SANM Options History — July 2012

In July 2012, SANM traded between $7.18 and $8.75. ATM implied volatility averaged 48.8%, placing in the 27.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 14.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.7% (HV 20d: 50.5%). Max pain ranged from $8.00 to $8.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.90.

Notable Days

  • 2012-07-25: Highest Volume — 570 contracts
  • 2012-07-30: Largest IV drop — 30.2% change
  • 2012-07-23: Highest IV Rank — 50.2%
  • 2012-07-23: Largest Expected Move — 18.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$7.90$7.18$8.75$8.04$8.54
Max Pain$8.00$8.00$8.00$8.00$8.00
ATM IV48.8%29.5%65.5%45.9%36.6%
Expected Move14.5%8.4%18.8%13.2%10.5%
HV 20d50.5%41.0%56.1%53.8%54.1%
HV 60d51.7%45.4%55.4%55.2%50.7%
IV Rank27.6%1.4%50.2%23.8%11.2%
IV Percentile42.3%0.4%69.4%37.3%11.1%
Term Structure-0.7%-8.6%6.9%6.9%-3.6%
VWIV48.2%27.9%62.2%48.0%41.5%
Skew 25d10.5%-1.1%23.1%3.4%4.7%
Skew 10d16.6%-2.5%38.3%0.5%13.1%
Call IV 25d40.6%25.1%54.3%37.0%36.2%
Put IV 25d51.1%28.3%65.2%40.4%41.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %71.4139.03115.8486.5143.09
Gamma HHI0.550.350.720.540.55
Net GEX33.2K8.0K51.0K45.5K30.3K
Net DEX-251.0K-950.4K294.6K-448.4K-908.3K
Net VEX-4.9K-6.0K-3.6K-5.9K-6.0K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.900.0025.000.002.56
Total Volume131.38165706417
Total OI5,888.9052,9137,1096,9534,122

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-07-02$8.04$8.0045.9%13.2%53.8%23.8%0.0%3.4%6.9%45.5K-448.4K-5.9K0.0086.51605,4051,548
2012-07-03$8.18$8.0047.9%13.7%51.9%26.5%48.0%19.4%3.0%47.3K-574.5K-6.0K0.00102.2211105,4111,548
2012-07-05$8.19$8.0048.9%14.0%50.5%27.8%0.0%14.0%1.4%51.0K-594.2K-5.9K0.00115.841005,5121,548
2012-07-06$7.99$8.0044.4%15.7%50.7%21.7%0.0%13.5%-1.9%48.6K-415.0K-5.6K0.0040.051505,5221,548
2012-07-09$7.80$8.0045.9%15.7%51.7%23.7%0.0%17.2%-3.2%46.0K-237.2K-5.3K0.0042.612105,5221,548
2012-07-10$7.66$8.0039.6%15.0%49.3%15.2%55.1%9.1%1.4%41.4K-64.1K-5.0K0.0476.6311155,5381,548
2012-07-11$7.71$8.0047.0%15.2%46.2%25.2%52.5%7.0%-1.3%44.6K-109.7K-5.0K1.4380.767105,5351,553
2012-07-12$7.44$8.0059.0%16.9%46.7%41.4%53.9%17.6%-3.4%25.8K205.1K-4.3K0.0099.09705,5401,553
2012-07-13$7.64$8.0056.4%16.2%47.3%38.0%0.0%23.1%-8.5%47.0K50.4K-4.6K0.0897.931215,5471,553
2012-07-16$7.31$8.0059.5%17.1%49.0%42.2%61.7%17.6%2.2%24.0K221.0K-4.1K1.2996.7621275,5391,553
2012-07-17$7.48$8.0056.0%16.1%48.8%37.4%0.0%14.1%-1.3%34.1K200.2K-4.2K0.0081.570255,5391,570
2012-07-18$7.62$8.0056.0%16.0%48.1%37.4%0.0%12.2%-4.2%44.7K152.2K-4.3K0.0060.073105,5391,570
2012-07-19$7.63$8.0053.6%15.4%48.0%34.1%0.0%14.5%-1.3%42.3K166.6K-4.2K0.0077.300105,5361,570
2012-07-20$7.41$8.0054.7%15.7%46.4%35.7%52.3%1.9%-0.2%12.3K294.6K-3.9K25.0072.092505,5361,556
2012-07-23$7.18$8.0065.5%18.8%41.0%50.2%62.2%-1.1%-8.6%8.0K8.6K-3.6K3.8563.65331271,983930
2012-07-24$7.94$8.0048.0%13.8%55.1%26.5%47.6%5.8%-3.2%11.3K-259.8K-4.3K0.7840.562361852,004953
2012-07-25$8.26$8.0045.0%12.9%56.1%22.5%41.1%12.5%-0.1%13.1K-407.6K-4.6K0.0251.88557132,1151,000
2012-07-26$8.47$8.0042.1%12.1%54.8%18.5%42.0%5.2%2.3%20.8K-662.5K-5.4K0.0539.63387202,5641,013
2012-07-27$8.75$8.0042.2%12.1%55.7%18.7%40.5%7.4%2.1%27.9K-938.0K-6.0K0.2639.03171442,9021,013
2012-07-30$8.59$8.0029.5%8.4%54.6%1.4%27.9%0.5%6.9%31.1K-950.4K-5.9K0.8192.3048393,0361,045
2012-07-31$8.54$8.0036.6%10.5%54.1%11.2%41.5%4.7%-3.6%30.3K-908.3K-6.0K2.5643.091173003,0611,061