HIVE Options History — April 2016

In April 2016, HIVE traded between $25.00 and $29.85. ATM implied volatility averaged 64.5%, placing in the 20.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 15.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 31.8% (HV 20d: 32.8%). Max pain ranged from $25.00 to $25.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.21.

Notable Days

  • 2016-04-29: Highest Volume — 147 contracts
  • 2016-04-12: Largest IV spike — 136.9% change
  • 2016-04-12: Highest IV Rank — 90.8%
  • 2016-04-29: Largest Expected Move — 22.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$28.32$25.00$29.85$25.00$29.00
Max Pain$25.00$25.00$25.00$25.00$25.00
ATM IV64.5%41.7%153.8%70.6%79.8%
Expected Move15.9%12.0%22.9%20.2%22.9%
HV 20d32.8%29.0%35.8%31.4%31.6%
HV 60d41.3%33.0%46.0%44.5%33.0%
IV Rank20.9%3.1%90.8%25.6%32.9%
IV Percentile52.2%2.4%99.6%79.8%91.3%
Term Structure-3.4%-54.8%13.5%-13.5%-54.8%
VWIV56.7%43.9%95.1%70.6%95.1%
Skew 25d36.3%36.3%36.3%36.3%36.3%
Skew 10d63.7%63.7%63.7%63.7%63.7%
Call IV 25d92.0%92.0%92.0%92.0%92.0%
Put IV 25d128.3%128.3%128.3%128.3%128.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %60.0019.39110.15110.1587.70
Gamma HHI0.810.520.990.970.52
Net GEX2.0K-3446.6K4106.6K
Net DEX-65.1K-342.0K-4.4K-4.4K-342.0K
Net VEX-286-847-72-113-847
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.210.020.790.790.02
Total Volume51.0951214712147
Total OI102.814023040230

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-04-01$25.00$25.0070.6%20.2%31.4%25.6%70.6%36.3%-13.5%410-4.4K-1130.79110.15N/AN/A752317
2016-04-04$25.45$0.0065.5%16.0%29.9%21.7%0.0%0.0%-11.2%607-6.3K-1070.7946.73N/AN/A752317
2016-04-05$25.65$0.0073.0%17.2%30.0%27.6%0.0%0.0%-10.6%660-9.2K-1040.5140.53N/AN/A1152317
2016-04-06$25.85$0.0074.7%15.0%29.0%28.9%0.0%0.0%-0.6%-344-32.7K-720.5182.22N/AN/A1152717
2016-04-07$27.80$0.0098.6%16.6%35.2%47.6%0.0%0.0%5.7%375-28.3K-1010.0593.38N/AN/A10052717
2016-04-08$28.70$0.0066.4%14.9%35.8%22.4%0.0%0.0%9.4%1.8K-77.4K-2640.0531.14N/AN/A102511317
2016-04-11$28.90$0.0064.9%15.0%35.3%21.3%0.0%0.0%12.7%1.9K-39.4K-2990.0639.50N/AN/A9459617
2016-04-12$29.35$0.00153.8%21.4%32.2%90.8%0.0%0.0%-21.2%2.4K-52.6K-3610.06104.96N/AN/A98510217
2016-04-13$29.30$0.0058.6%16.8%32.1%16.3%52.4%0.0%6.0%2.5K-53.8K-3480.1642.48N/AN/A34510217
2016-04-14$29.45$25.0041.7%12.0%32.0%3.1%44.4%0.0%7.1%2.5K-79.4K-3410.1755.79N/AN/A32510217
2016-04-15$29.85$25.0042.6%12.2%32.1%3.8%43.9%0.0%-8.3%2.5K-83.1K-3750.1854.65N/AN/A30510317
2016-04-18$28.90$25.0049.0%14.0%35.0%8.8%58.9%0.0%11.7%2.5K-66.8K-2940.0562.83N/AN/A2619711
2016-04-19$28.85$25.0052.9%15.2%35.0%11.8%66.3%0.0%-22.3%2.3K-61.0K-2980.0578.06N/AN/A2319711
2016-04-20$28.75$25.0055.5%15.9%34.8%13.9%48.7%0.0%2.6%2.0K-57.6K-2570.1540.91N/AN/A2139811
2016-04-21$28.75$25.0054.3%15.6%33.7%13.0%45.3%0.0%12.0%2.1K-56.0K-3010.1441.30N/AN/A2239813
2016-04-22$28.80$25.0048.2%13.8%32.9%8.2%55.3%0.0%2.0%2.0K-59.6K-3070.1457.60N/AN/A22310013
2016-04-25$28.95$25.0045.1%12.9%32.7%5.7%45.9%0.0%13.2%1.9K-60.8K-2760.1453.26N/AN/A22310013
2016-04-26$29.00$25.0045.6%13.1%32.7%6.1%45.5%0.0%13.5%1.7K-59.7K-2740.1452.40N/AN/A22310013
2016-04-27$29.35$25.0063.7%18.3%32.8%20.3%62.6%0.0%-8.0%2.6K-73.6K-3690.1465.10N/AN/A22310013
2016-04-28$29.00$25.0050.2%14.4%31.6%9.7%58.8%0.0%-16.1%2.1K-64.5K-2920.0219.39N/AN/A142310013
2016-04-29$29.00$25.0079.8%22.9%31.6%32.9%95.1%0.0%-54.8%6.6K-342.0K-8470.0287.70N/AN/A144321713