SANM Options History — February 2012

In February 2012, SANM traded between $11.60 and $12.37. ATM implied volatility averaged 39.9%, placing in the 10.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.2% (HV 20d: 36.7%). 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 19 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 4.05.

Notable Days

  • 2012-02-03: Highest Volume — 605 contracts
  • 2012-02-23: Largest IV drop — 22.9% change
  • 2012-02-10: Highest IV Rank — 17.6%
  • 2012-02-10: Largest Expected Move — 12.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$12.07$11.60$12.37$11.65$11.60
Max Pain$10.95$10.00$12.00$10.00$12.00
ATM IV39.9%32.8%44.8%39.3%35.9%
Expected Move11.7%9.4%12.8%11.3%10.3%
HV 20d36.7%28.7%41.7%41.5%35.3%
HV 60d48.3%37.0%57.8%57.8%37.6%
IV Rank10.6%0.5%17.6%9.7%4.9%
IV Percentile9.7%0.8%24.6%4.4%2.0%
Term Structure3.0%-1.0%8.9%1.4%4.3%
VWIV41.3%33.6%48.8%44.0%35.9%
Skew 25d5.5%-9.5%20.3%20.3%-9.5%
Skew 10d11.6%2.1%25.5%17.8%2.9%
Call IV 25d36.3%25.3%43.0%34.1%32.0%
Put IV 25d41.8%22.6%54.4%54.4%22.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %44.5227.86105.9327.8943.35
Gamma HHI0.250.200.360.280.22
Net GEX63.5K47.2K86.6K52.8K50.0K
Net DEX-3.4M-4.1M-2.5M-2.9M-2.5M
Net VEX-7.3K-8.0K-6.3K-7.3K-6.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio4.050.0066.000.090.53
Total Volume161.1514605246359
Total OI6,282.455,6187,0905,6186,041

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-02-01$11.65$10.0039.3%11.3%41.5%9.7%44.0%20.3%1.4%52.8K-2.9M-7.3K0.0927.89226203,7431,875
2012-02-02$11.64$10.0042.2%12.1%40.7%13.9%42.6%7.7%1.8%56.5K-3.0M-7.7K1.9830.1849973,9091,887
2012-02-03$12.12$11.0042.0%12.1%41.5%13.7%41.6%4.5%3.8%52.4K-3.4M-7.4K0.0534.01576293,9371,973
2012-02-06$12.03$11.0038.8%12.6%41.5%9.0%44.4%4.2%0.3%68.9K-3.6M-8.0K0.0834.70373294,4951,990
2012-02-07$12.02$11.0037.5%12.6%41.7%7.2%43.1%2.9%-1.0%70.6K-3.6M-8.0K0.0028.667104,5702,015
2012-02-08$12.14$11.0037.1%12.4%41.3%6.6%40.4%3.2%1.7%78.7K-3.8M-7.9K0.0034.4321104,6402,015
2012-02-09$12.18$11.0043.8%12.6%39.3%16.2%44.1%12.9%0.2%76.7K-3.8M-7.7K0.0027.862704,5972,015
2012-02-10$12.05$11.0044.8%12.8%39.6%17.6%0.0%10.6%0.9%78.1K-3.7M-7.8K1.17101.5830354,6242,015
2012-02-13$12.32$11.0043.0%12.3%38.8%15.1%43.3%4.3%1.5%74.6K-4.0M-7.2K0.1939.09213414,6342,028
2012-02-14$12.19$11.0040.9%11.7%38.9%12.0%0.0%12.4%4.5%84.2K-4.0M-7.3K2.1436.4021454,7362,069
2012-02-15$12.05$11.0041.9%12.0%38.5%13.5%48.8%11.3%4.0%86.6K-3.8M-7.7K66.0032.6131984,7362,114
2012-02-16$12.35$11.0043.0%12.3%36.3%15.0%48.1%12.8%1.5%64.9K-4.0M-7.5K1.9542.0942824,7362,312
2012-02-17$12.37$11.0041.5%11.9%28.7%12.9%41.2%11.1%3.8%58.2K-4.1M-7.7K0.1841.4365124,7562,334
2012-02-21$12.21$11.0039.8%11.4%29.4%10.4%0.0%1.0%8.9%47.7K-3.0M-7.3K0.1743.371223,8071,938
2012-02-22$11.93$11.0042.6%12.2%31.1%14.5%40.1%0.2%0.9%47.2K-2.8M-7.2K1.5070.1110153,8191,940
2012-02-23$12.26$11.0032.8%9.4%31.9%0.5%38.9%-2.5%5.9%56.0K-3.1M-6.3K0.0439.014923,8291,945
2012-02-24$12.15$11.0038.9%11.1%32.1%9.2%33.6%0.8%3.7%51.8K-3.1M-6.8K0.00105.931403,8731,947
2012-02-27$12.18$11.0037.8%10.8%32.1%7.7%37.7%3.8%6.1%53.4K-3.0M-6.8K0.1443.19103143,8841,947
2012-02-28$11.93$11.0034.1%9.8%33.4%2.3%34.1%-1.7%6.4%61.2K-2.8M-6.7K4.6934.48261223,9771,947
2012-02-29$11.60$12.0035.9%10.3%35.3%4.9%35.9%-9.5%4.3%50.0K-2.5M-6.7K0.5343.352341253,9832,058