SANM Options History — October 2012

In October 2012, SANM traded between $7.60 and $8.88. ATM implied volatility averaged 46.6%, placing in the 31.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.9%. IV traded below realized volatility by 3.4% (HV 20d: 50.0%). Max pain ranged from $8.00 to $8.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 10.64.

Notable Days

  • 2012-10-25: Highest Volume — 1,541 contracts
  • 2012-10-31: Largest IV drop — 38.7% change
  • 2012-10-26: Highest IV Rank — 46.9%
  • 2012-10-26: Largest Expected Move — 16.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$8.08$7.60$8.88$8.21$8.88
Max Pain$8.00$8.00$8.00$8.00$8.00
ATM IV46.6%34.3%58.7%34.3%36.0%
Expected Move13.9%9.8%16.8%9.8%10.3%
HV 20d50.0%42.7%70.0%48.0%70.0%
HV 60d47.0%42.9%52.7%48.5%52.7%
IV Rank31.2%15.2%46.9%15.2%17.7%
IV Percentile54.3%7.9%88.5%7.9%14.7%
Term Structure-0.5%-8.7%12.6%5.1%4.6%
VWIV48.7%36.2%59.6%39.0%36.2%
Skew 25d7.2%-17.3%19.6%-17.3%2.3%
Skew 10d12.0%-4.6%28.9%3.3%5.8%
Call IV 25d42.4%23.9%58.6%49.6%30.2%
Put IV 25d49.6%32.4%64.2%32.4%32.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %46.1620.50109.45109.4528.32
Gamma HHI0.360.260.490.470.41
Net GEX28.1K-15.2K48.8K42.8K-10.9K
Net DEX-311.6K-623.2K445.9K-519.2K-592.6K
Net VEX-3.1K-3.8K-2.6K-3.8K-3.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio10.640.00153.100.170.02
Total Volume168.95201,54170929
Total OI4,100.3812,2164,7774,3633,822

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-10-01$8.21$8.0034.3%9.8%48.0%15.2%0.0%-17.3%5.1%42.8K-519.2K-3.8K0.17109.4560103,470893
2012-10-02$8.32$8.0038.9%11.1%48.3%20.9%39.0%13.5%12.6%48.8K-551.4K-3.8K0.0048.77073,510899
2012-10-03$7.91$8.0039.8%11.4%51.4%22.1%39.8%4.7%6.3%34.0K-251.0K-3.2K0.3033.92132403,510906
2012-10-04$7.97$8.0039.3%11.3%46.9%21.9%39.3%5.6%8.1%35.1K-256.5K-3.3K0.0042.440673,611916
2012-10-05$8.10$8.0037.9%14.3%47.5%20.1%0.0%11.5%-2.1%38.4K-312.7K-3.4K0.7322.8351373,611981
2012-10-08$8.08$8.0042.3%14.2%47.5%25.9%0.0%9.7%-0.8%38.3K-302.0K-3.3K0.6020.5030183,6211,003
2012-10-09$7.92$8.0038.1%14.5%47.6%20.4%0.0%6.2%-1.5%29.1K-157.2K-3.1K17.0027.961173,6411,001
2012-10-10$8.17$8.0040.3%14.0%48.9%23.3%54.3%9.2%-4.7%39.7K-331.2K-3.3K0.1448.7279113,6401,000
2012-10-11$8.27$8.0048.8%14.0%49.4%34.1%0.0%10.1%-2.0%44.6K-448.7K-3.4K0.0035.65003,7151,011
2012-10-12$7.87$8.0046.2%13.2%48.1%30.8%45.4%13.7%8.3%26.2K-134.9K-3.1K0.0055.407303,7151,011
2012-10-15$7.99$8.0052.1%14.9%48.7%38.4%53.4%6.6%-3.4%28.1K-143.6K-2.9K0.0040.510243,7661,011
2012-10-16$8.14$8.0052.1%15.0%49.6%38.4%0.0%10.9%-3.2%30.7K-361.9K-3.0K0.5563.0222123,766971
2012-10-17$8.48$8.0051.9%14.9%52.1%38.1%0.0%14.8%-8.7%35.7K-623.2K-3.1K0.5439.2226143,781959
2012-10-18$8.41$8.0051.6%14.8%52.1%37.7%51.2%3.5%-3.3%34.6K-558.4K-3.1K4.0055.0010403,715958
2012-10-19$7.99$8.0051.5%14.8%54.5%37.6%50.9%-10.1%-0.1%45.1K-222.5K-2.8K1.5094.0830453,725971
2012-10-22$7.95$8.0051.4%14.7%54.5%37.5%50.3%7.0%-0.7%16.2K-316.0K-2.6K0.0772.91140101,872344
2012-10-23$7.99$8.0055.4%15.9%54.6%42.6%55.9%7.8%-6.1%16.6K-338.4K-2.8K0.0022.374601,944354
2012-10-24$7.77$8.0053.0%15.2%45.4%39.6%0.0%19.6%-4.6%16.0K-288.1K-2.6K2.2041.055111,969354
2012-10-25$7.71$8.0058.6%16.8%42.7%46.7%59.6%5.7%-6.9%15.3K-279.0K-2.6K153.1031.76101,5311,969365
2012-10-26$7.60$8.0058.7%16.8%42.7%46.9%57.4%16.8%-7.0%-15.2K445.9K-3.4K0.0035.551001,9791,848
2012-10-31$8.88$8.0036.0%10.3%70.0%17.7%36.2%2.3%4.6%-10.9K-592.6K-3.6K0.0228.32909201,9741,848