COMM Options History — March 2022

In March 2022, COMM traded between $6.85 and $9.34. ATM implied volatility averaged 66.2%, placing in the 50.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 20.4%. IV traded below realized volatility by 18.3% (HV 20d: 84.6%). Max pain ranged from $10.00 to $10.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.84.

Notable Days

  • 2022-03-23: Highest Volume — 17,823 contracts
  • 2022-03-04: Largest IV spike — 12.7% change
  • 2022-03-14: Highest IV Rank — 73.7%
  • 2022-03-08: Largest Expected Move — 23.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$8.05$6.85$9.34$8.65$7.92
Max Pain$10.00$10.00$10.00$10.00$10.00
ATM IV66.2%52.0%79.5%70.3%52.0%
Expected Move20.4%18.3%23.2%20.1%18.9%
HV 20d84.6%67.8%91.7%67.8%80.9%
HV 60d66.1%59.0%70.4%59.4%70.0%
IV Rank50.7%29.4%73.7%58.8%29.4%
IV Percentile77.7%51.6%95.6%88.5%51.6%
Term Structure4.5%-4.0%14.2%-4.0%14.2%
VWIV67.2%45.7%88.0%45.7%61.5%
Skew 25d1.9%-7.6%11.7%-7.6%2.9%
Skew 10d6.8%-38.0%47.3%-33.3%5.9%
Call IV 25d64.6%52.3%80.6%72.5%56.7%
Put IV 25d66.5%45.0%85.4%64.9%59.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %37.8713.9286.6245.9938.38
Gamma HHI0.200.150.230.230.19
Net GEX193.7K72.7K524.6K348.3K88.5K
Net DEX-343.6K-10.1M5.8M-4.0M387.3K
Net VEX-94.9K-149.1K-69.2K-131.0K-78.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.840.213.821.673.81
Total Volume4,840.5651,53217,8233,0973,327
Total OI86,591.1374,48396,66595,81275,988

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2022-03-01$8.65$10.0070.3%20.1%67.8%58.8%45.7%-7.6%-4.0%348.3K-4.0M-131.0K1.6745.99N/AN/A1,1611,93675,38120,431
2022-03-02$9.34$10.0064.8%18.6%73.0%45.3%63.0%2.2%2.3%524.6K-10.1M-149.1K0.4816.04N/AN/A4,3092,06775,45219,565
2022-03-03$9.04$10.0065.1%18.7%73.7%43.1%57.6%1.3%2.7%451.6K-7.2M-141.3K0.2143.53N/AN/A10,0092,07676,88319,782
2022-03-04$8.43$10.0073.4%21.0%74.1%48.9%68.6%4.0%1.8%270.3K-1.1M-114.0K0.5614.18N/AN/A98354972,16519,772
2022-03-07$7.73$10.0077.9%22.3%79.8%62.0%78.1%0.9%-2.8%145.4K3.0M-90.7K0.8927.97N/AN/A1,4271,27369,46419,814
2022-03-08$7.39$10.0075.9%23.2%80.4%67.9%75.0%5.9%-1.7%112.4K4.1M-82.5K0.3334.88N/AN/A1,16638870,26120,672
2022-03-09$7.89$10.0075.4%20.8%84.8%67.1%72.9%3.4%-3.2%149.7K2.9M-91.9K0.2156.35N/AN/A1,87139070,65220,677
2022-03-10$7.22$10.0071.9%21.8%87.9%61.4%82.4%0.4%2.9%115.8K4.5M-80.7K0.2631.22N/AN/A2,55166371,67220,704
2022-03-11$6.85$10.0075.4%23.1%89.0%67.1%88.0%5.4%1.0%99.5K5.8M-69.2K1.9186.62N/AN/A9951,89773,38521,167
2022-03-14$7.07$10.0079.5%23.1%89.7%73.7%71.8%4.8%0.8%123.1K4.9M-73.4K0.9850.75N/AN/A2,5732,52373,74821,014
2022-03-15$7.35$10.0079.0%22.2%91.3%72.9%69.8%11.7%-0.2%184.1K3.4M-79.3K1.9139.66N/AN/A1,2262,33774,78920,775
2022-03-16$7.96$10.0071.1%21.2%90.4%60.2%70.1%5.2%2.8%245.3K-111.2K-92.6K1.5566.22N/AN/A3,2024,95474,76220,814
2022-03-17$8.24$10.0066.2%20.9%91.7%52.2%69.3%6.5%6.6%260.9K-79.7K-97.4K1.7118.23N/AN/A2,8604,89074,31521,296
2022-03-18$8.55$10.0059.9%19.7%90.9%42.0%62.5%3.7%11.4%210.2K-2.2M-103.8K3.4220.81N/AN/A9563,27074,35421,338
2022-03-21$8.59$10.0063.1%20.2%88.5%47.2%63.4%4.5%7.7%218.3K-4.4M-103.3K3.2241.01N/AN/A9312,99958,22516,258
2022-03-22$8.56$10.0061.1%18.6%88.2%44.0%65.0%-3.8%4.2%210.6K-4.3M-101.7K2.8113.92N/AN/A1,0472,94058,42116,258
2022-03-23$8.41$10.0060.8%18.9%88.2%43.6%60.9%4.9%6.6%170.8K-2.5M-94.8K0.2170.78N/AN/A14,7413,08258,72316,354
2022-03-24$8.36$10.0057.9%19.2%88.2%38.9%65.3%-7.4%7.7%164.9K-2.6M-93.7K3.8216.58N/AN/A7692,93458,18816,502
2022-03-25$7.86$10.0058.1%19.1%89.9%39.3%62.9%3.2%8.0%83.9K769.1K-78.7K2.5966.66N/AN/A9822,54758,21516,505
2022-03-28$7.67$10.0055.6%19.3%89.0%35.1%66.3%-2.7%12.7%72.7K1.3M-72.9K2.8233.61N/AN/A9412,65758,50316,699
2022-03-29$8.14$10.0052.8%18.3%86.1%30.6%62.8%-7.3%11.4%113.4K-664.2K-83.9K3.3618.31N/AN/A8192,75058,87216,852
2022-03-30$7.88$10.0056.0%19.1%81.2%35.8%63.2%0.8%10.7%90.5K338.3K-78.9K3.5419.34N/AN/A7422,62358,90117,028
2022-03-31$7.92$10.0052.0%18.9%80.9%29.4%61.5%2.9%14.2%88.5K387.3K-78.3K3.8138.38N/AN/A6922,63558,91717,071