HLIT Options History — February 2010

In February 2010, HLIT traded between $5.90 and $6.58. ATM implied volatility averaged 42.7%, placing in the 28.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 15.2% (HV 20d: 27.5%). Max pain ranged from $5.00 to $5.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.20.

Notable Days

  • 2010-02-19: Highest Volume — 370 contracts
  • 2010-02-11: Largest IV drop — 36.8% change
  • 2010-02-09: Highest IV Rank — 68.3%
  • 2010-02-02: Largest Expected Move — 14.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$6.22$5.90$6.58$6.04$6.56
Max Pain$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00
ATM IV42.7%30.3%65.2%44.4%32.9%
Expected Move10.9%8.7%14.7%12.7%9.4%
HV 20d27.5%23.2%30.5%30.5%25.1%
HV 60d35.7%33.8%38.7%38.7%34.0%
IV Rank28.0%5.7%68.3%31.0%10.4%
IV Percentile29.2%2.0%80.6%30.2%7.1%
Term Structure1.0%-29.9%17.3%-11.9%-6.6%
VWIV46.8%43.9%49.6%49.6%43.9%
Skew 25d7.5%-2.3%22.5%22.5%13.2%
Skew 10d11.5%1.9%30.3%30.3%18.7%
Call IV 25d33.9%28.4%48.1%29.1%33.7%
Put IV 25d41.4%32.7%51.6%51.6%46.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %10.949.4514.7811.3811.83
Gamma HHI0.540.500.580.570.54
Net GEX18.7K13.2K21.1K18.6K19.6K
Net DEX-1.2M-1.4M-961.1K-961.1K-1.4M
Net VEX-2.3K-2.7K-1.4K-2.5K-2.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.200.002.250.000.00
Total Volume670370530
Total OI3,578.4213,3783,7823,3783,782

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-02-01$6.04$5.0044.4%12.7%30.5%31.0%0.0%22.5%-11.9%18.6K-961.1K-2.5K0.0011.38N/AN/A503,085293
2010-02-02$6.07$5.0051.4%14.7%26.8%43.6%49.6%0.4%-1.7%18.1K-987.3K-2.5K2.2511.26N/AN/A16363,090293
2010-02-03$6.07$5.0049.2%14.1%26.8%39.7%0.0%6.6%4.6%17.9K-1.0M-2.6K0.009.45N/AN/A13003,084297
2010-02-04$5.90$5.0043.9%12.6%28.2%30.2%43.9%2.1%14.3%18.6K-980.3K-2.7K0.1614.78N/AN/A61103,213297
2010-02-05$6.05$5.0049.3%9.1%30.0%39.8%0.0%3.7%17.3%19.0K-1.1M-2.5K0.409.50N/AN/A1043,264305
2010-02-08$6.02$5.0057.1%9.7%29.1%53.8%0.0%3.0%12.0%19.0K-1.1M-2.4K0.0010.13N/AN/A6503,274309
2010-02-09$6.08$5.0065.2%10.7%29.5%68.3%0.0%3.4%9.3%18.8K-1.1M-2.4K0.0011.23N/AN/A003,244309
2010-02-10$6.10$5.0055.9%10.6%29.6%51.6%0.0%4.7%13.9%19.2K-1.1M-2.5K0.0510.91N/AN/A2013,244309
2010-02-11$6.09$5.0035.3%10.1%28.9%14.7%0.0%5.3%8.9%18.7K-1.1M-2.3K0.0110.53N/AN/A15013,224310
2010-02-12$6.13$5.0037.0%10.6%28.3%17.8%0.0%6.7%-4.9%19.3K-1.1M-2.4K0.3310.33N/AN/A30103,282310
2010-02-16$6.15$5.0035.5%10.2%24.8%15.1%0.0%7.6%-5.4%18.4K-1.1M-2.0K0.0011.13N/AN/A2603,272300
2010-02-17$6.19$5.0040.4%11.6%24.3%23.8%0.0%3.9%4.3%18.1K-1.1M-2.0K0.0011.29N/AN/A11803,262300
2010-02-18$6.13$5.0049.1%14.1%23.2%39.5%0.0%-2.3%-29.9%13.2K-1.1M-1.4K0.009.45N/AN/A1003,270300
2010-02-19$6.41$5.0034.1%9.8%28.3%12.5%0.0%9.7%-13.1%18.0K-1.3M-1.9K0.1611.39N/AN/A320503,265300
2010-02-22$6.57$5.0030.5%8.7%26.9%6.0%0.0%13.0%-8.3%19.6K-1.4M-2.3K0.0011.70N/AN/A9503,338299
2010-02-23$6.47$5.0030.9%8.8%27.4%6.7%0.0%8.4%11.1%19.9K-1.3M-2.2K0.0010.48N/AN/A6003,418299
2010-02-24$6.56$5.0039.2%11.2%27.7%21.7%0.0%17.8%10.5%21.1K-1.4M-2.0K0.0010.61N/AN/A1503,468299
2010-02-25$6.58$5.0030.3%8.7%27.6%5.7%0.0%13.2%-6.1%20.6K-1.4M-2.3K0.0010.43N/AN/A003,483299
2010-02-26$6.56$5.0032.9%9.4%25.1%10.4%0.0%13.2%-6.6%19.6K-1.4M-2.2K0.0011.83N/AN/A3003,483299