SANM Options History — February 2016

In February 2016, SANM traded between $18.58 and $20.98. ATM implied volatility averaged 39.1%, placing in the 33.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.9%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.3% (HV 20d: 40.4%). Max pain ranged from $18.00 to $19.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.58.

Notable Days

  • 2016-02-04: Highest Volume — 1,038 contracts
  • 2016-02-10: Largest IV drop — 24.6% change
  • 2016-02-09: Highest IV Rank — 69.4%
  • 2016-02-11: Largest Expected Move — 13.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$19.92$18.58$20.98$18.93$20.64
Max Pain$18.35$18.00$19.00$18.00$19.00
ATM IV39.1%32.3%54.3%37.1%35.2%
Expected Move10.9%9.3%13.1%10.6%10.1%
HV 20d40.4%23.6%49.0%48.1%23.6%
HV 60d36.6%36.1%37.1%36.1%36.8%
IV Rank33.5%17.6%69.4%28.9%24.3%
IV Percentile70.5%45.6%93.3%71.8%61.1%
Term Structure-0.9%-2.7%1.3%-0.2%-0.5%
VWIV39.1%33.8%44.9%37.7%38.4%
Skew 25d4.1%0.7%7.0%4.3%6.5%
Skew 10d16.3%-6.0%28.9%14.4%-2.5%
Call IV 25d36.8%30.9%44.0%33.6%32.9%
Put IV 25d40.8%35.5%47.8%37.9%39.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %89.7278.01106.86106.8698.05
Gamma HHI0.200.150.270.230.18
Net GEX45.6K27.9K77.6K36.3K33.6K
Net DEX-1.1M-2.0M-190.3K-393.8K-1.2M
Net VEX-5.0K-5.7K-4.1K-4.5K-4.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.580.330.870.810.87
Total Volume732.055041,038639586
Total OI2,525.92,1022,9462,3042,261

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-02-01$18.93$18.0037.1%10.6%48.1%28.9%37.7%4.3%-0.2%36.3K-393.8K-4.5K0.81106.863542851,509795
2016-02-02$18.58$18.0038.2%10.9%48.3%31.4%38.4%5.1%-0.2%28.8K-228.3K-4.3K0.5392.234602431,505815
2016-02-03$18.75$18.0038.8%11.1%48.2%32.9%41.0%7.0%-1.4%27.9K-190.3K-4.1K0.4197.235992431,414818
2016-02-04$19.44$18.0039.4%10.8%49.0%34.3%38.4%6.6%-1.4%46.6K-795.7K-4.8K0.3378.017782601,579818
2016-02-05$19.27$18.0042.4%11.2%45.8%41.3%40.3%3.6%-2.1%45.8K-826.9K-5.5K0.4381.806052601,759850
2016-02-08$19.42$18.0047.4%12.0%44.8%53.1%42.3%2.8%-1.7%42.1K-873.6K-5.3K0.4382.786072611,744850
2016-02-09$19.54$18.0054.3%12.1%43.8%69.4%42.9%0.7%-2.6%47.3K-985.4K-5.3K0.4480.476192741,754851
2016-02-10$19.68$18.0040.9%11.7%43.7%37.9%42.2%1.4%-1.7%54.5K-1.2M-5.5K0.4683.285932741,864894
2016-02-11$19.61$18.0045.8%13.1%41.8%49.3%44.9%3.9%-2.7%58.4K-1.2M-5.7K0.5083.725592811,986894
2016-02-12$19.85$18.0041.6%11.9%41.8%39.4%42.4%3.3%-1.6%66.2K-1.4M-5.6K0.4081.176522621,981891
2016-02-16$20.48$18.0040.1%11.5%40.1%36.0%41.4%3.1%-2.4%74.4K-2.0M-5.3K0.3885.286442472,028891
2016-02-17$20.09$18.0039.2%11.2%41.3%33.8%40.4%5.7%-2.2%71.7K-1.7M-5.1K0.6090.424132482,022886
2016-02-18$20.54$18.0037.1%10.6%41.6%28.9%37.8%6.3%-0.7%77.6K-2.0M-5.0K0.7297.544082922,028888
2016-02-19$20.37$19.0036.4%10.4%42.0%27.3%37.7%4.2%-0.5%39.4K-1.9M-4.8K0.8092.694113272,025921
2016-02-22$20.40$19.0035.2%10.1%42.1%24.4%35.8%1.9%0.2%36.0K-1.0M-4.8K0.7593.713132351,390712
2016-02-23$20.42$19.0034.1%9.8%42.1%21.8%33.8%1.7%1.0%31.6K-983.5K-4.8K0.7294.033042201,398786
2016-02-24$20.67$19.0033.0%9.4%28.4%19.0%34.1%3.5%1.0%30.4K-1.1M-4.8K0.6691.413042001,397826
2016-02-25$20.77$19.0033.3%9.5%28.0%19.8%34.9%4.7%-0.2%30.2K-1.1M-4.9K0.6591.193082001,396846
2016-02-26$20.98$19.0032.3%9.3%23.6%17.6%36.7%5.1%1.3%33.0K-1.3M-4.7K0.6492.483131991,400846
2016-02-29$20.64$19.0035.2%10.1%23.6%24.3%38.4%6.5%-0.5%33.6K-1.2M-4.4K0.8798.053132731,411850