HLIT Options History — February 2020

In February 2020, HLIT traded between $6.12 and $7.33. ATM implied volatility averaged 37.7%, placing in the 21.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.8% (HV 20d: 34.9%). Max pain ranged from $5.00 to $7.50. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.64.

Notable Days

  • 2020-02-04: Highest Volume — 1,228 contracts
  • 2020-02-04: Largest IV drop — 48.9% change
  • 2020-02-03: Highest IV Rank — 76.2%
  • 2020-02-03: Largest Expected Move — 21.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$6.70$6.12$7.33$7.33$6.12
Max Pain$5.39$5.00$7.50$7.50$5.00
ATM IV37.7%23.9%73.5%73.5%66.9%
Expected Move11.5%6.9%21.1%21.1%19.2%
HV 20d34.9%29.8%37.9%36.8%29.8%
HV 60d29.2%28.7%29.7%28.9%29.3%
IV Rank21.8%0.0%76.2%76.2%70.0%
IV Percentile30.5%0.0%96.8%96.8%92.5%
Term Structure3.9%-40.2%18.6%-14.0%-40.2%
VWIV43.4%24.3%75.8%75.8%24.3%
Skew 25d10.4%-19.4%77.8%-19.4%2.7%
Skew 10d12.2%-32.1%103.7%-32.1%2.7%
Call IV 25d39.8%25.3%91.2%91.2%46.6%
Put IV 25d50.2%37.1%119.6%71.8%49.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %47.938.2077.6660.1658.05
Gamma HHI0.660.470.800.610.48
Net GEX37.0K9.8K76.7K44.6K12.0K
Net DEX-490.6K-1.2M-149.8K-1.2M-175.3K
Net VEX-4.4K-6.6K-3.3K-6.6K-3.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.640.0010.000.080.00
Total Volume185.10501,2281,16621
Total OI7,999.2116,8808,7247,6806,889

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2020-02-03$7.33$7.5073.5%21.1%36.8%76.2%75.8%-19.4%-14.0%44.6K-1.2M-6.6K0.0860.16N/AN/A1,083835,1532,527
2020-02-04$7.15$7.5037.5%10.8%37.6%20.2%37.9%-2.2%3.7%76.7K-1.0M-6.0K0.0677.66N/AN/A1,161676,1222,602
2020-02-05$7.02$7.5039.1%11.2%37.9%23.9%39.6%10.9%1.1%60.1K-807.7K-5.7K0.0335.94N/AN/A361105,7132,620
2020-02-06$6.91$5.0031.3%12.1%37.0%11.1%0.0%5.0%-1.3%57.4K-704.6K-5.4K0.0014.66N/AN/A2705,6662,630
2020-02-07$6.79$5.0027.0%11.7%37.1%3.9%41.0%-0.7%0.5%40.2K-413.2K-4.8K0.1371.91N/AN/A2435,6792,650
2020-02-10$6.80$5.0036.7%11.8%37.2%19.9%41.1%77.8%1.3%46.5K-472.8K-4.8K0.3635.35N/AN/A1455,6892,647
2020-02-11$6.74$5.0029.0%12.5%33.7%7.3%43.8%-0.8%-2.9%37.8K-376.1K-4.4K0.0615.05N/AN/A1715,6902,647
2020-02-12$6.87$5.0034.8%10.0%35.1%16.8%0.0%18.5%14.1%46.9K-463.9K-4.7K0.0056.10N/AN/A8405,6892,647
2020-02-13$6.78$5.0045.3%13.0%34.5%34.2%0.0%-1.1%-1.9%39.9K-421.3K-4.6K0.0015.31N/AN/A505,6952,647
2020-02-14$6.73$5.0023.9%6.9%33.6%0.0%24.3%18.1%18.6%34.9K-310.1K-4.2K0.0071.75N/AN/A25605,6902,647
2020-02-18$6.78$5.0033.7%9.6%34.2%15.9%0.0%19.8%16.9%35.1K-483.5K-3.9K0.008.20N/AN/A705,9392,647
2020-02-19$6.69$5.0029.0%8.3%34.2%8.3%0.0%20.3%14.7%34.2K-443.5K-3.9K0.0172.95N/AN/A15015,9342,647
2020-02-20$6.81$5.0031.6%9.1%34.2%12.5%0.0%27.7%15.8%38.9K-576.7K-3.9K10.0072.45N/AN/A1106,0292,647
2020-02-21$6.64$5.0026.8%7.7%34.0%4.7%0.0%7.9%11.8%30.4K-394.2K-3.6K0.0054.71N/AN/A10106,0292,637
2020-02-24$6.41$5.0031.8%9.1%34.9%12.9%0.0%7.0%15.3%23.8K-389.2K-3.5K0.0057.67N/AN/A004,3842,500
2020-02-25$6.27$5.0036.1%10.3%34.5%19.8%0.0%2.5%17.9%16.7K-273.0K-3.6K0.1138.83N/AN/A914,3842,500
2020-02-26$6.29$5.0034.7%9.9%34.8%17.5%0.0%3.6%-4.4%16.4K-244.1K-3.3K0.0036.21N/AN/A1504,3802,500
2020-02-27$6.12$5.0047.5%13.6%32.4%38.4%0.0%-0.1%7.9%9.8K-149.8K-3.4K0.0057.71N/AN/A004,3892,500
2020-02-28$6.12$5.0066.9%19.2%29.8%70.0%0.0%2.7%-40.2%12.0K-175.3K-3.5K0.0058.05N/AN/A2104,3892,500