CALX Options History — February 2018

In February 2018, CALX traded between $6.10 and $6.98. ATM implied volatility averaged 63.1%, placing in the 59.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 17.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 15.2% (HV 20d: 47.9%). Max pain ranged from $6.00 to $6.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 2 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.33.

Notable Days

  • 2018-02-28: Highest Volume — 1,608 contracts
  • 2018-02-07: Largest IV drop — 38.1% change
  • 2018-02-06: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2018-02-13: Largest Expected Move — 22.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$6.54$6.10$6.98$6.25$6.58
Max Pain$6.00$6.00$6.00$6.00$6.00
ATM IV63.1%47.3%93.1%71.0%47.4%
Expected Move17.3%13.5%22.6%19.2%13.6%
HV 20d47.9%40.5%54.1%44.6%52.5%
HV 60d45.5%41.7%52.3%52.3%43.9%
IV Rank59.8%36.1%100.0%78.2%36.3%
IV Percentile74.4%46.4%100.0%90.1%47.6%
Term Structure-5.6%-18.8%0.9%-1.5%-5.9%
VWIV57.1%43.1%81.3%68.9%46.6%
Skew 25d9.6%-23.0%43.0%1.2%-23.0%
Skew 10d17.5%-19.8%54.9%28.4%-19.8%
Call IV 25d49.9%36.7%73.5%68.1%51.9%
Put IV 25d59.6%29.0%97.4%69.4%29.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %61.6426.5396.6372.7226.53
Gamma HHI0.340.320.430.330.32
Net GEX27.7K21.5K39.7K22.9K31.6K
Net DEX-1.6M-2.0M-1.2M-1.3M-1.6M
Net VEX-4.0K-4.5K-3.7K-4.3K-4.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.330.150.630.630.24
Total Volume918.5795291,6085291,608
Total OI4,187.7893,8324,9024,0164,528

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-02-01$6.25$6.0071.0%19.2%44.6%78.2%68.9%1.2%-1.5%22.9K-1.3M-4.3K0.6372.723242053,644372
2018-02-02$6.18$6.0076.8%18.6%44.9%87.4%62.7%15.2%-0.6%23.5K-1.3M-4.3K0.4242.354892053,644372
2018-02-05$6.10$6.0084.2%20.4%45.3%99.0%66.5%18.0%-16.5%22.7K-1.2M-3.9K0.3462.066032053,485372
2018-02-06$6.28$6.0093.1%20.1%46.1%100.0%64.5%43.0%-10.0%24.2K-1.2M-3.8K0.3296.636031953,460372
2018-02-07$6.25$6.0057.7%16.5%46.2%50.6%54.1%-0.8%-3.5%23.5K-1.2M-3.9K0.3260.996031953,460392
2018-02-08$6.15$6.0072.2%20.7%44.4%70.8%67.2%-4.3%-17.6%23.7K-1.2M-3.8K0.3348.056032013,460392
2018-02-09$6.15$6.0073.2%21.0%44.2%72.3%67.1%26.5%-9.8%21.5K-1.2M-3.8K0.3370.606032013,460402
2018-02-12$6.30$6.0069.3%19.9%44.4%66.8%65.4%16.2%-2.4%23.3K-1.2M-3.7K0.3366.986041973,460402
2018-02-13$6.63$6.0078.8%22.6%41.3%80.1%81.3%7.4%-18.8%22.7K-1.5M-3.7K0.3867.569913723,500402
2018-02-14$6.35$6.0060.4%17.3%40.5%54.4%58.0%12.8%-12.5%39.7K-1.7M-4.0K0.1563.471,1171644,365537
2018-02-15$6.95$6.0053.9%15.5%50.8%45.4%46.7%20.6%-0.5%38.8K-2.0M-3.7K0.3563.345942093,966540
2018-02-16$6.85$6.0053.5%15.4%51.4%44.8%51.8%18.4%-0.7%25.4K-2.0M-3.8K0.4551.525202364,195517
2018-02-20$6.85$6.0053.8%15.4%51.0%45.2%49.9%-0.8%0.3%26.5K-1.7M-3.8K0.3567.824571603,696341
2018-02-21$6.65$6.0052.0%14.9%52.4%42.7%55.7%14.4%-0.2%28.1K-1.6M-3.9K0.3766.314591703,729346
2018-02-22$6.93$6.0049.3%14.1%54.1%39.0%43.8%17.6%0.9%29.2K-1.8M-3.7K0.2475.587181703,783356
2018-02-23$6.98$6.0052.2%15.0%53.9%43.0%45.0%2.5%-3.1%30.0K-2.0M-4.3K0.2262.547711704,090356
2018-02-26$6.93$6.0052.2%15.0%51.6%43.0%46.1%-0.6%-2.6%32.8K-2.0M-4.5K0.2550.977711904,228356
2018-02-27$6.90$6.0047.3%13.5%50.9%36.1%43.1%-1.7%-1.9%35.6K-2.0M-4.2K0.2555.071,2593114,228360
2018-02-28$6.58$6.0047.4%13.6%52.5%36.3%46.6%-23.0%-5.9%31.6K-1.6M-4.4K0.2426.531,2973114,045483