SANM Options History — September 2012

In September 2012, SANM traded between $8.32 and $9.54. ATM implied volatility averaged 38.1%, placing in the 19.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.9%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.4% (HV 20d: 39.5%). Max pain ranged from $8.00 to $8.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.40.

Notable Days

  • 2012-09-13: Highest Volume — 262 contracts
  • 2012-09-10: Largest IV spike — 18.1% change
  • 2012-09-14: Highest IV Rank — 25.1%
  • 2012-09-14: Largest Expected Move — 12.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$9.02$8.32$9.54$8.58$8.51
Max Pain$8.00$8.00$8.00$8.00$8.00
ATM IV38.1%35.1%42.2%40.2%37.1%
Expected Move10.9%10.1%12.1%11.5%10.6%
HV 20d39.5%36.3%49.2%36.9%46.4%
HV 60d46.9%43.7%49.3%49.3%48.2%
IV Rank19.9%16.2%25.1%22.5%18.6%
IV Percentile22.1%8.7%37.7%29.0%19.0%
Term Structure7.7%1.3%11.9%1.3%11.9%
VWIV37.6%34.6%42.2%37.2%42.2%
Skew 25d4.5%-4.3%11.3%7.8%10.8%
Skew 10d11.3%-8.3%65.7%9.5%16.6%
Call IV 25d35.5%32.3%40.3%40.3%32.6%
Put IV 25d40.1%31.3%48.9%48.2%43.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %52.5217.5588.3446.9373.52
Gamma HHI0.660.490.740.680.54
Net GEX59.6K43.9K74.0K46.6K50.7K
Net DEX-1.4M-2.1M-648.0K-909.1K-797.3K
Net VEX-4.8K-5.2K-4.2K-5.2K-4.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.400.004.800.000.00
Total Volume59.78932622019
Total OI4,556.8424,2004,8154,4854,357

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-09-04$8.58$8.0040.2%11.5%36.9%22.5%0.0%7.8%1.3%46.6K-909.1K-5.2K0.0046.932003,4541,031
2012-09-05$8.51$8.0035.6%10.2%36.9%16.8%0.0%10.1%2.0%47.1K-850.6K-5.1K0.0066.58303,4501,031
2012-09-06$8.98$8.0038.2%10.9%41.2%20.0%0.0%3.1%4.5%59.8K-1.2M-5.1K0.0065.142003,4531,031
2012-09-07$9.02$8.0035.8%10.7%37.4%17.0%0.0%11.1%8.5%59.2K-1.3M-5.2K0.0072.692003,4731,031
2012-09-10$8.98$8.0042.2%10.8%37.4%25.1%0.0%10.2%9.7%58.9K-1.4M-5.0K0.0088.347803,4931,031
2012-09-11$9.03$8.0037.9%10.9%37.3%19.7%0.0%10.9%7.1%64.1K-1.4M-5.1K0.0041.972503,5611,031
2012-09-12$9.15$8.0038.5%11.6%36.6%20.5%0.0%11.3%5.9%64.7K-1.5M-5.1K0.1373.4886113,5661,031
2012-09-13$9.12$8.0038.6%11.1%36.3%20.5%0.0%5.5%7.8%62.5K-1.6M-5.2K0.0057.2126203,6511,042
2012-09-14$9.54$8.0042.2%12.1%38.9%25.1%37.2%1.3%5.1%61.4K-2.1M-4.9K4.8037.155243,7291,042
2012-09-17$9.36$8.0037.7%10.8%39.0%19.4%38.1%-2.0%9.0%67.8K-2.0M-4.8K0.0217.5511623,7341,044
2012-09-18$9.31$8.0037.9%10.9%38.6%19.6%0.0%-3.9%8.1%71.9K-1.9M-4.8K0.0045.79053,7691,046
2012-09-19$9.41$8.0038.3%11.0%38.6%20.2%34.6%7.9%5.8%63.4K-2.0M-4.8K0.0039.35503,7691,046
2012-09-20$9.31$8.0036.3%10.4%38.8%17.7%37.8%3.1%9.6%74.0K-1.9M-4.8K0.0045.470153,7691,046
2012-09-21$9.32$8.0036.2%10.4%38.3%17.6%36.2%-2.0%10.8%69.8K-2.0M-4.7K1.0028.2810103,7651,044
2012-09-24$9.19$8.0035.1%10.1%38.7%16.2%35.1%-4.3%11.1%56.0K-1.5M-4.5K0.3548.8578273,319881
2012-09-25$9.12$8.0038.8%11.1%36.6%20.8%0.0%-3.5%9.8%54.0K-1.4M-4.6K0.0068.18703,373885
2012-09-26$8.32$8.0041.6%11.9%48.1%24.3%39.6%3.8%6.5%43.9K-648.0K-4.2K0.3348.71145483,380885
2012-09-27$8.64$8.0035.4%10.1%49.2%16.5%42.2%5.2%11.0%56.7K-872.0K-4.3K0.1232.7485103,449888
2012-09-28$8.51$8.0037.1%10.6%46.4%18.6%0.0%10.8%11.9%50.7K-797.3K-4.3K0.0073.521903,459898