HIVE Options History — March 2015

In March 2015, HIVE traded between $20.95 and $23.70. ATM implied volatility averaged 65.6%, placing in the 23.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 18.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 26.0% (HV 20d: 39.6%). Max pain ranged from $25.00 to $25.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.14.

Notable Days

  • 2015-03-02: Highest Volume — 114 contracts
  • 2015-03-12: Largest IV spike — 32.3% change
  • 2015-03-30: Highest IV Rank — 33.1%
  • 2015-03-30: Largest Expected Move — 22.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$22.10$20.95$23.70$23.70$22.20
Max Pain$25.00$25.00$25.00$25.00$25.00
ATM IV65.6%48.8%77.5%67.5%58.3%
Expected Move18.2%14.0%22.2%19.3%16.7%
HV 20d39.6%35.8%43.9%35.8%36.8%
HV 60d37.5%36.3%38.3%37.3%37.7%
IV Rank23.5%10.1%33.1%25.0%17.7%
IV Percentile65.9%20.7%87.7%73.8%43.4%
Term Structure-3.2%-16.5%21.6%-16.5%21.6%
VWIV77.7%58.7%136.2%71.4%58.7%
Skew 25d26.5%5.7%62.7%17.3%42.8%
Skew 10d30.8%14.0%41.6%27.2%31.5%
Call IV 25d70.5%52.5%91.9%60.5%55.7%
Put IV 25d97.0%75.0%128.4%77.8%98.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %99.1850.15121.4397.5894.34
Gamma HHI0.930.850.980.960.98
Net GEX3.4K2.5K4.3K4.2K4.3K
Net DEX-118.2K-150.7K-79.0K-149.0K-107.9K
Net VEX-542-629-468-628-470
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.140.000.230.160.23
Total Volume38.409011411486
Total OI273.364269281269279

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-03-02$23.70$25.0067.5%19.3%35.8%25.0%71.4%17.3%-16.5%4.2K-149.0K-6280.1697.58N/AN/A981622247
2015-03-03$23.20$25.0068.3%19.6%37.4%25.7%75.4%19.5%-7.4%3.7K-150.7K-6290.16107.06N/AN/A981622247
2015-03-04$22.55$25.0064.8%18.6%39.3%22.9%64.1%16.3%-1.5%3.6K-132.3K-6000.16121.43N/AN/A981622247
2015-03-05$22.35$25.0069.9%18.4%38.8%26.9%69.3%13.1%-9.8%3.4K-142.0K-6130.16102.75N/AN/A981622247
2015-03-06$22.05$25.0067.5%17.6%39.2%25.0%66.4%14.9%-3.0%3.4K-132.8K-6100.16101.14N/AN/A981622247
2015-03-09$21.75$25.0070.1%14.7%39.8%27.1%0.0%27.9%11.9%3.3K-102.3K-5270.00101.29N/AN/A0022247
2015-03-10$20.95$25.0066.3%15.1%42.5%24.1%0.0%33.4%8.2%2.5K-80.0K-4900.0058.55N/AN/A2022247
2015-03-11$21.15$25.0048.8%14.0%42.5%10.1%0.0%33.8%10.5%2.7K-79.0K-5090.00106.76N/AN/A0022447
2015-03-12$21.55$25.0064.5%18.5%41.6%22.7%68.8%18.8%-3.2%2.7K-105.9K-5560.00105.06N/AN/A10022447
2015-03-13$22.80$25.0066.2%19.0%42.9%24.0%0.0%23.0%2.3%4.0K-135.9K-6050.00104.34N/AN/A0023447
2015-03-16$22.05$25.0060.1%17.2%43.4%19.1%0.0%22.6%-0.9%3.6K-126.6K-5620.00104.64N/AN/A0023447
2015-03-17$22.50$25.0069.7%20.0%43.9%26.8%0.0%19.3%-13.5%3.4K-125.2K-5510.00105.12N/AN/A0023447
2015-03-18$22.85$25.0061.7%17.7%43.5%20.4%0.0%5.7%-7.9%3.5K-122.4K-5360.0050.15N/AN/A0023447
2015-03-19$22.50$25.0063.1%18.1%42.2%21.5%0.0%22.1%-5.8%3.6K-130.1K-5430.00104.60N/AN/A0023447
2015-03-20$22.45$25.0061.3%17.6%39.6%20.0%0.0%18.8%-6.6%3.6K-134.5K-5420.00102.95N/AN/A0023447
2015-03-23$22.00$25.0065.6%18.8%38.6%23.5%136.2%35.4%-11.5%3.5K-112.4K-5150.00105.73N/AN/A0022247
2015-03-24$21.80$25.0067.1%19.2%38.3%24.7%0.0%34.3%-12.5%3.4K-109.9K-4950.00104.05N/AN/A0022247
2015-03-25$21.20$25.0068.3%19.6%36.6%25.7%0.0%34.0%-13.8%3.3K-106.6K-4910.00102.46N/AN/A0022247
2015-03-26$21.30$25.0076.3%21.9%36.6%32.1%82.1%31.2%-5.1%3.1K-101.2K-4680.21103.60N/AN/A751622247
2015-03-27$21.55$25.0059.7%17.1%35.9%18.8%0.0%62.7%-1.4%3.4K-97.7K-4880.0094.24N/AN/A0022747
2015-03-30$21.70$25.0077.5%22.2%36.1%33.1%84.2%36.5%-4.7%3.4K-115.6K-4920.23104.05N/AN/A701622747
2015-03-31$22.20$25.0058.3%16.7%36.8%17.7%58.7%42.8%21.6%4.3K-107.9K-4700.2394.34N/AN/A701623247