CALX Options History — March 2016

In March 2016, CALX traded between $6.55 and $7.46. ATM implied volatility averaged 44.1%, placing in the 23.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 8.3% (HV 20d: 52.4%). Max pain ranged from $4.00 to $6.00. Net GEX was positive for 11 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.83.

Notable Days

  • 2016-03-10: Highest Volume — 620 contracts
  • 2016-03-07: Largest IV spike — 37.7% change
  • 2016-03-07: Highest IV Rank — 46.8%
  • 2016-03-02: Largest Expected Move — 14.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$7.12$6.55$7.46$6.97$7.10
Max Pain$5.82$4.00$6.00$4.00$6.00
ATM IV44.1%37.3%62.6%47.7%41.9%
Expected Move12.1%10.7%14.1%13.7%12.0%
HV 20d52.4%30.7%76.7%75.5%48.4%
HV 60d57.2%55.6%60.1%56.1%59.8%
IV Rank23.2%14.7%46.8%27.9%20.5%
IV Percentile33.9%9.1%84.5%53.6%26.6%
Term Structure7.7%-4.9%23.8%-2.7%13.2%
VWIV42.0%38.5%49.1%47.3%42.0%
Skew 25d1.5%-16.5%26.3%3.3%-0.1%
Skew 10d1.9%-8.1%19.2%5.1%-4.7%
Call IV 25d39.9%31.6%49.9%42.4%42.7%
Put IV 25d41.4%31.8%57.9%45.7%42.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %45.9216.71105.3218.4645.83
Gamma HHI0.560.390.860.460.66
Net GEX3.3K-1.1K21.4K-4602.8K
Net DEX-78.0K-334.7K45.2K-7.5K-35.4K
Net VEX-368-489-283-376-485
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.830.264.362.150.54
Total Volume281.909150620211350
Total OI543.864374845418574

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-03-01$6.97$4.0047.7%13.7%75.5%27.9%47.3%3.3%-2.7%-460-7.5K-3762.1518.4667144191227
2016-03-02$6.94$4.0049.2%14.1%73.2%29.7%49.1%3.4%-4.9%-492-6.2K-3682.1532.7167144191227
2016-03-03$7.13$6.0049.5%12.0%74.0%30.1%40.0%-3.0%6.7%-456-13.0K-3632.1544.3167144191227
2016-03-04$7.18$6.0045.5%12.5%73.7%25.1%42.6%-1.4%5.4%-351-15.8K-3702.15103.5767144191227
2016-03-07$7.44$6.0062.6%12.5%74.6%46.8%42.4%4.1%5.8%-277-30.3K-3502.1551.3367144191227
2016-03-08$7.07$6.0055.9%12.5%76.7%38.2%42.9%-2.6%5.8%-434-15.6K-3421.87101.7877144191227
2016-03-09$7.14$6.0043.6%12.5%76.2%22.6%42.0%-2.9%5.6%-137-20.7K-3591.8769.9977144202227
2016-03-10$7.22$6.0041.9%12.0%48.8%20.5%40.8%-1.4%7.0%-86-23.3K-3510.3017.98476144202227
2016-03-11$7.30$6.0041.2%11.8%44.9%19.6%40.6%-0.6%5.6%21.4K-251.4K-4540.3049.78476144602227
2016-03-14$7.46$6.0043.7%12.5%40.9%22.8%42.9%4.3%6.0%33-334.7K-3400.2647.74476123602227
2016-03-15$7.22$6.0042.1%12.1%41.0%20.8%42.1%-3.6%5.9%15.6K-226.9K-4241.3250.0393123602227
2016-03-16$7.24$6.0039.6%11.4%40.2%17.7%40.9%2.8%6.7%12.5K-225.9K-3861.32105.3293123618227
2016-03-17$7.25$6.0040.3%11.5%39.6%18.4%41.5%4.4%5.8%19.6K-263.6K-3731.3255.3793123618227
2016-03-18$7.27$6.0038.4%11.0%39.6%16.1%38.5%2.9%6.9%170-320.8K-3011.2919.4095123603227
2016-03-21$7.27$6.0038.5%11.0%34.7%16.3%38.8%3.0%12.3%11314.3K-3074.3656.6128122148226
2016-03-22$7.24$6.0039.4%11.3%30.7%17.3%39.2%-0.6%14.0%15214.9K-3094.3616.7128122148226
2016-03-23$6.73$6.0040.7%11.7%40.1%19.0%39.8%-16.5%3.7%-85836.4K-2954.3640.0528122148226
2016-03-24$6.55$6.0045.4%13.0%40.9%25.0%40.8%11.3%12.9%-1.1K45.2K-2834.3620.1828122148226
2016-03-28$6.76$6.0037.3%10.7%42.7%14.7%44.7%26.3%23.8%-95841.0K-2850.5423.69228122148226
2016-03-29$7.17$6.0041.0%11.8%47.6%19.4%41.1%3.5%13.2%2.8K-41.2K-4890.5421.32228122348226
2016-03-30$7.02$6.0044.0%12.6%48.3%23.2%43.4%-3.8%10.1%2.6K-36.3K-4840.5418.15228122348226
2016-03-31$7.10$6.0041.9%12.0%48.4%20.5%42.0%-0.1%13.2%2.8K-35.4K-4850.5445.83228122348226