SANM Options History — January 2016

In January 2016, SANM traded between $16.80 and $20.43. ATM implied volatility averaged 50.8%, placing in the 61.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 15.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 16.0% (HV 20d: 34.9%). Max pain ranged from $18.00 to $21.00. Net GEX was positive for 11 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 1 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.82.

Notable Days

  • 2016-01-25: Highest Volume — 1,026 contracts
  • 2016-01-26: Largest IV drop — 36.7% change
  • 2016-01-25: Highest IV Rank — 89.6%
  • 2016-01-25: Largest Expected Move — 18.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$18.08$16.80$20.43$20.43$18.74
Max Pain$19.84$18.00$21.00$21.00$18.00
ATM IV50.8%35.9%62.8%41.3%35.9%
Expected Move15.0%10.3%18.0%14.3%10.3%
HV 20d34.9%28.5%48.2%32.3%48.2%
HV 60d49.3%47.1%50.6%48.8%50.6%
IV Rank61.3%26.0%89.6%38.8%26.0%
IV Percentile89.6%68.7%99.6%81.0%68.7%
Term Structure-8.4%-13.6%0.4%-8.6%0.4%
VWIV51.0%39.9%58.7%49.2%39.9%
Skew 25d6.0%2.7%10.3%2.7%4.0%
Skew 10d6.1%-11.1%19.5%6.4%8.7%
Call IV 25d49.9%35.0%58.2%48.7%35.0%
Put IV 25d56.0%38.9%66.9%51.4%38.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %80.4067.46100.5569.5999.37
Gamma HHI0.200.140.280.270.20
Net GEX-4.4K-43.6K32.9K14.3K30.9K
Net DEX818.7K-406.2K2.0M661.3K-275.9K
Net VEX-3.1K-4.9K-1.9K-4.9K-4.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.820.411.180.860.92
Total Volume638.7371251,026728125
Total OI2,968.3161,0954,2324,1382,194

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-01-04$20.43$21.0041.3%14.3%32.3%38.8%49.2%2.7%-8.6%14.3K661.3K-4.9K0.8669.593913372,6031,535
2016-01-05$20.02$21.0037.8%14.2%30.6%30.5%48.9%5.1%-6.3%-11.8K983.7K-4.5K0.9867.463933852,6951,537
2016-01-06$19.42$21.0047.1%14.8%31.2%52.5%50.1%2.7%-9.7%-43.6K1.3M-3.9K1.0571.813543722,6941,518
2016-01-07$18.51$21.0044.4%15.1%32.6%46.0%49.5%7.5%-11.7%-40.6K1.6M-3.4K1.0972.663493792,7001,523
2016-01-08$18.08$21.0053.0%15.2%33.0%66.4%49.3%4.6%-8.5%-32.5K1.6M-3.3K1.1876.223263862,7251,502
2016-01-11$17.69$21.0055.3%15.5%33.2%71.9%51.3%5.4%-10.0%-31.6K1.9M-2.6K1.0671.873613832,7221,493
2016-01-12$17.68$21.0056.4%15.7%33.1%74.3%50.7%5.8%-12.1%-27.2K1.8M-2.6K0.8870.333813362,7461,425
2016-01-13$17.15$20.0059.2%17.0%34.0%81.0%50.8%4.8%-10.1%-18.9K1.9M-2.2K0.9480.053303102,7691,421
2016-01-14$17.34$20.0056.2%16.1%31.0%74.0%55.2%6.5%-13.6%-20.7K1.8M-2.2K0.8876.123322912,7841,417
2016-01-15$16.80$20.0058.0%16.6%31.8%78.2%54.2%8.2%-7.6%1.9K2.0M-2.1K0.9184.693453142,7851,410
2016-01-19$16.81$20.0059.0%16.9%30.1%80.6%54.4%10.0%-10.1%1.1K298.2K-1.9K0.6787.60254170725370
2016-01-20$16.99$20.0061.2%17.5%30.9%85.6%58.2%10.3%-11.7%1.6K279.2K-2.1K0.6277.00251155755400
2016-01-21$17.04$20.0060.1%17.2%31.1%83.1%57.7%9.1%-10.9%1.7K270.6K-2.1K0.5979.10262155759395
2016-01-22$17.21$20.0060.1%17.2%31.7%83.1%57.8%7.8%-12.9%2.4K244.4K-2.2K0.7578.87257194781395
2016-01-25$17.38$18.0062.8%18.0%28.5%89.6%58.7%7.0%-12.4%4.7K174.0K-2.6K0.5074.12685341868436
2016-01-26$19.05$18.0039.8%11.4%46.3%35.2%41.5%3.3%-1.9%26.3K-397.5K-4.2K0.4196.446972871,323662
2016-01-27$18.88$18.0038.1%10.9%46.3%31.3%40.2%6.0%-0.1%32.9K-406.2K-4.5K0.57100.554152381,463696
2016-01-28$18.22$18.0040.1%11.5%46.7%35.8%39.9%4.2%-1.3%26.2K-152.9K-4.1K0.8093.783302651,467705
2016-01-29$18.74$18.0035.9%10.3%48.2%26.0%0.0%4.0%0.4%30.9K-275.9K-4.2K0.9299.3765601,459735