HIVE Options History — December 2017

In December 2017, HIVE traded between $25.75 and $31.30. ATM implied volatility averaged 65.8%, placing in the 23.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 16.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 32.8% (HV 20d: 33.0%). Max pain ranged from $12.50 to $37.50. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.67.

Notable Days

  • 2017-12-12: Highest Volume — 350 contracts
  • 2017-12-08: Largest IV spike — 84.7% change
  • 2017-12-12: Highest IV Rank — 57.9%
  • 2017-12-18: Largest Expected Move — 25.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$28.78$25.75$31.30$26.75$29.20
Max Pain$28.13$12.50$37.50$25.00$37.50
ATM IV65.8%37.4%122.0%59.4%61.7%
Expected Move16.9%12.2%25.0%17.0%17.7%
HV 20d33.0%25.1%41.7%27.2%41.7%
HV 60d35.0%32.2%36.6%35.5%36.4%
IV Rank23.1%5.6%57.9%19.2%20.6%
IV Percentile68.0%9.5%96.0%65.5%67.5%
Term Structure12.9%-3.0%46.9%-2.1%31.5%
VWIV60.4%40.4%87.6%62.7%68.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %53.4428.9992.6486.6935.44
Gamma HHI0.610.480.850.800.49
Net GEX12.8K7.7K17.8K13.5K17.8K
Net DEX-734.3K-901.4K-572.0K-701.1K-780.2K
Net VEX-2.9K-3.8K-2.3K-2.5K-3.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.670.082.080.450.31
Total Volume116.354935016265
Total OI731.15545983545983

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-12-01$26.75$25.0059.4%17.0%27.2%19.2%62.7%0.0%-2.1%13.5K-701.1K-2.5K0.4586.69N/AN/A1125047075
2017-12-04$25.75$12.5053.9%13.2%32.6%15.8%46.3%0.0%5.8%12.6K-599.3K-2.4K0.3069.74N/AN/A1043147575
2017-12-05$25.75$12.5064.1%14.5%26.3%22.1%50.4%0.0%7.4%11.6K-584.3K-2.5K1.1846.73N/AN/A283350685
2017-12-06$26.90$12.5043.8%13.4%29.2%9.5%46.8%0.0%5.1%12.7K-726.5K-2.4K2.0892.64N/AN/A163350987
2017-12-07$27.30$12.5037.4%12.4%29.0%5.6%43.4%0.0%7.6%13.8K-779.3K-2.4K1.7073.48N/AN/A203351187
2017-12-08$27.45$12.5069.1%13.3%28.9%25.2%46.7%0.0%7.7%13.2K-771.4K-2.5K1.6345.65N/AN/A213451588
2017-12-11$27.75$12.5066.6%12.2%28.2%23.6%40.4%0.0%13.6%13.7K-825.7K-2.4K0.5970.00N/AN/A573452088
2017-12-12$27.95$12.50122.0%13.7%25.1%57.9%42.8%0.0%24.1%11.8K-778.1K-2.5K0.6456.65N/AN/A21413652388
2017-12-13$29.10$37.5053.4%15.3%27.1%15.5%53.8%0.0%2.4%12.2K-572.0K-2.3K0.3171.83N/AN/A11536523189
2017-12-14$30.25$37.5052.3%15.0%28.8%14.8%64.1%0.0%16.4%7.7K-694.9K-2.9K0.2873.11N/AN/A13036517190
2017-12-15$29.70$37.5048.9%14.0%30.8%12.7%48.3%0.0%1.0%11.5K-648.3K-2.5K0.9057.26N/AN/A3935583190
2017-12-18$31.30$37.5087.4%25.0%33.7%36.5%87.6%0.0%-3.0%8.5K-851.3K-3.3K0.2543.14N/AN/A16942554150
2017-12-19$30.70$37.5080.0%22.9%35.4%31.9%84.0%0.0%10.3%12.3K-774.7K-3.4K0.4532.79N/AN/A9643648167
2017-12-20$30.05$37.5082.8%23.7%37.2%33.6%83.8%0.0%7.3%11.4K-828.0K-3.8K1.2728.99N/AN/A3645654170
2017-12-21$30.75$37.5062.0%17.8%37.5%20.7%72.7%0.0%38.0%11.6K-901.4K-3.8K0.2631.27N/AN/A10226652173
2017-12-22$29.70$37.5072.0%20.6%40.5%27.0%72.2%0.0%10.6%13.4K-693.6K-3.1K0.2854.95N/AN/A9025675174
2017-12-26$29.65$37.5070.5%20.2%40.3%26.0%70.5%0.0%16.1%14.7K-700.6K-3.1K0.1333.16N/AN/A668713176
2017-12-27$29.60$37.5072.2%20.7%40.4%27.1%71.2%0.0%11.7%14.5K-683.4K-3.1K0.0833.16N/AN/A1038705176
2017-12-28$29.95$37.5055.5%15.9%40.3%16.8%51.3%0.0%46.9%17.2K-792.0K-3.4K0.3132.05N/AN/A4313783176
2017-12-29$29.20$37.5061.7%17.7%41.7%20.6%68.6%0.0%31.5%17.8K-780.2K-3.4K0.3135.44N/AN/A5015803180