HLIT Options History — April 2012

In April 2012, HLIT traded between $4.46 and $5.41. ATM implied volatility averaged 45.7%, placing in the 32.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 9.8% (HV 20d: 35.9%). Max pain ranged from $5.00 to $5.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.77.

Notable Days

  • 2012-04-10: Highest Volume — 609 contracts
  • 2012-04-12: Largest IV spike — 58.1% change
  • 2012-04-18: Highest IV Rank — 52.2%
  • 2012-04-18: Largest Expected Move — 16.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$4.84$4.46$5.41$5.41$4.72
Max Pain$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00
ATM IV45.7%31.1%58.2%38.5%31.1%
Expected Move13.8%8.9%16.7%11.0%8.9%
HV 20d35.9%30.3%43.8%42.9%32.8%
HV 60d43.1%40.6%44.5%43.0%40.7%
IV Rank32.7%10.1%52.2%21.8%10.1%
IV Percentile45.3%7.9%80.6%23.0%7.9%
Term Structure1.6%-8.7%19.5%5.3%19.5%
VWIV50.5%35.5%56.8%53.1%50.4%
Skew 25d7.0%-4.4%25.9%1.3%11.2%
Skew 10d15.0%-2.9%41.5%10.3%18.0%
Call IV 25d44.1%34.2%52.9%44.9%34.2%
Put IV 25d51.1%44.4%62.6%46.3%45.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %21.6711.3837.8912.0215.54
Gamma HHI0.540.440.830.830.66
Net GEX1.8K1243.3K3.2K1.4K
Net DEX71.7K-255.6K382.6K-255.6K54.3K
Net VEX-2.6K-3.0K-2.4K-2.7K-2.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.770.009.570.000.00
Total Volume121.95060926580
Total OI5,637.053,7567,0375,8143,766

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-04-02$5.41$5.0038.5%11.0%42.9%21.8%0.0%1.3%5.3%3.2K-255.6K-2.7K0.0012.02N/AN/A26504,2891,525
2012-04-03$5.30$5.0041.6%11.9%42.1%26.3%0.0%1.4%3.7%3.3K-214.5K-2.8K0.0016.41N/AN/A17004,3461,525
2012-04-04$5.18$5.0049.0%14.1%41.6%38.0%0.0%1.3%5.9%3.0K-140.0K-2.8K0.0027.34N/AN/A304,5091,525
2012-04-05$5.14$5.0048.5%13.9%41.1%37.1%0.0%1.4%5.9%2.8K-113.1K-2.7K0.0032.30N/AN/A004,5121,525
2012-04-09$4.96$5.0044.9%15.2%42.0%31.5%53.1%-0.8%-4.5%2.2K-4.9K-2.5K0.0811.38N/AN/A241194,5121,525
2012-04-10$4.75$5.0032.1%16.3%43.8%11.6%56.8%-4.4%-5.1%2.9K127.9K-2.5K1.9018.50N/AN/A2103994,6821,544
2012-04-11$4.89$5.0036.3%15.7%41.6%18.0%54.6%13.7%-2.9%2.0K63.4K-3.0K0.0719.47N/AN/A151104,7891,835
2012-04-12$4.93$5.0057.3%16.4%36.2%50.9%0.0%13.7%-5.4%2.3K28.1K-3.0K0.0021.30N/AN/A404,8001,835
2012-04-13$4.81$5.0055.5%15.9%33.6%48.0%0.0%-1.1%-4.4%1.9K136.6K-2.8K0.0023.97N/AN/A004,8041,835
2012-04-16$4.81$5.0057.9%16.6%33.6%51.8%0.0%-3.8%-4.7%2.0K124.1K-2.8K0.4022.01N/AN/A524,8041,835
2012-04-17$4.86$5.0054.9%15.7%31.0%47.0%0.0%-4.3%-7.8%1.9K122.4K-2.7K0.8722.12N/AN/A1871624,8091,833
2012-04-18$4.70$5.0058.2%16.7%32.2%52.2%0.0%9.6%-8.7%533306.9K-2.7K0.0021.93N/AN/A3304,8701,988
2012-04-19$4.67$5.0050.9%14.6%31.9%40.8%0.0%12.1%-1.1%124335.4K-2.6K0.0029.65N/AN/A15604,9031,988
2012-04-20$4.56$5.0039.9%11.4%32.4%23.7%0.0%25.9%2.2%136382.6K-2.5K0.0637.89N/AN/A3225,0491,988
2012-04-23$4.46$5.0040.1%11.5%32.7%24.1%35.5%24.3%14.0%346169.0K-2.4K0.0013.24N/AN/A4702,4171,415
2012-04-24$4.58$5.0052.7%15.1%30.3%43.6%52.7%7.8%-6.7%749107.5K-2.6K9.5730.55N/AN/A212012,4571,415
2012-04-25$4.62$5.0050.4%14.4%31.0%40.0%50.4%8.6%-2.9%1.5K98.2K-2.4K0.0630.17N/AN/A1612,4701,301
2012-04-26$4.70$5.0036.3%10.4%32.5%18.1%0.0%11.6%11.4%1.4K50.5K-2.5K0.0014.09N/AN/A002,4591,301
2012-04-27$4.70$5.0037.1%10.6%32.6%19.3%0.0%10.4%18.3%1.4K54.4K-2.5K0.0013.61N/AN/A2202,4551,301
2012-04-30$4.72$5.0031.1%8.9%32.8%10.1%0.0%11.2%19.5%1.4K54.3K-2.4K0.0015.54N/AN/A8002,4651,301