CALX Options History — August 2015

In August 2015, CALX traded between $7.16 and $8.34. ATM implied volatility averaged 48.8%, placing in the 34.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 12.5% (HV 20d: 61.4%). 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 7 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.60.

Notable Days

  • 2015-08-21: Highest Volume — 270 contracts
  • 2015-08-11: Largest IV drop — 27.3% change
  • 2015-08-10: Highest IV Rank — 53.3%
  • 2015-08-24: Largest Expected Move — 16.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$7.76$7.16$8.34$8.34$8.01
Max Pain$7.50$7.50$7.50$7.50$7.50
ATM IV48.8%35.4%61.8%47.7%56.6%
Expected Move13.5%10.2%16.7%13.7%16.2%
HV 20d61.4%30.4%70.3%67.6%36.6%
HV 60d46.0%45.0%47.7%45.5%47.7%
IV Rank34.5%15.0%53.3%32.8%45.8%
IV Percentile68.5%15.9%89.7%69.4%83.7%
Term Structure-1.2%-13.3%14.8%-13.3%-6.5%
VWIV47.6%38.1%58.7%47.4%56.1%
Skew 25d18.6%3.2%69.9%3.2%16.0%
Skew 10d41.4%6.9%113.6%6.9%81.4%
Call IV 25d43.8%32.4%61.0%43.1%52.7%
Put IV 25d62.4%43.5%116.1%46.3%68.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %42.0418.8398.5883.9534.45
Gamma HHI0.530.470.740.510.51
Net GEX10.5K3.3K23.1K11.4K7.4K
Net DEX-256.5K-479.4K-6.0K-479.4K-201.4K
Net VEX-1.0K-1.4K-701-1.4K-821
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.600.001.080.870.59
Total Volume188.90502700252
Total OI1,396.6671,0701,5361,5041,120

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-08-03$8.34$7.5047.7%13.7%67.6%32.8%0.0%3.2%-13.3%11.4K-479.4K-1.4K0.0083.95001,204300
2015-08-04$8.25$7.5046.0%13.2%67.8%30.4%47.4%7.3%-0.7%11.7K-419.7K-1.2K0.8724.22111971,204300
2015-08-05$8.25$7.5045.5%13.0%67.8%29.7%43.5%3.2%-0.4%12.9K-450.6K-1.3K0.7825.66125971,204300
2015-08-06$8.09$7.5048.7%12.6%66.1%34.3%43.2%9.7%0.6%13.1K-391.7K-1.3K0.6445.00152971,204300
2015-08-07$7.98$7.5048.9%12.7%66.1%34.6%43.6%12.0%-1.7%12.0K-360.7K-1.2K0.7118.83136971,232300
2015-08-10$8.13$7.5061.8%10.6%66.3%53.3%43.2%16.6%14.8%12.2K-411.0K-1.2K0.7128.39136971,230298
2015-08-11$7.86$7.5044.9%12.6%67.7%28.8%0.0%10.6%0.9%12.6K-357.7K-1.2K0.0023.13301,230298
2015-08-12$7.85$7.5043.0%12.3%67.6%25.9%42.7%8.2%-1.0%13.7K-336.7K-1.1K0.7919.211341061,227298
2015-08-13$7.86$7.5045.3%13.0%67.6%29.4%44.1%10.9%0.7%13.0K-338.1K-1.2K0.6044.50134801,227298
2015-08-14$7.90$7.5035.4%10.2%67.6%15.0%38.1%23.1%10.6%13.0K-366.7K-1.0K0.5937.79135801,227308
2015-08-17$7.81$7.5039.7%11.4%66.6%21.2%39.6%4.9%1.1%14.5K-330.1K-9720.5928.54135801,228308
2015-08-18$7.59$7.5046.4%13.3%67.6%30.9%45.2%5.8%-5.5%13.3K-236.2K-9210.5025.28130651,228308
2015-08-19$7.42$7.5045.3%13.0%67.9%29.3%0.0%8.0%2.2%23.1K-151.9K-9090.0028.19001,228299
2015-08-20$7.16$7.5049.6%14.2%69.0%35.7%49.3%5.9%-0.8%11.1K-36.6K-7570.4846.98130631,228299
2015-08-21$7.36$7.5047.6%13.6%69.6%32.7%47.5%69.9%-1.7%3.5K-6.0K-7351.0848.981301401,228295
2015-08-24$7.16$7.5058.3%16.7%70.3%48.3%58.7%12.5%-7.9%3.3K-72.5K-7140.4298.5812352894186
2015-08-25$7.16$7.5055.4%15.9%70.3%44.1%55.4%17.5%-4.4%3.3K-72.2K-7010.5579.2413272894188
2015-08-26$7.33$7.5050.5%14.5%30.4%36.9%50.5%43.2%-0.3%4.1K-90.5K-7070.5348.9413672903167
2015-08-27$7.66$7.5053.4%15.3%33.7%41.1%53.4%62.2%-4.5%5.4K-133.8K-7910.5367.3013672903167
2015-08-28$7.75$7.5055.0%15.8%34.2%43.5%54.9%40.0%-7.4%5.6K-142.9K-7890.4625.7115872903167
2015-08-31$8.01$7.5056.6%16.2%36.6%45.8%56.1%16.0%-6.5%7.4K-201.4K-8210.5934.4515894953167