HLIT Options History — April 2013

In April 2013, HLIT traded between $5.47 and $6.02. ATM implied volatility averaged 36.3%, placing in the 20.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.2% (HV 20d: 31.1%). Max pain ranged from $5.00 to $5.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 3.54.

Notable Days

  • 2013-04-29: Highest Volume — 825 contracts
  • 2013-04-17: Largest IV spike — 55.1% change
  • 2013-04-19: Highest IV Rank — 33.8%
  • 2013-04-19: Largest Expected Move — 13.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$5.70$5.47$6.02$5.77$5.68
Max Pain$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00
ATM IV36.3%26.2%47.8%38.4%33.0%
Expected Move10.2%7.5%13.7%11.0%9.5%
HV 20d31.1%15.2%45.6%15.2%43.7%
HV 60d28.3%24.8%32.5%27.4%30.7%
IV Rank20.0%8.0%33.8%22.5%16.0%
IV Percentile36.0%4.0%78.2%44.8%20.2%
Term Structure-4.0%-20.8%15.3%-17.4%1.1%
VWIV37.9%26.0%46.0%40.7%28.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %17.537.2332.0026.379.95
Gamma HHI0.640.501.000.500.69
Net GEX3.2K6835.5K4.1K683
Net DEX-287.9K-453.7K381.0K-398.7K381.0K
Net VEX-770-870-701-701-857
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio3.540.0040.253.334.56
Total Volume91.81808256589
Total OI1,487.3648482,1791,4952,179

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-04-01$5.77$5.0038.4%11.0%15.2%22.5%0.0%0.0%-17.4%4.1K-398.7K-7013.3326.37N/AN/A15501,105390
2013-04-02$5.57$5.0040.0%11.5%20.0%24.4%0.0%0.0%-7.6%5.4K-354.2K-7770.0024.42N/AN/A4001,120440
2013-04-03$5.59$5.0040.5%11.6%18.7%25.1%0.0%0.0%-17.9%5.5K-372.6K-8700.0030.91N/AN/A001,140440
2013-04-04$5.60$5.0031.2%8.9%18.7%13.9%0.0%0.0%-2.5%4.2K-377.9K-7630.3322.57N/AN/A1551,140440
2013-04-05$5.55$5.0034.9%10.4%18.3%18.3%40.7%0.0%7.8%4.9K-372.0K-8181.0032.00N/AN/A10101,151445
2013-04-08$5.68$5.0040.8%10.4%20.2%25.3%42.4%0.0%8.4%3.6K-401.0K-7922.0019.73N/AN/A10201,151455
2013-04-09$5.72$5.0039.7%9.9%20.4%24.1%0.0%0.0%-7.0%2.8K-411.3K-7800.007.96N/AN/A001,151475
2013-04-10$5.93$5.0039.9%8.6%24.1%24.4%31.1%0.0%8.2%2.6K-444.4K-7632.0511.84N/AN/A20411,151475
2013-04-11$5.91$5.0028.5%8.2%24.0%10.7%0.0%0.0%9.1%2.7K-453.7K-7810.009.78N/AN/A5001,169507
2013-04-12$5.89$5.0029.6%8.5%23.9%12.0%0.0%0.0%8.0%2.9K-450.3K-7960.0011.95N/AN/A0221,169507
2013-04-15$5.52$5.0034.1%9.8%32.9%17.4%0.0%0.0%0.3%4.1K-384.6K-8210.0014.53N/AN/A2001,169529
2013-04-16$5.65$5.0026.2%7.5%34.0%8.0%26.0%0.0%15.3%2.8K-402.4K-7500.0014.58N/AN/A0101,159529
2013-04-17$5.50$5.0040.7%11.7%34.8%25.2%45.6%0.0%4.6%3.6K-368.9K-7770.0030.89N/AN/A0201,159534
2013-04-18$5.47$5.0038.8%11.1%34.3%23.0%0.0%0.0%-9.9%3.1K-358.9K-7520.0015.64N/AN/A001,143550
2013-04-19$5.51$5.0047.8%13.7%34.2%33.8%0.0%0.0%-9.1%1.5K-370.4K-7280.0030.27N/AN/A17401,143550
2013-04-22$5.89$5.0037.9%10.9%41.9%21.9%43.1%0.0%-10.8%2.2K-145.8K-7232.0016.71N/AN/A24615233
2013-04-23$6.02$5.0038.8%11.1%42.6%23.0%0.0%0.0%-20.8%2.5K-165.2K-7630.0016.33N/AN/A1270617237
2013-04-24$5.79$5.0042.1%12.1%45.0%27.0%0.0%0.0%-17.5%2.5K-138.9K-7530.009.93N/AN/A160744237
2013-04-25$5.68$5.0035.2%10.1%45.5%18.7%46.0%0.0%-18.3%2.3K-129.0K-7100.007.23N/AN/A600744237
2013-04-26$5.71$5.0031.8%9.1%45.6%14.7%0.0%0.0%-10.1%2.9K-163.0K-7351.1312.53N/AN/A171194802237
2013-04-29$5.69$5.0027.9%8.0%45.6%10.0%28.8%0.0%-2.8%2.6K-51.4K-73440.259.56N/AN/A20805923431
2013-04-30$5.68$5.0033.0%9.5%43.7%16.0%0.0%0.0%1.1%683381.0K-8574.569.95N/AN/A16739431,236