SANM Options History — January 2012

In January 2012, SANM traded between $9.50 and $10.98. ATM implied volatility averaged 45.2%, placing in the 18.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.4% (HV 20d: 39.7%). Max pain ranged from $9.00 to $10.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.36.

Notable Days

  • 2012-01-18: Highest Volume — 2,915 contracts
  • 2012-01-12: Largest IV spike — 24.1% change
  • 2012-01-17: Highest IV Rank — 36.0%
  • 2012-01-17: Largest Expected Move — 16.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$10.35$9.50$10.98$9.65$10.98
Max Pain$9.85$9.00$10.00$10.00$10.00
ATM IV45.2%36.6%57.6%47.9%39.8%
Expected Move13.5%10.5%16.5%13.7%11.4%
HV 20d39.7%37.2%42.6%41.7%38.5%
HV 60d62.2%56.7%66.9%66.9%56.7%
IV Rank18.2%5.9%36.0%22.1%10.4%
IV Percentile26.0%1.2%65.9%38.1%6.0%
Term Structure3.2%-3.1%13.8%6.5%5.1%
VWIV47.3%34.8%59.4%51.9%40.1%
Skew 25d8.9%-1.5%17.7%14.8%14.3%
Skew 10d16.9%-3.4%35.3%17.4%17.8%
Call IV 25d40.5%22.8%53.8%40.1%26.0%
Put IV 25d49.4%36.7%61.7%54.8%40.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %36.8117.2996.5796.5717.29
Gamma HHI0.350.250.900.330.30
Net GEX40.7K-66.9K301.3K22.9K51.7K
Net DEX-1.9M-4.4M-650.1K-974.9K-2.2M
Net VEX-7.7K-8.4K-6.7K-7.6K-8.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.360.0011.400.780.91
Total Volume50342,91520642
Total OI8,344.35,01112,5298,9295,583

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-01-03$9.65$10.0047.9%13.7%41.7%22.1%51.9%14.8%6.5%22.9K-974.9K-7.6K0.7896.57116905,4753,454
2012-01-04$9.50$10.0050.3%14.4%41.3%25.5%49.0%4.4%13.8%21.6K-650.1K-7.5K0.7669.10122935,5293,526
2012-01-05$9.79$10.0048.6%13.9%42.4%23.2%43.8%8.8%8.2%21.1K-1.2M-7.8K0.0044.0446125,5813,555
2012-01-06$9.71$9.0047.8%16.0%42.6%22.0%59.4%7.6%0.8%22.1K-1.1M-7.9K11.4036.85101145,6913,555
2012-01-09$9.79$9.0043.1%16.0%40.9%15.3%0.0%6.7%0.0%19.0K-1.1M-7.4K0.1623.21131215,6913,605
2012-01-10$9.75$9.0046.5%16.0%38.0%20.1%55.4%7.2%1.4%21.5K-1.1M-7.3K3.3529.87602015,7103,604
2012-01-11$10.20$10.0043.2%15.1%37.8%15.4%51.7%6.1%-1.1%17.4K-2.1M-7.2K1.5142.56811225,7213,630
2012-01-12$10.43$10.0053.6%15.4%37.2%30.4%53.2%5.1%-1.7%27.0K-2.4M-7.7K0.6632.205833825,7613,752
2012-01-13$10.25$10.0053.5%15.3%37.8%30.2%54.9%5.2%1.2%20.8K-2.2M-8.1K0.3341.49113376,0704,021
2012-01-17$10.16$10.0057.6%16.5%37.4%36.0%56.3%9.1%-3.1%17.3K-1.9M-7.1K0.7833.253532756,0644,040
2012-01-18$10.50$10.0055.6%15.9%38.4%33.2%53.8%8.0%-2.9%29.5K-2.8M-7.1K0.9734.091,4791,4366,2644,048
2012-01-19$10.18$10.0045.0%12.9%38.3%17.9%44.6%11.8%4.1%-66.9K-2.0M-7.3K2.3023.061513477,2085,077
2012-01-20$10.91$10.0039.5%11.3%41.0%10.0%40.0%17.7%6.9%301.3K-4.4M-6.7K0.1623.961,8112977,2645,265
2012-01-23$10.91$10.0040.5%11.6%40.9%11.6%40.4%16.0%3.4%40.7K-2.0M-7.7K0.3130.48206643,3461,665
2012-01-24$10.93$10.0038.1%10.9%40.1%8.1%37.9%11.2%4.7%46.3K-2.1M-8.0K0.0331.5026983,4941,677
2012-01-25$10.86$10.0037.7%10.8%40.4%7.5%34.8%-1.5%3.4%51.0K-2.2M-8.2K0.6737.43111743,6961,685
2012-01-26$10.81$10.0038.3%11.0%40.6%8.4%37.6%2.9%4.1%50.4K-2.1M-8.4K0.5729.982221263,7461,759
2012-01-27$10.81$10.0036.6%10.5%39.4%5.9%0.0%11.4%6.4%49.6K-2.0M-8.4K0.0030.15043,6811,854
2012-01-30$10.85$10.0039.8%11.4%39.4%10.4%40.1%11.5%3.4%49.7K-2.0M-8.2K0.1229.214153,6811,858
2012-01-31$10.98$10.0039.8%11.4%38.5%10.4%0.0%14.3%5.1%51.7K-2.2M-8.2K0.9117.2922203,7211,862