SANM Options History — May 2015

In May 2015, SANM traded between $20.73 and $21.89. ATM implied volatility averaged 28.9%, placing in the 16.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.8%. IV traded below realized volatility by 12.7% (HV 20d: 41.6%). Max pain ranged from $20.00 to $21.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.55.

Notable Days

  • 2015-05-01: Highest Volume — 1,062 contracts
  • 2015-05-13: Largest IV drop — 23.0% change
  • 2015-05-12: Highest IV Rank — 33.9%
  • 2015-05-11: Largest Expected Move — 8.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$21.32$20.73$21.89$21.14$21.69
Max Pain$20.50$20.00$21.00$21.00$21.00
ATM IV28.9%24.9%36.8%28.6%26.2%
Expected Move7.8%7.1%8.2%8.2%7.5%
HV 20d41.6%24.3%53.5%53.5%24.3%
HV 60d37.7%37.1%38.0%37.5%37.9%
IV Rank16.6%7.9%33.9%16.1%10.8%
IV Percentile41.8%6.0%84.5%50.8%17.5%
Term Structure0.7%-0.7%2.4%-0.6%1.5%
VWIV27.3%24.8%30.2%29.6%27.7%
Skew 25d2.1%-0.2%5.9%3.1%2.5%
Skew 10d4.6%-9.4%19.4%19.4%8.5%
Call IV 25d26.9%22.0%29.5%27.1%26.8%
Put IV 25d29.0%26.5%32.2%30.1%29.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %79.1528.59109.7429.2695.53
Gamma HHI0.180.160.190.170.19
Net GEX33.8K4.0K60.8K15.7K60.8K
Net DEX-332.3K-1.0M311.1K20.2K-764.4K
Net VEX-10.6K-12.1K-9.3K-11.8K-9.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.550.004.751.301.47
Total Volume663.3461,0621,062667
Total OI4,109.93,4184,6214,5633,599

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-05-01$21.14$21.0028.6%8.2%53.5%16.1%29.6%3.1%-0.6%15.7K20.2K-11.8K1.3029.264616012,7541,809
2015-05-04$21.38$20.0033.2%8.1%53.1%26.1%28.1%0.8%0.5%28.2K-355.9K-12.1K2.5330.1519482,7861,809
2015-05-05$20.84$20.0030.4%8.2%52.8%20.0%29.6%2.2%0.4%12.0K143.6K-11.5K1.5328.594106282,8041,817
2015-05-06$20.73$20.0030.4%8.2%51.6%20.0%30.2%3.1%0.8%4.0K311.1K-11.3K1.5537.264066282,7981,817
2015-05-07$20.89$20.0030.1%8.2%51.9%19.3%30.1%2.0%0.4%6.3K231.5K-11.1K1.5654.234036282,8001,817
2015-05-08$21.41$20.0035.5%7.9%52.9%31.1%27.1%2.2%1.0%28.3K-444.9K-11.8K0.2863.9640112,7851,817
2015-05-11$21.38$20.0034.8%8.2%52.9%29.4%28.5%1.6%0.9%21.8K-366.7K-11.0K4.7573.778382,7681,810
2015-05-12$21.18$20.0036.8%8.0%50.5%33.9%29.0%-0.0%0.3%17.0K-168.7K-10.7K1.74105.333455992,7811,820
2015-05-13$21.47$20.0028.3%8.1%50.7%15.5%26.3%2.1%-0.1%20.2K-486.1K-10.8K1.6690.783605992,7831,805
2015-05-14$21.89$20.0026.3%7.5%51.4%11.0%26.2%2.2%0.8%60.6K-1.0M-10.9K1.6785.413505862,7691,805
2015-05-15$21.43$20.0026.0%7.5%51.3%10.3%26.8%2.6%2.2%42.1K-600.7K-10.4K1.7284.313546082,7701,797
2015-05-18$21.60$21.0024.9%7.1%51.3%7.9%24.8%1.4%2.4%43.3K-622.6K-10.5K0.00106.358602,0131,406
2015-05-19$21.44$21.0026.4%7.6%26.8%11.1%25.6%-0.2%1.0%38.7K-437.5K-10.0K0.1798.6569122,0121,406
2015-05-20$21.30$21.0026.3%7.5%26.2%10.9%25.9%4.3%0.5%42.4K-325.6K-9.8K1.7199.002724652,0731,403
2015-05-21$21.31$21.0026.3%7.5%25.6%10.9%25.5%2.5%1.4%43.2K-363.8K-9.8K1.42109.743254612,0791,403
2015-05-22$21.36$21.0025.5%7.3%25.6%9.3%25.2%1.0%0.6%47.2K-365.9K-9.8K1.41107.123164462,1391,423
2015-05-26$21.09$21.0026.6%7.6%26.1%11.7%27.2%0.1%-0.1%39.3K-118.6K-9.3K1.4898.702703992,1441,428
2015-05-27$21.44$21.0027.0%7.7%26.3%12.5%25.2%5.9%0.6%51.6K-410.4K-9.3K1.4796.242754042,1461,426
2015-05-28$21.46$21.0027.7%7.9%26.1%14.1%26.4%2.2%-0.7%54.1K-515.0K-9.4K1.5288.612654042,1511,426
2015-05-29$21.69$21.0026.2%7.5%24.3%10.8%27.7%2.5%1.5%60.8K-764.4K-9.8K1.4795.532703972,1731,426