HUN Options History — August 2007

In August 2007, HUN traded between $2.38 and $2.60. ATM implied volatility averaged 23.0%, placing in the 38.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.0% (HV 20d: 23.0%). Max pain ranged from $2.00 to $2.50. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 9.81.

Notable Days

  • 2007-08-03: Highest Volume — 38,390 contracts
  • 2007-08-16: Largest IV spike — 115.0% change
  • 2007-08-13: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2007-08-16: Largest Expected Move — 16.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$2.50$2.38$2.60$2.51$2.60
Max Pain$2.30$2.00$2.50$2.00$2.50
ATM IV23.0%12.0%56.0%17.9%18.4%
Expected Move6.0%3.4%16.0%5.1%5.3%
HV 20d23.0%15.0%48.2%48.2%24.5%
HV 60d60.1%59.5%60.7%59.5%60.0%
IV Rank38.8%8.0%100.0%35.9%21.3%
IV Percentile31.6%4.4%100.0%13.1%18.6%
Term Structure-1.5%-45.5%10.1%-1.9%10.1%
VWIV24.6%9.6%84.1%17.9%21.3%
Skew 25d14.9%3.7%54.7%8.7%16.2%
Skew 10d21.8%1.2%77.7%16.7%28.6%
Call IV 25d19.6%15.7%26.5%21.4%18.0%
Put IV 25d34.4%20.1%78.0%30.1%34.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %80.9223.68154.3163.9239.54
Gamma HHI0.460.280.800.720.35
Net GEX197.8K-22.2K614.8K356.1K-21.9K
Net DEX-33.0M-53.7M-11.4M-50.4M-24.6M
Net VEX-162.1K-193.0K-131.9K-138.3K-163.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio9.810.0932.2027.615.77
Total Volume7,66090038,3909,4401,490
Total OI483,463.913382,290564,210531,120420,590

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2007-08-01$2.51$2.0017.9%5.1%48.2%35.9%17.9%8.7%-1.9%356.1K-50.4M-138.3K27.6163.92N/AN/A3309,110324,270206,850
2007-08-02$2.54$2.0017.6%5.0%21.7%34.8%0.0%5.9%0.3%165.3K-53.7M-131.9K3.5023.68N/AN/A200700324,420214,750
2007-08-03$2.50$2.0016.4%4.7%20.4%30.3%44.5%9.0%1.4%274.6K-45.7M-161.8K0.0970.49N/AN/A35,3303,060324,420214,010
2007-08-06$2.48$2.2518.8%5.5%20.2%39.2%0.0%7.1%0.7%382.9K-44.3M-174.0K4.5795.40N/AN/A2,1409,780339,450216,280
2007-08-07$2.48$2.2515.3%4.7%20.3%26.4%0.0%9.8%4.2%387.4K-46.2M-160.7K20.8277.99N/AN/A3306,870331,340222,300
2007-08-08$2.51$2.2515.6%5.4%20.9%27.3%0.0%23.1%1.9%431.3K-43.8M-164.2K19.67111.73N/AN/A1202,360329,330221,070
2007-08-09$2.50$2.2519.1%5.5%15.0%40.5%32.6%24.6%2.2%340.0K-45.2M-163.3K0.8272.97N/AN/A1,6801,380329,200221,820
2007-08-10$2.44$2.2520.7%5.0%16.3%46.3%18.2%16.4%2.8%295.3K-37.7M-177.6K0.3761.03N/AN/A1,880690330,590222,760
2007-08-13$2.48$2.2543.3%6.5%17.4%100.0%0.0%3.7%-14.3%614.8K-44.7M-155.6K1.88141.90N/AN/A8301,560330,960223,450
2007-08-14$2.42$2.2531.6%4.4%18.6%66.8%18.1%13.2%4.5%249.7K-37.0M-168.1K1.6790.68N/AN/A9901,650331,630224,840
2007-08-15$2.43$2.2526.0%4.5%18.7%50.9%17.5%10.4%2.7%177.8K-36.5M-163.2K8.2590.54N/AN/A9507,840332,570226,390
2007-08-16$2.42$2.2556.0%16.0%18.7%100.0%84.1%39.5%-45.5%200.1K-32.5M-177.1K4.66150.62N/AN/A7703,590333,400227,500
2007-08-17$2.38$2.2551.6%14.8%19.2%90.8%0.0%54.7%-34.0%10.3K-27.8M-193.0K18.71154.31N/AN/A1402,620333,640230,570
2007-08-20$2.41$2.2512.0%3.4%20.0%8.0%12.3%10.9%9.1%-22.2K-11.4M-168.0K4.2494.36N/AN/A1,7307,340188,390193,900
2007-08-21$2.52$2.2517.6%5.0%27.2%19.8%17.6%10.3%5.0%64.5K-20.2M-158.9K0.7872.78N/AN/A13,66010,710189,270195,560
2007-08-22$2.55$2.5017.2%4.9%26.6%18.9%17.9%9.8%4.1%85.4K-23.4M-157.8K13.4646.12N/AN/A2603,500197,840199,490
2007-08-23$2.55$2.5018.7%5.4%26.0%22.1%18.7%10.8%0.3%98.1K-24.0M-154.4K1.4242.94N/AN/A1,4102,000194,580197,840
2007-08-24$2.58$2.5013.3%3.8%26.0%10.8%9.6%8.1%3.4%112.3K-23.6M-151.7K31.50104.00N/AN/A601,890195,510198,710
2007-08-27$2.56$2.5019.5%5.6%26.1%23.8%19.6%11.2%1.9%105.0K-22.9M-157.9K32.2030.42N/AN/A1003,220195,510197,390
2007-08-28$2.54$2.5023.5%6.8%26.2%32.2%0.0%10.3%-0.2%100.4K-19.8M-163.1K0.00147.79N/AN/A01,030195,510199,740
2007-08-29$2.56$2.5018.9%5.4%25.6%22.6%18.7%11.8%3.1%84.8K-21.8M-161.4K1.9840.36N/AN/A410810195,510200,240
2007-08-30$2.56$2.5019.8%5.7%25.0%24.3%0.0%16.3%4.5%58.1K-21.5M-162.2K11.9037.60N/AN/A2,30027,360195,490200,790
2007-08-31$2.60$2.5018.4%5.3%24.5%21.3%21.3%16.2%10.1%-21.9K-24.6M-163.5K5.7739.54N/AN/A2201,270195,360225,230