SANM Options History — November 2012

In November 2012, SANM traded between $8.49 and $9.42. ATM implied volatility averaged 41.9%, placing in the 32.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.8%. IV traded below realized volatility by 21.3% (HV 20d: 63.2%). Max pain ranged from $7.00 to $9.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 21 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.16.

Notable Days

  • 2012-11-06: Highest Volume — 220 contracts
  • 2012-11-13: Largest IV spike — 42.6% change
  • 2012-11-13: Highest IV Rank — 70.2%
  • 2012-11-14: Largest Expected Move — 13.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$9.07$8.49$9.42$9.13$9.42
Max Pain$8.19$7.00$9.00$8.00$9.00
ATM IV41.9%36.4%65.1%39.1%37.4%
Expected Move11.8%10.4%13.5%11.2%10.7%
HV 20d63.2%28.8%70.5%70.5%28.8%
HV 60d52.7%51.3%53.5%53.0%51.3%
IV Rank32.4%21.7%70.2%21.7%32.8%
IV Percentile41.8%17.1%94.4%32.9%22.2%
Term Structure6.4%0.6%19.8%1.2%9.5%
VWIV41.5%36.2%49.0%39.1%38.9%
Skew 25d5.3%-3.1%19.5%6.6%-0.4%
Skew 10d6.9%-2.2%20.4%6.7%-1.7%
Call IV 25d34.3%25.0%40.9%29.1%36.5%
Put IV 25d39.6%30.9%47.8%35.7%36.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %30.4011.97121.2927.2934.18
Gamma HHI0.380.310.470.330.44
Net GEX36.8K-28060.5K24.0K60.5K
Net DEX-1.1M-1.5M-485.3K-1.2M-1.4M
Net VEX-4.4K-4.9K-4.1K-4.5K-4.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.160.0030.431.191.24
Total Volume55.66702208110
Total OI4,466.0483,4595,3644,6713,666

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-11-01$9.13$8.0039.1%11.2%70.5%21.7%39.1%6.6%1.2%24.0K-1.2M-4.5K1.1927.2937442,8031,868
2012-11-02$9.11$8.0040.5%11.6%67.5%23.5%40.5%6.5%0.6%25.4K-1.1M-4.7K0.0311.9714742,8381,912
2012-11-05$9.30$7.0041.2%12.1%67.7%31.2%0.0%10.3%6.6%36.3K-1.4M-4.6K0.0029.276002,9461,916
2012-11-06$9.40$7.0043.2%12.5%67.6%34.4%49.0%15.8%5.0%39.0K-1.5M-4.7K30.4314.4872133,0061,916
2012-11-07$9.23$8.0042.3%12.2%68.1%32.9%0.0%9.7%5.7%34.3K-1.3M-4.8K0.0018.792803,0092,129
2012-11-08$8.87$8.0043.8%12.4%69.5%35.4%48.0%7.2%5.4%18.4K-984.8K-4.9K0.3717.6670263,0312,129
2012-11-09$8.94$8.0042.2%12.2%68.9%32.8%42.4%7.5%5.2%24.9K-1.1M-4.8K0.0021.9418103,0662,145
2012-11-12$8.64$8.0045.7%12.9%70.1%38.4%0.0%3.0%3.3%8.7K-805.6K-4.7K0.0021.581003,2072,145
2012-11-13$8.49$8.0065.1%13.4%67.9%70.2%0.0%11.5%5.1%-280-485.3K-4.6K0.5012.11213,2172,145
2012-11-14$8.49$8.0046.8%13.5%67.8%40.3%0.0%9.0%5.2%4.3K-697.2K-4.2K1.0033.11333,2192,145
2012-11-15$8.62$8.0036.4%10.4%67.7%23.2%0.0%1.7%19.8%13.9K-777.4K-4.2K0.00121.29003,2062,143
2012-11-16$8.93$8.0042.2%12.1%67.3%32.8%0.0%19.5%4.9%53.1K-1.1M-4.4K0.2028.981023,2062,143
2012-11-19$9.11$8.0042.3%12.1%67.4%33.0%43.1%7.0%3.0%48.3K-1.0M-4.2K2.0031.2511222,917542
2012-11-20$9.13$8.0043.0%12.3%64.2%34.1%43.5%3.2%2.5%47.3K-1.1M-4.3K0.0333.503512,925564
2012-11-21$9.23$8.0039.0%11.2%64.1%27.5%39.0%0.2%7.4%52.3K-1.2M-4.3K0.4032.8955222,958565
2012-11-23$9.22$9.0038.2%11.0%64.1%26.3%38.5%-2.9%9.8%53.7K-1.2M-4.3K1.3318.8215203,013587
2012-11-26$9.26$9.0040.1%11.5%62.8%29.3%39.7%-2.8%8.4%55.2K-1.2M-4.2K0.1321.883853,013607
2012-11-27$9.21$9.0036.9%10.6%62.7%24.0%0.0%-3.1%8.9%57.4K-1.2M-4.2K0.0039.28003,032612
2012-11-28$9.34$9.0037.2%10.7%62.1%24.6%36.2%0.7%9.8%57.7K-1.3M-4.2K0.1140.753643,032612
2012-11-29$9.40$9.0037.9%10.9%30.2%32.0%38.9%0.9%7.5%58.4K-1.4M-4.1K1.2427.4121263,036616
2012-11-30$9.42$9.0037.4%10.7%28.8%32.8%0.0%-0.4%9.5%60.5K-1.4M-4.1K0.0034.180103,037629