HLN Options History — August 2022

In August 2022, HLN traded between $6.01 and $6.37. ATM implied volatility averaged 49.9%. The 30-day expected move averaged 14.3%. Max pain ranged from $5.00 to $7.50. Net GEX was positive for 9 of 9 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 9 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.29.

Notable Days

  • 2022-08-22: Highest Volume — 1,558 contracts
  • 2022-08-29: Largest IV spike — 134.8% change
  • 2022-08-29: Largest Expected Move — 29.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$6.18$6.01$6.37$6.01$6.03
Max Pain$6.94$5.00$7.50$5.00$7.50
ATM IV49.9%30.8%101.9%51.7%64.5%
Expected Move14.3%8.8%29.2%14.8%18.5%
Term Structure-1.6%-87.2%86.9%86.9%-59.8%
VWIV52.4%36.0%94.4%46.1%94.4%
Skew 25d11.7%-5.8%37.4%21.8%2.9%
Skew 10d12.8%-1.6%29.1%26.3%-1.6%
Call IV 25d46.4%31.0%110.3%37.7%51.4%
Put IV 25d58.1%36.6%132.2%59.6%54.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %46.2017.4685.3038.6945.50
Gamma HHI0.860.810.950.850.84
Net GEX17.6K8.6K22.7K8.6K20.6K
Net DEX-463.1K-615.1K-147.1K-147.1K-527.4K
Net VEX-4.6K-5.8K-2.1K-2.1K-5.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.290.030.470.420.34
Total Volume560.1111011,558450450
Total OI4,294.5562,4595,2633,1355,263

Daily Data (9 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2022-08-19$6.01$5.0051.7%14.8%0.0%0.0%46.1%21.8%86.9%8.6K-147.1K-2.1K0.4238.693181322,558577
2022-08-22$6.21$5.0036.2%10.4%0.0%0.0%36.0%21.9%14.7%9.7K-301.9K-2.9K0.1837.171,3182402,014445
2022-08-23$6.37$7.5030.8%8.8%0.0%0.0%36.3%5.6%24.2%16.8K-477.3K-4.0K0.2426.787591792,822668
2022-08-24$6.33$7.5042.2%12.1%0.0%0.0%57.2%10.3%10.8%19.4K-485.3K-4.6K0.4765.805312493,321809
2022-08-25$6.28$7.5039.7%11.4%0.0%0.0%50.6%9.0%12.4%19.9K-534.6K-5.2K0.0317.46416123,763929
2022-08-26$6.21$7.5043.4%12.4%0.0%0.0%46.0%2.1%-16.3%22.7K-615.1K-5.8K0.2934.2578234,150940
2022-08-29$6.08$7.50101.9%29.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%-5.8%-87.2%22.1K-576.4K-5.7K0.4464.86129574,165971
2022-08-30$6.09$7.5038.5%11.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%37.4%0.2%18.7K-502.7K-5.4K0.2185.30124264,2421,014
2022-08-31$6.03$7.5064.5%18.5%0.0%0.0%94.4%2.9%-59.8%20.6K-527.4K-5.7K0.3445.503361144,2431,020