HUN Options History — August 2011

In August 2011, HUN traded between $1.12 and $1.92. ATM implied volatility averaged 72.3%, placing in the 56.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 19.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 66.0% (HV 20d: 138.3%). Max pain ranged from $1.20 to $1.70. Net GEX was positive for 13 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.54.

Notable Days

  • 2011-08-04: Highest Volume — 263,370 contracts
  • 2011-08-04: Largest IV spike — 122.5% change
  • 2011-08-04: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2011-08-04: Largest Expected Move — 32.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$1.35$1.12$1.92$1.92$1.31
Max Pain$1.37$1.20$1.70$1.70$1.20
ATM IV72.3%44.1%120.8%44.1%52.1%
Expected Move19.3%12.7%32.4%12.7%14.9%
HV 20d138.3%28.0%162.9%28.0%162.3%
HV 60d85.1%31.8%97.5%31.8%97.2%
IV Rank56.0%25.8%100.0%63.0%26.9%
IV Percentile96.0%84.9%100.0%84.9%92.9%
Term Structure-8.3%-56.9%2.2%-4.8%2.0%
VWIV66.0%44.2%99.8%44.2%53.4%
Skew 25d6.0%-41.3%12.0%7.0%10.9%
Skew 10d10.6%-54.8%37.2%11.2%11.3%
Call IV 25d62.7%42.8%99.0%42.8%47.6%
Put IV 25d68.7%49.8%88.6%49.8%58.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %27.4415.1754.8522.0554.85
Gamma HHI0.190.120.360.150.16
Net GEX128.3K-829.0K2.1M2.1M388.0K
Net DEX15.1M-62.1M49.5M-62.1M-5.0M
Net VEX-102.8K-182.1K-64.8K-181.5K-84.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.540.012.330.100.16
Total Volume45,605.2178,760263,3708,76026,330
Total OI1,091,059.565513,1101,474,1201,167,360607,320

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-08-01$1.92$1.7044.1%12.7%28.0%63.0%44.2%7.0%-4.8%2.1M-62.1M-181.5K0.1022.05N/AN/A7,940820729,320438,040
2011-08-02$1.81$1.7047.5%13.6%34.6%75.3%47.7%5.5%-3.2%1.6M-37.2M-179.4K2.3321.95N/AN/A10,16023,650732,730438,230
2011-08-03$1.80$1.7050.8%14.6%33.9%87.5%51.1%9.7%-6.6%1.4M-31.9M-182.1K0.6422.57N/AN/A65,41041,780735,410457,600
2011-08-04$1.25$1.70113.1%32.4%131.4%100.0%99.8%-41.3%-56.9%-211.1K38.2M-91.4K0.5831.00N/AN/A166,57096,800758,550468,820
2011-08-05$1.27$1.5094.2%20.2%132.1%78.1%69.5%3.6%-10.2%-278.6K42.1M-93.1K0.3633.33N/AN/A65,80023,410818,960500,310
2011-08-08$1.12$1.50120.8%25.4%137.0%100.0%86.7%5.4%-16.5%-86.1K42.3M-71.2K2.1933.40N/AN/A33,71073,960864,730507,590
2011-08-09$1.31$1.40103.8%22.6%151.2%82.0%75.6%7.2%-16.2%-337.8K39.3M-113.4K0.1136.09N/AN/A72,8807,810871,330544,020
2011-08-10$1.24$1.30112.1%23.3%151.3%90.7%79.8%6.5%-12.7%-222.8K41.1M-103.8K0.8122.35N/AN/A20,30016,490902,510544,670
2011-08-11$1.36$1.3075.5%21.6%156.6%51.7%75.7%9.1%-10.2%-421.3K32.6M-128.5K0.3638.40N/AN/A20,6707,370901,690543,800
2011-08-12$1.39$1.3072.6%20.8%156.8%48.7%72.3%9.0%-9.8%-606.9K33.7M-125.8K0.3026.30N/AN/A14,1804,240909,210547,770
2011-08-15$1.43$1.3068.2%19.6%157.5%44.0%67.9%9.8%-7.6%-829.0K30.1M-121.3K0.3919.77N/AN/A13,9505,490914,490549,170
2011-08-16$1.38$1.3065.9%18.9%157.1%41.5%65.2%5.7%-5.8%-679.5K37.9M-108.2K0.4522.02N/AN/A13,7806,140921,920550,980
2011-08-17$1.35$1.3063.2%18.1%156.4%38.6%62.6%8.0%-4.9%-338.0K43.9M-97.0K0.8322.85N/AN/A7,7806,420921,970552,150
2011-08-18$1.25$1.3075.9%21.8%157.3%52.2%71.6%8.0%-11.3%43.5K48.7M-80.4K0.4920.38N/AN/A11,7305,780918,050548,420
2011-08-19$1.17$1.3073.2%21.0%157.7%49.3%72.6%9.8%-6.9%7.6K49.5M-69.1K1.1729.03N/AN/A11,72013,670923,060548,510
2011-08-22$1.15$1.3069.5%19.9%157.7%45.4%70.0%8.2%-3.6%43.3K5.2M-64.8K0.2315.17N/AN/A14,2703,330356,890156,220
2011-08-23$1.20$1.3067.6%19.4%158.8%43.4%66.3%10.9%-3.3%67.0K4.1M-70.9K0.0128.59N/AN/A35,110520366,470158,460
2011-08-24$1.22$1.2064.4%18.5%159.4%39.9%61.7%9.4%-2.9%151.6K1.8M-74.4K0.0719.06N/AN/A17,4301,240395,950158,700
2011-08-25$1.21$1.2063.1%18.1%159.2%38.6%61.5%12.0%-3.1%161.5K1.7M-74.6K0.1716.09N/AN/A15,4902,700405,930158,660
2011-08-26$1.23$1.2060.7%17.4%159.7%36.0%58.3%8.0%-1.5%193.7K1.1M-77.7K0.0749.99N/AN/A21,6001,480416,990160,380
2011-08-29$1.32$1.2054.3%15.6%162.9%29.2%52.5%9.1%2.0%336.0K-4.2M-85.2K0.1522.58N/AN/A23,9603,670426,330160,490
2011-08-30$1.33$1.2051.1%14.6%162.3%25.8%51.4%5.7%2.2%394.4K-5.3M-85.6K0.4023.27N/AN/A8,1103,270439,750161,820
2011-08-31$1.31$1.2052.1%14.9%162.3%26.9%53.4%10.9%2.0%388.0K-5.0M-84.9K0.1654.85N/AN/A22,6303,700445,710161,610