CALX Options History — October 2014

In October 2014, CALX traded between $8.52 and $10.79. ATM implied volatility averaged 49.9%, placing in the 41.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 9.0% (HV 20d: 40.9%). Max pain ranged from $7.50 to $7.50. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.90.

Notable Days

  • 2014-10-31: Highest Volume — 550 contracts
  • 2014-10-07: Largest IV spike — 50.8% change
  • 2014-10-15: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2014-10-28: Largest Expected Move — 14.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$9.10$8.52$10.79$9.52$10.79
Max Pain$7.50$7.50$7.50$7.50$7.50
ATM IV49.9%29.7%87.2%30.6%33.6%
Expected Move13.3%12.0%14.6%12.4%13.2%
HV 20d40.9%32.0%80.2%33.8%79.5%
HV 60d43.4%35.0%53.2%42.5%52.9%
IV Rank41.9%8.4%100.0%10.1%13.7%
IV Percentile61.1%5.2%100.0%6.3%11.1%
Term Structure-1.7%-15.2%16.7%16.7%14.0%
VWIV44.5%39.6%47.6%43.6%45.1%
Skew 25d3.1%-8.8%13.3%13.3%-8.8%
Skew 10d23.4%-3.7%54.2%21.6%-3.7%
Call IV 25d52.7%37.8%64.9%41.5%48.6%
Put IV 25d55.9%39.8%64.1%54.8%39.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %75.6765.1383.1078.1370.69
Gamma HHI0.760.490.940.940.76
Net GEX7.3K1.6K16.6K16.2K13.5K
Net DEX-642.6K-1.1M-147.6K-1.1M-553.1K
Net VEX-501-888-291-648-888
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.900.0010.000.001.02
Total Volume17305505550
Total OI1,347.874092,0981,959818

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-10-01$9.52$7.5030.6%12.4%33.8%10.1%43.6%13.3%16.7%16.2K-1.1M-6480.0078.13501,730229
2014-10-02$9.61$7.5036.4%12.5%32.0%20.6%0.0%4.5%9.1%16.6K-1.1M-6840.0075.60001,730229
2014-10-03$9.39$7.5031.2%12.0%32.2%11.2%0.0%8.6%13.7%13.9K-1.0M-5680.0075.60401,730229
2014-10-06$9.22$7.5029.7%12.5%32.5%8.4%0.0%9.5%-6.2%9.3K-964.2K-4360.0065.130201,734229
2014-10-07$8.88$7.5044.8%12.5%33.1%36.0%0.0%8.1%-7.1%11.0K-906.3K-48510.0078.134401,734229
2014-10-08$9.20$7.5039.5%12.3%36.1%26.3%40.0%8.6%-7.8%10.5K-975.0K-4580.7367.35127931,733261
2014-10-09$8.95$7.5048.9%12.4%36.7%43.6%41.0%5.3%-8.7%10.4K-924.7K-4560.7377.15127931,755261
2014-10-10$8.52$7.5055.2%12.8%39.6%55.1%42.4%-0.5%10.0%10.8K-820.0K-4060.7479.72127941,755261
2014-10-13$8.57$7.5071.9%13.6%39.9%85.6%41.9%-0.9%-5.6%10.3K-874.8K-3740.7565.42125941,755210
2014-10-14$8.81$7.5070.0%12.7%41.5%82.1%39.6%-3.3%-14.2%1.7K-926.9K-2910.7578.25125941,757210
2014-10-15$9.01$7.5087.2%14.1%42.0%100.0%44.0%5.0%-11.0%1.6K-954.9K-2980.5869.452121221,760210
2014-10-16$8.98$7.5059.6%14.0%41.5%55.6%0.0%3.6%-13.1%2.7K-972.7K-4930.0072.701001,845243
2014-10-17$8.81$7.5058.0%14.0%38.9%52.9%0.0%3.0%-15.2%2.9K-953.3K-4820.0073.48001,855243
2014-10-20$8.87$7.5051.4%13.9%37.4%42.2%46.2%7.4%-0.9%2.8K-157.0K-4540.3075.911233735950
2014-10-21$8.80$7.5048.4%14.0%37.2%37.4%46.1%-0.2%-10.2%3.4K-165.9K-4910.4076.77923738750
2014-10-22$8.57$7.5050.1%14.3%37.3%40.2%46.7%0.3%15.6%3.1K-153.0K-4750.3280.841153739250
2014-10-23$8.85$7.5046.6%13.8%38.5%34.6%46.1%4.6%-6.9%3.6K-169.1K-4890.3281.881153740450
2014-10-24$8.85$7.5054.8%13.9%38.1%47.8%46.4%8.0%-5.1%3.6K-164.3K-4620.4082.631194739750
2014-10-27$8.65$7.5052.3%13.9%37.3%43.7%45.1%-1.8%12.9%2.9K-148.2K-4430.4081.731194737870
2014-10-28$8.70$7.5052.5%14.6%37.2%44.1%46.9%-4.7%-8.4%2.9K-147.6K-4380.2083.102344737870
2014-10-29$8.87$7.5050.6%13.9%38.2%41.0%47.6%4.5%-10.9%5.0K-186.4K-5750.1876.722744849870
2014-10-30$10.78$7.5045.2%13.2%80.2%32.3%47.1%-1.7%1.1%8.1K-418.9K-7190.1674.143335254271
2014-10-31$10.79$7.5033.6%13.2%79.5%13.7%45.1%-8.8%14.0%13.5K-553.1K-8881.0270.6927227873385