HLIT Options History — January 2013

In January 2013, HLIT traded between $5.00 and $5.57. ATM implied volatility averaged 36.7%, placing in the 20.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.7% (HV 20d: 33.9%). Max pain ranged from $2.50 to $5.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.15.

Notable Days

  • 2013-01-02: Highest Volume — 412 contracts
  • 2013-01-10: Largest IV spike — 73.7% change
  • 2013-01-23: Highest IV Rank — 41.0%
  • 2013-01-23: Largest Expected Move — 15.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$5.23$5.00$5.57$5.29$5.23
Max Pain$4.76$2.50$5.00$2.50$5.00
ATM IV36.7%19.6%53.8%23.0%23.9%
Expected Move11.7%6.6%15.4%6.6%6.9%
HV 20d33.9%22.9%40.8%22.9%37.9%
HV 60d31.0%28.8%33.1%28.8%32.8%
IV Rank20.3%0.0%41.0%2.6%5.3%
IV Percentile36.2%0.0%85.7%0.4%2.0%
Term Structure-1.7%-9.7%16.8%16.8%6.3%
VWIV43.6%28.7%49.8%28.7%49.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %18.3610.0840.8310.0827.64
Gamma HHI0.980.941.000.980.98
Net GEX10.5K35627.4K4.8K1.3K
Net DEX-331.1K-478.9K-202.2K-318.0K-245.7K
Net VEX-818-1.0K-502-502-1.0K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.150.006.200.060.00
Total Volume91.667041241276
Total OI1,623.4761,1831,9031,2591,571

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-01-02$5.29$2.5023.0%6.6%22.9%2.6%28.7%0.0%16.8%4.8K-318.0K-5020.0610.08N/AN/A38824885374
2013-01-03$5.00$2.5023.9%6.9%31.4%3.7%29.9%0.0%13.4%14.9K-312.3K-7341.3820.85N/AN/A941301,204380
2013-01-04$5.17$5.0019.6%12.5%32.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%-5.2%16.5K-416.7K-8390.0011.46N/AN/A4001,263507
2013-01-07$5.18$5.0027.0%13.0%32.8%8.9%45.3%0.0%-7.6%13.5K-395.1K-8310.8611.89N/AN/A44381,243507
2013-01-08$5.10$5.0021.6%12.9%33.4%2.4%45.1%0.0%-7.7%19.2K-357.9K-8500.8716.13N/AN/A30261,243542
2013-01-09$5.08$5.0025.8%12.6%33.2%7.4%0.0%0.0%-6.4%16.1K-320.6K-8530.0013.50N/AN/A001,213539
2013-01-10$5.06$5.0044.8%12.8%33.1%30.1%44.8%0.0%-5.5%18.1K-311.4K-8440.4013.08N/AN/A62251,213539
2013-01-11$5.09$5.0041.2%11.8%33.0%25.9%41.2%0.0%-3.2%21.3K-342.6K-8410.0013.53N/AN/A7401,232564
2013-01-14$5.09$5.0043.0%12.3%33.0%28.1%43.0%0.0%-3.3%22.4K-366.8K-8400.0013.53N/AN/A0141,306564
2013-01-15$5.14$5.0045.2%13.0%32.9%30.6%46.3%0.0%-5.7%19.6K-415.3K-7970.1418.27N/AN/A711,306575
2013-01-16$5.09$5.0046.4%13.3%32.4%32.0%46.4%0.0%-7.3%27.4K-383.3K-8055.0015.61N/AN/A2101,299576
2013-01-17$5.24$5.0046.5%13.3%33.7%32.2%46.5%0.0%-6.3%9.6K-463.6K-7420.8112.75N/AN/A21171,301586
2013-01-18$5.23$5.0044.3%12.7%33.4%29.6%44.3%0.0%-3.9%7.1K-478.9K-7320.0022.01N/AN/A11001,314589
2013-01-22$5.21$5.0049.3%14.1%33.4%35.5%49.3%0.0%-7.4%1.9K-202.2K-7353.1014.81N/AN/A2062703480
2013-01-23$5.44$5.0053.8%15.4%35.4%41.0%0.0%0.0%-9.7%1.2K-241.5K-7400.0018.61N/AN/A075703537
2013-01-24$5.57$5.0041.8%12.0%36.0%26.5%49.4%0.0%8.4%356-261.7K-7350.1416.83N/AN/A24835703612
2013-01-25$5.46$5.0034.3%9.8%37.0%17.6%0.0%0.0%-7.8%1.8K-317.1K-9260.0024.85N/AN/A1000881623
2013-01-28$5.48$5.0041.5%11.9%37.0%26.2%0.0%0.0%1.8%1.3K-302.7K-8850.0015.69N/AN/A00835623
2013-01-29$5.44$5.0046.1%13.2%37.2%31.7%49.8%0.0%0.2%1.8K-281.6K-9196.2033.56N/AN/A1062835623
2013-01-30$5.19$5.0027.1%7.8%40.8%9.0%0.0%0.0%4.0%1.2K-217.3K-9960.6040.83N/AN/A5030845655
2013-01-31$5.23$5.0023.9%6.9%37.9%5.3%0.0%0.0%6.3%1.3K-245.7K-1.0K0.0027.64N/AN/A760886685