HLIT Options History — March 2017

In March 2017, HLIT traded between $5.50 and $6.05. ATM implied volatility averaged 61.8%, placing in the 15.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 15.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 11.0% (HV 20d: 50.8%). Max pain ranged from $5.00 to $5.00. Net GEX was positive for 1 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 5.55.

Notable Days

  • 2017-03-02: Highest Volume — 1,523 contracts
  • 2017-03-13: Largest IV spike — 63.7% change
  • 2017-03-13: Highest IV Rank — 45.3%
  • 2017-03-01: Largest Expected Move — 23.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$5.84$5.50$6.05$5.85$5.98
Max Pain$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00
ATM IV61.8%40.7%118.2%82.3%45.2%
Expected Move15.3%11.7%23.6%23.6%13.0%
HV 20d50.8%34.4%61.3%61.3%34.6%
HV 60d45.2%42.9%50.5%50.5%42.9%
IV Rank15.9%4.9%45.3%26.7%7.3%
IV Percentile34.6%0.8%92.1%70.2%4.4%
Term Structure2.1%-21.1%20.2%-21.1%1.1%
VWIV53.7%39.4%68.2%60.7%45.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %74.4627.84104.6332.4767.52
Gamma HHI0.760.530.920.790.53
Net GEX-5.7K-16.4K496-4.0K-1.1K
Net DEX-747.3K-1.1M-547.4K-1.1M-701.0K
Net VEX-761-1.2K-261-959-261
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio5.552.669.438.063.10
Total Volume951.4784861,5231,323496
Total OI3,778.3912,9974,7484,4012,997

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-03-01$5.85$5.0082.3%23.6%61.3%26.7%0.0%0.0%-21.1%-4.0K-1.1M-9598.0632.47N/AN/A1461,1772,2102,191
2017-03-02$5.90$5.0057.0%16.3%59.4%13.4%60.7%0.0%-4.2%-5.4K-983.9K-1.1K9.4398.69N/AN/A1461,3772,2052,191
2017-03-03$5.84$5.0065.2%18.7%58.1%17.7%68.2%0.0%-19.2%-6.2K-1.0M-1.0K9.2482.52N/AN/A1201,1092,2052,391
2017-03-06$6.05$5.0067.3%15.3%53.0%18.8%57.8%0.0%-6.6%-5.1K-1.0M-1.2K6.45101.23N/AN/A1721,1092,1822,566
2017-03-07$6.00$5.0068.9%15.6%50.7%19.6%59.5%0.0%9.9%-7.0K-783.3K-9866.8980.01N/AN/A1611,1091,7162,566
2017-03-08$5.98$5.0078.8%15.8%50.4%24.8%60.3%0.0%13.2%-7.5K-756.2K-1.1K5.9080.15N/AN/A1881,1091,7092,566
2017-03-09$5.93$5.0076.6%15.1%50.7%23.7%57.7%0.0%13.5%-9.4K-787.8K-8522.7248.56N/AN/A4081,1091,7092,566
2017-03-10$5.90$5.0072.2%15.8%50.2%21.4%58.0%0.0%6.9%-6.3K-634.3K-1.2K7.1173.98N/AN/A1561,1091,6532,566
2017-03-13$5.80$5.00118.2%17.5%49.5%45.3%61.6%0.0%-3.1%-5.7K-692.1K-9947.8196.59N/AN/A1421,1091,6562,566
2017-03-14$5.50$5.0098.1%15.3%53.0%34.9%57.3%0.0%8.6%-16.4K-547.4K-1.2K8.0987.36N/AN/A1371,1091,6532,566
2017-03-15$5.70$5.0048.6%13.9%52.5%9.1%54.1%0.0%10.4%-7.2K-676.9K-9168.5376.97N/AN/A1291,1001,6532,566
2017-03-16$5.78$5.0059.4%17.0%52.7%14.7%49.1%0.0%6.1%496-829.0K-2628.53104.63N/AN/A1291,1001,6532,567
2017-03-17$5.75$5.0049.8%14.3%52.8%9.7%55.0%0.0%4.0%-8.8K-721.3K-7608.5379.16N/AN/A1291,1001,6532,567
2017-03-20$5.83$5.0053.1%15.2%52.8%11.4%58.9%0.0%20.2%-6.6K-669.7K-7933.2643.34N/AN/A1153751,5571,602
2017-03-21$5.70$5.0042.5%12.2%53.0%5.8%39.4%0.0%11.1%-6.4K-665.5K-6523.3866.42N/AN/A1113751,5211,602
2017-03-22$5.68$5.0063.1%18.1%53.0%16.6%63.1%0.0%-5.5%-7.2K-570.4K-9043.0298.64N/AN/A1243751,5201,602
2017-03-23$5.83$5.0040.7%11.7%53.2%4.9%40.7%0.0%11.6%-3.8K-719.6K-4052.9895.40N/AN/A1263751,5161,602
2017-03-24$5.95$5.0042.8%12.3%53.5%6.0%42.8%0.0%0.0%-2.3K-749.2K-3222.6629.27N/AN/A1413751,5021,602
2017-03-27$5.83$5.0046.4%13.3%54.2%7.9%46.4%0.0%5.4%-4.0K-650.3K-4262.6627.84N/AN/A1413751,3951,602
2017-03-28$5.75$5.0049.3%14.1%51.4%9.4%49.3%0.0%1.6%-5.5K-618.8K-5082.9176.66N/AN/A1293751,3951,602
2017-03-29$5.85$5.0047.6%13.7%34.4%8.5%47.6%0.0%-7.8%-3.5K-655.7K-4203.1870.93N/AN/A1183751,3951,602
2017-03-30$5.95$5.0048.3%13.8%34.8%8.9%48.3%0.0%-7.2%-1.9K-689.9K-2633.1594.23N/AN/A1193751,3951,602
2017-03-31$5.98$5.0045.2%13.0%34.6%7.3%45.0%0.0%1.1%-1.1K-701.0K-2613.1067.52N/AN/A1213751,3951,602