HIVE Options History — December 2016

In December 2016, HIVE traded between $25.75 and $29.65. ATM implied volatility averaged 50.7%, placing in the 14.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 15.9% (HV 20d: 34.8%). Max pain ranged from $25.00 to $37.50. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.02.

Notable Days

  • 2016-12-06: Highest Volume — 174 contracts
  • 2016-12-14: Largest IV drop — 65.6% change
  • 2016-12-13: Highest IV Rank — 58.8%
  • 2016-12-01: Largest Expected Move — 19.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$28.01$25.75$29.65$27.15$28.35
Max Pain$26.19$25.00$37.50$37.50$25.00
ATM IV50.7%30.6%107.3%68.3%40.6%
Expected Move11.6%8.8%19.6%19.6%11.6%
HV 20d34.8%30.6%39.7%38.5%32.2%
HV 60d32.7%31.2%33.7%32.4%31.2%
IV Rank14.1%0.0%58.8%26.3%7.9%
IV Percentile30.5%0.0%98.4%82.5%4.8%
Term Structure0.8%-25.9%20.0%-25.9%-1.3%
VWIV39.0%29.2%50.1%50.1%38.6%
Skew 25d6.9%-6.0%16.3%7.8%16.3%
Skew 10d15.9%1.4%26.2%25.2%25.5%
Call IV 25d43.4%33.8%52.3%47.5%33.8%
Put IV 25d50.3%32.1%56.7%55.3%50.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %39.5215.66104.0688.2632.32
Gamma HHI0.980.940.990.950.98
Net GEX-16.0K-36.1K-6.1K-6.1K-15.1K
Net DEX66.1K-42.8K311.9K31.5K20.5K
Net VEX-665-1.5K-278-598-443
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.020.273.570.700.48
Total Volume66.81331746334
Total OI457.429219503219494

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-12-01$27.15$37.5068.3%19.6%38.5%26.3%50.1%7.8%-25.9%-6.1K31.5K-5980.7088.26N/AN/A372674145
2016-12-02$26.45$37.5047.6%13.6%39.7%9.0%0.0%0.5%-10.2%-7.0K63.8K-6743.5778.32N/AN/A3713374163
2016-12-05$26.15$25.0047.5%12.1%36.5%9.0%42.3%12.2%9.9%-14.1K147.0K-9680.7931.43N/AN/A372974261
2016-12-06$25.75$25.0059.1%10.9%35.1%18.6%37.9%10.2%7.2%-21.4K278.3K-1.2K3.3733.09N/AN/A4013474304
2016-12-07$26.15$25.0056.6%11.7%35.5%16.5%41.0%12.9%4.1%-26.9K308.4K-1.5K3.5536.64N/AN/A3813474429
2016-12-08$26.95$25.0068.7%13.1%35.3%26.6%49.9%12.4%5.5%-25.2K311.9K-1.5K3.55104.06N/AN/A3813469429
2016-12-09$28.25$25.0061.2%11.6%38.6%20.4%38.4%15.1%10.4%-36.1K-16.8K-3780.2745.29N/AN/A381069429
2016-12-12$28.05$25.0090.5%9.6%36.1%44.7%38.4%4.0%14.2%-20.9K70.2K-7990.2728.54N/AN/A381069429
2016-12-13$28.35$25.00107.3%9.3%35.7%58.8%35.5%6.8%17.8%-17.4K37.4K-7020.2725.56N/AN/A381069429
2016-12-14$28.45$25.0037.0%10.6%35.6%0.2%35.3%0.0%2.1%-17.6K46.9K-7020.2763.29N/AN/A381069429
2016-12-15$28.90$25.0030.6%8.8%34.9%0.0%29.2%14.3%20.0%-10.4K-14.6K-4180.2723.53N/AN/A381069429
2016-12-16$29.25$25.0038.6%11.1%35.1%6.4%40.8%3.2%-5.2%-11.9K4.3K-5470.4127.75N/AN/A251069429
2016-12-19$29.65$25.0035.4%10.2%32.4%3.8%34.6%3.9%11.7%-6.3K-42.8K-2780.3823.12N/AN/A24969427
2016-12-20$28.55$25.0032.4%9.3%34.0%1.4%36.0%-6.0%6.3%-13.3K-7.7K-4530.3720.82N/AN/A301170427
2016-12-21$28.80$25.0034.0%9.7%33.4%2.7%32.8%2.3%-5.4%-11.8K7.5K-3900.5117.53N/AN/A221163429
2016-12-22$28.65$25.0035.7%10.2%33.4%4.0%35.5%6.1%4.1%-13.1K13.2K-4350.4815.66N/AN/A231164429
2016-12-23$28.80$25.0032.5%9.3%32.9%1.5%32.0%0.6%-1.0%-9.8K-9.9K-3450.4818.31N/AN/A231165429
2016-12-27$29.15$25.0049.3%14.1%30.6%14.8%45.6%5.8%-19.2%-12.8K21.5K-4750.4828.32N/AN/A231165429
2016-12-28$28.25$25.0042.0%12.0%32.8%9.0%39.2%4.9%-10.6%-17.9K43.0K-5140.4825.61N/AN/A231165429
2016-12-29$28.15$25.0049.5%14.2%32.8%14.9%47.8%4.4%-18.3%-20.3K73.8K-6270.4862.41N/AN/A231165429
2016-12-30$28.35$25.0040.6%11.6%32.2%7.9%38.6%16.3%-1.3%-15.1K20.5K-4430.4832.32N/AN/A231165429