HLIT Options History — February 2021

In February 2021, HLIT traded between $7.57 and $8.18. ATM implied volatility averaged 59.3%, placing in the 44.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 17.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 27.0% (HV 20d: 32.3%). Max pain ranged from $7.50 to $7.50. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.99.

Notable Days

  • 2021-02-19: Highest Volume — 2,882 contracts
  • 2021-02-19: Largest IV spike — 65.1% change
  • 2021-02-01: Highest IV Rank — 73.2%
  • 2021-02-01: Largest Expected Move — 23.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$7.81$7.57$8.18$7.94$7.88
Max Pain$7.50$7.50$7.50$7.50$7.50
ATM IV59.3%39.4%80.8%80.8%74.9%
Expected Move17.4%12.9%23.2%23.2%21.5%
HV 20d32.3%26.8%36.9%36.1%31.8%
HV 60d37.0%35.6%39.5%39.5%36.5%
IV Rank44.4%19.9%73.2%73.2%62.7%
IV Percentile56.5%15.1%94.4%94.4%87.7%
Term Structure-4.9%-32.4%13.0%1.1%-7.6%
VWIV70.3%36.5%131.9%84.2%131.9%
Skew 25d12.0%-26.9%55.0%12.8%36.1%
Skew 10d31.2%-27.0%102.8%26.6%76.1%
Call IV 25d64.8%36.5%103.5%58.5%64.2%
Put IV 25d76.7%40.6%100.6%71.3%100.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %89.5839.18138.6239.1881.75
Gamma HHI0.550.480.690.500.66
Net GEX44.7K21.1K59.6K21.1K48.4K
Net DEX-1.2M-1.6M-707.3K-707.3K-1.2M
Net VEX-4.6K-6.6K-2.5K-2.5K-5.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.990.009.000.049.00
Total Volume484.789142,8821,02320
Total OI5,540.7372,7106,8362,7106,321

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2021-02-01$7.94$7.5080.8%23.2%36.1%73.2%84.2%12.8%1.1%21.1K-707.3K-2.5K0.0439.18N/AN/A984392,440270
2021-02-02$7.89$7.5057.6%16.5%35.4%43.3%60.6%6.7%-7.3%32.0K-922.1K-2.8K0.0163.61N/AN/A1,453203,380298
2021-02-03$7.69$7.5052.1%14.9%36.9%36.3%51.0%-1.7%-1.1%35.2K-895.0K-3.2K0.0157.23N/AN/A20324,263295
2021-02-04$7.64$7.5039.4%12.9%34.8%19.9%36.5%55.0%13.0%36.2K-929.3K-3.4K0.2191.94N/AN/A89194,415297
2021-02-05$7.65$7.5055.4%21.4%33.3%40.5%67.0%11.6%-10.6%35.5K-1.1M-4.1K0.0087.23N/AN/A99604,474278
2021-02-08$7.77$7.5053.0%15.6%33.8%37.4%53.3%33.9%7.9%40.2K-1.2M-4.4K0.4183.36N/AN/A103425,220278
2021-02-09$7.99$7.5045.9%13.8%35.1%28.3%60.1%3.5%-4.5%45.1K-1.4M-4.9K0.0287.83N/AN/A22755,296412
2021-02-10$7.88$7.5060.0%17.2%33.8%46.4%70.6%0.6%-16.0%47.0K-1.4M-4.9K0.0096.41N/AN/A18905,374417
2021-02-11$7.80$7.5050.0%14.3%33.0%33.6%53.8%4.7%-25.2%47.8K-1.2M-4.4K0.99106.41N/AN/A81805,363417
2021-02-12$7.57$7.5067.3%19.3%30.3%55.8%86.6%21.8%-6.9%49.0K-1.0M-4.2K3.1994.83N/AN/A21675,401497
2021-02-16$7.58$7.5048.7%14.0%28.5%31.9%51.5%51.4%5.6%59.6K-1.1M-4.2K0.74104.71N/AN/A19145,410558
2021-02-17$7.62$7.5050.2%14.4%26.8%31.3%62.3%10.9%-0.7%50.1K-1.1M-4.2K0.77106.53N/AN/A13105,427566
2021-02-18$7.63$7.5045.6%13.1%26.9%25.1%0.0%-9.8%4.4%56.5K-1.1M-3.9K2.50138.62N/AN/A4105,423576
2021-02-19$7.85$7.5075.2%21.6%28.8%64.7%112.0%-26.9%1.1%32.5K-1.4M-4.4K0.0193.25N/AN/A2,851315,425576
2021-02-22$8.03$7.5059.6%17.1%29.9%43.8%45.3%11.7%-32.4%57.5K-1.5M-6.5K0.02102.90N/AN/A1,250206,409427
2021-02-23$7.88$7.5062.2%17.8%30.5%45.0%89.3%-2.1%-14.2%50.5K-1.3M-6.0K0.0099.95N/AN/A7505,848447
2021-02-24$8.18$7.5077.5%22.2%33.3%66.3%79.8%4.1%-11.9%54.5K-1.6M-6.6K0.9879.13N/AN/A56555,916447
2021-02-25$7.94$7.5072.2%20.7%34.9%59.0%131.9%2.9%11.9%49.6K-1.6M-6.6K0.0087.05N/AN/A16305,950463
2021-02-26$7.88$7.5074.9%21.5%31.8%62.7%0.0%36.1%-7.6%48.4K-1.2M-5.7K9.0081.75N/AN/A2185,858463