HLIT Options History — August 2014

In August 2014, HLIT traded between $5.94 and $6.57. ATM implied volatility averaged 66.0%, placing in the 54.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 18.6% (HV 20d: 47.5%). Max pain ranged from $7.50 to $7.50. Net GEX was positive for 11 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 1 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 102.50.

Notable Days

  • 2014-08-27: Highest Volume — 617 contracts
  • 2014-08-14: Largest IV drop — 64.3% change
  • 2014-08-01: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2014-08-01: Largest Expected Move — 20.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$6.22$5.94$6.57$5.94$6.57
Max Pain$7.50$7.50$7.50$7.50$7.50
ATM IV66.0%31.3%137.2%69.8%38.0%
Expected Move10.8%7.6%20.0%20.0%8.8%
HV 20d47.5%30.0%66.7%64.6%30.0%
HV 60d42.9%41.9%44.0%42.1%43.3%
IV Rank54.0%10.3%100.0%100.0%16.0%
IV Percentile88.1%41.7%100.0%100.0%72.6%
Term Structure-9.7%-20.1%0.8%-18.2%-8.5%
Skew 25d5.1%-10.0%18.6%-2.9%3.5%
Skew 10d8.0%-6.5%23.8%0.5%5.4%
Call IV 25d37.4%20.4%76.8%68.3%28.6%
Put IV 25d42.5%25.5%86.8%65.4%32.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %83.5319.37111.16108.1483.53
Gamma HHI0.630.500.910.500.86
Net GEX-1.0K-4.8K534122-4.6K
Net DEX119.7K2.6K422.8K10.1K422.8K
Net VEX-235-510-120-281-405
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio102.500.00307.500.00307.50
Total Volume53.762061700
Total OI600.1434011,1174011,117

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-08-01$5.94$7.5069.8%20.0%64.6%100.0%0.0%-2.9%-18.2%12210.1K-2810.00108.14N/AN/A00217184
2014-08-04$6.14$0.0076.4%10.4%66.6%100.0%0.0%18.6%0.8%3119.6K-1930.00111.16N/AN/A00217184
2014-08-05$6.12$0.0081.0%11.9%66.5%100.0%0.0%9.6%-4.4%2528.8K-1490.00109.95N/AN/A00217184
2014-08-06$6.16$0.0087.2%11.8%66.7%100.0%0.0%17.2%-8.3%3387.3K-1380.00110.50N/AN/A00217184
2014-08-07$5.99$0.0092.0%14.7%66.4%100.0%0.0%-4.5%-9.4%2007.3K-2870.00109.85N/AN/A00217184
2014-08-08$6.00$0.0081.4%10.1%66.3%85.4%0.0%-10.0%-9.3%-6913.4K-1200.0020.02N/AN/A00217184
2014-08-11$6.23$0.00117.0%11.3%43.4%100.0%0.0%9.0%-9.4%4837.8K-1740.0019.37N/AN/A00217184
2014-08-12$6.08$0.00122.1%11.3%43.1%100.0%0.0%5.8%-13.7%7414.0K-1370.0021.59N/AN/A100217184
2014-08-13$6.19$0.00137.2%11.9%43.5%100.0%0.0%8.7%-5.9%4706.6K-1570.0083.63N/AN/A00227184
2014-08-14$6.19$0.0049.1%14.1%43.5%25.4%0.0%8.5%-11.0%4558.3K-1710.0083.32N/AN/A00227184
2014-08-15$6.15$0.0048.5%13.9%42.9%24.9%0.0%7.9%-14.7%3658.2K-1440.0098.32N/AN/A00227184
2014-08-18$6.21$0.0051.3%7.6%42.5%27.3%0.0%2.2%-12.2%5342.6K-1480.00107.26N/AN/A0500222180
2014-08-19$6.20$0.0055.0%8.5%42.5%30.4%0.0%-7.2%-14.2%-2.1K226.5K-2750.0077.93N/AN/A00222566
2014-08-20$6.11$0.0040.5%8.2%42.7%18.1%0.0%-0.8%-12.5%-1.1K239.6K-1790.0056.27N/AN/A20222566
2014-08-21$6.23$0.0053.1%8.1%43.4%28.8%0.0%10.0%-13.0%-1.7K231.9K-2040.0090.05N/AN/A00224566
2014-08-22$6.34$0.0036.9%8.5%43.9%15.1%0.0%-3.1%-3.9%-2.4K220.5K-2890.0083.04N/AN/A00224566
2014-08-25$6.26$0.0041.7%8.9%43.9%19.1%0.0%14.0%-20.1%-2.1K226.0K-2980.0093.04N/AN/A00224566
2014-08-26$6.52$0.0036.9%9.0%33.3%15.0%0.0%8.7%-4.5%-2.9K219.5K-3390.0096.12N/AN/A00224566
2014-08-27$6.47$0.0031.3%9.3%30.4%10.3%0.0%1.3%-5.2%-2.8K215.5K-333307.5094.80N/AN/A2615224566
2014-08-28$6.50$0.0040.3%9.3%30.4%17.9%0.0%11.3%-5.5%-4.8K408.1K-5100.0096.19N/AN/A00224893
2014-08-29$6.57$0.0038.0%8.8%30.0%16.0%0.0%3.5%-8.5%-4.6K422.8K-4050.0083.53N/AN/A00224893