SANM Options History — September 2011

In September 2011, SANM traded between $6.68 and $7.78. ATM implied volatility averaged 78.2%, placing in the 71.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 22.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 4.3% (HV 20d: 82.5%). Max pain ranged from $8.00 to $10.00. Net GEX was positive for 13 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.25.

Notable Days

  • 2011-09-20: Highest Volume — 1,722 contracts
  • 2011-09-15: Largest IV spike — 47.9% change
  • 2011-09-08: Highest IV Rank — 86.3%
  • 2011-09-20: Largest Expected Move — 24.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$7.22$6.68$7.78$7.47$6.68
Max Pain$9.24$8.00$10.00$10.00$8.00
ATM IV78.2%48.5%88.3%76.1%84.6%
Expected Move22.5%19.7%24.9%21.8%24.2%
HV 20d82.5%70.0%98.1%96.9%75.6%
HV 60d83.7%79.0%86.8%79.0%86.8%
IV Rank71.2%27.2%86.3%68.1%80.8%
IV Percentile93.2%48.8%98.8%96.4%97.6%
Term Structure0.4%-9.8%11.8%-5.3%-0.1%
VWIV73.8%54.5%83.5%68.1%78.5%
Skew 25d12.4%-5.8%20.9%7.3%13.4%
Skew 10d25.5%-11.4%56.3%10.0%15.3%
Call IV 25d70.8%57.1%78.1%57.1%78.1%
Put IV 25d83.1%60.0%92.7%64.5%91.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %66.7825.91102.8894.8556.50
Gamma HHI0.360.240.530.340.45
Net GEX5.9K-9.3K29.4K-3.0K18.0K
Net DEX1.7M1.2M2.3M2.0M1.4M
Net VEX-7.0K-7.9K-5.8K-7.6K-6.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.250.006.600.910.24
Total Volume349.81161,7222151
Total OI10,586.2868,45411,59310,36611,257

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-09-01$7.47$10.0076.1%21.8%96.9%68.1%0.0%7.3%-5.3%-3.0K2.0M-7.6K0.9194.8511105,6454,721
2011-09-02$7.05$10.0076.7%22.0%98.1%69.1%68.1%-5.8%3.1%-4.0K2.1M-6.8K0.6299.2581505,6554,721
2011-09-06$6.91$10.0079.6%22.2%88.0%73.3%77.3%10.1%-2.1%-4.8K2.3M-5.8K0.00102.887005,6904,728
2011-09-07$7.58$10.0073.4%22.2%95.3%64.1%0.0%16.1%-2.2%-3.6K2.1M-7.2K2.6743.9715405,7004,728
2011-09-08$7.38$10.0088.3%23.3%91.9%86.3%83.5%16.3%-7.8%-3.3K2.0M-7.3K0.0176.4550465,7104,757
2011-09-09$7.03$10.0084.2%22.4%84.5%80.2%77.8%12.3%-1.7%4.7K2.0M-6.3K0.2552.332056,1604,759
2011-09-12$6.98$10.0083.8%23.8%83.6%79.6%83.4%16.6%-5.9%7.0K2.1M-6.0K6.6060.255336,1664,764
2011-09-13$7.68$10.0083.0%21.5%89.0%78.3%73.9%13.8%-9.8%5.5K1.7M-7.5K1.3965.94741036,1714,797
2011-09-14$7.71$10.0048.5%21.1%89.0%27.2%72.6%10.5%-2.4%9141.7M-7.4K0.0037.181606,2514,843
2011-09-15$7.78$10.0071.8%20.6%89.1%61.7%72.2%8.5%-1.5%-9461.7M-7.3K0.0065.862006,2564,841
2011-09-16$7.75$10.0068.7%19.7%78.5%57.2%69.2%7.6%4.2%-1.1K1.7M-7.1K0.6225.9169436,2764,841
2011-09-19$7.67$10.0070.7%20.3%76.3%60.1%71.3%12.2%5.1%-9.3K1.8M-6.9K0.0275.601,342304,2494,205
2011-09-20$7.13$10.0086.9%24.9%80.8%84.2%68.6%12.5%-1.9%3.2K1.5M-7.0K0.0678.211,6221005,3024,229
2011-09-21$7.00$8.0078.5%22.5%77.2%71.8%69.5%10.3%5.7%14.4K1.5M-7.1K5.6571.39683846,1884,285
2011-09-22$6.71$8.0083.6%24.0%77.6%79.4%76.5%14.3%1.5%10.2K1.6M-6.5K2.8156.091774986,1984,358
2011-09-23$6.74$8.0080.3%23.0%73.1%74.4%74.1%11.0%5.0%12.8K1.3M-6.6K2.7051.841494026,3073,978
2011-09-26$6.94$8.0084.2%24.1%71.5%80.2%77.6%20.5%5.2%13.0K1.4M-7.1K0.4884.79122586,3714,188
2011-09-27$7.31$8.0078.8%22.6%70.0%72.2%54.5%13.1%11.8%18.7K1.2M-7.9K1.0761.34941016,4614,213
2011-09-28$6.92$8.0082.6%23.7%72.3%77.8%78.8%18.3%0.9%15.7K1.4M-7.1K0.0071.9289206,5534,197
2011-09-29$7.12$8.0077.5%22.2%73.3%70.3%74.4%20.9%7.1%29.4K1.2M-7.7K0.1469.9271107,3964,197
2011-09-30$6.68$8.0084.6%24.2%75.6%80.8%78.5%13.4%-0.1%18.0K1.4M-6.9K0.2456.5041107,0634,194