HIVE Options History — May 2015

In May 2015, HIVE traded between $30.60 and $36.05. ATM implied volatility averaged 68.5%, placing in the 25.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 15.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 8.3% (HV 20d: 60.2%). Max pain ranged from $25.00 to $37.50. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.20.

Notable Days

  • 2015-05-07: Highest Volume — 139 contracts
  • 2015-05-13: Largest IV drop — 63.7% change
  • 2015-05-12: Highest IV Rank — 73.6%
  • 2015-05-01: Largest Expected Move — 22.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$32.89$30.60$36.05$30.70$36.05
Max Pain$27.50$25.00$37.50$25.00$25.00
ATM IV68.5%44.2%128.1%78.4%57.4%
Expected Move15.1%12.3%22.5%22.5%16.4%
HV 20d60.2%28.4%68.7%67.5%28.4%
HV 60d49.2%47.8%50.6%50.0%47.8%
IV Rank25.9%6.4%73.6%33.8%16.9%
IV Percentile54.3%9.1%98.8%88.9%38.1%
Term Structure1.2%-27.6%20.4%-27.6%-8.3%
VWIV55.2%42.1%77.9%77.9%60.5%
Skew 25d2.4%-2.5%6.2%3.8%3.3%
Skew 10d7.3%1.2%26.9%4.9%10.0%
Call IV 25d57.3%55.2%59.7%56.2%55.6%
Put IV 25d59.8%56.5%63.5%60.0%58.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %104.3076.32112.8198.05111.67
Gamma HHI0.520.490.630.500.61
Net GEX6.4K4.4K8.4K5.6K8.0K
Net DEX-574.3K-798.7K-396.8K-404.0K-607.3K
Net VEX-1.1K-1.3K-886-970-1.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.200.000.820.280.82
Total Volume68.45013956115
Total OI308.25270375273315

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-05-01$30.70$25.0078.4%22.5%67.5%33.8%77.9%0.0%-27.6%5.6K-404.0K-9700.2898.05N/AN/A441223043
2015-05-04$30.70$37.5084.3%15.2%67.6%38.5%0.0%0.0%-10.9%5.0K-422.1K-1.1K0.00112.81N/AN/A0023043
2015-05-05$31.00$37.5084.8%14.4%67.6%38.9%47.5%0.0%-6.4%4.9K-427.6K-1.1K0.28110.50N/AN/A441223043
2015-05-06$30.60$37.5089.5%14.5%68.2%42.7%49.8%0.0%4.3%5.4K-396.8K-8860.1797.60N/AN/A861522743
2015-05-07$31.85$37.5075.5%16.8%68.7%31.5%47.6%0.0%-8.8%4.4K-577.7K-1.1K0.1376.32N/AN/A1231626646
2015-05-08$31.90$25.0089.5%12.3%68.5%42.7%42.1%0.0%12.8%6.1K-711.1K-1.2K0.00110.89N/AN/A9032146
2015-05-11$32.05$25.00108.9%13.3%68.2%58.2%46.2%0.0%8.3%6.4K-722.3K-1.2K0.00111.98N/AN/A5032446
2015-05-12$31.70$25.00128.1%12.8%68.1%73.6%55.5%0.0%5.3%6.5K-721.2K-1.2K0.14110.76N/AN/A1151632946
2015-05-13$32.20$25.0046.4%13.3%67.8%8.2%53.5%0.0%8.2%6.6K-737.7K-1.2K0.22111.21N/AN/A741632946
2015-05-14$32.45$25.0044.2%12.7%67.8%6.4%59.2%0.0%11.3%6.3K-748.6K-1.2K0.22111.06N/AN/A751632746
2015-05-15$34.00$25.0059.3%17.0%67.4%18.5%55.7%0.0%-2.1%6.6K-798.7K-1.2K0.1889.37N/AN/A751432646
2015-05-18$33.65$25.0048.9%14.0%67.9%10.1%0.0%3.8%20.4%6.6K-500.6K-1.2K0.00109.94N/AN/A2023738
2015-05-19$32.75$25.0051.6%14.8%68.3%12.3%0.0%1.9%5.9%6.4K-495.8K-1.2K0.00104.81N/AN/A0023838
2015-05-20$32.90$25.0057.8%16.6%68.3%17.2%50.3%1.9%-9.7%6.6K-477.2K-1.2K0.13106.71N/AN/A71923838
2015-05-21$33.80$25.0048.7%14.0%67.6%10.0%62.6%4.7%16.6%6.7K-512.5K-1.2K0.14110.77N/AN/A70923838
2015-05-22$34.20$25.0050.7%14.5%67.6%11.6%54.6%-2.5%-3.2%7.1K-520.8K-1.2K0.14105.56N/AN/A70923938
2015-05-26$34.30$25.0053.4%15.3%30.8%13.8%58.3%0.2%15.9%6.9K-529.8K-1.1K0.14111.28N/AN/A70923938
2015-05-27$35.40$25.0057.5%16.5%29.2%17.0%58.1%2.3%-4.7%7.8K-566.9K-1.1K0.1385.75N/AN/A74923938
2015-05-28$35.60$25.0055.5%15.9%28.5%15.4%59.4%6.2%-3.7%8.4K-608.2K-1.1K0.4798.96N/AN/A582724538
2015-05-29$36.05$25.0057.4%16.4%28.4%16.9%60.5%3.3%-8.3%8.0K-607.3K-1.3K0.82111.67N/AN/A635225956