HLN Options History — November 2024

In November 2024, HLN traded between $9.25 and $9.77. ATM implied volatility averaged 17.6%, placing in the 6.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.6% (HV 20d: 14.0%). Max pain ranged from $10.00 to $10.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.10.

Notable Days

  • 2024-11-08: Highest Volume — 1,347 contracts
  • 2024-11-13: Largest IV drop — 63.8% change
  • 2024-11-12: Highest IV Rank — 31.8%
  • 2024-11-04: Largest Expected Move — 6.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$9.54$9.25$9.77$9.71$9.66
Max Pain$10.00$10.00$10.00$10.00$10.00
ATM IV17.6%11.0%37.3%22.7%22.6%
Expected Move4.4%3.1%6.7%6.5%6.5%
HV 20d14.0%10.1%16.0%15.5%15.1%
HV 60d14.9%14.1%15.2%14.7%15.1%
IV Rank6.8%0.0%31.8%12.7%14.8%
IV Percentile17.5%0.0%77.8%42.1%45.2%
Term Structure7.5%-2.8%63.9%0.2%2.0%
VWIV22.4%10.4%58.7%58.7%11.8%
Skew 25d104.2%11.7%250.2%250.2%20.8%
Skew 10d142.9%-26.7%289.5%289.5%9.6%
Call IV 25d41.5%14.1%87.1%30.1%14.8%
Put IV 25d145.7%25.8%280.3%280.3%35.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %94.9969.46110.3669.4696.07
Gamma HHI0.970.940.980.940.98
Net GEX154.8K110.5K225.1K131.5K217.6K
Net DEX-1.5M-2.2M-772.9K-1.2M-1.9M
Net VEX-7.4K-10.2K-4.2K-5.0K-9.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.100.000.930.100.50
Total Volume331.1501,3472169
Total OI6,036.84,5507,1874,5506,486

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2024-11-01$9.71$10.0022.7%6.5%15.5%12.7%58.7%250.2%0.2%131.5K-1.2M-5.0K0.1069.46197194,029521
2024-11-04$9.77$10.0023.5%6.7%11.1%13.7%23.4%15.7%-2.8%146.5K-1.3M-4.8K0.0190.2810914,042540
2024-11-05$9.75$10.0017.9%6.2%10.1%6.4%21.7%16.3%-1.6%159.5K-1.2M-4.9K0.0193.4017214,150540
2024-11-06$9.55$10.0016.6%3.2%12.1%4.6%0.0%106.3%6.7%110.5K-772.9K-4.2K0.02109.5818134,315540
2024-11-07$9.61$10.0019.3%5.6%12.4%8.2%19.4%18.9%-0.8%130.5K-1.0M-4.7K0.0191.2919914,398536
2024-11-08$9.61$10.0017.7%3.4%12.4%6.1%10.9%145.5%7.2%135.9K-1.0M-4.7K0.00110.361,34704,596536
2024-11-11$9.52$10.0027.4%3.3%12.4%18.8%0.0%136.9%9.2%142.4K-1.2M-6.2K0.0096.261,27455,554536
2024-11-12$9.29$10.0037.3%4.0%14.4%31.8%35.6%23.0%7.7%128.0K-1.2M-7.3K0.1094.81317336,459539
2024-11-13$9.25$10.0013.5%3.9%13.6%0.6%45.2%132.4%10.3%113.3K-1.2M-6.8K0.05109.1912966,616513
2024-11-14$9.30$10.0013.1%3.8%14.1%0.2%39.7%105.5%63.9%133.8K-1.3M-7.3K0.0096.387806,681506
2024-11-15$9.38$10.0013.2%3.8%14.7%0.2%12.8%135.9%15.2%133.6K-1.4M-7.4K0.93100.921611506,658506
2024-11-18$9.43$10.0013.1%3.7%14.9%0.0%12.7%145.0%0.0%135.5K-1.4M-8.1K0.0087.4432415,345396
2024-11-19$9.48$10.0012.5%3.6%15.1%0.0%12.8%147.8%8.2%153.8K-1.6M-8.6K0.0085.3920515,619396
2024-11-20$9.48$10.0014.1%4.0%15.1%2.1%0.0%95.0%5.5%159.6K-1.7M-9.1K0.00100.94005,902395
2024-11-21$9.54$10.0012.3%3.5%15.4%0.0%11.8%155.4%7.2%177.1K-1.8M-9.1K0.00103.299905,900395
2024-11-22$9.64$10.0011.0%3.1%16.0%0.0%10.4%11.7%1.9%185.2K-1.9M-9.7K0.1388.83389515,969395
2024-11-25$9.59$10.0013.8%4.0%15.2%3.7%14.2%154.2%4.7%197.2K-1.9M-10.0K0.0888.241216,329444
2024-11-26$9.59$10.0012.7%3.6%15.1%2.2%0.0%174.8%5.6%179.3K-1.9M-9.8K0.00100.9711106,330444
2024-11-27$9.71$10.0017.8%5.1%15.8%8.7%18.0%91.8%-0.9%225.1K-2.2M-10.2K0.0086.711,03616,236444
2024-11-29$9.66$10.0022.6%6.5%15.1%14.8%11.8%20.8%2.0%217.6K-1.9M-9.4K0.5096.07636,042444