HLN Options History — September 2022

In September 2022, HLN traded between $5.60 and $6.17. ATM implied volatility averaged 53.3%. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 14.9% (HV 20d: 38.4%). Max pain ranged from $5.00 to $7.50. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.78.

Notable Days

  • 2022-09-14: Highest Volume — 848 contracts
  • 2022-09-14: Largest IV drop — 72.7% change
  • 2022-09-12: Largest Expected Move — 22.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$5.96$5.60$6.17$5.82$6.10
Max Pain$5.24$5.00$7.50$7.50$5.00
ATM IV53.3%30.7%121.8%52.6%42.4%
Expected Move13.3%8.8%22.4%15.1%12.2%
HV 20d38.4%34.1%41.6%39.0%39.3%
Term Structure-5.4%-70.3%19.7%-17.8%8.8%
VWIV54.1%30.6%123.4%49.5%43.0%
Skew 25d11.9%-26.1%42.9%-1.8%11.6%
Skew 10d15.0%-3.2%43.0%-3.2%10.5%
Call IV 25d34.8%24.0%68.3%50.2%35.3%
Put IV 25d46.7%30.9%76.4%48.4%46.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %46.149.4398.6348.239.43
Gamma HHI0.820.700.920.850.85
Net GEX21.1K13.2K26.6K18.0K26.2K
Net DEX-532.1K-705.9K-274.4K-419.1K-650.9K
Net VEX-5.3K-6.0K-4.0K-5.1K-5.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.780.023.883.040.95
Total Volume344.47664848275488
Total OI6,190.3815,3856,8085,3856,808

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2022-09-01$5.82$7.5052.6%15.1%0.0%0.0%49.5%-1.8%-17.8%18.0K-419.1K-5.1K3.0448.23682074,3521,033
2022-09-02$5.60$7.5071.5%20.5%0.0%0.0%101.2%-26.1%-70.3%13.2K-274.4K-4.7K0.2578.48269664,3741,235
2022-09-06$5.81$5.0060.7%14.2%0.0%0.0%55.6%35.6%9.0%17.4K-435.3K-5.3K1.7598.632063614,5451,289
2022-09-07$5.85$5.0066.8%15.7%0.0%0.0%54.7%21.5%-0.3%18.1K-472.5K-5.4K1.2268.582362894,5921,289
2022-09-08$6.02$5.0057.0%15.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%23.6%1.4%19.8K-552.7K-5.7K0.3165.39175544,5511,326
2022-09-09$5.98$5.0077.8%12.3%0.0%0.0%42.8%24.9%19.7%19.9K-551.2K-5.7K0.1562.7378124,5861,350
2022-09-12$6.17$5.0087.6%22.4%39.0%0.0%123.4%22.5%-69.7%22.2K-642.5K-6.0K0.0686.82464304,6161,343
2022-09-13$6.00$5.00121.8%14.2%39.4%0.0%73.5%5.8%-18.7%21.1K-556.9K-5.6K0.4369.662521094,8461,309
2022-09-14$6.13$5.0033.3%9.5%39.1%0.0%0.0%12.4%18.0%24.0K-620.5K-5.5K0.0550.29808404,8031,306
2022-09-15$5.96$5.0032.0%9.2%39.5%0.0%30.7%7.1%5.1%22.3K-561.3K-5.5K3.8848.7016625,1101,294
2022-09-16$5.90$5.0031.9%9.1%38.5%0.0%30.6%5.7%2.7%19.6K-480.7K-5.0K0.5811.902771615,1151,349
2022-09-19$5.92$5.0032.7%9.4%37.5%0.0%34.3%7.4%12.5%20.9K-536.8K-5.1K0.0232.7314834,8351,286
2022-09-20$5.97$5.0030.7%8.8%35.6%0.0%35.1%0.2%4.3%21.3K-492.6K-4.8K0.5314.0796514,8621,289
2022-09-21$5.92$5.0039.1%11.2%34.1%0.0%0.0%0.4%5.9%17.9K-332.1K-4.0K0.0211.636314,9311,340
2022-09-22$6.09$5.0039.4%11.3%35.9%0.0%0.0%5.8%-8.9%25.9K-651.3K-5.4K0.0526.80192104,9741,334
2022-09-23$5.91$5.0054.2%15.5%37.3%0.0%0.0%21.3%-4.6%20.5K-526.0K-5.2K0.1623.45250404,9941,334
2022-09-26$6.06$5.0062.5%17.9%38.4%0.0%75.2%42.9%0.2%25.6K-649.9K-5.8K0.6843.942281555,1431,374
2022-09-27$5.84$5.0050.1%14.4%39.9%0.0%36.8%-1.5%-14.8%20.1K-484.9K-5.2K0.6547.652141405,1901,409
2022-09-28$6.00$5.0038.4%11.0%41.2%0.0%39.6%28.3%13.3%23.3K-577.2K-5.3K0.7060.352251585,2031,423
2022-09-29$6.11$5.0037.0%10.6%41.6%0.0%40.3%1.5%-9.8%26.6K-705.9K-5.8K0.819.572942385,2131,443
2022-09-30$6.10$5.0042.4%12.2%39.3%0.0%43.0%11.6%8.8%26.2K-650.9K-5.5K0.959.432502385,2551,553