CALX Options History — May 2015

In May 2015, CALX traded between $7.31 and $8.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 41.4%, placing in the 23.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.0%. IV traded below realized volatility by 4.4% (HV 20d: 45.8%). Max pain ranged from $7.50 to $7.50. Net GEX was positive for 16 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.81.

Notable Days

  • 2015-05-07: Highest Volume — 3,303 contracts
  • 2015-05-13: Largest IV drop — 39.8% change
  • 2015-05-12: Highest IV Rank — 55.5%
  • 2015-05-27: Largest Expected Move — 14.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$7.65$7.31$8.00$7.31$8.00
Max Pain$7.50$7.50$7.50$7.50$7.50
ATM IV41.4%34.1%63.2%40.8%34.1%
Expected Move11.0%9.8%14.4%11.7%9.8%
HV 20d45.8%26.6%51.1%44.0%26.6%
HV 60d34.0%33.4%34.8%33.6%34.0%
IV Rank23.6%13.0%55.5%22.7%13.0%
IV Percentile44.5%11.5%91.3%51.6%11.5%
Term Structure-0.0%-8.8%11.5%-3.2%11.5%
VWIV38.8%34.4%48.9%40.7%34.4%
Skew 25d21.9%-14.9%53.8%-14.9%2.9%
Skew 10d45.1%-31.7%111.9%-31.7%0.4%
Call IV 25d39.5%34.4%55.6%55.6%36.2%
Put IV 25d61.4%39.1%93.4%40.7%39.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %72.2422.3895.0690.4693.53
Gamma HHI0.830.470.930.470.93
Net GEX29.1K-4.7K60.0K56460.0K
Net DEX-767.8K-2.0M84.5K58.6K-2.0M
Net VEX-3.3K-4.1K-2.4K-2.4K-3.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.810.004.171.710.28
Total Volume808.303,3031,510528
Total OI4,130.652,7365,4642,7365,464

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-05-01$7.31$7.5040.8%11.7%44.0%22.7%40.7%-14.9%-3.2%56458.6K-2.4K1.7190.465589521,6721,064
2015-05-04$7.38$7.5034.9%10.5%44.4%14.3%0.0%53.2%-2.0%-4.6K84.5K-2.4K3.5080.696211,6821,180
2015-05-05$7.55$7.5040.0%10.5%45.5%21.7%36.7%49.1%-1.4%-4.7K-25.9K-2.5K1.5186.775638521,6871,200
2015-05-06$7.41$7.5041.8%11.1%45.7%24.3%38.6%46.2%-0.8%-4.7K66.0K-2.4K1.5166.945638521,6871,200
2015-05-07$7.41$7.5044.4%10.8%45.7%28.0%37.6%40.8%1.4%-4.4K77.5K-2.4K0.3576.582,4518521,6871,200
2015-05-08$7.49$7.5047.6%10.9%45.9%32.7%38.2%12.4%-1.9%25.8K-559.7K-3.8K4.1769.2218753,0531,200
2015-05-11$7.51$7.5051.7%11.0%45.2%38.7%0.0%44.1%0.7%24.8K-521.7K-3.8K0.0053.35003,0661,275
2015-05-12$7.40$7.5063.2%11.2%45.0%55.5%39.4%10.9%0.6%24.7K-399.1K-3.7K0.1894.04460843,0661,275
2015-05-13$7.50$7.5038.0%10.9%45.5%18.8%38.2%53.8%1.6%23.4K-486.2K-3.7K0.1878.86462843,0721,275
2015-05-14$7.65$7.5037.5%10.7%46.5%18.0%37.7%5.3%-0.4%24.0K-739.5K-3.6K0.0995.06946843,0521,275
2015-05-15$7.67$7.5036.6%10.5%46.3%16.7%38.1%10.1%0.8%48.0K-1.0M-4.1K0.0987.34961883,5561,275
2015-05-18$7.90$7.5037.9%10.9%47.9%18.5%0.0%28.8%0.9%48.4K-1.3M-3.7K0.0087.30053,4451,143
2015-05-19$7.63$7.5036.3%10.4%49.1%16.2%0.0%14.9%2.6%50.3K-964.1K-3.8K0.0088.08403,4451,148
2015-05-20$7.79$7.5037.5%10.8%50.0%18.0%37.5%12.1%-1.0%47.7K-1.2M-3.7K0.1188.08871983,4451,148
2015-05-21$7.91$7.5036.4%10.4%50.4%16.5%36.3%4.7%0.4%46.5K-1.4M-3.5K0.1822.74537983,4451,169
2015-05-22$7.96$7.5036.7%10.5%50.5%16.8%36.5%8.7%0.6%46.4K-1.4M-3.4K0.2042.93492983,3451,169
2015-05-26$7.77$7.5039.4%11.3%51.1%20.8%39.6%5.7%0.6%46.2K-1.2M-3.3K0.2026.81492983,3401,169
2015-05-27$7.89$7.5050.1%14.4%49.8%36.4%48.9%44.3%-8.8%40.8K-1.1M-3.3K0.3193.593831183,3401,169
2015-05-28$7.93$7.5042.6%12.2%40.1%25.5%42.3%4.9%-2.2%42.1K-1.3M-3.1K0.0922.381,2941183,3411,189
2015-05-29$8.00$7.5034.1%9.8%26.6%13.0%34.4%2.9%11.5%60.0K-2.0M-3.8K0.2893.534121164,2751,189