HLIT Options History — January 2018

In January 2018, HLIT traded between $3.65 and $4.25. ATM implied volatility averaged 69.5%, placing in the 38.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 18.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 19.1% (HV 20d: 50.4%). Max pain ranged from $2.50 to $5.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.95.

Notable Days

  • 2018-01-10: Highest Volume — 605 contracts
  • 2018-01-03: Largest IV spike — 76.8% change
  • 2018-01-30: Highest IV Rank — 82.3%
  • 2018-01-30: Largest Expected Move — 33.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$3.92$3.65$4.25$4.25$3.68
Max Pain$4.76$2.50$5.00$2.50$5.00
ATM IV69.5%38.8%116.1%48.3%97.1%
Expected Move18.9%11.1%33.3%13.8%27.8%
HV 20d50.4%34.9%54.0%34.9%52.2%
HV 60d66.3%47.9%70.4%67.0%48.0%
IV Rank38.6%9.8%82.3%18.7%64.5%
IV Percentile62.1%6.0%98.4%32.1%94.4%
Term Structure-5.3%-52.1%22.3%20.7%-0.5%
VWIV60.0%35.2%128.4%61.6%128.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %71.4311.4299.4354.5892.10
Gamma HHI0.540.430.620.460.56
Net GEX-687-1.2K-11-251-917
Net DEX-25.4K-51.4K25.6K-44.8K-13.7K
Net VEX-433-736-217-471-502
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.950.501.231.190.50
Total Volume431.095143605575209
Total OI1,866.3331,4392,1472,0741,505

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-01-02$4.25$2.5048.3%13.8%34.9%18.7%61.6%0.0%20.7%-251-44.8K-4711.1954.58N/AN/A2623135501,524
2018-01-03$3.90$2.5085.3%24.5%45.1%53.4%0.0%0.0%-43.9%-1.2K-36.1K-3231.2382.56N/AN/A2523115501,524
2018-01-04$4.10$5.0054.3%15.2%48.8%24.4%52.7%0.0%-0.9%-11-51.4K-2171.2373.96N/AN/A2523115551,534
2018-01-05$4.20$5.0059.7%14.0%49.1%29.4%35.2%0.0%22.3%-388-40.9K-4201.2124.46N/AN/A2583115551,534
2018-01-08$4.00$5.0074.7%14.7%51.1%43.5%48.3%0.0%12.8%-1.1K-29.6K-3941.1897.06N/AN/A2633115491,534
2018-01-09$3.95$5.0081.2%12.0%50.3%49.6%38.2%0.0%15.4%-603-31.3K-3821.1888.84N/AN/A2633115551,534
2018-01-10$3.88$5.0049.2%14.1%50.2%19.6%40.9%0.0%19.7%-841-22.4K-4851.0627.25N/AN/A2943115551,534
2018-01-11$3.98$5.0062.4%17.9%51.2%31.9%62.3%0.0%-11.0%-108-38.8K-3661.0668.84N/AN/A2943115871,534
2018-01-12$4.00$5.0038.8%11.1%51.3%9.8%38.4%0.0%12.2%-211-33.9K-3671.0672.00N/AN/A2943115871,544
2018-01-16$3.90$5.0044.3%12.7%51.8%15.0%43.9%0.0%19.6%-975-21.9K-4361.0672.41N/AN/A2943115871,544
2018-01-17$4.03$5.0042.8%12.3%53.3%13.6%40.7%0.0%10.3%-143-36.0K-3631.0276.84N/AN/A2943015871,544
2018-01-18$3.98$5.0045.2%13.0%52.9%15.9%43.0%0.0%13.1%-757-35.6K-3661.1271.36N/AN/A2683015871,554
2018-01-19$4.00$5.0057.2%16.4%51.8%27.1%63.5%0.0%-5.5%-90025.6K-7361.1298.16N/AN/A2683015931,554
2018-01-22$3.95$5.0046.8%13.4%49.5%17.3%56.8%0.0%0.1%-791-30.6K-3940.8811.42N/AN/A76673331,106
2018-01-23$3.80$5.0070.2%20.1%51.1%39.3%82.1%0.0%-1.7%-976-11.9K-4930.9270.30N/AN/A76703351,116
2018-01-24$3.90$5.0066.7%19.1%51.4%36.0%57.2%0.0%-41.8%-600-21.7K-4320.9094.05N/AN/A78703351,116
2018-01-25$3.70$5.00103.9%29.8%54.0%70.9%127.3%0.0%-29.2%-953-11.5K-4270.5031.42N/AN/A139703271,116
2018-01-26$3.65$5.00104.5%30.0%52.3%71.5%128.4%0.0%-23.5%-1.1K-6.4K-5990.5098.34N/AN/A139703891,116
2018-01-29$3.70$5.00109.8%31.5%52.7%76.4%0.0%0.0%-52.1%-689-21.7K-4420.5094.65N/AN/A139703891,116
2018-01-30$3.73$5.00116.1%33.3%52.6%82.3%0.0%0.0%-46.5%-826-19.0K-4860.5099.43N/AN/A139703891,116
2018-01-31$3.68$5.0097.1%27.8%52.2%64.5%0.0%0.0%-0.5%-917-13.7K-5020.5092.10N/AN/A139703891,116