COMM Options History — October 2019

In October 2019, COMM traded between $10.74 and $13.03. ATM implied volatility averaged 68.6%, placing in the 55.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 20.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 12.4% (HV 20d: 56.2%). Max pain ranged from $12.00 to $13.00. Net GEX was positive for 9 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 2 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 6.73.

Notable Days

  • 2019-10-30: Highest Volume — 11,464 contracts
  • 2019-10-30: Largest IV spike — 31.8% change
  • 2019-10-31: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2019-10-31: Largest Expected Move — 30.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$11.55$10.74$13.03$11.16$11.20
Max Pain$12.91$12.00$13.00$12.00$13.00
ATM IV68.6%49.5%106.8%57.2%106.8%
Expected Move20.3%16.4%30.6%16.4%30.6%
HV 20d56.2%41.2%67.6%67.5%58.2%
HV 60d59.7%57.0%64.2%57.2%64.0%
IV Rank55.7%41.7%100.0%42.1%100.0%
IV Percentile93.0%85.7%100.0%85.7%100.0%
Term Structure-10.0%-34.2%12.7%11.8%-34.2%
VWIV70.0%55.3%111.7%55.3%86.8%
Skew 25d9.5%4.0%17.9%10.3%6.0%
Skew 10d26.2%4.5%63.2%21.5%50.3%
Call IV 25d66.0%49.0%101.5%49.0%101.5%
Put IV 25d75.5%59.3%113.3%59.3%107.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %78.7519.1586.4973.4785.24
Gamma HHI0.250.160.460.170.37
Net GEX-52.2K-226.7K37.7K36.9K-182.4K
Net DEX1.4M-3.9M5.4M851.9K4.2M
Net VEX-42.2K-51.5K-32.5K-36.0K-50.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio6.730.0259.985.160.24
Total Volume1,577.6968411,464912203
Total OI30,778.08727,51539,06727,51539,067

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-10-01$11.16$12.0057.2%16.4%67.5%42.1%55.3%10.3%11.8%36.9K851.9K-36.0K5.1673.47N/AN/A14876416,94710,568
2019-10-02$10.89$12.0057.3%16.4%67.6%41.7%56.0%6.4%12.7%4.9K2.0M-34.2K0.8476.38N/AN/A37531616,86511,032
2019-10-03$10.89$13.0054.9%19.4%66.8%54.0%67.7%10.6%-6.3%1442.2M-33.4K0.4983.18N/AN/A2029816,73310,993
2019-10-04$10.95$13.0049.5%18.8%65.6%48.5%66.6%8.9%-5.5%-6.7K2.3M-32.5K6.7081.56N/AN/A1801,20616,80311,008
2019-10-07$11.23$13.0053.9%19.2%62.0%50.2%66.9%10.7%-7.8%-40.0K1.9M-33.9K13.6485.21N/AN/A1411,92316,80212,146
2019-10-08$11.03$13.0054.9%19.2%59.8%50.2%72.0%10.4%-7.8%-86.1K3.6M-36.3K0.0284.39N/AN/A122216,85313,837
2019-10-09$10.74$13.0064.9%18.6%56.5%47.5%68.1%9.3%-6.2%-110.7K4.9M-33.3K6.3786.49N/AN/A9560516,93513,837
2019-10-10$10.78$13.0067.6%19.4%55.8%51.0%67.4%11.2%-8.5%-165.3K5.4M-33.1K2.0881.38N/AN/A1,2822,66716,94514,640
2019-10-11$11.32$13.0067.2%19.3%57.5%50.5%63.1%9.2%-8.0%-162.0K3.9M-46.3K0.2819.15N/AN/A65118017,04817,111
2019-10-14$11.14$13.0066.7%19.1%45.6%49.8%66.1%4.0%-6.4%-209.2K4.8M-43.2K1.1082.52N/AN/A41746017,46917,154
2019-10-15$11.28$13.0067.9%19.5%42.3%51.3%66.3%9.4%-10.4%-226.7K4.3M-44.2K47.5382.92N/AN/A532,51917,86217,601
2019-10-16$11.40$13.0069.0%19.8%41.2%52.7%68.2%9.8%-10.9%-121.1K3.2M-43.8K0.6182.11N/AN/A1,6841,03417,88616,142
2019-10-17$11.59$13.0065.8%18.9%41.8%48.6%64.0%9.2%-8.3%3.7K835.2K-47.0K2.2081.67N/AN/A4931,08719,41616,196
2019-10-18$11.56$13.0065.0%18.6%41.8%47.6%65.7%8.1%-6.7%-31.3K927.5K-48.9K0.2381.09N/AN/A65715219,85716,336
2019-10-21$12.97$13.0070.1%20.1%59.0%54.2%73.6%10.5%-13.6%14.8K-3.8M-51.5K0.4880.39N/AN/A1,62377715,37413,771
2019-10-22$13.03$13.0066.7%19.1%56.0%49.7%66.9%9.8%-10.3%26.9K-3.6M-51.2K2.5981.36N/AN/A4141,07214,93613,387
2019-10-23$13.01$13.0070.1%20.1%55.1%54.1%68.7%8.1%-14.2%37.7K-3.9M-48.2K0.3379.22N/AN/A632115,09512,701
2019-10-24$12.22$13.0072.3%20.7%58.8%56.9%68.7%11.0%-11.2%12.2K-1.5M-46.8K0.4179.55N/AN/A1506115,13712,722
2019-10-25$12.20$13.0074.1%21.2%58.7%59.2%73.0%8.1%-14.9%13.2K-1.5M-46.0K2.7080.99N/AN/A7921315,30912,750
2019-10-28$11.78$13.0075.6%21.7%60.1%61.2%75.3%7.6%-15.7%-3.1K-269.2K-43.3K0.6580.91N/AN/A603915,34112,710
2019-10-29$11.85$13.0077.6%22.3%56.2%63.8%71.1%12.2%-17.2%-1.4K-99.8K-42.7K0.0978.54N/AN/A4924315,38812,732
2019-10-30$11.32$13.00102.4%29.4%58.0%95.4%111.7%17.9%-30.2%-5.2K719.0K-43.9K59.9883.43N/AN/A18811,27615,70912,745
2019-10-31$11.20$13.00106.8%30.6%58.2%100.0%86.8%6.0%-34.2%-182.4K4.2M-50.8K0.2485.24N/AN/A1643915,78923,278