HI Options History — September 2012

In September 2012, HI traded between $18.11 and $19.34. ATM implied volatility averaged 23.7%, placing in the 7.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.1% (HV 20d: 17.6%). Max pain ranged from $17.50 to $20.00. Net GEX was positive for 16 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 3.55.

Notable Days

  • 2012-09-04: Highest Volume — 70 contracts
  • 2012-09-21: Largest IV drop — 45.7% change
  • 2012-09-20: Highest IV Rank — 12.0%
  • 2012-09-20: Largest Expected Move — 8.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$18.75$18.11$19.34$18.16$18.19
Max Pain$19.61$17.50$20.00$17.50$20.00
ATM IV23.7%15.7%29.4%28.5%29.4%
Expected Move6.3%4.2%8.4%8.2%8.4%
HV 20d17.6%15.2%19.7%17.5%19.0%
HV 60d22.8%21.9%25.5%25.5%22.3%
IV Rank7.3%0.7%12.0%11.2%11.9%
IV Percentile27.3%0.4%56.7%48.4%56.7%
Term Structure4.7%-2.1%11.3%1.4%-2.0%
VWIV25.5%17.1%33.1%29.3%17.1%
Skew 25d9.0%3.3%16.8%5.1%8.8%
Skew 10d13.8%5.5%27.6%10.2%27.6%
Call IV 25d20.2%12.6%26.4%25.8%24.9%
Put IV 25d29.2%24.8%33.7%31.0%33.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %100.8689.01111.48103.65101.82
Gamma HHI0.520.480.590.480.50
Net GEX9.6K-10.8K20.2K-4.9K8.7K
Net DEX-219.9K-442.4K40.2K8.1K-87.8K
Net VEX-4.3K-4.6K-4.1K-4.3K-4.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio3.550.0022.3322.330.00
Total Volume18.842070701
Total OI1,542.5791,4271,6131,4861,489

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-09-04$18.16$17.5028.5%8.2%17.5%11.2%29.3%5.1%1.4%-4.9K8.1K-4.3K22.33103.65N/AN/A367862624
2012-09-05$18.11$17.5028.6%8.2%17.1%11.3%0.0%4.0%-1.1%-10.8K40.2K-4.4K0.00102.80N/AN/A00865684
2012-09-06$18.43$17.5022.2%6.4%18.2%6.0%0.0%3.3%10.3%-6.7K-48.1K-4.3K0.00102.11N/AN/A40865684
2012-09-07$18.93$20.0022.3%4.4%19.7%6.1%0.0%16.8%11.2%177-176.9K-4.3K0.0095.85N/AN/A04857684
2012-09-10$18.86$20.0024.1%4.3%19.5%7.6%0.0%10.7%10.1%2.8K-215.1K-4.1K0.00104.25N/AN/A500857680
2012-09-11$19.00$20.0022.0%4.2%18.9%5.9%0.0%14.8%10.3%7.6K-300.8K-4.5K0.00104.93N/AN/A02907680
2012-09-12$19.06$20.0026.4%4.2%18.4%9.5%0.0%13.9%9.1%7.9K-287.0K-4.3K5.00104.42N/AN/A210907680
2012-09-13$19.28$20.0023.4%6.7%18.4%7.0%23.5%6.8%0.5%17.6K-375.9K-4.4K0.2995.98N/AN/A4112869688
2012-09-14$19.34$20.0020.7%5.9%15.6%4.8%21.1%9.6%1.2%20.2K-442.4K-4.6K0.8689.01N/AN/A1412907685
2012-09-17$19.10$20.0021.9%6.3%15.9%5.8%0.0%8.9%2.7%16.7K-337.0K-4.5K0.00111.48N/AN/A00916697
2012-09-18$19.21$20.0015.7%4.5%15.8%0.7%33.1%11.5%8.0%16.5K-362.6K-4.6K3.00102.88N/AN/A1030916697
2012-09-19$18.98$20.0021.4%6.1%15.2%5.4%0.0%3.5%-0.3%18.0K-353.3K-4.5K0.0096.62N/AN/A00916669
2012-09-20$18.65$20.0029.4%8.4%16.5%12.0%0.0%10.5%2.1%13.1K-255.6K-4.3K0.00103.36N/AN/A00916664
2012-09-21$18.85$20.0016.0%4.6%16.9%0.9%0.0%13.6%11.3%17.5K-297.5K-4.3K0.0094.23N/AN/A00915662
2012-09-24$18.88$20.0017.9%5.1%16.7%2.5%29.2%11.7%7.0%20.2K-275.8K-4.1K1.80100.28N/AN/A2545915512
2012-09-25$18.56$20.0021.8%6.2%17.7%5.7%17.1%3.9%9.0%18.2K-213.2K-4.1K2.2098.71N/AN/A511940531
2012-09-26$18.26$20.0029.1%8.3%18.5%11.7%0.0%8.3%-2.1%10.1K-97.0K-4.1K0.00100.62N/AN/A09942538
2012-09-27$18.38$20.0029.4%8.4%18.7%12.0%0.0%6.0%-0.0%10.2K-100.5K-4.1K0.00103.27N/AN/A10942547
2012-09-28$18.19$20.0029.4%8.4%19.0%11.9%0.0%8.8%-2.0%8.7K-87.8K-4.1K0.00101.82N/AN/A01942547