HIVE Options History — October 2017

In October 2017, HIVE traded between $19.05 and $20.65. ATM implied volatility averaged 59.5%, placing in the 19.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 15.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 25.0% (HV 20d: 34.5%). 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 10 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.50.

Notable Days

  • 2017-10-16: Highest Volume — 305 contracts
  • 2017-10-27: Largest IV spike — 78.9% change
  • 2017-10-30: Highest IV Rank — 37.0%
  • 2017-10-30: Largest Expected Move — 25.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$20.03$19.05$20.65$20.40$19.85
Max Pain$25.00$25.00$25.00$25.00$25.00
ATM IV59.5%38.2%88.3%56.2%67.6%
Expected Move15.8%9.2%25.3%16.1%19.4%
HV 20d34.5%25.3%42.1%40.3%38.1%
HV 60d81.8%37.4%89.9%88.0%37.4%
IV Rank19.2%6.0%37.0%17.1%24.2%
IV Percentile60.4%11.9%90.1%61.9%79.4%
Term Structure-3.6%-23.1%15.4%-8.4%6.3%
VWIV59.6%36.0%96.3%72.5%60.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %78.0020.52116.3182.26109.95
Gamma HHI0.880.810.930.860.92
Net GEX3.8K2.0K5.7K2.3K5.6K
Net DEX-66.7K-260.5K59.0K50.5K-248.8K
Net VEX-1.1K-1.7K-566-566-1.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.500.314.981.393.16
Total Volume117.0914930511753
Total OI450.909354614428399

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-10-02$20.40$25.0056.2%16.1%40.3%17.1%72.5%0.0%-8.4%2.3K50.5K-5661.3982.26N/AN/A4968295133
2017-10-03$20.30$25.0060.9%17.5%40.4%20.1%79.9%0.0%-9.5%2.1K52.2K-5891.3857.51N/AN/A4968295133
2017-10-04$19.80$25.0063.3%18.2%42.1%21.6%0.0%0.0%-11.6%2.0K51.4K-5721.4781.11N/AN/A4972295133
2017-10-05$20.55$25.0042.7%10.1%40.8%8.8%44.1%0.0%5.5%2.4K59.0K-5721.7027.22N/AN/A4372295137
2017-10-06$20.25$25.0062.5%9.8%41.2%21.0%41.9%0.0%7.6%2.2K56.6K-5871.7022.47N/AN/A4372297137
2017-10-09$20.55$25.0057.3%9.8%38.8%17.9%40.0%0.0%10.7%2.1K55.8K-5851.6220.52N/AN/A4572297137
2017-10-10$20.65$25.0067.3%9.2%36.6%24.1%36.0%0.0%8.8%2.5K47.1K-6241.5022.78N/AN/A4872301137
2017-10-11$20.55$25.0038.2%10.9%29.1%6.0%47.9%0.0%15.4%2.3K42.6K-6471.1871.87N/AN/A6172301137
2017-10-12$20.60$25.0038.9%11.2%26.0%6.5%42.4%0.0%2.7%2.8K38.4K-6661.1867.59N/AN/A6172316137
2017-10-13$20.30$25.0040.8%11.7%25.3%7.7%44.9%0.0%-0.3%2.7K45.1K-6391.1865.28N/AN/A6172316137
2017-10-16$19.65$25.0048.4%13.9%28.4%12.3%54.1%0.0%9.0%2.0K35.2K-6950.3192.58N/AN/A23372316137
2017-10-17$19.90$25.0060.0%17.2%28.6%19.5%61.6%0.0%-16.5%5.7K-94.7K-1.6K1.0878.87N/AN/A6772477137
2017-10-18$20.50$25.0057.6%16.5%30.2%18.0%57.2%0.0%-14.4%5.6K-90.0K-1.5K0.99113.03N/AN/A6766467137
2017-10-19$19.95$25.0052.8%15.1%31.5%15.1%62.7%0.0%5.0%4.8K-101.7K-1.6K0.9971.85N/AN/A6766467137
2017-10-20$19.90$25.0059.5%17.0%31.5%19.2%59.2%0.0%-20.9%5.0K-121.4K-1.5K1.2396.15N/AN/A5466467121
2017-10-23$20.05$25.0060.3%17.3%31.5%19.7%53.3%0.0%-18.7%5.5K-222.0K-1.5K2.60109.89N/AN/A174430747
2017-10-24$19.10$25.0081.7%23.4%35.6%32.9%84.3%0.0%-10.5%4.7K-191.6K-1.4K0.90115.94N/AN/A494430747
2017-10-25$19.05$25.0071.1%20.4%32.0%26.4%96.3%0.0%-14.1%4.9K-225.2K-1.7K0.83113.88N/AN/A494134947
2017-10-26$19.90$25.0047.6%13.7%36.2%11.9%46.0%0.0%8.5%4.9K-260.5K-1.7K0.8368.17N/AN/A494134947
2017-10-27$19.40$25.0085.2%24.4%37.2%35.1%83.9%0.0%-10.9%4.9K-219.4K-1.6K0.85110.81N/AN/A484134947
2017-10-30$19.45$25.0088.3%25.3%37.2%37.0%83.6%0.0%-23.1%5.4K-225.7K-1.6K4.98116.31N/AN/A84134947
2017-10-31$19.85$25.0067.6%19.4%38.1%24.2%60.1%0.0%6.3%5.6K-248.8K-1.7K3.16109.95N/AN/A134035247