SANM Options History — December 2012

In December 2012, SANM traded between $9.69 and $11.07. ATM implied volatility averaged 41.6%, placing in the 44.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 11.0% (HV 20d: 30.6%). Max pain ranged from $8.00 to $9.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.15.

Notable Days

  • 2012-12-05: Highest Volume — 650 contracts
  • 2012-12-13: Largest IV spike — 87.2% change
  • 2012-12-28: Highest IV Rank — 66.3%
  • 2012-12-28: Largest Expected Move — 14.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$10.50$9.69$11.07$9.76$11.07
Max Pain$8.90$8.00$9.00$9.00$9.00
ATM IV41.6%24.7%50.9%34.3%49.6%
Expected Move12.8%9.8%14.6%9.8%14.2%
HV 20d30.6%24.3%42.9%31.1%42.9%
HV 60d50.7%47.9%52.3%51.8%49.8%
IV Rank44.9%5.7%66.3%28.1%63.3%
IV Percentile46.5%0.8%83.3%8.3%80.2%
Term Structure0.3%-4.6%11.4%9.5%-3.2%
VWIV44.1%31.0%54.1%31.0%54.1%
Skew 25d4.9%1.0%8.9%6.1%4.0%
Skew 10d15.6%-1.9%31.3%10.8%14.1%
Call IV 25d41.7%22.3%50.9%30.6%49.1%
Put IV 25d46.6%28.2%55.4%36.8%53.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %16.679.2725.2417.9619.75
Gamma HHI0.340.300.400.390.30
Net GEX56.0K45.2K78.9K58.5K54.6K
Net DEX-2.5M-3.4M-1.7M-1.7M-2.6M
Net VEX-4.5K-4.9K-3.8K-3.9K-4.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.150.007.200.082.14
Total Volume146.857650146229
Total OI4,631.13,6765,5013,6764,337

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-12-03$9.76$9.0034.3%9.8%31.1%28.1%31.0%6.1%9.5%58.5K-1.7M-3.9K0.0817.96135113,037639
2012-12-04$9.69$9.0035.7%10.2%30.6%31.2%36.1%5.0%9.2%63.7K-1.7M-4.0K5.189.35221143,160639
2012-12-05$10.11$9.0034.3%9.8%33.7%28.0%34.1%5.8%11.4%54.9K-2.1M-3.8K0.5310.524262243,176753
2012-12-06$10.12$9.0035.3%10.1%32.8%30.3%35.3%8.9%10.9%53.3K-2.2M-4.6K0.349.2753183,480977
2012-12-07$10.16$8.0032.9%13.4%28.3%24.7%46.1%7.1%-3.7%50.6K-2.3M-4.5K0.1622.30159253,520995
2012-12-10$10.27$8.0036.8%14.0%28.3%33.8%46.9%5.0%-3.1%47.2K-2.5M-4.5K0.5911.88135803,6491,000
2012-12-11$10.55$9.0035.5%13.3%24.6%30.7%45.4%7.1%-2.8%45.2K-2.7M-4.5K1.1220.2758653,7371,080
2012-12-12$10.37$9.0024.7%13.3%24.6%5.7%45.5%5.1%-0.9%46.4K-2.6M-4.6K0.7216.0764463,7491,141
2012-12-13$10.43$9.0046.2%13.2%24.3%55.4%47.3%5.2%-1.0%45.7K-2.7M-4.6K0.0018.89703,7871,187
2012-12-14$10.31$9.0046.2%13.2%25.5%55.5%0.0%4.2%0.1%45.5K-2.5M-4.5K0.0016.716003,7901,187
2012-12-17$10.91$9.0045.5%13.1%29.2%54.0%46.5%4.4%-1.6%46.9K-3.1M-4.2K0.0115.1237153,7951,187
2012-12-18$11.00$9.0045.2%13.0%29.0%53.3%42.7%8.0%-2.0%64.8K-3.3M-4.6K0.1114.21186204,1061,192
2012-12-19$10.84$9.0045.1%12.9%30.1%52.8%44.2%4.7%-1.5%74.5K-3.2M-4.9K7.2016.445364,2471,212
2012-12-20$11.03$9.0045.6%13.1%30.3%54.1%43.8%5.5%-1.0%78.9K-3.4M-4.8K0.2412.552974,2391,244
2012-12-21$10.75$9.0046.3%13.3%32.5%55.8%42.9%1.0%-2.4%66.9K-3.1M-4.8K1.7815.8118324,2501,251
2012-12-24$10.75$9.0048.9%14.0%32.6%61.8%49.6%1.3%-2.8%53.8K-2.2M-4.7K0.0025.240383,362749
2012-12-26$10.73$9.0046.3%13.3%32.5%55.8%48.7%1.5%-2.2%54.6K-2.3M-4.5K0.9714.58100973,362787
2012-12-27$10.74$9.0047.3%13.6%32.5%58.0%48.3%6.1%-3.1%55.8K-2.3M-4.7K0.2921.641753,449852
2012-12-28$10.33$9.0050.9%14.6%36.3%66.3%49.1%1.1%-4.6%57.9K-1.9M-4.7K0.3324.7630103,461857
2012-12-31$11.07$9.0049.6%14.2%42.9%63.3%54.1%4.0%-3.2%54.6K-2.6M-4.3K2.1419.75731563,470867