SANM Options History — February 2010

In February 2010, SANM traded between $12.71 and $16.54. ATM implied volatility averaged 54.0%, placing in the 20.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 16.2%. IV traded below realized volatility by 16.0% (HV 20d: 69.9%). Max pain ranged from $12.50 to $15.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 3.34.

Notable Days

  • 2010-02-05: Highest Volume — 7,682 contracts
  • 2010-02-05: Largest IV drop — 26.3% change
  • 2010-02-04: Highest IV Rank — 27.7%
  • 2010-02-04: Largest Expected Move — 18.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$14.83$12.71$16.54$13.89$16.54
Max Pain$14.47$12.50$15.00$12.50$15.00
ATM IV54.0%47.1%65.6%54.0%47.4%
Expected Move16.2%13.6%18.8%15.5%13.6%
HV 20d69.9%58.6%77.2%65.0%58.6%
HV 60d55.6%52.2%70.8%70.8%54.7%
IV Rank20.4%15.9%27.7%20.2%16.4%
IV Percentile13.1%4.1%27.2%11.0%4.9%
Term Structure-0.2%-3.1%7.0%1.2%2.1%
VWIV58.4%50.8%68.0%59.8%54.7%
Skew 25d9.6%1.0%15.1%11.5%13.4%
Skew 10d23.1%-5.3%37.9%13.1%37.4%
Call IV 25d52.9%42.9%60.1%50.6%42.9%
Put IV 25d62.5%53.2%68.5%62.1%56.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %24.1515.0135.7616.5022.80
Gamma HHI0.480.290.710.480.41
Net GEX-191.0K-368.6K-81.5K-140.0K-120.2K
Net DEX-5.8M-16.0M535.0K-4.5M-7.6M
Net VEX-33.4K-43.1K-24.5K-34.8K-24.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio3.340.1625.221.460.92
Total Volume1,380.947527,682411433
Total OI29,052.52623,77634,27623,77626,305

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-02-01$13.89$12.5054.0%15.5%65.0%20.2%59.8%11.5%1.2%-140.0K-4.5M-34.8K1.4616.501672449,39014,386
2010-02-02$14.19$12.5051.0%14.6%63.8%18.3%51.5%15.1%7.0%-137.6K-5.7M-33.3K3.8015.011345099,51414,488
2010-02-03$13.87$12.5053.0%15.2%64.8%19.6%56.6%9.2%4.0%-144.9K-4.4M-35.3K11.6015.791211,4049,62114,961
2010-02-04$13.12$12.5065.6%18.8%67.4%27.7%63.7%1.0%0.4%-165.6K-1.7M-37.6K0.1928.377471429,65616,208
2010-02-05$12.71$15.0048.4%18.3%68.8%16.6%63.7%8.4%-3.1%-160.6K-454.3K-38.0K25.2217.202937,38910,25716,189
2010-02-08$13.07$15.0055.2%18.1%69.2%21.0%63.2%6.6%-1.3%-368.6K535.0K-43.1K0.7528.81916810,19321,631
2010-02-09$13.58$15.0051.5%18.1%70.1%18.6%56.8%6.2%-2.6%-342.6K-2.0M-40.6K1.5235.766610010,21421,678
2010-02-10$13.75$15.0047.1%17.9%70.2%15.9%58.1%6.5%-2.3%-328.2K-2.3M-40.5K1.3632.76223010,18921,678
2010-02-11$14.20$15.0058.1%16.7%70.6%23.3%68.0%10.7%-0.7%-279.8K-4.4M-38.2K1.6228.887551,22510,19021,698
2010-02-12$14.52$15.0058.3%16.7%70.0%23.4%65.2%11.9%-1.5%-195.6K-5.4M-36.1K1.8628.245610410,31222,714
2010-02-16$15.63$15.0059.1%16.9%73.4%24.0%58.0%14.3%-1.3%-178.3K-9.4M-30.8K2.3115.896111,40910,33222,667
2010-02-17$15.25$15.0057.3%16.4%74.4%22.8%59.1%9.9%-0.1%-244.0K-8.3M-32.7K0.3518.4657619910,50423,772
2010-02-18$16.48$15.0052.9%15.2%76.5%19.9%54.2%8.2%-1.0%-144.2K-12.3M-28.9K1.7932.1450990910,86523,168
2010-02-19$16.41$15.0050.1%14.4%76.6%18.1%56.7%8.9%-0.5%-142.8K-12.1M-27.7K0.1632.131,84428910,82323,442
2010-02-22$16.49$15.0049.4%14.2%76.4%17.6%57.6%3.1%0.1%-81.5K-16.0M-28.2K4.4834.174632,07613,26317,207
2010-02-23$15.96$15.0054.8%15.7%77.2%21.2%50.8%11.6%-1.2%-144.3K-4.8M-28.0K0.9118.711211107,60116,867
2010-02-24$16.14$15.0055.3%15.8%75.8%21.5%53.6%12.9%-2.7%-155.6K-5.2M-27.3K1.3919.7941577,66717,323
2010-02-25$16.05$15.0056.5%16.2%59.5%22.3%57.8%12.3%-0.1%-153.7K-5.0M-28.3K1.7217.491,0761,8487,69617,329
2010-02-26$16.54$15.0047.4%13.6%58.6%16.4%54.7%13.4%2.1%-120.2K-7.6M-24.5K0.9222.802262078,58917,716