SANM Options History — February 2011

In February 2011, SANM traded between $15.00 and $16.94. ATM implied volatility averaged 44.5%, placing in the 31.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.8%. IV traded below realized volatility by 9.6% (HV 20d: 54.0%). Max pain ranged from $13.00 to $16.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.07.

Notable Days

  • 2011-02-22: Highest Volume — 820 contracts
  • 2011-02-09: Largest IV spike — 11.5% change
  • 2011-02-23: Highest IV Rank — 38.4%
  • 2011-02-23: Largest Expected Move — 14.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$15.93$15.00$16.94$15.66$15.62
Max Pain$15.53$13.00$16.00$13.00$16.00
ATM IV44.5%40.7%48.9%42.6%46.2%
Expected Move12.8%11.8%14.0%12.2%13.2%
HV 20d54.0%41.8%65.3%62.3%46.2%
HV 60d47.1%45.9%49.7%46.2%48.3%
IV Rank31.4%25.4%38.4%28.4%34.2%
IV Percentile18.8%5.6%34.5%10.3%26.2%
Term Structure1.3%-1.0%3.9%0.4%0.9%
VWIV44.4%41.1%48.7%43.0%46.5%
Skew 25d4.6%1.1%14.1%3.0%5.5%
Skew 10d15.7%-1.3%29.9%12.9%13.7%
Call IV 25d41.8%31.3%47.4%41.3%44.3%
Put IV 25d46.4%42.1%52.0%44.3%49.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %35.8918.6375.3421.7564.64
Gamma HHI0.290.220.350.300.23
Net GEX126.5K38.2K194.9K175.3K43.8K
Net DEX-8.3M-12.3M-2.4M-8.9M-3.0M
Net VEX-16.1K-18.6K-13.7K-18.1K-16.0K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.070.048.430.570.16
Total Volume331.73759820247207
Total OI11,330.2117,73912,78611,7928,945

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-02-01$15.66$13.0042.6%12.2%62.3%28.4%43.0%3.0%0.4%175.3K-8.9M-18.1K0.5721.75157908,4383,354
2011-02-02$15.57$13.0042.0%12.0%62.4%27.5%44.2%14.1%0.5%185.3K-8.6M-18.6K1.4531.5165948,5303,444
2011-02-03$15.89$13.0041.1%11.8%61.7%26.1%41.1%2.4%0.5%166.8K-9.5M-17.9K0.5918.63142848,5243,538
2011-02-04$16.38$16.0045.6%12.7%60.8%33.3%43.1%8.8%-1.0%162.3K-10.6M-15.8K0.1637.04300498,5873,490
2011-02-07$16.37$16.0044.1%12.6%60.5%30.8%44.4%2.5%1.1%146.3K-10.6M-16.2K0.1626.49257408,5803,530
2011-02-08$16.35$16.0040.7%12.6%60.6%25.4%42.1%2.8%0.2%151.1K-10.6M-15.8K0.3226.98129418,5813,562
2011-02-09$15.49$16.0045.3%12.8%65.3%32.8%44.1%2.5%2.0%194.9K-8.6M-17.8K0.6634.9595638,6073,592
2011-02-10$15.79$16.0044.3%12.7%65.1%31.2%45.4%5.5%0.5%179.6K-9.3M-16.7K1.5020.081612418,6623,637
2011-02-11$16.02$16.0042.4%12.2%63.6%28.1%44.4%6.6%3.9%158.4K-10.0M-16.4K0.0727.28530398,6643,813
2011-02-14$16.05$16.0044.8%12.9%47.0%32.0%43.6%4.5%-0.1%160.8K-10.2M-15.9K0.0928.68243238,7363,811
2011-02-15$15.91$16.0044.4%12.7%47.2%31.3%46.1%3.6%3.2%175.8K-10.0M-15.8K0.2624.9147128,8853,825
2011-02-16$16.44$16.0045.0%12.9%45.5%32.2%44.0%3.6%1.1%126.0K-11.3M-14.5K0.2235.08172388,8703,837
2011-02-17$16.94$16.0044.4%12.7%42.5%31.3%42.6%3.7%2.7%94.2K-12.3M-13.8K0.0638.02393248,9153,871
2011-02-18$16.77$16.0042.6%12.2%41.8%28.4%42.1%1.1%0.3%93.5K-12.1M-13.7K0.0441.02580258,8913,892
2011-02-22$15.72$16.0044.9%12.9%48.7%32.0%45.7%1.3%2.3%69.3K-3.8M-14.6K8.4375.34877334,7402,999
2011-02-23$15.00$16.0048.9%14.0%49.3%38.4%48.7%7.2%1.9%42.5K-2.4M-15.6K1.9228.252594964,7863,522
2011-02-24$15.36$16.0048.3%13.8%48.1%37.4%48.7%2.8%1.7%39.3K-2.7M-16.6K1.0053.0279794,8473,902
2011-02-25$15.30$16.0047.4%13.6%48.0%36.1%43.8%5.6%2.1%38.2K-2.6M-16.4K2.6948.17621674,8873,980
2011-02-28$15.62$16.0046.2%13.2%46.2%34.2%46.5%5.5%0.9%43.8K-3.0M-16.0K0.1664.64178294,9374,008