HLN Options History — December 2022

In December 2022, HLN traded between $7.06 and $8.04. ATM implied volatility averaged 35.2%. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.4% (HV 20d: 35.5%). 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 16 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.32.

Notable Days

  • 2022-12-06: Highest Volume — 2,586 contracts
  • 2022-12-02: Largest IV spike — 106.6% change
  • 2022-12-02: Largest Expected Move — 14.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$7.69$7.06$8.04$7.06$8.02
Max Pain$7.02$5.00$7.50$5.00$7.50
ATM IV35.2%20.3%69.0%25.1%20.3%
Expected Move9.5%5.8%14.9%7.2%5.8%
HV 20d35.5%21.1%39.8%21.5%37.3%
HV 60d29.1%26.3%31.5%26.9%28.0%
Term Structure3.6%-2.3%15.6%15.6%15.4%
VWIV37.7%20.9%97.3%68.1%20.9%
Skew 25d9.5%-24.1%31.6%31.6%-24.1%
Skew 10d27.5%-43.1%62.1%44.2%-43.1%
Call IV 25d32.2%27.6%58.1%31.8%58.1%
Put IV 25d41.7%33.5%63.4%63.4%34.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %44.1012.5968.2122.8612.59
Gamma HHI0.830.730.920.910.74
Net GEX87.3K68.3K122.6K68.3K79.7K
Net DEX-2.5M-3.1M-1.4M-1.4M-3.0M
Net VEX-7.1K-7.7K-5.9K-5.9K-7.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.320.001.170.020.76
Total Volume373.048302,586624258
Total OI7,386.4766,2718,0676,2717,621

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2022-12-01$7.06$5.0025.1%7.2%21.5%0.0%68.1%31.6%15.6%68.3K-1.4M-5.9K0.0222.86614105,345926
2022-12-02$7.13$5.0052.0%14.9%21.5%0.0%97.3%11.3%12.0%76.2K-1.5M-6.5K1.1737.9635415,620919
2022-12-05$7.13$5.0038.3%6.7%21.1%0.0%27.5%5.2%3.2%76.8K-1.5M-6.5K0.0463.3712955,642959
2022-12-06$7.64$5.0069.0%10.0%30.0%0.0%35.0%10.4%-2.3%78.4K-2.3M-7.2K0.0341.742,510765,629964
2022-12-07$7.31$7.5037.7%10.0%34.6%0.0%34.8%20.6%-0.8%103.8K-1.9M-7.3K0.1949.56462866,4261,037
2022-12-08$7.71$7.5035.1%9.7%38.3%0.0%33.8%10.3%1.0%111.4K-2.7M-7.6K0.1844.306621206,5941,121
2022-12-09$7.74$7.5024.3%8.8%38.1%0.0%30.9%8.7%1.7%122.6K-2.9M-7.3K0.7251.8095686,6681,117
2022-12-12$7.80$7.5033.9%10.0%37.9%0.0%34.7%10.0%-0.1%109.2K-3.0M-7.3K0.1242.83253316,6601,173
2022-12-13$7.86$7.5029.7%8.9%37.7%0.0%31.2%1.3%5.2%83.0K-3.1M-7.0K0.2767.85229626,6051,204
2022-12-14$7.86$7.5033.1%9.5%37.8%0.0%0.0%16.6%4.7%94.2K-3.0M-7.7K0.0768.218566,7851,266
2022-12-15$7.75$7.5032.4%9.3%38.2%0.0%32.4%24.6%3.0%104.9K-2.8M-7.4K0.0046.937806,7771,272
2022-12-16$7.58$7.5031.9%9.1%39.6%0.0%32.0%28.9%1.7%83.3K-2.8M-7.2K0.1753.40101176,7941,273
2022-12-19$7.64$7.5035.7%10.2%39.5%0.0%35.8%7.5%1.3%76.3K-2.2M-7.0K0.4729.2836175,8071,238
2022-12-20$7.71$7.5033.8%9.7%39.5%0.0%33.8%7.0%0.1%81.1K-2.3M-7.0K0.7438.00113845,8361,254
2022-12-21$7.79$7.5032.1%9.2%39.5%0.0%32.0%5.1%0.9%83.0K-2.5M-7.1K0.0641.759365,9101,293
2022-12-22$7.88$7.5035.7%10.2%39.6%0.0%35.7%6.4%-0.2%78.8K-2.6M-7.1K0.1849.73405725,9361,295
2022-12-23$8.00$7.5031.7%9.1%39.6%0.0%30.2%5.9%9.0%78.9K-2.8M-7.4K0.4242.603811596,0591,331
2022-12-27$7.95$7.5037.0%10.6%39.8%0.0%37.0%5.4%-0.2%80.0K-2.8M-7.5K0.0740.952826,2031,365
2022-12-28$7.94$7.5034.1%9.8%37.8%0.0%34.0%1.5%3.4%82.0K-2.7M-7.5K0.3157.2193296,2161,367
2022-12-29$8.04$7.5035.9%10.3%37.4%0.0%36.1%5.4%1.0%81.2K-3.0M-7.4K0.6423.241731106,2391,370
2022-12-30$8.02$7.5020.3%5.8%37.3%0.0%20.9%-24.1%15.4%79.7K-3.0M-7.1K0.7612.591471116,2511,370