HLIT Options History — September 2018

In September 2018, HLIT traded between $5.10 and $5.53. ATM implied volatility averaged 39.2%, placing in the 9.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.9% (HV 20d: 33.3%). Max pain ranged from $5.00 to $5.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.28.

Notable Days

  • 2018-09-24: Highest Volume — 600 contracts
  • 2018-09-12: Largest IV spike — 68.5% change
  • 2018-09-12: Highest IV Rank — 16.7%
  • 2018-09-12: Largest Expected Move — 14.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$5.32$5.10$5.53$5.50$5.53
Max Pain$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00
ATM IV39.2%27.3%49.8%34.5%30.2%
Expected Move11.8%7.8%14.3%9.9%8.7%
HV 20d33.3%30.7%37.0%30.7%32.2%
HV 60d45.0%41.5%46.3%44.6%41.5%
IV Rank9.0%0.3%16.7%5.6%2.5%
IV Percentile18.4%0.4%38.9%7.1%2.8%
Term Structure7.5%-3.6%25.0%9.7%23.0%
VWIV42.9%27.5%54.3%37.6%31.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %26.4511.3364.9019.6317.47
Gamma HHI0.820.500.960.780.63
Net GEX13.7K2.5K28.7K9.1K4.4K
Net DEX-309.5K-428.9K-109.1K-415.7K-266.8K
Net VEX-684-842-546-697-771
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.280.591.901.281.21
Total Volume383.211339600361406
Total OI3,033.3682,5463,1363,0952,906

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-09-04$5.50$5.0034.5%9.9%30.7%5.6%37.6%0.0%9.7%9.1K-415.7K-6971.2819.63N/AN/A1582031,1421,953
2018-09-05$5.38$5.0029.6%8.5%31.9%2.0%31.0%0.0%19.8%12.1K-386.5K-7181.2819.34N/AN/A1582031,1421,953
2018-09-06$5.13$5.0040.6%13.6%35.3%10.0%47.6%0.0%4.5%14.6K-254.4K-8251.2827.44N/AN/A1592031,1421,953
2018-09-07$5.30$5.0034.0%12.4%37.0%5.2%43.1%0.0%6.2%15.7K-347.4K-7311.2838.77N/AN/A1592031,1431,953
2018-09-10$5.25$5.0043.4%13.6%37.0%12.0%47.6%0.0%3.0%16.4K-317.5K-7371.2826.95N/AN/A1592031,1431,953
2018-09-11$5.25$5.0029.6%13.0%35.7%2.0%45.3%0.0%5.5%17.9K-345.6K-5981.2825.36N/AN/A1592031,1431,953
2018-09-12$5.25$5.0049.8%14.3%35.5%16.7%49.9%0.0%0.4%18.1K-346.9K-6671.2931.24N/AN/A1582041,1431,953
2018-09-13$5.23$5.0045.1%12.9%31.0%13.2%45.1%0.0%4.4%20.0K-332.6K-6691.3164.90N/AN/A1562041,1461,956
2018-09-14$5.25$5.0047.1%13.5%31.0%14.7%47.2%0.0%2.7%18.2K-346.4K-6481.3125.31N/AN/A1562041,1461,956
2018-09-17$5.23$5.0049.5%14.2%31.0%16.4%49.5%0.0%0.0%19.3K-320.3K-6201.2626.28N/AN/A1682111,1461,966
2018-09-18$5.20$5.0045.9%13.2%30.8%13.8%45.7%0.0%3.6%21.8K-346.8K-5951.2233.18N/AN/A1732111,1551,966
2018-09-19$5.10$5.0047.1%13.5%31.1%14.7%47.1%0.0%2.7%24.0K-251.5K-6141.3031.67N/AN/A1632121,1601,966
2018-09-20$5.15$5.0044.0%12.6%31.4%12.5%44.1%0.0%5.3%28.7K-327.2K-5751.2640.10N/AN/A1682121,1591,967
2018-09-21$5.40$5.0037.0%10.6%35.3%7.3%45.0%0.0%1.8%2.5K-428.9K-5461.1820.05N/AN/A1802121,1691,967
2018-09-24$5.53$5.0041.7%12.0%34.3%10.8%54.3%0.0%-3.6%2.6K-109.1K-5800.5916.01N/AN/A3782225801,966
2018-09-25$5.48$5.0034.0%9.7%34.4%5.2%38.0%0.0%14.8%5.5K-228.6K-8031.6212.98N/AN/A1372228951,977
2018-09-26$5.48$5.0034.7%10.0%34.2%5.7%38.9%0.0%14.4%5.8K-245.2K-8421.1514.45N/AN/A1932229391,977
2018-09-27$5.50$5.0027.3%7.8%33.6%0.3%27.5%0.0%25.0%4.3K-263.5K-7561.9011.33N/AN/A1172229231,977
2018-09-28$5.53$5.0030.2%8.7%32.2%2.5%31.1%0.0%23.0%4.4K-266.8K-7711.2117.47N/AN/A1842229291,977