SANM Options History — March 2014

In March 2014, SANM traded between $16.84 and $17.94. ATM implied volatility averaged 33.1%, placing in the 20.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 9.8% (HV 20d: 23.2%). Max pain ranged from $17.00 to $17.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.90.

Notable Days

  • 2014-03-21: Highest Volume — 1,740 contracts
  • 2014-03-11: Largest IV drop — 5.7% change
  • 2014-03-03: Highest IV Rank — 26.4%
  • 2014-03-03: Largest Expected Move — 10.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$17.40$16.84$17.94$17.00$17.45
Max Pain$17.00$17.00$17.00$17.00$17.00
ATM IV33.1%30.5%35.8%35.5%32.9%
Expected Move9.4%8.7%10.2%10.2%9.4%
HV 20d23.2%19.2%26.4%21.3%26.4%
HV 60d37.6%37.0%38.2%37.5%37.8%
IV Rank20.2%15.1%26.4%26.4%19.7%
IV Percentile24.4%3.6%55.6%52.0%23.0%
Term Structure8.0%-2.5%14.3%0.6%13.4%
VWIV35.1%31.7%42.0%36.1%42.0%
Skew 25d0.4%-4.7%3.2%-2.9%-4.7%
Skew 10d3.4%-10.0%18.5%7.7%-7.2%
Call IV 25d33.7%30.1%39.8%39.8%34.1%
Put IV 25d34.1%29.4%37.9%36.8%29.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %91.8581.05105.2087.69105.20
Gamma HHI0.380.220.880.300.23
Net GEX180.5K99.8K756.3K129.3K126.5K
Net DEX-1.8M-2.7M-961.3K-1.6M-1.6M
Net VEX-7.6K-9.7K-6.0K-8.8K-6.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.900.005.004.630.00
Total Volume164.61901,7401350
Total OI5,1464,1835,2704,9525,259

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-03-03$17.00$17.0035.5%10.2%21.3%26.4%36.1%-2.9%0.6%129.3K-1.6M-8.8K4.6387.69241113,8031,149
2014-03-04$17.70$17.0035.5%10.2%20.8%26.3%0.0%2.1%-2.5%169.1K-2.5M-9.7K0.0189.7610413,8271,260
2014-03-05$17.60$17.0034.2%9.8%20.6%23.8%34.7%-1.8%-1.6%174.7K-2.4M-9.3K0.1691.6287143,8621,261
2014-03-06$17.45$17.0034.9%10.0%21.0%23.6%0.0%-4.6%0.4%171.8K-2.2M-9.1K0.0093.891903,9131,270
2014-03-07$17.37$17.0035.1%9.4%19.7%24.0%0.0%1.0%7.9%165.6K-2.0M-8.8K0.0084.77043,9321,270
2014-03-10$17.32$17.0035.8%9.4%19.2%25.3%33.1%3.2%7.8%165.1K-1.9M-8.4K2.0081.0513263,9321,273
2014-03-11$17.06$17.0033.8%9.3%20.0%21.3%0.0%1.7%8.0%140.2K-1.4M-7.9K0.0084.721103,9441,299
2014-03-12$17.37$17.0034.1%9.4%20.8%22.0%0.0%2.9%7.4%170.6K-1.7M-7.8K0.0084.70203,9551,299
2014-03-13$16.84$17.0033.1%9.5%23.8%20.0%37.9%1.9%7.6%105.3K-1.0M-7.2K0.0091.53023,9541,299
2014-03-14$16.84$17.0033.5%9.6%23.8%20.8%34.3%3.1%7.4%99.8K-961.3K-7.1K0.0092.271403,9541,299
2014-03-17$17.06$17.0033.0%9.5%24.1%19.9%0.0%1.3%8.2%112.7K-1.2M-6.7K0.0090.79003,9551,299
2014-03-18$17.52$17.0031.4%9.0%25.0%16.9%32.0%2.4%9.2%200.3K-1.9M-6.8K5.0091.04153,9551,299
2014-03-19$17.61$17.0031.6%9.1%24.6%17.3%31.7%2.2%8.8%240.1K-2.0M-6.5K1.0693.8016173,9551,304
2014-03-20$17.63$17.0031.1%8.9%24.5%16.3%34.8%1.4%9.1%249.5K-2.0M-6.3K0.7593.40433,9511,317
2014-03-21$17.94$17.0031.5%9.0%25.0%17.0%34.9%-3.2%9.5%756.3K-2.7M-6.0K0.0090.291,73643,9501,320
2014-03-24$17.91$17.0032.0%9.2%24.5%17.9%36.0%0.7%11.1%124.6K-2.1M-7.3K0.0792.31636473,0761,107
2014-03-25$17.82$17.0030.5%8.7%24.4%15.1%33.2%2.4%14.3%145.8K-2.0M-7.6K0.2792.11321883,7061,152
2014-03-26$17.39$17.0031.2%9.0%26.1%16.5%42.0%-1.0%14.0%124.7K-1.6M-7.5K0.3793.7952193,9851,203
2014-03-27$17.27$17.0032.2%9.2%26.2%18.3%0.0%1.1%12.9%108.7K-1.3M-7.2K0.00102.30804,0371,222
2014-03-28$17.25$17.0031.3%9.0%26.1%16.6%0.0%-0.7%13.7%110.3K-1.3M-7.0K0.00101.850684,0371,222
2014-03-31$17.45$17.0032.9%9.4%26.4%19.7%0.0%-4.7%13.4%126.5K-1.6M-6.7K0.00105.20004,0371,222