HLIT Options History — March 2014

In March 2014, HLIT traded between $6.40 and $7.14. ATM implied volatility averaged 39.0%, placing in the 31.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 17.1% (HV 20d: 21.9%). Max pain ranged from $7.50 to $7.50. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.04.

Notable Days

  • 2014-03-24: Highest Volume — 40 contracts
  • 2014-03-13: Largest IV drop — 52.2% change
  • 2014-03-12: Highest IV Rank — 54.1%
  • 2014-03-03: Largest Expected Move — 13.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$6.68$6.40$7.14$6.40$7.14
Max Pain$7.50$7.50$7.50$7.50$7.50
ATM IV39.0%25.7%61.6%47.0%25.7%
Expected Move9.9%7.4%13.5%13.5%7.4%
HV 20d21.9%17.4%26.4%17.4%26.4%
HV 60d28.8%27.1%30.7%29.3%29.0%
IV Rank31.1%16.1%54.1%37.5%16.1%
IV Percentile67.0%12.3%97.6%92.5%12.3%
Term Structure-5.8%-19.3%13.3%-19.0%13.3%
Skew 25d14.7%-0.1%22.6%9.5%15.7%
Skew 10d15.5%-39.9%30.6%14.4%-39.9%
Call IV 25d36.1%17.9%48.2%34.7%17.9%
Put IV 25d50.8%33.6%62.7%44.2%33.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %100.6693.18108.68108.6893.18
Gamma HHI0.670.430.830.620.81
Net GEX1.7K9373.7K1.2K3.7K
Net DEX-26.1K-87.0K-336-336-73.2K
Net VEX-376-451-295-397-351
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.040.000.270.270.00
Total Volume5.524040198
Total OI1,0409931,0541,0291,033

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-03-03$6.40$7.5047.0%13.5%17.4%37.5%0.0%9.5%-19.0%1.2K-336-3970.27108.68N/AN/A154788241
2014-03-04$6.69$7.5042.1%12.1%22.0%31.9%0.0%14.4%-16.9%1.8K-17.0K-3600.0098.90N/AN/A130800241
2014-03-05$6.72$7.5044.0%12.6%21.1%34.0%0.0%-0.1%-17.5%2.1K-25.4K-4340.0098.73N/AN/A00813241
2014-03-06$6.66$7.5044.0%12.6%21.5%34.1%0.0%13.1%-19.3%1.9K-22.3K-4240.00100.05N/AN/A00813241
2014-03-07$6.69$7.5048.8%8.7%20.4%39.6%0.0%16.5%4.5%2.0K-26.0K-4510.00103.24N/AN/A00813241
2014-03-10$6.65$7.5050.5%7.9%20.6%41.5%0.0%12.8%2.5%1.8K-18.2K-4210.0099.10N/AN/A00813241
2014-03-11$6.59$7.5054.3%8.3%20.9%45.8%0.0%10.5%0.9%1.7K-17.0K-4100.0099.04N/AN/A00813241
2014-03-12$6.63$7.5061.6%9.5%20.9%54.1%0.0%15.9%-1.7%1.7K-21.8K-3440.00100.27N/AN/A00813241
2014-03-13$6.49$7.5029.4%8.4%21.7%17.4%0.0%7.5%-3.0%965-8.8K-3590.0098.90N/AN/A230813241
2014-03-14$6.49$7.5032.0%9.2%21.5%24.9%0.0%8.1%-3.8%937-2.2K-3580.00101.15N/AN/A00803241
2014-03-17$6.55$7.5032.6%9.3%21.7%25.8%0.0%10.9%-3.6%967-1.5K-3360.00100.59N/AN/A00803241
2014-03-18$6.63$7.5034.4%9.9%22.0%28.4%0.0%16.2%-4.0%1.1K-8.2K-2950.00101.11N/AN/A00803241
2014-03-19$6.68$7.5033.8%9.7%22.1%27.4%0.0%16.5%-2.1%1.3K-16.8K-3630.00102.75N/AN/A00803231
2014-03-20$6.76$7.5033.6%9.6%22.3%27.2%0.0%20.2%-2.9%1.4K-22.6K-3330.00100.75N/AN/A00803231
2014-03-21$6.81$7.5033.0%9.5%22.3%26.3%0.0%22.6%-1.5%1.6K-26.2K-3360.00100.50N/AN/A130803231
2014-03-24$6.71$7.5031.4%9.0%22.9%24.1%0.0%20.1%-2.1%1.4K-16.8K-3690.00101.11N/AN/A400762231
2014-03-25$6.80$7.5035.4%10.1%22.8%29.7%0.0%22.1%-11.1%1.9K-50.7K-3860.00102.17N/AN/A00802231
2014-03-26$6.71$7.5032.4%9.3%22.8%25.5%0.0%16.1%-12.3%1.6K-40.5K-3750.00100.67N/AN/A00802231
2014-03-27$6.73$7.5037.9%10.9%22.8%33.3%0.0%20.9%-12.7%1.7K-44.7K-3880.00103.16N/AN/A00802231
2014-03-28$6.84$7.5034.2%9.8%23.3%28.0%0.0%18.5%-9.7%2.5K-87.0K-4080.0099.83N/AN/A00802231
2014-03-31$7.14$7.5025.7%7.4%26.4%16.1%0.0%15.7%13.3%3.7K-73.2K-3510.0093.18N/AN/A80802231