HLIT Options History — March 2018

In March 2018, HLIT traded between $3.48 and $3.93. ATM implied volatility averaged 88.2%, placing in the 47.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 21.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 21.5% (HV 20d: 66.7%). Max pain ranged from $2.50 to $5.00. Net GEX was positive for 3 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.97.

Notable Days

  • 2018-03-06: Highest Volume — 462 contracts
  • 2018-03-06: Largest IV spike — 53.1% change
  • 2018-03-07: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2018-03-01: Largest Expected Move — 35.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$3.75$3.48$3.93$3.50$3.85
Max Pain$3.45$2.50$5.00$2.50$5.00
ATM IV88.2%52.9%164.7%125.2%66.6%
Expected Move21.0%15.2%35.9%35.9%19.1%
HV 20d66.7%44.2%73.9%73.9%44.2%
HV 60d56.9%54.9%58.6%55.5%57.7%
IV Rank47.6%18.0%100.0%89.0%28.1%
IV Percentile76.2%42.5%100.0%98.8%65.9%
Term Structure-21.8%-67.7%36.2%-59.9%7.5%
VWIV76.0%56.2%121.7%121.7%88.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %69.2221.91115.03100.5967.31
Gamma HHI0.630.450.840.630.46
Net GEX-791-1.9K75-1.7K1
Net DEX27.1K-29.9K50.7K8.7K45.3K
Net VEX-515-643-404-594-445
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.970.863.940.863.34
Total Volume380.619262462262347
Total OI2,011.0481,8452,0811,8452,079

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-03-01$3.50$2.50125.2%35.9%73.9%89.0%121.7%0.0%-59.9%-1.7K8.7K-5940.86100.59N/AN/A1411214741,371
2018-03-02$3.48$2.50117.6%33.7%73.9%82.0%111.9%0.0%-67.7%-1.0K-12.5K-4330.8696.69N/AN/A1411214741,387
2018-03-05$3.65$2.5089.5%24.3%73.0%56.1%68.1%0.0%-26.0%-1.4K6-6430.8622.60N/AN/A1411214741,387
2018-03-06$3.75$2.50136.9%20.1%73.5%99.7%58.5%0.0%-35.7%-207-29.9K-4042.2871.87N/AN/A1413214741,387
2018-03-07$3.70$2.50150.2%18.8%73.6%100.0%56.2%0.0%-19.0%-94925.3K-5652.2823.52N/AN/A1413214741,587
2018-03-08$3.70$2.50164.7%20.2%73.6%100.0%60.9%0.0%-32.3%-1.1K26.5K-5772.2827.56N/AN/A1413214741,587
2018-03-09$3.58$2.50135.0%20.0%63.6%78.2%63.3%0.0%-37.7%-1.5K30.2K-5992.2897.37N/AN/A1413214741,587
2018-03-12$3.73$2.5072.4%20.8%64.8%32.3%64.9%0.0%-33.9%-97024.5K-5693.9128.75N/AN/A823214741,587
2018-03-13$3.80$2.5061.8%17.7%64.9%24.6%66.9%0.0%1.4%-91327.2K-5143.9170.39N/AN/A823214741,587
2018-03-14$3.70$2.5065.4%18.7%65.8%27.2%56.7%0.0%-28.8%-85630.7K-4573.9121.91N/AN/A823214741,587
2018-03-15$3.60$2.5092.4%26.5%66.8%47.0%90.4%0.0%-41.3%-1.9K50.7K-5913.9166.39N/AN/A823214741,587
2018-03-16$3.85$2.5052.9%15.2%69.3%18.0%66.8%0.0%13.4%-60517.0K-5193.9173.31N/AN/A823214741,587
2018-03-19$3.93$2.5064.1%18.4%63.6%26.2%69.7%0.0%-12.5%-65519.1K-5163.9496.29N/AN/A793114711,577
2018-03-20$3.85$5.0063.3%18.2%64.6%25.7%66.8%0.0%-11.9%-63743.1K-5033.9468.75N/AN/A793114111,577
2018-03-21$3.83$5.0067.1%19.2%64.8%28.4%71.1%0.0%-29.0%-93948.0K-5013.9469.92N/AN/A793114111,577
2018-03-22$3.90$5.0056.8%16.3%63.9%20.9%64.6%0.0%11.5%-49642.1K-4883.9468.20N/AN/A793114111,577
2018-03-23$3.80$5.0068.7%19.7%65.4%29.6%70.8%0.0%-31.2%-94946.1K-4952.0996.81N/AN/A1282674111,577
2018-03-26$3.86$5.0063.5%18.2%65.3%25.8%77.6%0.0%-18.4%1646.0K-4543.2671.68N/AN/A822674611,615
2018-03-27$3.80$5.0077.7%22.3%65.9%36.2%95.7%0.0%-42.4%7538.2K-4783.38115.03N/AN/A792674651,615
2018-03-28$3.88$5.0060.8%17.4%66.0%23.8%104.0%0.0%36.2%-2143.3K-4783.3498.62N/AN/A802674661,615
2018-03-29$3.85$5.0066.6%19.1%44.2%28.1%88.6%0.0%7.5%145.3K-4453.3467.31N/AN/A802674641,615