HLIT Options History — March 2016

In March 2016, HLIT traded between $2.97 and $3.45. ATM implied volatility averaged 93.9%, placing in the 42.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 24.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 27.6% (HV 20d: 66.3%). Max pain ranged from $2.50 to $2.50. Net GEX was positive for 1 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 1 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.41.

Notable Days

  • 2016-03-16: Highest Volume — 138 contracts
  • 2016-03-16: Largest IV spike — 39.8% change
  • 2016-03-08: Highest IV Rank — 56.8%
  • 2016-03-30: Largest Expected Move — 33.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$3.23$2.97$3.45$3.37$3.26
Max Pain$2.50$2.50$2.50$2.50$2.50
ATM IV93.9%67.3%119.2%95.5%97.3%
Expected Move24.8%17.8%33.5%27.4%27.9%
HV 20d66.3%44.4%76.5%76.5%44.4%
HV 60d58.2%55.0%63.0%62.4%58.1%
IV Rank42.5%27.4%56.8%43.4%44.5%
IV Percentile87.9%73.0%96.8%92.9%90.1%
Term Structure-27.5%-52.6%13.9%-36.1%-45.8%
VWIV88.0%49.6%127.9%112.8%81.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %86.1827.28117.5298.7484.01
Gamma HHI0.780.520.960.760.74
Net GEX-944-2.0K93-852-890
Net DEX6.1K-29.2K20.9K500707
Net VEX-299-370-25-295-265
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.410.330.520.410.37
Total Volume118.68299138116126
Total OI790.409767825767809

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-03-01$3.37$2.5095.5%27.4%76.5%43.4%112.8%0.0%-36.1%-852500-2950.4198.74N/AN/A8234230537
2016-03-02$3.45$2.50104.7%30.0%73.4%48.7%125.4%0.0%-49.8%-1.0K-5.6K-2400.4199.88N/AN/A8234230537
2016-03-03$3.39$2.50106.6%21.6%73.1%49.7%74.5%0.0%-26.3%-892-3.7K-2630.4199.01N/AN/A8234230537
2016-03-04$3.26$2.50100.7%17.8%74.1%46.4%49.6%0.0%-28.5%-7822.9K-3390.3527.28N/AN/A9734230537
2016-03-07$3.26$2.50113.6%18.6%70.8%53.7%59.0%0.0%-24.8%-1.0K-717-2870.3560.82N/AN/A9834245537
2016-03-08$3.18$2.50119.2%22.4%71.3%56.8%79.6%0.0%-2.1%-1.1K7.6K-3370.34116.00N/AN/A9934246537
2016-03-09$3.27$2.5083.0%23.8%72.0%36.3%84.3%0.0%-12.5%-1.0K1.1K-3120.3483.84N/AN/A9934247537
2016-03-10$3.17$2.5076.2%21.8%72.9%32.5%80.9%0.0%-19.3%-1.0K-581-2820.5281.29N/AN/A6534247537
2016-03-11$3.27$2.5085.5%24.5%73.7%37.8%86.6%0.0%-37.0%-1.3K-3.4K-2520.5284.26N/AN/A6534248537
2016-03-14$3.16$2.5067.8%19.4%74.7%27.7%61.2%0.0%-31.5%-1.1K-1.1K-2750.5255.54N/AN/A6534248537
2016-03-15$2.97$2.5067.3%19.3%76.1%27.4%81.0%0.0%13.9%-1.4K16.9K-3230.5260.88N/AN/A6534248537
2016-03-16$3.03$2.5094.1%27.0%73.9%42.6%113.7%0.0%-10.7%-2.0K8.9K-2820.33109.36N/AN/A10434248537
2016-03-17$3.11$2.5078.6%22.5%70.1%33.9%86.4%0.0%-12.5%93-29.2K-250.3380.19N/AN/A10434288537
2016-03-18$3.23$2.5092.8%26.6%71.1%41.9%95.1%0.0%-31.2%-72714.9K-3700.33100.90N/AN/A10434288537
2016-03-21$3.29$2.5094.6%27.1%66.4%42.9%101.9%0.0%-17.4%-77017.2K-3550.44100.86N/AN/A7834262537
2016-03-22$3.24$2.50104.9%30.1%61.0%48.8%103.8%0.0%-51.5%-78120.5K-3630.44117.52N/AN/A7834262537
2016-03-23$3.20$2.5098.7%28.3%58.5%45.3%103.1%0.0%-21.7%-69720.7K-3700.44101.30N/AN/A7834262537
2016-03-24$3.22$2.5082.9%23.8%58.1%36.3%66.7%0.0%-52.6%-66120.9K-3700.4486.56N/AN/A7834261537
2016-03-28$3.18$2.5095.0%27.2%55.9%43.1%83.6%0.0%-39.0%-1.4K9.1K-2670.4483.24N/AN/A7834261537
2016-03-29$3.29$2.5089.2%25.6%45.1%39.9%77.4%0.0%-30.6%-70720.3K-3550.4461.66N/AN/A7834261537
2016-03-30$3.31$2.50116.8%33.5%45.1%55.5%127.9%0.0%-38.1%-65817.2K-3490.37102.70N/AN/A9234261537
2016-03-31$3.26$2.5097.3%27.9%44.4%44.5%81.7%0.0%-45.8%-890707-2650.3784.01N/AN/A9234272537