HLIT Options History — October 2014

In October 2014, HLIT traded between $5.72 and $6.67. ATM implied volatility averaged 62.5%, placing in the 36.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 29.8% (HV 20d: 32.6%). Max pain ranged from $5.00 to $5.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.52.

Notable Days

  • 2014-10-08: Highest Volume — 1,570 contracts
  • 2014-10-16: Largest IV drop — 71.8% change
  • 2014-10-15: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2014-10-28: Largest Expected Move — 10.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$6.16$5.72$6.67$6.21$6.67
Max Pain$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00
ATM IV62.5%30.1%139.2%71.7%30.1%
Expected Move8.8%7.1%10.1%9.2%9.1%
HV 20d32.6%27.5%45.8%29.0%45.8%
HV 60d35.7%30.9%45.4%45.1%34.8%
IV Rank36.4%9.1%100.0%44.5%9.1%
IV Percentile82.2%29.0%100.0%96.8%29.0%
Term Structure-8.8%-28.9%9.2%-26.7%5.9%
VWIV33.8%19.9%38.8%19.9%37.2%
Skew 25d7.3%-6.7%28.3%1.4%13.7%
Skew 10d10.8%-7.5%35.4%6.0%11.2%
Call IV 25d35.2%23.5%50.6%39.2%23.5%
Put IV 25d42.6%23.1%58.0%40.6%37.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %88.8955.72110.41110.1496.65
Gamma HHI0.610.500.870.510.87
Net GEX1.2K-1.1K4.3K4874.3K
Net DEX216.1K86.5K314.4K290.8K86.5K
Net VEX-307-465-216-452-280
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.520.253.583.582.56
Total Volume606.95701,5702800
Total OI1,074.5227321,3281,328784

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-10-01$6.21$5.0071.7%9.2%29.0%44.5%19.9%1.4%-26.7%487290.8K-4520.00110.14N/AN/A02544784
2014-10-02$6.35$5.0055.8%7.1%28.8%31.0%0.0%4.1%-28.9%981288.2K-4480.0088.33N/AN/A00544782
2014-10-03$6.36$5.0051.9%7.5%28.3%27.8%0.0%6.6%-18.3%951278.0K-4650.0099.10N/AN/A00544782
2014-10-06$6.22$5.0062.9%10.0%27.5%37.1%0.0%-1.1%-6.8%751313.4K-2820.0055.72N/AN/A00544782
2014-10-07$6.08$5.0087.2%9.4%27.9%57.6%0.0%-1.9%-11.7%-3304.1K-3500.0097.67N/AN/A00544782
2014-10-08$6.19$5.0080.4%7.6%28.9%51.8%27.0%5.3%-12.1%689303.8K-3613.5887.17N/AN/A3431,227544784
2014-10-09$6.00$5.0076.8%9.9%30.0%48.8%35.5%-0.3%-8.7%126312.9K-2723.5861.40N/AN/A3431,227544784
2014-10-10$5.81$5.0082.9%7.8%29.8%54.0%30.9%-6.7%-7.7%-719314.0K-2303.5888.82N/AN/A3431,227544784
2014-10-13$5.72$5.0098.8%9.1%27.8%67.4%0.0%6.0%-10.2%-1.1K314.0K-2160.0092.72N/AN/A00544782
2014-10-14$5.86$5.00111.2%8.7%28.5%78.0%34.4%5.8%-4.6%418312.3K-2673.58106.58N/AN/A3431,227544784
2014-10-15$6.10$5.00139.2%9.3%32.9%100.0%36.4%7.3%-13.5%1.4K304.9K-3603.58100.87N/AN/A3431,227544784
2014-10-16$6.05$5.0039.3%8.7%31.9%16.8%0.0%-0.4%-12.6%1.0K314.4K-2500.0072.00N/AN/A00544782
2014-10-17$6.00$5.0041.0%8.7%31.7%18.3%0.0%-4.2%3.7%1.1K300.6K-3530.0068.66N/AN/A00544782
2014-10-20$6.03$5.0049.3%9.0%31.4%25.2%0.0%-0.9%-8.6%1.2K111.5K-2560.00110.41N/AN/A00385347
2014-10-21$6.18$5.0050.5%9.2%32.8%26.1%35.4%5.6%-16.0%1.6K105.0K-2661.87105.23N/AN/A335627385349
2014-10-22$6.11$5.0053.5%9.7%32.8%28.7%36.6%19.5%-13.9%1.7K107.8K-2951.69100.42N/AN/A335567385349
2014-10-23$6.30$5.0032.2%7.5%34.5%10.9%38.8%22.7%7.1%2.2K104.4K-2631.6977.26N/AN/A335567385349
2014-10-24$6.23$5.0054.2%9.0%34.6%29.3%34.9%25.3%-9.8%2.1K104.1K-2791.6983.33N/AN/A335567385349
2014-10-27$6.14$5.0051.9%8.2%34.7%27.3%0.0%22.3%-10.4%1.6K106.8K-2410.0096.44N/AN/A00385347
2014-10-28$6.37$5.0034.7%10.1%36.8%12.9%35.1%28.3%9.2%2.5K88.6K-3560.2578.70N/AN/A328385347
2014-10-29$6.11$5.0046.0%9.2%39.1%22.4%35.6%-1.8%-16.6%1.1K111.4K-2512.5667.22N/AN/A225575417357
2014-10-30$6.53$5.0035.1%8.6%45.2%13.3%36.0%11.9%8.8%3.4K92.8K-2682.5699.72N/AN/A225575417357
2014-10-31$6.67$5.0030.1%9.1%45.8%9.1%37.2%13.7%5.9%4.3K86.5K-2802.5696.65N/AN/A225575427357