SANM Options History — February 2014

In February 2014, SANM traded between $15.98 and $17.26. ATM implied volatility averaged 34.0%, placing in the 23.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.9%. IV traded below realized volatility by 16.3% (HV 20d: 50.3%). Max pain ranged from $16.00 to $17.00. Net GEX was positive for 18 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.41.

Notable Days

  • 2014-02-21: Highest Volume — 1,593 contracts
  • 2014-02-11: Largest IV drop — 9.0% change
  • 2014-02-03: Highest IV Rank — 31.0%
  • 2014-02-03: Largest Expected Move — 10.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$16.80$15.98$17.26$16.11$16.96
Max Pain$16.79$16.00$17.00$16.00$17.00
ATM IV34.0%31.0%38.0%38.0%34.5%
Expected Move9.9%9.4%10.9%10.9%9.9%
HV 20d50.3%21.7%59.2%58.7%21.7%
HV 60d38.3%37.6%38.8%38.8%37.6%
IV Rank23.5%17.9%31.0%31.0%24.4%
IV Percentile34.9%6.3%75.4%75.4%42.1%
Term Structure0.2%-1.7%1.8%-1.7%-0.5%
VWIV36.5%31.7%41.9%41.3%34.6%
Skew 25d2.1%-1.2%7.0%-1.2%-0.6%
Skew 10d4.4%-12.6%17.1%-1.1%-7.3%
Call IV 25d35.2%30.2%41.6%41.6%36.0%
Put IV 25d37.3%33.5%40.8%40.4%35.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %78.6531.9197.6235.3288.07
Gamma HHI0.490.300.960.380.30
Net GEX214.8K-10.4K1.3M14.0K124.6K
Net DEX-2.1M-4.3M367.4K-547.8K-1.5M
Net VEX-10.3K-13.1K-7.1K-13.1K-9.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.410.002.602.601.43
Total Volume299.47401,59347256
Total OI7,450.9473,9849,2548,0004,912

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-02-03$16.11$16.0038.0%10.9%58.7%31.0%41.3%-1.2%-1.7%14.0K-547.8K-13.1K2.6035.321313414,2813,719
2014-02-04$15.98$16.0036.1%10.4%58.5%27.5%38.9%1.2%0.0%-10.4K367.4K-13.0K0.1331.913854,3553,978
2014-02-05$16.14$16.0036.8%10.6%58.5%28.8%41.9%4.3%-0.4%784-85.1K-13.1K0.0050.69044,3793,970
2014-02-06$16.54$16.0034.1%9.8%59.1%23.6%40.5%3.5%1.6%54.8K-1.4M-13.0K1.0064.1412124,3793,968
2014-02-07$16.79$17.0033.1%9.9%59.2%21.9%0.0%4.1%-0.1%84.0K-2.2M-12.5K0.0072.391004,3853,957
2014-02-10$16.71$17.0034.6%9.8%59.2%24.6%0.0%7.0%0.2%81.7K-2.2M-11.4K0.0074.99004,3853,957
2014-02-11$16.83$17.0031.5%9.9%55.2%18.8%0.0%4.4%0.3%138.4K-2.4M-11.1K0.8784.4292804,3853,957
2014-02-12$16.89$17.0031.0%9.8%55.1%17.9%0.0%4.5%0.6%153.0K-2.6M-11.5K0.0084.491004,4734,037
2014-02-13$16.89$17.0033.6%9.6%54.0%22.7%33.6%2.7%1.7%158.5K-2.6M-11.2K0.0092.763304,4834,037
2014-02-14$16.80$17.0034.0%9.8%53.4%23.5%36.8%3.3%0.1%161.1K-2.2M-10.8K0.0490.40508194,4774,037
2014-02-18$17.13$17.0034.0%9.7%53.5%23.5%0.0%-0.0%-0.1%349.4K-4.3M-8.5K0.0087.5531204,8014,056
2014-02-19$16.93$17.0034.2%9.8%53.4%23.8%0.0%0.9%-0.2%383.7K-3.5M-8.0K0.2797.6294254,5694,056
2014-02-20$17.06$17.0034.0%9.7%53.4%23.4%0.0%4.2%-0.8%591.7K-3.9M-7.1K0.0193.68928124,2744,080
2014-02-21$16.98$17.0032.6%9.4%53.2%21.0%35.3%-0.7%0.2%1.3M-4.3M-7.3K0.0091.251,59305,1654,089
2014-02-24$17.26$17.0033.8%9.7%51.0%23.1%35.4%1.4%0.9%103.0K-1.6M-8.0K0.0086.3483822,9411,043
2014-02-25$17.13$17.0034.2%9.8%49.5%23.9%34.5%-1.1%0.5%118.8K-1.6M-8.5K0.3490.18190653,4321,045
2014-02-26$17.09$17.0032.8%9.4%25.3%21.1%31.7%0.5%1.8%127.1K-1.7M-9.0K0.2790.75141383,6021,090
2014-02-27$17.03$17.0033.7%9.7%24.2%22.9%33.3%1.5%0.1%125.7K-1.6M-8.9K0.0387.399833,6871,127
2014-02-28$16.96$17.0034.5%9.9%21.7%24.4%34.6%-0.6%-0.5%124.6K-1.5M-9.1K1.4388.0723333,7821,130