HIVE Options History — October 2015

In October 2015, HIVE traded between $29.75 and $34.45. ATM implied volatility averaged 67.4%, placing in the 23.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 17.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 15.8% (HV 20d: 51.5%). Max pain ranged from $25.00 to $50.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.08.

Notable Days

  • 2015-10-01: Highest Volume — 128 contracts
  • 2015-10-13: Largest IV spike — 102.5% change
  • 2015-10-13: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2015-10-27: Largest Expected Move — 22.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$32.61$29.75$34.45$29.75$33.70
Max Pain$47.73$25.00$50.00$25.00$50.00
ATM IV67.4%46.6%165.6%54.5%77.2%
Expected Move17.5%12.2%22.4%15.6%22.1%
HV 20d51.5%33.4%57.3%46.2%33.4%
HV 60d49.5%47.4%51.1%47.4%48.0%
IV Rank23.3%7.1%100.0%13.5%30.8%
IV Percentile56.0%10.3%100.0%35.3%86.1%
Term Structure-8.2%-33.5%18.1%-10.3%-25.1%
VWIV68.5%42.3%101.4%49.9%96.0%
Skew 25d8.3%-30.6%57.7%-2.4%12.3%
Skew 10d35.8%-4.9%65.6%-4.9%48.0%
Call IV 25d53.8%32.9%75.0%55.1%45.8%
Put IV 25d62.1%44.4%90.6%52.7%58.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %110.3077.65135.9179.22135.91
Gamma HHI0.580.460.870.510.50
Net GEX3.0K1.3K8.1K1.8K1.7K
Net DEX90.1K-33.6K168.1K86.5K70.9K
Net VEX-950-1.2K-408-408-944
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.080.691.600.691.60
Total Volume67.5911612812847
Total OI322.182243412412246

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-10-01$29.75$25.0054.5%15.6%46.2%13.5%49.9%-2.4%-10.3%1.8K86.5K-4080.6979.22N/AN/A7652308104
2015-10-02$32.60$25.0054.1%15.5%54.1%13.3%55.1%24.9%-5.1%6.3K-33.6K-1.1K0.6977.65N/AN/A7652308104
2015-10-05$33.45$50.0053.1%15.0%54.4%12.4%0.0%12.3%18.1%6.3K44.3K-1.2K1.00110.36N/AN/A88266104
2015-10-06$34.00$50.0050.9%13.9%54.6%10.7%51.0%-4.9%7.1%7.1K73.5K-1.2K0.72104.38N/AN/A5238273111
2015-10-07$34.45$50.0046.6%12.2%53.6%7.1%42.3%57.7%11.0%8.1K51.3K-1.2K0.72104.53N/AN/A5238273111
2015-10-08$33.80$50.0049.2%16.5%54.3%9.3%56.0%-4.5%-0.9%6.8K66.5K-1.2K0.76104.22N/AN/A5038273111
2015-10-09$33.70$50.0059.0%17.2%53.4%17.2%62.4%2.3%-0.4%6.7K58.8K-1.2K0.76108.16N/AN/A5038274111
2015-10-12$32.40$50.0081.8%16.3%55.7%35.7%60.2%-5.1%-5.8%1.5K100.1K-1.0K0.75106.19N/AN/A4635274111
2015-10-13$31.25$50.00165.6%14.7%57.3%100.0%52.8%-30.6%11.1%1.4K160.0K-7880.82104.70N/AN/A4235274111
2015-10-14$31.25$50.0062.8%18.0%56.8%19.6%48.5%4.3%-13.7%1.4K161.2K-8270.82110.98N/AN/A4235274111
2015-10-15$31.85$50.0049.7%14.2%57.1%9.3%54.0%8.0%11.5%1.5K168.1K-7980.82101.78N/AN/A4235274111
2015-10-16$31.60$50.0065.1%18.7%56.3%21.4%68.7%-8.9%-8.7%1.5K99.7K-8980.82107.59N/AN/A4235274101
2015-10-19$32.20$50.0056.2%16.1%53.4%14.4%63.5%1.2%-19.4%1.3K113.1K-8921.21105.23N/AN/A222714796
2015-10-20$31.95$50.0063.8%18.3%52.6%20.3%74.2%18.8%-13.9%1.6K138.9K-7511.21115.81N/AN/A222714796
2015-10-21$32.05$50.0066.6%19.1%52.2%22.5%76.7%17.9%-17.4%1.4K93.0K-9461.22123.87N/AN/A222714796
2015-10-22$32.75$50.0058.3%16.7%52.3%16.0%71.1%16.6%-3.3%1.5K108.1K-9101.49119.89N/AN/A182714796
2015-10-23$33.25$50.0066.7%19.1%48.8%22.6%75.4%11.0%-8.1%1.5K90.4K-9701.49114.93N/AN/A182714896
2015-10-26$32.55$50.0070.9%20.3%48.6%25.9%89.4%3.8%-24.5%1.5K85.1K-9231.49116.69N/AN/A182714896
2015-10-27$31.95$50.0078.1%22.4%46.4%31.6%101.4%4.4%-22.4%1.5K80.1K-9291.60120.07N/AN/A182914896
2015-10-28$33.25$50.0076.4%21.9%46.1%30.2%97.0%30.7%-26.6%1.5K93.8K-9361.60129.44N/AN/A182914898
2015-10-29$33.75$50.0075.1%21.5%46.1%29.2%93.5%13.9%-33.5%1.7K72.5K-9491.60124.93N/AN/A182914898
2015-10-30$33.70$50.0077.2%22.1%33.4%30.8%96.0%12.3%-25.1%1.7K70.9K-9441.60135.91N/AN/A182914898