HLIT Options History — January 2010

In January 2010, HLIT traded between $5.96 and $6.67. ATM implied volatility averaged 46.9%, placing in the 32.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 9.7% (HV 20d: 37.1%). Max pain ranged from $5.00 to $7.50. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.10.

Notable Days

  • 2010-01-04: Highest Volume — 289 contracts
  • 2010-01-14: Largest IV drop — 41.6% change
  • 2010-01-13: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2010-01-08: Largest Expected Move — 15.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$6.36$5.96$6.67$6.56$6.07
Max Pain$6.18$5.00$7.50$7.50$5.00
ATM IV46.9%29.8%82.9%41.1%39.6%
Expected Move12.3%8.6%15.0%12.9%11.4%
HV 20d37.1%28.2%43.9%43.9%30.5%
HV 60d44.1%38.3%45.6%45.6%38.7%
IV Rank32.1%4.9%100.0%19.0%22.5%
IV Percentile33.7%0.8%100.0%16.7%16.3%
Term Structure-2.0%-14.3%18.6%-0.7%-8.0%
VWIV45.2%37.4%52.6%44.4%37.4%
Skew 25d2.2%-13.5%13.2%9.4%5.1%
Skew 10d12.7%-9.1%28.0%21.3%17.5%
Call IV 25d42.4%28.5%48.1%41.1%46.7%
Put IV 25d44.6%30.7%54.0%50.6%51.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %19.0310.3232.4331.9410.64
Gamma HHI0.520.480.570.530.55
Net GEX18.9K15.9K27.1K27.1K18.2K
Net DEX-2.0M-3.0M-941.2K-3.0M-994.8K
Net VEX-2.8K-3.1K-2.6K-2.9K-2.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.100.001.000.000.00
Total Volume53.368028928925
Total OI6,846.2633,25710,0629,9163,403

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-01-04$6.56$7.5041.1%12.9%43.9%19.0%44.4%9.4%-0.7%27.1K-3.0M-2.9K0.0031.94N/AN/A28909,045871
2010-01-05$6.50$7.5044.0%13.5%41.2%23.0%47.2%11.3%-1.4%25.2K-3.0M-3.0K0.0032.43N/AN/A019,136871
2010-01-06$6.44$7.5051.4%14.8%41.0%33.0%0.0%7.8%-6.2%26.6K-2.9M-3.1K0.0022.63N/AN/A6409,136872
2010-01-07$6.40$7.5056.4%14.5%40.9%39.9%0.0%4.9%-5.1%24.9K-2.9M-3.0K0.0017.26N/AN/A4409,121872
2010-01-08$6.51$7.5052.1%15.0%39.3%34.1%52.6%8.2%-7.8%16.9K-2.9M-2.8K0.5021.76N/AN/A20109,165872
2010-01-11$6.51$7.5065.9%14.4%39.3%52.9%0.0%11.0%-3.9%16.1K-3.0M-2.8K0.0031.54N/AN/A509,185872
2010-01-12$6.48$7.5071.2%13.6%39.1%79.1%47.6%9.8%-0.6%16.2K-2.9M-2.8K0.0226.92N/AN/A6519,190872
2010-01-13$6.57$7.5082.9%12.9%38.3%100.0%0.0%13.2%0.9%16.0K-3.0M-2.9K0.0028.51N/AN/A10509,169873
2010-01-14$6.67$7.5048.4%13.9%35.9%38.2%41.9%0.0%-2.4%15.9K-3.0M-2.8K0.0020.99N/AN/A14409,064873
2010-01-15$6.40$5.0044.9%12.9%39.3%31.8%37.4%4.4%-6.0%16.1K-2.8M-2.7K0.0029.35N/AN/A8508,997858
2010-01-19$6.49$5.0029.8%8.6%38.8%4.9%0.0%-7.5%18.6%17.3K-1.2M-2.6K0.0010.56N/AN/A6502,965292
2010-01-20$6.34$5.0031.1%8.9%40.1%7.2%0.0%-10.5%16.0%17.2K-1.1M-2.7K0.0010.77N/AN/A003,031292
2010-01-21$6.39$5.0030.6%8.8%39.6%6.4%0.0%3.3%14.8%17.0K-1.2M-2.7K0.0012.47N/AN/A4003,031292
2010-01-22$6.19$5.0038.7%11.1%41.6%20.8%0.0%-13.5%-7.0%17.4K-1.1M-2.7K0.0010.54N/AN/A003,069292
2010-01-25$6.14$5.0039.9%11.4%30.6%22.9%0.0%-12.1%-8.1%17.6K-1.0M-2.6K1.0010.32N/AN/A113,069292
2010-01-26$6.16$5.0043.1%12.3%28.6%28.6%0.0%-12.2%-14.3%17.6K-1.0M-2.6K0.0010.90N/AN/A2403,070293
2010-01-27$6.13$5.0042.0%12.0%28.2%26.7%0.0%5.3%-9.6%18.1K-1.0M-2.6K0.0010.93N/AN/A003,094293
2010-01-28$5.96$5.0037.2%10.7%29.7%18.1%0.0%2.1%-7.5%17.8K-941.2K-2.7K0.0011.10N/AN/A2503,094293
2010-01-29$6.07$5.0039.6%11.4%30.5%22.5%0.0%5.1%-8.0%18.2K-994.8K-2.7K0.0010.64N/AN/A2503,110293