HLIT Options History — December 2012

In December 2012, HLIT traded between $4.70 and $5.08. ATM implied volatility averaged 30.9%, placing in the 10.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.7% (HV 20d: 28.2%). 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 19 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.29.

Notable Days

  • 2012-12-20: Highest Volume — 118 contracts
  • 2012-12-17: Largest IV spike — 42.2% change
  • 2012-12-28: Highest IV Rank — 17.8%
  • 2012-12-10: Largest Expected Move — 10.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$4.89$4.70$5.08$4.70$5.07
Max Pain$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00
ATM IV30.9%20.9%35.6%27.1%34.8%
Expected Move9.3%7.1%10.5%7.8%10.0%
HV 20d28.2%19.7%36.4%36.4%20.0%
HV 60d28.7%27.4%29.9%29.9%27.6%
IV Rank10.7%0.0%17.8%0.0%16.8%
IV Percentile8.1%0.0%19.0%0.0%17.5%
Term Structure6.7%-4.9%18.6%-4.9%8.4%
VWIV33.0%30.7%34.3%30.7%34.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %23.3913.7636.9216.1325.50
Gamma HHI0.990.981.000.990.98
Net GEX5.3K4.1K6.1K4.1K5.3K
Net DEX-204.0K-270.4K-142.9K-142.9K-239.8K
Net VEX-584-686-535-535-548
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.290.001.600.000.40
Total Volume24.550118270
Total OI1,144.21,0251,2641,0251,209

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-12-03$4.70$0.0027.1%7.8%36.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%-4.9%4.1K-142.9K-5350.0016.13N/AN/A20769256
2012-12-04$4.78$0.0029.5%8.5%36.1%3.2%0.0%0.0%13.4%4.5K-156.7K-5660.0015.73N/AN/A00771256
2012-12-05$4.72$0.0032.9%9.4%36.4%7.7%0.0%0.0%9.6%4.4K-146.2K-5430.0016.12N/AN/A60771256
2012-12-06$4.74$0.0027.8%8.0%31.9%1.0%0.0%0.0%12.7%4.6K-154.8K-5560.1121.98N/AN/A758774256
2012-12-07$4.72$5.0020.9%10.2%31.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.5%4.9K-175.5K-5600.0022.06N/AN/A00849252
2012-12-10$4.80$5.0027.6%10.5%30.9%8.1%0.0%0.0%1.1%5.3K-187.8K-5680.0026.27N/AN/A00849252
2012-12-11$4.85$5.0029.3%9.7%30.9%10.2%0.0%0.0%4.2%5.6K-195.9K-5730.5029.97N/AN/A2211849252
2012-12-12$4.82$5.0030.6%10.3%29.4%11.8%0.0%0.0%2.3%5.5K-195.1K-6040.0021.98N/AN/A100871263
2012-12-13$4.84$5.0034.6%9.9%29.5%16.6%0.0%0.0%6.0%5.5K-201.2K-6180.0027.01N/AN/A08871263
2012-12-14$4.81$5.0024.8%7.1%28.1%4.8%30.7%0.0%18.6%5.9K-187.7K-6030.2213.76N/AN/A5011871271
2012-12-17$4.92$5.0035.3%10.1%28.4%17.5%0.0%0.0%1.5%5.8K-237.1K-6260.0020.15N/AN/A00921282
2012-12-18$4.98$5.0031.7%9.1%26.6%13.1%0.0%0.0%7.7%6.1K-248.3K-6280.0021.64N/AN/A100921282
2012-12-19$5.05$5.0034.1%9.8%25.8%16.0%34.1%0.0%3.7%6.1K-270.0K-6231.6014.70N/AN/A2540926282
2012-12-20$5.08$5.0034.3%9.8%25.7%16.3%34.3%0.0%3.4%6.1K-270.4K-6860.1014.68N/AN/A10711946318
2012-12-21$4.97$5.0030.9%8.9%26.3%12.2%0.0%0.0%6.4%5.4K-213.7K-5770.0031.17N/AN/A00855329
2012-12-24$4.99$5.0030.4%8.7%25.0%11.5%0.0%0.0%8.7%5.6K-221.1K-5680.0028.21N/AN/A011855329
2012-12-26$4.97$5.0031.8%9.1%25.3%13.2%0.0%0.0%11.5%5.3K-217.3K-5650.0027.26N/AN/A011855340
2012-12-27$4.97$5.0034.7%10.0%19.7%16.8%0.0%0.0%8.9%5.1K-209.9K-5690.0036.48N/AN/A00855351
2012-12-28$4.96$5.0035.6%10.2%19.7%17.8%0.0%0.0%6.9%5.1K-207.9K-5600.0036.92N/AN/A03855351
2012-12-31$5.07$5.0034.8%10.0%20.0%16.8%0.0%0.0%8.4%5.3K-239.8K-5480.4025.50N/AN/A5020855354