CALX Options History — August 2014

In August 2014, CALX traded between $9.05 and $10.56. ATM implied volatility averaged 41.8%, placing in the 26.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 12.9% (HV 20d: 54.8%). Max pain ranged from $7.50 to $7.50. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.42.

Notable Days

  • 2014-08-27: Highest Volume — 91 contracts
  • 2014-08-14: Largest IV drop — 46.2% change
  • 2014-08-13: Highest IV Rank — 80.7%
  • 2014-08-26: Largest Expected Move — 12.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$9.67$9.05$10.56$9.14$10.50
Max Pain$7.50$7.50$7.50$7.50$7.50
ATM IV41.8%34.0%69.8%35.3%38.4%
Expected Move11.5%9.5%12.2%10.1%12.1%
HV 20d54.8%32.5%60.8%58.2%32.5%
HV 60d42.7%40.8%43.7%43.7%40.8%
IV Rank26.2%10.9%80.7%13.4%19.5%
IV Percentile30.6%7.1%98.0%9.9%22.2%
Term Structure0.2%-1.7%6.6%6.6%1.0%
VWIV38.7%38.7%38.7%38.7%38.7%
Skew 25d10.7%-8.9%69.4%10.2%2.9%
Skew 10d20.0%-13.5%107.0%11.4%3.6%
Call IV 25d37.9%33.2%42.4%36.4%35.8%
Put IV 25d48.6%30.9%109.2%46.6%38.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %65.3024.3694.2343.2364.70
Gamma HHI0.540.470.740.490.71
Net GEX15.6K13.8K17.8K16.1K16.1K
Net DEX-1.4M-1.5M-1.1M-1.4M-1.5M
Net VEX-1.3K-1.7K-944-1.7K-1.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.420.0013.500.002.00
Total Volume17.42909150
Total OI2,024.4291,6972,2462,2331,892

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-08-01$9.14$7.5035.3%10.1%58.2%13.4%0.0%10.2%6.6%16.1K-1.4M-1.7K0.0043.23501,960273
2014-08-04$9.05$7.5039.9%11.3%57.1%22.5%0.0%-8.9%-1.7%16.4K-1.3M-1.6K0.0084.95001,965273
2014-08-05$9.15$7.5047.2%12.0%56.4%36.7%0.0%-8.2%-0.4%17.8K-1.3M-1.6K13.5093.714541,965273
2014-08-06$9.37$7.5038.0%11.4%56.7%18.7%0.0%-0.8%-1.0%15.4K-1.4M-1.5K0.0083.47001,969273
2014-08-07$9.14$7.5043.0%11.3%57.8%28.4%0.0%-3.1%-0.9%16.1K-1.4M-1.6K0.0094.23001,969273
2014-08-08$9.15$7.5043.0%11.1%57.8%28.4%38.7%-3.6%-0.4%15.9K-1.4M-1.5K0.0085.10401,969273
2014-08-11$9.27$7.5054.6%11.2%57.8%51.0%0.0%0.0%-1.0%16.2K-1.4M-1.4K0.0075.900101,973273
2014-08-12$9.07$7.5061.5%9.5%58.5%64.5%0.0%-6.4%-0.3%15.7K-1.4M-1.5K0.0049.51001,973268
2014-08-13$9.26$7.5069.8%11.2%58.4%80.7%0.0%-1.7%-1.7%16.4K-1.4M-1.3K0.0042.72001,973268
2014-08-14$9.40$7.5037.5%10.8%58.3%17.8%0.0%0.7%1.0%15.7K-1.4M-1.4K0.0044.95001,973268
2014-08-15$9.43$7.5039.7%11.4%57.9%22.1%0.0%69.4%-1.2%15.3K-1.5M-1.3K1.2524.3620251,973268
2014-08-18$9.49$0.0037.4%11.8%57.8%17.6%0.0%-0.2%-1.2%15.3K-1.1M-1.2K0.0066.181001,568129
2014-08-19$9.93$0.0038.1%12.2%59.4%19.0%0.0%5.0%0.6%13.8K-1.2M-1.2K0.0072.17501,578129
2014-08-20$10.16$0.0037.0%12.2%59.3%16.8%0.0%56.7%0.8%14.1K-1.3M-9630.2164.4047101,583129
2014-08-21$10.11$0.0035.7%12.1%59.4%14.3%0.0%59.9%1.8%14.9K-1.3M-9440.0065.492001,620139
2014-08-22$10.20$0.0034.5%11.9%58.0%11.9%0.0%5.8%1.3%14.5K-1.4M-1.0K0.0062.742301,640139
2014-08-25$9.89$0.0037.6%12.0%59.5%17.9%0.0%7.0%-0.9%16.5K-1.3M-1.1K0.0064.523201,661139
2014-08-26$10.36$0.0038.0%12.2%60.8%18.8%0.0%44.6%-0.3%15.4K-1.4M-9960.0065.78001,678139
2014-08-27$10.56$0.0038.6%11.9%34.8%20.0%0.0%-3.6%-1.1%14.5K-1.5M-9460.1258.5381101,678139
2014-08-28$10.50$0.0034.0%12.1%33.5%10.9%0.0%-0.9%2.6%16.5K-1.5M-1.0K2.0064.68241,749139
2014-08-29$10.50$0.0038.4%12.1%32.5%19.5%0.0%2.9%1.0%16.1K-1.5M-1.1K0.0064.70001,749143