SANM Options History — February 2013

In February 2013, SANM traded between $9.56 and $10.35. ATM implied volatility averaged 34.5%, placing in the 28.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.9%. IV traded below realized volatility by 52.6% (HV 20d: 87.1%). Max pain ranged from $9.00 to $9.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.48.

Notable Days

  • 2013-02-07: Highest Volume — 525 contracts
  • 2013-02-06: Largest IV drop — 19.5% change
  • 2013-02-05: Highest IV Rank — 40.4%
  • 2013-02-04: Largest Expected Move — 11.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$10.04$9.56$10.35$9.71$10.25
Max Pain$9.00$9.00$9.00$9.00$9.00
ATM IV34.5%31.9%39.7%37.8%32.1%
Expected Move9.9%9.2%11.1%10.6%9.2%
HV 20d87.1%28.2%94.7%93.6%28.2%
HV 60d61.2%60.8%61.9%61.5%61.4%
IV Rank28.4%22.5%40.4%36.0%22.9%
IV Percentile13.2%4.8%40.1%27.0%5.2%
Term Structure1.4%-0.9%3.8%0.9%3.8%
VWIV35.5%30.0%40.0%38.2%32.1%
Skew 25d3.8%-4.4%9.5%3.1%6.7%
Skew 10d3.5%-6.3%11.6%-1.8%1.9%
Call IV 25d29.8%20.1%36.9%35.4%22.8%
Put IV 25d33.6%25.7%40.9%38.5%29.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %18.629.1698.8416.0814.76
Gamma HHI0.370.260.420.260.36
Net GEX47.9K34.0K58.6K34.0K58.5K
Net DEX-888.8K-1.5M-166.9K-280.5K-1.5M
Net VEX-8.1K-9.0K-7.6K-8.1K-7.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.480.003.630.110.08
Total Volume177.737152536592
Total OI7,0465,5438,2807,3325,912

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-02-01$9.71$9.0037.8%10.6%93.6%36.0%38.2%3.1%0.9%34.0K-280.5K-8.1K0.1116.08329364,9842,348
2013-02-04$9.56$9.0038.7%11.1%93.1%38.2%0.0%-0.1%-0.9%35.1K-166.9K-8.0K0.8912.711291155,1362,369
2013-02-05$9.95$9.0039.7%10.5%94.7%40.4%36.7%5.6%1.0%44.4K-669.8K-8.6K1.1310.99971105,2652,439
2013-02-06$9.83$9.0031.9%10.0%93.9%22.5%40.0%5.0%0.8%39.8K-430.4K-8.5K0.4611.472421115,3152,542
2013-02-07$10.04$9.0035.3%10.1%94.3%30.3%35.8%4.6%0.4%51.6K-815.8K-9.0K0.249.954251005,5332,643
2013-02-08$9.87$9.0032.9%9.4%94.4%24.7%37.4%3.8%3.0%47.0K-416.4K-8.7K0.1110.09273305,5102,726
2013-02-11$9.89$9.0033.3%9.6%93.8%25.8%0.0%4.3%1.5%44.6K-318.5K-8.4K0.009.16105,3882,756
2013-02-12$9.96$9.0033.9%9.7%93.9%27.0%35.4%3.3%1.7%47.6K-450.1K-8.4K0.8614.6186745,3892,756
2013-02-13$10.15$9.0034.9%10.0%94.1%29.4%39.5%6.6%1.6%50.0K-827.8K-8.3K3.6319.04521895,4292,756
2013-02-14$10.28$9.0034.2%9.8%93.3%27.7%33.7%-4.4%1.1%48.6K-1.1M-8.2K0.0014.265005,4202,860
2013-02-15$10.10$9.0035.2%10.1%93.0%30.1%36.8%3.5%0.6%49.3K-781.0K-8.1K0.1517.07144225,3862,860
2013-02-19$10.35$9.0032.6%9.3%93.6%24.1%30.0%1.4%1.6%48.2K-1.5M-7.6K0.0115.9617323,6751,868
2013-02-20$10.22$9.0034.8%10.0%93.5%29.3%34.1%-1.7%1.0%49.7K-1.4M-7.8K0.4016.002083,8121,870
2013-02-21$10.00$9.0033.7%9.6%93.6%26.5%33.6%3.5%-0.2%47.2K-1.1M-7.8K0.0616.038253,8121,869
2013-02-22$10.17$9.0032.3%9.2%93.8%23.3%0.0%7.6%3.7%51.6K-1.3M-7.7K0.0098.841403,8681,874
2013-02-25$10.19$9.0035.9%10.3%93.8%31.6%0.0%9.5%1.3%51.0K-1.4M-7.7K0.5413.64112603,8731,874
2013-02-26$10.01$9.0033.8%9.7%93.8%26.9%33.8%2.1%1.4%53.4K-1.1M-7.9K0.3115.97139433,9731,874
2013-02-27$10.15$9.0032.5%9.3%31.6%23.9%0.0%7.2%2.6%58.6K-1.3M-7.8K0.2017.111024,0161,894
2013-02-28$10.25$9.0032.1%9.2%28.2%22.9%32.1%6.7%3.8%58.5K-1.5M-7.8K0.0814.768574,0161,896