HLN Options History — October 2022

In October 2022, HLN traded between $5.96 and $6.35. ATM implied volatility averaged 45.3%. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 15.2% (HV 20d: 30.2%). Max pain ranged from $5.00 to $5.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.78.

Notable Days

  • 2022-10-24: Highest Volume — 628 contracts
  • 2022-10-12: Largest IV drop — 49.8% change
  • 2022-10-13: Largest Expected Move — 14.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$6.12$5.96$6.35$6.15$6.15
Max Pain$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00
ATM IV45.3%34.8%84.6%47.3%42.2%
Expected Move11.7%8.7%14.8%13.6%12.1%
HV 20d30.2%21.5%36.3%36.3%22.7%
HV 60d32.2%31.6%33.0%33.0%31.6%
Term Structure28.7%-13.0%278.0%7.9%-4.6%
VWIV47.5%30.5%85.1%48.1%55.9%
Skew 25d10.3%-16.8%29.5%14.4%17.6%
Skew 10d10.5%-18.6%33.8%13.3%9.1%
Call IV 25d33.1%27.5%46.6%37.9%37.5%
Put IV 25d43.4%29.8%58.9%52.3%55.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %22.388.0646.7211.1330.65
Gamma HHI0.820.770.870.850.82
Net GEX25.0K18.0K33.6K27.6K25.1K
Net DEX-651.4K-873.0K-523.3K-687.2K-604.1K
Net VEX-5.2K-6.2K-4.6K-5.7K-4.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.780.143.403.400.23
Total Volume370.19191628308500
Total OI7,087.6196,8057,4346,8057,321

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2022-10-03$6.15$5.0047.3%13.6%36.3%0.0%48.1%14.4%7.9%27.6K-687.2K-5.7K3.4011.13702385,2521,553
2022-10-04$6.27$5.0044.7%12.8%34.7%0.0%52.0%16.3%-13.0%27.3K-697.2K-5.2K0.518.063471785,2521,553
2022-10-05$6.35$5.0043.0%12.3%34.8%0.0%55.3%16.3%13.1%33.6K-873.0K-6.1K0.6117.042911785,4241,503
2022-10-06$6.28$5.0050.8%12.8%34.0%0.0%46.5%-16.8%-4.7%32.0K-835.4K-6.2K0.5146.723121585,4921,503
2022-10-07$6.09$5.0061.0%10.0%35.8%0.0%30.5%1.9%12.2%22.1K-622.3K-5.3K0.4344.133361455,4231,507
2022-10-10$5.97$5.0058.1%8.7%34.7%0.0%31.6%3.5%14.4%18.0K-547.6K-4.6K0.6610.232211455,4401,524
2022-10-11$6.05$5.0084.6%13.8%33.6%0.0%50.7%23.9%10.3%25.4K-653.1K-5.5K0.9613.651841765,4421,524
2022-10-12$5.99$5.0042.5%12.2%32.8%0.0%35.9%0.5%-7.9%23.6K-572.4K-5.1K1.158.281561805,4951,524
2022-10-13$6.06$5.0051.7%14.8%31.5%0.0%54.4%26.8%6.5%25.5K-644.5K-5.4K1.4314.621061525,4891,524
2022-10-14$6.04$5.0050.4%14.5%31.3%0.0%46.0%26.6%5.8%25.1K-646.4K-5.4K1.4014.09911275,4911,524
2022-10-17$6.07$5.0034.8%10.0%31.3%0.0%42.0%0.1%2.8%20.5K-585.6K-4.7K0.7921.381621285,4911,527
2022-10-18$6.08$5.0043.4%12.5%31.2%0.0%47.0%5.5%-6.2%26.0K-612.5K-5.2K0.5829.812361385,6021,548
2022-10-19$5.96$5.0035.2%10.1%31.9%0.0%38.7%6.5%6.0%19.1K-523.3K-4.6K0.7523.261651235,6561,548
2022-10-20$6.01$5.0035.8%10.3%30.3%0.0%44.7%0.1%278.0%20.2K-544.6K-4.6K0.3830.812681015,7671,557
2022-10-21$6.10$5.0036.4%10.4%28.7%0.0%39.8%10.5%4.7%22.8K-604.0K-5.0K1.1219.15901015,8771,557
2022-10-24$6.20$5.0036.7%10.5%27.9%0.0%85.1%29.5%32.4%24.7K-682.0K-5.2K0.1443.33551775,5601,306
2022-10-25$6.18$5.0038.4%11.0%24.1%0.0%41.8%2.9%262.0%28.3K-712.1K-5.5K0.2834.78272775,9761,307
2022-10-26$6.17$5.0036.0%10.3%22.4%0.0%45.9%6.5%4.2%25.1K-672.5K-5.3K0.3313.67235775,9631,307
2022-10-27$6.16$5.0037.8%10.8%21.5%0.0%48.0%6.6%-10.1%24.9K-662.7K-5.2K0.3517.06218775,9581,307
2022-10-28$6.25$5.0041.2%11.8%22.0%0.0%58.0%16.8%-11.9%28.1K-698.0K-5.3K0.4218.222721155,9591,307
2022-10-31$6.15$5.0042.2%12.1%22.7%0.0%55.9%17.6%-4.6%25.1K-604.1K-4.9K0.2330.65405955,9841,337