SANM Options History — April 2011

In April 2011, SANM traded between $10.28 and $12.02. ATM implied volatility averaged 46.8%, placing in the 31.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 14.7%. IV traded below realized volatility by 11.3% (HV 20d: 58.1%). Max pain ranged from $10.00 to $12.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.81.

Notable Days

  • 2011-04-25: Highest Volume — 540 contracts
  • 2011-04-14: Largest IV spike — 69.5% change
  • 2011-04-18: Highest IV Rank — 48.0%
  • 2011-04-18: Largest Expected Move — 16.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$11.08$10.28$12.02$10.90$11.72
Max Pain$10.60$10.00$12.00$12.00$11.00
ATM IV46.8%32.7%57.8%47.8%42.1%
Expected Move14.7%11.9%16.6%13.7%12.1%
HV 20d58.1%30.5%88.1%88.1%37.5%
HV 60d65.3%62.4%69.8%69.8%62.7%
IV Rank31.4%4.4%48.0%36.6%20.7%
IV Percentile24.3%0.4%58.7%28.2%8.7%
Term Structure-0.7%-4.4%7.3%7.3%2.1%
VWIV51.1%41.9%57.4%45.6%43.6%
Skew 25d5.2%1.0%8.6%2.6%3.2%
Skew 10d14.0%0.4%32.0%3.7%20.0%
Call IV 25d49.8%37.9%57.6%48.0%43.3%
Put IV 25d55.0%42.2%62.5%50.6%46.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %30.8919.2947.2843.2027.73
Gamma HHI0.260.230.310.240.31
Net GEX53.6K24.2K89.7K46.0K89.7K
Net DEX151.5K-2.0M2.2M756.3K-1.6M
Net VEX-13.4K-16.0K-11.1K-16.0K-13.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.810.0524.380.180.63
Total Volume213.361540158117
Total OI11,785.257,98914,45614,1609,336

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-04-01$10.90$12.0047.8%13.7%88.1%36.6%45.6%2.6%7.3%46.0K756.3K-16.0K0.1843.20134248,7855,375
2011-04-04$10.90$10.0045.5%15.3%87.2%33.1%50.3%6.8%-1.6%48.9K879.9K-15.1K24.3825.3481958,7745,392
2011-04-05$11.00$10.0044.3%15.7%87.2%31.2%53.9%5.9%-2.6%51.6K722.0K-15.0K0.2923.3789268,7825,433
2011-04-06$10.99$10.0044.7%15.6%87.0%31.8%53.3%5.1%-2.7%52.1K762.2K-14.9K0.0523.1114878,8105,433
2011-04-07$11.16$10.0041.4%14.9%87.4%26.6%49.9%7.4%0.6%62.0K324.4K-15.0K1.2026.35991198,9245,436
2011-04-08$11.05$10.0042.1%15.2%87.3%27.6%51.4%6.6%-1.7%59.7K606.5K-14.6K0.2926.5270209,0175,439
2011-04-11$11.03$11.0043.5%15.8%87.0%29.9%53.4%4.2%-2.2%63.6K586.3K-13.9K0.6129.8238239,0125,349
2011-04-12$10.77$11.0047.7%15.5%87.0%36.5%55.2%6.2%-2.7%54.3K1.2M-13.2K1.1827.98851009,0205,349
2011-04-13$10.62$11.0032.7%15.9%86.3%4.4%57.3%1.9%-1.6%40.2K1.8M-12.3K0.2747.28101278,8605,358
2011-04-14$10.28$11.0055.5%15.9%30.5%44.0%54.4%4.6%-1.9%24.6K2.2M-11.2K0.4625.77130608,9325,385
2011-04-15$10.62$10.0052.2%15.0%32.5%38.3%55.3%5.6%-0.9%44.0K1.7M-11.9K2.2035.1241909,0165,370
2011-04-18$10.42$10.0057.8%16.6%31.7%48.0%57.4%7.3%-3.3%24.2K280.9K-11.1K0.5138.65111574,9803,009
2011-04-19$10.69$10.0051.8%14.9%32.8%37.7%52.2%8.6%-0.6%31.6K5.1K-11.8K0.5339.022281205,0473,064
2011-04-20$11.09$10.0050.5%14.5%34.1%35.4%50.7%4.8%-0.2%41.4K-449.8K-12.8K0.7742.102041585,1743,156
2011-04-21$11.25$11.0052.6%15.1%34.4%39.1%51.4%5.8%-3.2%44.8K-638.2K-13.2K0.2033.2791185,3123,273
2011-04-25$11.45$11.0056.8%16.3%33.8%46.3%56.4%7.7%-4.4%49.4K-951.8K-13.2K0.4536.813721685,3743,277
2011-04-26$11.99$11.0042.9%12.3%35.6%22.1%44.2%6.3%1.5%76.1K-1.9M-13.6K0.4023.593601455,5803,408
2011-04-27$12.02$11.0041.7%12.0%35.6%20.0%44.8%1.0%3.5%84.8K-2.0M-13.7K1.0223.511751795,8193,379
2011-04-28$11.57$11.0041.5%11.9%38.1%19.7%41.9%1.7%0.3%82.6K-1.3M-13.2K0.5219.2985445,8943,372
2011-04-29$11.72$11.0042.1%12.1%37.5%20.7%43.6%3.2%2.1%89.7K-1.6M-13.3K0.6327.7372455,9643,372