SANM Options History — April 2012

In April 2012, SANM traded between $8.70 and $11.64. ATM implied volatility averaged 43.5%, placing in the 20.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.5% (HV 20d: 41.0%). Max pain ranged from $10.00 to $11.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.02.

Notable Days

  • 2012-04-23: Highest Volume — 1,839 contracts
  • 2012-04-23: Largest IV spike — 25.7% change
  • 2012-04-23: Highest IV Rank — 39.2%
  • 2012-04-23: Largest Expected Move — 16.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$10.31$8.70$11.64$11.64$8.90
Max Pain$10.80$10.00$11.00$10.00$11.00
ATM IV43.5%31.2%57.4%34.1%42.7%
Expected Move13.0%8.9%16.4%9.8%12.2%
HV 20d41.0%22.8%65.7%28.7%65.7%
HV 60d37.1%33.2%45.9%33.2%44.8%
IV Rank20.5%3.8%39.2%7.6%19.3%
IV Percentile32.0%0.4%67.1%3.2%29.8%
Term Structure0.8%-8.7%18.9%10.5%2.2%
VWIV44.5%22.1%56.9%31.5%42.7%
Skew 25d8.1%-1.6%19.8%3.5%0.7%
Skew 10d15.7%1.4%34.0%6.6%14.0%
Call IV 25d37.8%23.2%52.1%30.8%29.7%
Put IV 25d45.9%29.8%57.8%34.3%30.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %51.5431.72104.0433.6331.72
Gamma HHI0.370.230.610.280.27
Net GEX50.7K-17.7K81.3K64.0K19.2K
Net DEX-1.5M-3.5M1.5M-3.5M374.0K
Net VEX-6.6K-7.7K-5.0K-6.9K-6.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.020.007.002.000.18
Total Volume349.45161,83936130
Total OI6,903.453,6567,8936,9646,304

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-04-02$11.64$10.0034.1%9.8%28.7%7.6%0.0%3.5%10.5%64.0K-3.5M-6.9K2.0033.6312244,7732,191
2012-04-03$11.39$10.0031.2%8.9%22.8%3.8%31.5%1.1%18.9%60.7K-3.2M-6.8K0.2862.61211604,7632,214
2012-04-04$11.07$10.0031.2%9.0%24.8%3.8%31.5%6.3%16.6%67.4K-2.8M-7.1K0.0773.2913694,9292,267
2012-04-05$10.91$10.0038.0%10.9%25.4%12.9%38.0%0.4%8.1%75.8K-2.6M-7.7K0.1752.75116205,0372,276
2012-04-09$10.73$11.0039.2%13.9%25.7%14.6%49.1%7.3%-2.5%76.9K-2.3M-7.2K7.0059.462145,0072,296
2012-04-10$10.05$11.0041.1%16.2%34.3%17.1%0.0%-1.6%-7.9%80.3K-1.2M-6.8K3.1860.51491565,0052,310
2012-04-11$10.24$11.0046.1%15.5%32.5%24.0%48.4%7.2%-5.5%77.5K-1.4M-7.2K5.4037.2010544,9722,465
2012-04-12$10.67$11.0048.8%14.0%36.5%27.6%53.2%13.0%-6.1%73.5K-2.0M-7.1K1.0033.7120204,9822,485
2012-04-13$10.60$11.0046.6%13.4%36.0%24.6%0.0%10.1%-0.5%81.3K-2.1M-6.6K0.0039.020454,9912,496
2012-04-16$10.76$11.0051.2%14.7%36.7%30.8%51.1%9.1%-4.5%75.7K-2.3M-6.4K0.4237.14153654,9912,527
2012-04-17$11.11$11.0048.6%13.9%38.7%27.4%48.4%14.6%-5.0%57.8K-3.0M-6.3K0.0045.836605,1342,552
2012-04-18$10.89$11.0050.0%14.3%38.6%29.3%50.0%9.4%-4.2%66.4K-2.7M-6.4K2.0068.0411225,1612,552
2012-04-19$10.66$11.0049.3%14.1%39.1%28.3%49.4%4.8%-2.3%64.5K-2.4M-6.2K1.5545.41801245,1712,563
2012-04-20$10.58$11.0045.6%13.1%38.1%23.4%53.1%9.8%1.3%48.4K-2.2M-6.2K1.3354.871201605,2512,642
2012-04-23$10.26$11.0057.4%16.4%39.4%39.2%56.9%1.1%-8.7%20.2K-476.1K-6.0K6.42104.042481,5912,4151,241
2012-04-24$8.87$11.0045.1%12.9%63.5%22.5%40.5%19.4%-0.6%-17.7K1.5M-5.0K0.4458.349774312,6132,789
2012-04-25$8.70$11.0047.8%13.7%63.4%26.3%46.2%15.7%-2.8%2.5K992.9K-6.0K0.2243.40269603,4632,603
2012-04-26$8.97$11.0038.8%11.1%64.9%14.1%22.1%19.8%2.0%4.3K809.9K-6.7K3.5835.532861,0253,7292,663
2012-04-27$9.20$11.0038.2%11.0%65.4%13.3%0.0%10.7%6.0%15.8K160.8K-7.2K3.1054.31521613,9742,272
2012-04-30$8.90$11.0042.7%12.2%65.7%19.3%42.7%0.7%2.2%19.2K374.0K-6.7K0.1831.72110203,9742,330