CALX Options History — December 2018

In December 2018, CALX traded between $8.42 and $9.77. ATM implied volatility averaged 42.2%, placing in the 32.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.8% (HV 20d: 35.4%). Max pain ranged from $7.00 to $10.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 7.90.

Notable Days

  • 2018-12-28: Highest Volume — 4,324 contracts
  • 2018-12-12: Largest IV spike — 46.3% change
  • 2018-12-28: Highest IV Rank — 49.5%
  • 2018-12-28: Largest Expected Move — 15.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$9.21$8.42$9.77$9.72$9.70
Max Pain$7.45$7.00$10.00$10.00$7.00
ATM IV42.2%27.1%55.2%36.3%52.7%
Expected Move12.2%8.7%15.8%10.4%15.1%
HV 20d35.4%24.6%83.2%82.8%43.0%
HV 60d53.4%52.3%55.8%54.0%55.8%
IV Rank32.1%12.0%49.5%24.3%46.2%
IV Percentile44.0%8.7%73.0%30.6%67.1%
Term Structure17.4%-1.5%135.2%4.3%3.5%
VWIV41.4%33.1%54.9%36.2%53.8%
Skew 25d5.3%-9.0%14.8%-5.4%14.8%
Skew 10d15.1%-0.9%33.5%3.2%24.0%
Call IV 25d37.8%27.5%46.2%32.5%42.1%
Put IV 25d43.2%27.1%59.3%27.1%56.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %87.7878.2396.7489.5190.10
Gamma HHI0.360.280.650.370.65
Net GEX16.3K4.2K39.5K23.5K39.5K
Net DEX-1.9M-4.2M-834.7K-2.7M-4.2M
Net VEX-9.9K-22.1K-7.1K-8.5K-22.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio7.900.0054.000.000.31
Total Volume480.6574,32426301
Total OI7,140.456,14411,5026,30411,502

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-12-03$9.72$10.0036.3%10.4%82.8%24.3%36.2%-5.4%4.3%23.5K-2.7M-8.5K0.0089.512604,9281,376
2018-12-04$9.62$10.0042.0%12.0%83.2%31.9%42.0%-9.0%-1.5%22.1K-2.6M-8.3K0.3792.041974,9411,376
2018-12-05$9.62$10.0041.8%12.0%32.7%31.6%41.8%-8.6%-0.7%21.8K-2.6M-8.3K0.3796.741974,9411,376
2018-12-06$9.77$7.0041.7%11.2%30.9%31.5%40.0%4.7%8.9%22.8K-2.7M-8.3K0.9678.2345434,9411,371
2018-12-07$9.59$7.0041.9%13.2%31.0%31.8%43.3%6.5%15.6%14.4K-2.6M-8.3K0.6593.1569454,9811,339
2018-12-10$9.34$7.0045.4%12.0%27.9%36.4%33.1%9.2%4.4%22.3K-2.2M-7.6K6.0085.20164,8381,349
2018-12-11$9.30$7.0027.1%11.2%27.9%12.0%38.6%6.7%7.2%19.4K-2.1M-7.3K54.0083.281544,8381,343
2018-12-12$9.39$7.0039.6%11.4%27.2%28.7%40.0%6.0%8.4%19.7K-2.2M-7.3K39.0081.681394,8381,343
2018-12-13$9.31$7.0030.4%8.7%26.7%16.5%38.1%6.4%23.3%26.4K-2.0M-7.5K25.0084.913754,8381,319
2018-12-14$9.27$7.0039.3%11.3%24.6%28.2%39.8%7.4%4.0%19.3K-2.1M-7.1K15.1382.471041,5734,8361,308
2018-12-17$8.89$7.0040.1%11.5%27.5%29.3%36.0%1.2%8.3%6.1K-1.0M-10.9K0.3287.5972234,9362,860
2018-12-18$9.07$7.0040.2%11.5%29.3%29.5%39.1%1.8%8.5%4.2K-1.2M-11.2K0.1883.23121224,9102,850
2018-12-19$8.89$7.0040.1%11.5%27.6%29.4%38.3%13.9%7.6%6.0K-1.1M-10.9K0.3692.9087314,9702,799
2018-12-20$8.88$7.0042.0%12.0%27.2%31.9%34.7%2.3%3.9%6.2K-1.1M-10.9K0.5182.6387444,9702,781
2018-12-21$8.68$7.0041.6%11.9%27.8%31.3%39.6%9.0%6.6%10.4K-853.9K-10.5K0.2087.33271534,9702,780
2018-12-24$8.42$7.0052.6%15.1%29.1%46.0%48.3%14.2%135.2%12.8K-834.7K-10.4K11.0191.541421,5644,7612,680
2018-12-26$8.66$7.0047.1%13.5%31.7%38.6%43.5%2.3%94.2%11.7K-880.0K-10.3K0.6091.9960364,7892,720
2018-12-27$8.65$7.0046.4%13.3%29.1%37.7%46.6%9.9%-1.4%11.0K-904.6K-10.3K2.9791.88601784,8212,734
2018-12-28$9.36$7.0055.2%15.8%40.9%49.5%54.9%13.1%6.6%5.7K-1.8M-11.5K0.0589.194,1192054,8212,735
2018-12-31$9.70$7.0052.7%15.1%43.0%46.2%53.8%14.8%3.5%39.5K-4.2M-22.1K0.3190.10229728,6792,823