HLIT Options History — December 2018

In December 2018, HLIT traded between $4.55 and $5.87. ATM implied volatility averaged 40.3%, placing in the 9.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.4%. IV traded below realized volatility by 9.0% (HV 20d: 49.3%). Max pain ranged from $2.50 to $5.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.74.

Notable Days

  • 2018-12-03: Highest Volume — 233 contracts
  • 2018-12-06: Largest IV spike — 42.1% change
  • 2018-12-06: Highest IV Rank — 17.6%
  • 2018-12-17: Largest Expected Move — 14.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$5.08$4.55$5.87$5.87$4.70
Max Pain$4.63$2.50$5.00$2.50$5.00
ATM IV40.3%28.3%51.1%38.6%38.8%
Expected Move11.4%8.1%14.5%11.1%11.1%
HV 20d49.3%43.7%54.6%43.7%45.0%
HV 60d44.6%40.4%46.0%40.4%45.0%
IV Rank9.8%1.1%17.6%8.5%8.7%
IV Percentile25.6%0.8%47.6%21.4%23.8%
Term Structure6.6%-22.8%25.0%-13.6%17.3%
VWIV39.6%24.8%50.6%30.0%31.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %54.8217.2990.8277.1670.90
Gamma HHI0.580.490.660.490.62
Net GEX3.9K2.3K7.4K7.4K2.8K
Net DEX-107.6K-351.3K25.5K-351.3K-9.9K
Net VEX-626-896-429-896-470
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.740.008.000.000.00
Total Volume41.202332336
Total OI1,556.251,4611,7411,7411,467

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-12-03$5.87$2.5038.6%11.1%43.7%8.5%0.0%0.0%-13.6%7.4K-351.3K-8960.0077.16N/AN/A23301,440301
2018-12-04$5.47$2.5035.4%10.2%49.3%6.2%0.0%0.0%1.5%4.9K-203.4K-7680.0217.29N/AN/A4811,285301
2018-12-05$5.49$2.5035.9%10.3%49.2%6.6%0.0%0.0%5.9%3.9K-184.5K-6210.0223.58N/AN/A4811,285301
2018-12-06$5.42$5.0051.1%12.6%49.2%17.6%0.0%0.0%7.6%4.6K-176.0K-7600.0079.19N/AN/A001,257301
2018-12-07$5.38$5.0041.8%9.9%49.0%10.9%30.0%0.0%20.4%4.4K-172.9K-7250.0279.21N/AN/A4811,257301
2018-12-10$5.16$5.0041.2%14.3%50.7%10.4%49.8%0.0%3.9%4.4K-129.3K-7500.0025.77N/AN/A1301,257301
2018-12-11$5.36$5.0042.3%10.1%53.1%11.3%39.7%0.0%10.4%4.4K-168.1K-6710.0065.86N/AN/A1901,263301
2018-12-12$5.45$5.0037.8%10.8%53.1%8.0%46.3%0.0%3.0%4.8K-197.9K-7740.0090.82N/AN/A5301,293301
2018-12-13$5.43$5.0037.5%10.8%51.3%7.8%45.9%0.0%5.5%3.6K-176.4K-5960.0089.82N/AN/A7001,292301
2018-12-14$5.14$5.0044.4%12.7%54.1%12.7%44.4%0.0%6.9%4.4K-134.7K-7150.0163.57N/AN/A7011,279301
2018-12-17$4.99$5.0050.6%14.5%54.6%17.2%50.6%0.0%2.9%4.2K-103.7K-6700.0067.34N/AN/A1001,279302
2018-12-18$4.97$5.0047.4%13.6%49.5%14.9%48.0%0.0%4.6%4.6K-92.1K-6620.0065.82N/AN/A1001,279302
2018-12-19$4.90$5.0048.1%13.8%49.0%15.4%48.1%0.0%2.9%4.3K-69.4K-6280.0334.77N/AN/A3311,279302
2018-12-20$4.73$5.0046.1%13.2%49.4%14.0%46.4%0.0%5.0%3.0K-32.8K-5660.0570.91N/AN/A4321,282303
2018-12-21$4.62$5.0032.3%9.3%49.1%4.0%28.6%0.0%22.0%2.7K12.3K-4630.0527.73N/AN/A4321,262302
2018-12-24$4.61$5.0028.3%8.1%49.1%1.1%24.8%0.0%-22.8%2.6K25.5K-4290.1432.14N/AN/A4361,163299
2018-12-26$4.63$5.0037.9%10.9%49.1%8.0%0.0%0.0%25.0%2.5K-8.0K-4700.0021.24N/AN/A041,163298
2018-12-27$4.55$5.0039.7%11.4%44.4%9.4%28.3%0.0%19.2%2.3K4.8K-4455.0022.65N/AN/A151,163298
2018-12-28$4.64$5.0031.6%9.1%44.4%3.5%31.5%0.0%4.0%2.8K16.7K-4358.0070.58N/AN/A181,163301
2018-12-31$4.70$5.0038.8%11.1%45.0%8.7%31.7%0.0%17.3%2.8K-9.9K-4700.0070.90N/AN/A601,163304