HUN Options History — March 2012

In March 2012, HUN traded between $1.27 and $1.47. ATM implied volatility averaged 40.6%, placing in the 14.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.4% (HV 20d: 43.0%). Max pain ranged from $1.30 to $1.40. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 22 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.36.

Notable Days

  • 2012-03-20: Highest Volume — 456,140 contracts
  • 2012-03-12: Largest IV spike — 22.0% change
  • 2012-03-12: Highest IV Rank — 28.0%
  • 2012-03-12: Largest Expected Move — 13.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$1.40$1.27$1.47$1.38$1.40
Max Pain$1.35$1.30$1.40$1.30$1.40
ATM IV40.6%31.9%53.2%39.0%31.9%
Expected Move11.5%9.1%13.2%11.2%9.1%
HV 20d43.0%38.5%49.9%38.5%40.3%
HV 60d42.4%39.9%44.9%43.3%40.6%
IV Rank14.6%5.3%28.0%12.9%5.3%
IV Percentile32.5%3.2%59.5%33.3%3.2%
Term Structure4.2%0.9%8.8%2.9%8.8%
VWIV40.7%31.9%48.2%39.2%31.9%
Skew 25d-0.4%-3.8%4.6%0.4%-2.0%
Skew 10d-3.6%-15.1%20.8%-7.3%-13.2%
Call IV 25d41.4%32.1%47.5%40.9%32.1%
Put IV 25d41.0%30.1%47.8%41.3%30.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %16.228.4936.2313.688.49
Gamma HHI0.310.200.830.300.21
Net GEX2.4M1.2M8.1M2.2M1.6M
Net DEX-69.4M-86.6M-39.7M-68.6M-64.9M
Net VEX-250.3K-302.5K-213.9K-242.1K-298.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.360.011.930.050.33
Total Volume89,148.63612,130456,14037,64012,130
Total OI1,606,416.8181,328,3901,693,0601,590,0101,692,790

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-03-01$1.38$1.3039.0%11.2%38.5%12.9%39.2%0.4%2.9%2.2M-68.6M-242.1K0.0513.68N/AN/A36,0001,6401,093,820496,190
2012-03-02$1.39$1.3038.0%10.9%38.6%11.8%39.1%-2.9%4.6%2.4M-73.7M-237.2K0.2612.35N/AN/A21,9005,7301,109,930496,050
2012-03-05$1.33$1.3044.9%12.5%39.4%19.1%42.9%3.1%3.3%1.8M-55.5M-229.2K0.2913.93N/AN/A16,2104,6901,087,940497,330
2012-03-06$1.27$1.3047.4%12.4%42.7%21.8%43.4%4.6%3.9%1.2M-39.7M-219.8K0.4216.95N/AN/A18,9308,0001,088,730500,370
2012-03-07$1.29$1.3042.3%12.2%43.0%16.4%43.3%1.1%3.8%1.3M-43.0M-221.6K0.1516.65N/AN/A21,7103,2901,094,030503,160
2012-03-08$1.37$1.3047.2%13.1%48.8%21.6%45.7%-0.5%1.9%2.3M-68.2M-229.0K0.0425.37N/AN/A101,3504,2601,105,030501,670
2012-03-09$1.40$1.3043.6%12.4%49.2%17.8%44.0%1.9%2.3%2.8M-79.3M-235.0K0.2413.91N/AN/A39,7509,5701,147,230500,850
2012-03-12$1.38$1.3053.2%13.2%49.6%28.0%48.2%-1.2%1.7%2.7M-71.3M-224.6K0.0112.64N/AN/A309,8104,1901,143,080502,000
2012-03-13$1.41$1.3046.6%12.7%49.9%20.9%44.7%0.9%0.9%3.3M-77.7M-220.7K0.4136.23N/AN/A64,47026,1301,138,330502,910
2012-03-14$1.41$1.3040.4%12.7%49.4%14.4%44.8%-0.6%2.6%3.8M-77.8M-220.5K1.9315.23N/AN/A16,43031,7001,147,650526,530
2012-03-15$1.42$1.3042.3%12.1%48.8%16.4%43.1%-0.7%3.2%3.4M-78.4M-214.0K0.3218.18N/AN/A27,8308,7801,124,120553,390
2012-03-16$1.41$1.3042.5%12.2%41.5%16.7%43.1%1.0%4.3%8.1M-77.4M-214.4K0.0421.79N/AN/A166,1905,8701,130,650558,840
2012-03-19$1.41$1.4040.1%11.5%41.1%14.0%41.6%-3.8%4.9%1.3M-62.4M-213.9K0.8013.02N/AN/A39,08031,260866,960461,430
2012-03-20$1.42$1.4042.6%12.2%40.3%16.8%44.3%-2.2%2.8%1.3M-64.3M-226.2K0.2217.49N/AN/A373,14083,000892,470488,830
2012-03-21$1.44$1.4039.7%11.4%40.3%13.6%41.2%-3.1%4.3%1.7M-75.2M-285.5K0.2915.76N/AN/A35,10010,2801,013,340543,170
2012-03-22$1.41$1.4037.2%10.7%41.1%11.0%39.1%-1.6%5.1%1.7M-67.7M-289.4K0.2114.47N/AN/A106,92022,0801,032,560549,130
2012-03-23$1.42$1.4035.6%10.2%40.9%9.3%36.7%-1.0%5.7%1.8M-71.4M-288.1K0.5515.18N/AN/A83,54046,1401,030,720561,740
2012-03-26$1.46$1.4036.4%10.4%41.0%10.1%37.1%1.3%3.3%2.0M-80.1M-302.5K0.2516.25N/AN/A26,5306,6301,054,090585,030
2012-03-27$1.47$1.4036.4%10.4%41.0%10.1%36.3%-1.1%4.1%2.1M-86.6M-296.8K0.2013.35N/AN/A30,8706,0801,068,470588,270
2012-03-28$1.43$1.4032.8%9.4%40.0%6.3%33.2%-0.3%8.3%1.9M-73.2M-299.3K0.7417.08N/AN/A35,41026,1201,079,930589,350
2012-03-29$1.42$1.4032.4%9.3%40.1%5.9%32.7%-1.7%8.4%1.8M-69.4M-298.0K0.138.81N/AN/A28,7703,7601,080,860612,200
2012-03-30$1.40$1.4031.9%9.1%40.3%5.3%31.9%-2.0%8.8%1.6M-64.9M-298.4K0.338.49N/AN/A9,1402,9901,079,020613,770