SANM Options History — March 2013

In March 2013, SANM traded between $10.26 and $12.08. ATM implied volatility averaged 33.7%, placing in the 27.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.3% (HV 20d: 27.3%). Max pain ranged from $9.00 to $10.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 4.16.

Notable Days

  • 2013-03-07: Highest Volume — 2,480 contracts
  • 2013-03-13: Largest IV spike — 45.3% change
  • 2013-03-13: Highest IV Rank — 46.0%
  • 2013-03-07: Largest Expected Move — 10.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$11.31$10.26$12.08$10.26$11.37
Max Pain$9.95$9.00$10.00$9.00$10.00
ATM IV33.7%21.5%41.7%31.0%35.5%
Expected Move9.8%8.9%10.7%8.9%10.2%
HV 20d27.3%24.1%30.4%27.9%28.2%
HV 60d60.6%58.3%61.1%61.0%58.3%
IV Rank27.6%0.0%46.0%20.5%31.8%
IV Percentile16.2%0.0%49.6%3.6%21.0%
Term Structure6.2%1.9%10.6%3.1%10.4%
VWIV33.1%25.0%37.7%37.7%27.7%
Skew 25d4.9%-0.9%11.7%6.6%0.6%
Skew 10d6.0%-1.3%15.9%2.9%2.5%
Call IV 25d29.3%22.8%33.2%22.8%31.9%
Put IV 25d34.2%29.4%40.7%29.4%32.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %17.7512.8730.2117.2216.34
Gamma HHI0.300.230.460.370.26
Net GEX83.0K62.0K156.3K62.0K72.6K
Net DEX-3.3M-5.6M-1.5M-1.5M-3.0M
Net VEX-7.0K-8.3K-6.1K-7.7K-6.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio4.160.0037.600.130.43
Total Volume34702,4801911,110
Total OI6,462.65,5338,0755,9335,753

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-03-01$10.26$9.0031.0%8.9%27.9%20.5%0.0%6.6%3.1%62.0K-1.5M-7.7K0.1317.22169224,0441,889
2013-03-04$10.30$10.0034.6%10.4%27.2%28.6%37.7%9.8%3.3%66.9K-1.7M-7.7K4.6715.013144,1801,909
2013-03-05$10.62$10.0021.5%9.4%28.0%0.0%34.2%4.1%4.5%70.9K-2.2M-7.3K0.7816.081601254,1821,902
2013-03-06$10.87$10.0029.9%9.0%25.7%19.1%31.4%4.6%5.6%78.4K-2.5M-7.3K0.0022.7110604,3171,982
2013-03-07$11.15$10.0038.6%10.7%26.0%38.9%37.2%9.0%1.9%69.9K-2.9M-7.6K0.2419.851,9974834,3461,982
2013-03-08$11.31$10.0035.0%10.1%25.6%30.7%37.2%8.4%4.2%155.5K-4.2M-8.3K31.2516.0441255,7512,049
2013-03-11$11.38$10.0033.5%10.2%24.1%27.2%32.1%9.3%2.9%156.3K-4.3M-7.8K0.0618.017045,7552,023
2013-03-12$11.66$10.0028.7%9.4%24.8%16.4%33.8%3.5%5.2%126.0K-4.9M-7.3K0.9419.021701605,8182,023
2013-03-13$11.78$10.0041.7%9.9%24.8%46.0%27.1%2.0%2.5%104.3K-5.2M-7.3K0.0412.8711045,9092,166
2013-03-14$12.08$10.0031.8%9.1%25.2%23.4%35.7%4.8%4.8%71.0K-5.6M-6.6K0.0416.0716665,8692,168
2013-03-15$11.85$10.0031.5%9.0%27.0%22.8%33.2%5.7%6.1%73.5K-5.2M-6.9K0.0017.581,39235,7902,174
2013-03-18$11.40$10.0035.9%10.3%30.4%32.8%35.7%0.7%9.5%64.5K-2.8M-6.8K37.6014.7151884,0291,534
2013-03-19$11.54$10.0034.3%9.8%29.7%29.1%34.6%4.7%8.1%64.5K-3.0M-6.7K0.4816.3062304,0291,504
2013-03-20$11.68$10.0031.4%9.0%29.0%22.6%31.6%11.7%10.6%63.5K-3.2M-6.4K0.0013.554404,0891,519
2013-03-21$11.45$10.0034.8%10.0%28.8%30.3%34.8%1.6%10.3%67.2K-2.9M-6.6K0.1519.00114174,0971,519
2013-03-22$11.30$10.0034.6%9.9%29.4%29.8%0.0%5.4%9.4%74.2K-2.8M-6.9K0.0016.71004,2101,526
2013-03-25$11.36$10.0036.7%10.5%29.3%34.6%25.0%-0.9%7.0%72.2K-2.9M-6.7K0.0014.09804,2101,526
2013-03-26$11.39$10.0036.0%10.3%28.0%33.0%0.0%2.1%7.1%72.4K-3.0M-6.4K0.0030.212704,2161,526
2013-03-27$11.43$10.0036.4%10.4%27.9%34.0%0.0%3.1%7.5%74.3K-3.0M-6.1K2.2323.6913294,2111,526
2013-03-28$11.37$10.0035.5%10.2%28.2%31.8%27.7%0.6%10.4%72.6K-3.0M-6.3K0.4316.347783324,2241,529