HUN Options History — March 2016

In March 2016, HUN traded between $11.19 and $13.39. ATM implied volatility averaged 56.1%, placing in the 39.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 15.8%. IV traded below realized volatility by 7.6% (HV 20d: 63.7%). Max pain ranged from $10.00 to $12.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.97.

Notable Days

  • 2016-03-24: Highest Volume — 13,536 contracts
  • 2016-03-09: Largest IV drop — 17.7% change
  • 2016-03-08: Highest IV Rank — 56.9%
  • 2016-03-08: Largest Expected Move — 18.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$12.53$11.19$13.39$11.19$13.33
Max Pain$11.50$10.00$12.00$10.00$12.00
ATM IV56.1%48.9%72.1%62.5%50.1%
Expected Move15.8%14.0%18.2%17.9%14.4%
HV 20d63.7%53.4%74.3%74.3%53.4%
HV 60d68.4%67.3%70.5%67.4%67.9%
IV Rank39.6%31.9%56.9%46.6%33.1%
IV Percentile67.2%53.6%90.1%80.2%53.6%
Term Structure2.7%-4.5%7.0%-3.9%4.1%
VWIV55.6%48.2%73.6%73.6%49.7%
Skew 25d7.5%4.1%14.4%14.4%4.8%
Skew 10d16.6%-1.1%42.9%42.9%5.3%
Call IV 25d51.4%45.6%59.8%53.8%47.1%
Put IV 25d58.9%51.3%68.2%68.2%51.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %26.6711.6176.6922.0319.04
Gamma HHI0.160.130.210.190.21
Net GEX505.8K357.8K810.3K357.8K810.3K
Net DEX-26.5M-37.3M-16.3M-16.3M-34.7M
Net VEX-172.4K-214.9K-139.7K-139.7K-211.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.970.191.830.500.73
Total Volume5,759.7272,65313,5365,3532,653
Total OI89,928.09175,553110,48875,553110,488

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-03-01$11.19$10.0062.5%17.9%74.3%46.6%73.6%14.4%-3.9%357.8K-16.3M-139.7K0.5022.03N/AN/A3,5701,78348,49327,060
2016-03-02$11.82$10.0060.1%17.2%69.8%43.9%63.3%9.6%-4.5%375.7K-20.7M-139.7K1.1276.69N/AN/A4,5755,11649,09027,155
2016-03-03$11.79$10.0057.6%15.7%67.7%41.2%61.1%6.9%4.3%463.7K-22.4M-143.2K0.7121.74N/AN/A5,1473,66451,22325,442
2016-03-04$12.02$10.0058.4%16.2%65.2%42.1%54.0%8.1%1.0%456.4K-25.4M-142.8K0.4422.60N/AN/A6,1162,67651,43925,649
2016-03-07$12.89$10.0066.5%16.3%64.5%50.9%58.8%8.6%1.1%471.2K-33.4M-155.5K0.5718.11N/AN/A5,3943,06154,35326,288
2016-03-08$11.83$11.0072.1%18.2%70.3%56.9%63.2%6.2%-2.1%491.9K-23.4M-156.1K1.2421.60N/AN/A2,4813,08756,42927,643
2016-03-09$11.95$12.0059.3%17.0%69.1%43.1%60.5%9.9%2.0%522.1K-24.8M-157.4K1.1720.08N/AN/A2,1512,52457,30628,520
2016-03-10$11.90$12.0057.8%16.6%69.2%41.4%61.3%9.1%2.5%532.7K-24.4M-153.4K0.9922.81N/AN/A2,1922,17657,47928,601
2016-03-11$12.26$12.0056.9%16.3%67.1%40.4%56.4%8.8%4.7%510.5K-25.3M-156.9K0.7923.56N/AN/A2,2191,74653,92028,602
2016-03-14$12.13$12.0055.1%15.8%63.8%38.5%56.3%7.4%4.5%505.5K-23.8M-151.4K1.0211.61N/AN/A1,6641,70053,76028,661
2016-03-15$12.07$12.0056.3%16.1%63.3%39.8%55.6%6.5%1.2%516.0K-22.7M-151.6K1.0719.66N/AN/A2,2862,44654,03529,609
2016-03-16$12.43$12.0053.5%15.3%61.5%36.8%50.8%13.4%1.5%481.1K-26.4M-154.6K0.9562.37N/AN/A2,1872,07154,31629,590
2016-03-17$13.25$12.0053.6%15.4%64.2%36.9%53.3%7.0%4.6%528.5K-34.8M-156.3K0.9022.80N/AN/A2,4332,20054,67029,703
2016-03-18$13.19$12.0052.5%15.1%62.1%35.7%50.7%4.1%5.3%441.2K-37.3M-202.7K1.8329.09N/AN/A2,8135,13965,95639,881
2016-03-21$13.22$12.0050.8%14.6%61.9%33.8%52.9%6.1%4.6%404.7K-26.0M-201.1K1.2925.68N/AN/A1,5662,02357,53737,466
2016-03-22$13.21$12.0048.9%14.0%59.9%31.9%49.4%4.3%5.1%425.4K-26.9M-200.3K1.6117.91N/AN/A1,3962,24357,82837,877
2016-03-23$12.61$12.0050.4%14.4%62.7%33.4%49.3%8.6%5.2%374.3K-19.5M-193.3K1.8123.56N/AN/A1,2632,28858,11437,963
2016-03-24$12.92$12.0052.1%14.9%62.4%35.3%48.2%5.5%7.0%378.5K-22.8M-195.9K0.1930.50N/AN/A11,3412,19558,08938,222
2016-03-28$12.92$12.0053.3%15.3%56.8%36.5%52.8%5.6%3.0%630.4K-26.4M-205.7K1.3728.57N/AN/A1,4872,04167,30538,241
2016-03-29$13.25$12.0052.4%15.0%56.5%35.6%48.4%6.1%4.1%686.2K-30.8M-207.7K0.5320.84N/AN/A3,8402,02067,40438,434
2016-03-30$13.39$12.0053.9%15.5%56.0%37.2%52.7%4.4%3.1%764.8K-34.3M-214.9K0.4625.87N/AN/A3,9281,81369,87138,706
2016-03-31$13.33$12.0050.1%14.4%53.4%33.1%49.7%4.8%4.1%810.3K-34.7M-211.7K0.7319.04N/AN/A1,5321,12171,51738,971