HLIT Options History — November 2008

In November 2008, HLIT traded between $3.91 and $6.95. ATM implied volatility averaged 73.8%, placing in the 78.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 21.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 27.0% (HV 20d: 100.8%). Max pain ranged from $7.50 to $7.50. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.31.

Notable Days

  • 2008-11-24: Highest Volume — 700 contracts
  • 2008-11-11: Largest IV spike — 30.9% change
  • 2008-11-20: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2008-11-21: Largest Expected Move — 26.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$5.25$3.91$6.95$6.95$5.15
Max Pain$7.50$7.50$7.50$7.50$7.50
ATM IV73.8%51.2%91.3%55.5%74.9%
Expected Move21.5%15.0%26.2%15.9%21.5%
HV 20d100.8%94.1%115.2%98.2%105.3%
HV 60d79.3%69.5%90.2%69.6%89.7%
IV Rank78.5%44.4%100.0%51.3%75.7%
IV Percentile90.0%57.9%100.0%72.6%92.1%
Term Structure1.7%-6.3%12.5%4.0%6.8%
VWIV73.7%55.8%86.4%55.8%73.1%
Skew 25d11.1%-11.7%50.5%50.5%18.2%
Skew 10d19.7%-15.4%64.5%64.5%33.8%
Call IV 25d69.7%49.9%91.3%56.4%73.2%
Put IV 25d80.8%45.3%107.0%107.0%91.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %16.278.7233.0819.6518.03
Gamma HHI0.480.330.810.800.39
Net GEX20.2K4.5K92.8K88.8K11.7K
Net DEX681.1K-872.4K1.1M-872.4K729.9K
Net VEX-4.2K-10.5K-1.7K-10.5K-3.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.310.008.580.000.10
Total Volume159.5261070017165
Total OI13,380.4218,88014,55714,1749,895

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-11-03$6.95$7.5055.5%15.9%98.2%51.3%55.8%50.5%4.0%88.8K-872.4K-10.5K0.0019.65N/AN/A17010,8153,359
2008-11-04$6.91$7.5052.5%15.0%97.9%46.4%0.0%17.7%7.2%92.8K-759.2K-10.1K2.1412.77N/AN/A8518210,8203,359
2008-11-05$6.35$7.5067.6%19.4%101.7%70.8%67.6%-11.0%-4.6%53.0K64.3K-8.1K0.179.59N/AN/A1202010,8953,344
2008-11-06$5.93$7.5060.2%17.2%102.9%58.8%65.4%-11.7%0.4%26.7K620.2K-6.1K0.368.72N/AN/A1164210,9573,344
2008-11-07$6.09$7.5051.2%20.1%103.7%44.4%0.0%12.5%4.6%15.6K704.4K-5.9K0.0033.08N/AN/A33011,0503,304
2008-11-10$5.52$7.5060.5%21.5%94.1%59.4%75.1%26.1%-2.3%10.4K951.2K-4.1K1.1912.15N/AN/A14917811,0773,304
2008-11-11$5.27$7.5079.1%21.3%94.4%89.6%0.0%0.2%0.3%9.2K960.4K-3.8K0.3512.00N/AN/A311111,2143,339
2008-11-12$4.92$7.5083.3%22.5%95.1%96.3%78.4%-6.1%-2.6%6.6K1.1M-3.0K3.5014.66N/AN/A41411,2183,339
2008-11-13$5.32$7.5075.8%21.7%97.5%84.1%77.1%0.4%1.1%5.7K950.0K-3.5K0.4512.88N/AN/A421911,2183,296
2008-11-14$4.83$7.5074.8%21.4%100.9%82.5%73.1%17.5%-0.3%6.0K1.1M-2.6K4.1113.90N/AN/A3514411,2143,288
2008-11-17$4.62$7.5081.5%23.4%97.6%93.4%0.0%13.0%-4.8%5.6K1.1M-2.2K0.0014.51N/AN/A20011,2313,246
2008-11-18$4.48$7.5085.0%24.4%97.6%99.1%0.0%5.5%-6.3%4.6K1.1M-1.8K0.3915.42N/AN/A281111,2363,239
2008-11-19$4.34$7.5085.1%24.4%96.6%99.3%85.3%4.5%0.6%4.8K1.1M-2.0K0.0018.49N/AN/A239011,2583,235
2008-11-20$3.91$7.5090.8%26.0%99.9%100.0%0.0%-11.4%2.9%4.5K957.9K-1.7K0.5127.25N/AN/A351811,2923,160
2008-11-21$4.46$7.5091.3%26.2%115.2%100.0%0.0%12.1%-0.4%5.5K994.8K-2.3K0.0013.49N/AN/A10011,3063,173
2008-11-24$4.78$7.5086.4%24.8%111.4%92.7%86.4%21.0%3.1%6.8K796.7K-2.7K0.0017.83N/AN/A70006,1162,764
2008-11-25$4.79$7.5072.8%20.9%100.1%72.5%73.1%18.4%12.5%12.9K734.6K-2.9K8.5815.51N/AN/A312666,7702,764
2008-11-26$5.17$7.5073.8%21.2%105.7%74.0%0.0%34.4%9.3%12.0K665.6K-3.5K3.0319.23N/AN/A662006,7783,011
2008-11-28$5.15$7.5074.9%21.5%105.3%75.7%0.0%18.2%6.8%11.7K729.9K-3.5K0.1018.03N/AN/A150156,7843,111