K-13.7K-5450.0091.28001,269320
2012-10-09$6.28$0.0057.3%20.9%53.2%30.0%0.0%21.7%-2.1%2.0K-17.4K-5500.0088.74001,269320
2012-10-10$6.07$0.0083.3%23.4%53.4%69.9%0.0%10.9%-5.3%1.0K3.6K-4950.0082.712001,269320
2012-10-11$6.14$0.0080.4%23.1%52.0%65.6%0.0%8.0%-8.7%1.3K-4.5K-5310.0083.34001,289320
2012-10-12$6.01$0.0060.3%17.3%47.9%34.6%0.0%-5.7%19.9%4049.2K-4840.0095.76001,289320
2012-10-15$5.99$0.0050.4%14.4%46.7%19.4%0.0%9.0%23.4%-78514.0K-4510.00108.00001,289320
2012-10-16$6.04$0.0044.8%12.8%45.9%10.8%39.3%-8.4%21.2%-78413.0K-4480.0086.88071,289320
2012-10-17$6.30$5.0049.9%14.3%48.4%18.6%0.0%26.8%14.9%-8788.7K-4580.0094.79001,289327
2012-10-18$6.11$5.0054.2%15.6%49.0%25.3%0.0%-40.6%6.8%-8799.9K-4450.00105.380201,283327
2012-10-19$5.94$5.0076.6%22.0%42.5%59.8%76.6%10.3%-7.8%-93821.2K-4570.14101.49145201,283337
2012-10-22$6.04$5.0081.5%23.4%43.3%67.1%0.0%10.7%-12.0%-17418.8K-5680.00102.04300249294
2012-10-23$6.04$5.0086.1%24.7%38.2%74.2%0.0%19.6%-13.6%-9314.5K-5930.00100.7850269294
2012-10-24$5.90$5.0090.5%26.0%38.9%81.1%0.0%20.2%-16.4%-9822.5K-5780.0098.130100265294
2012-10-25$5.90$5.0089.3%25.6%35.4%79.2%0.0%59.5%-15.8%-65626.8K-6340.2585.0311830265374
2012-10-26$6.85$5.0069.0%19.8%64.7%48.0%66.8%-15.0%-3.4%186-69.8K-7940.0285.2655412383404
2012-10-31$6.65$5.0071.2%20.4%65.7%51.3%71.1%16.3%-6.9%1.5K-298.4K-8770.0090.76100792416