COMM Options History — April 2022

In April 2022, COMM traded between $6.05 and $7.77. ATM implied volatility averaged 76.3%, placing in the 71.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 22.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 15.6% (HV 20d: 60.7%). Max pain ranged from $9.00 to $10.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 1 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.23.

Notable Days

  • 2022-04-28: Highest Volume — 9,281 contracts
  • 2022-04-11: Largest IV spike — 28.5% change
  • 2022-04-28: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2022-04-29: Largest Expected Move — 29.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$6.68$6.05$7.77$7.65$6.05
Max Pain$9.05$9.00$10.00$10.00$9.00
ATM IV76.3%56.7%102.0%56.7%102.0%
Expected Move22.7%18.2%29.2%19.9%29.2%
HV 20d60.7%50.5%78.1%78.1%54.7%
HV 60d69.1%67.9%71.2%70.0%69.8%
IV Rank71.1%36.9%100.0%36.9%100.0%
IV Percentile90.4%60.7%100.0%60.7%100.0%
Term Structure-7.5%-22.1%12.1%12.1%-22.1%
VWIV74.4%58.4%110.8%68.8%110.8%
Skew 25d6.7%1.8%15.2%15.2%10.3%
Skew 10d17.1%-3.5%38.1%20.0%9.3%
Call IV 25d75.7%48.3%99.2%48.3%99.2%
Put IV 25d82.3%63.5%109.5%63.5%109.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %47.2721.2272.4831.5258.67
Gamma HHI0.180.160.200.190.16
Net GEX51.9K28.4K112.8K52.6K37.0K
Net DEX3.2M-992.4K4.3M1.8M3.6M
Net VEX-53.6K-79.8K-43.6K-71.2K-49.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.230.5025.050.541.04
Total Volume3,555.45219,2816,9716,697
Total OI80,111.476,00884,53876,00884,538

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2022-04-01$7.65$10.0056.7%19.9%78.1%36.9%68.8%15.2%12.1%52.6K1.8M-71.2K0.5431.52N/AN/A4,5192,45258,92117,087
2022-04-04$7.77$9.0057.1%18.2%72.1%47.8%66.1%2.6%-0.5%112.8K-992.4K-79.8K1.1938.94N/AN/A2,0812,46863,26417,106
2022-04-05$7.25$9.0057.1%20.3%74.6%59.5%60.4%3.8%-4.3%63.9K1.5M-67.0K1.6836.03N/AN/A1,6772,81263,46517,115
2022-04-06$6.83$9.0061.7%20.2%73.0%59.1%59.1%1.9%-5.0%44.1K3.3M-56.9K0.5356.81N/AN/A4,6982,47363,48617,150
2022-04-07$6.84$9.0059.0%20.8%66.4%62.3%58.4%8.0%-5.0%39.9K3.2M-57.2K1.4546.54N/AN/A1,7062,47364,95417,122
2022-04-08$6.90$9.0062.1%19.8%63.8%56.9%66.1%6.5%-1.3%40.9K3.0M-58.2K1.2765.66N/AN/A1,1861,50465,09317,161
2022-04-11$6.72$9.0079.7%21.4%63.4%66.1%70.1%3.3%-4.8%33.1K3.5M-55.0K1.1926.27N/AN/A1,1801,40464,60517,160
2022-04-12$6.61$9.0077.8%21.6%61.6%67.1%60.7%5.2%-6.5%32.3K3.9M-51.9K1.4667.94N/AN/A65695764,65517,161
2022-04-13$6.77$9.0073.9%21.2%54.1%64.6%61.9%3.1%-5.9%28.4K3.3M-57.2K1.4550.57N/AN/A66095764,71117,178
2022-04-14$6.50$9.0077.6%22.2%52.8%70.6%62.5%7.0%-9.0%64.1K4.3M-50.3K0.6261.93N/AN/A1,7611,09264,75517,180
2022-04-18$6.24$9.0075.0%21.5%50.5%66.4%69.4%1.8%-2.5%53.9K4.1M-43.8K0.5237.24N/AN/A1,57981962,05415,535
2022-04-19$6.57$9.0076.6%22.0%55.5%69.0%73.1%6.2%-6.6%61.8K3.2M-50.4K0.5041.20N/AN/A1,77888562,10415,673
2022-04-20$6.63$9.0076.4%21.9%55.9%68.7%67.3%13.8%-5.2%56.3K3.5M-48.9K0.8330.82N/AN/A1,05788262,28515,759
2022-04-21$6.32$9.0082.8%23.8%57.3%79.1%81.3%4.0%-8.1%55.6K3.9M-45.4K1.4072.48N/AN/A1,0781,51262,39415,774
2022-04-22$6.41$9.0084.3%24.2%58.1%81.4%82.7%8.3%-10.8%52.0K3.9M-45.2K0.7459.28N/AN/A1,5181,11862,48816,214
2022-04-25$6.62$9.0085.2%24.4%57.3%82.8%82.9%8.8%-13.5%55.2K3.5M-48.2K1.6726.09N/AN/A6541,09162,82116,371
2022-04-26$6.38$9.0088.3%25.3%57.9%87.8%77.3%4.9%-12.7%52.5K3.9M-45.0K0.8621.22N/AN/A1,03688662,82816,352
2022-04-27$6.16$9.0093.8%26.9%52.5%96.8%98.8%5.3%-19.2%51.6K3.9M-43.6K25.0545.78N/AN/A2050163,24916,351
2022-04-28$6.32$9.0099.4%28.5%53.9%100.0%109.7%13.7%-19.6%50.1K3.6M-46.8K0.5970.33N/AN/A5,8433,43863,26216,847
2022-04-29$6.05$9.00102.0%29.2%54.7%100.0%110.8%10.3%-22.1%37.0K3.6M-49.8K1.0458.67N/AN/A3,2763,42165,18519,353