SMCI Options History — April 2008

In April 2008, SMCI traded between $0.68 and $0.95. ATM implied volatility averaged 49.1%, placing in the 27.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 14.7%. IV traded below realized volatility by 23.7% (HV 20d: 72.8%). Max pain ranged from $0.75 to $1.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.28.

Notable Days

  • 2008-04-10: Highest Volume — 770 contracts
  • 2008-04-10: Largest IV spike — 57.3% change
  • 2008-04-15: Highest IV Rank — 38.0%
  • 2008-04-15: Largest Expected Move — 16.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$0.79$0.68$0.95$0.85$0.75
Max Pain$0.83$0.75$1.00$1.00$0.75
ATM IV49.1%33.8%57.3%43.0%52.1%
Expected Move14.7%10.8%16.4%12.3%14.9%
HV 20d72.8%37.3%89.6%38.1%89.0%
HV 60d57.0%44.9%64.2%45.3%56.0%
IV Rank27.8%8.5%38.0%20.0%31.5%
IV Percentile53.7%5.2%84.4%21.2%62.8%
Term Structure1.6%-3.2%12.7%12.7%2.4%
VWIV53.2%53.2%53.2%53.2%53.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %94.6583.79108.51107.5999.57
Gamma HHI0.820.580.970.940.58
Net GEX1.6K6113.5K2.3K684
Net DEX-9.2K-76.9K22.5K-30.4K17.6K
Net VEX-369-549-214-464-320
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.280.001.670.001.67
Total Volume68.636077000
Total OI3,384.5452,9003,9402,9003,940

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-04-01$0.85$1.0043.0%12.3%38.1%20.0%0.0%0.0%12.7%2.3K-30.4K-4640.00107.59002,330570
2008-04-02$0.85$1.0043.5%12.5%37.3%20.7%0.0%0.0%11.3%2.3K-29.6K-4480.00108.28002,330570
2008-04-03$0.90$1.0037.7%10.8%42.5%13.4%0.0%0.0%10.2%2.8K-52.5K-5130.00108.51002,330570
2008-04-04$0.93$0.0033.8%14.2%44.6%8.5%0.0%0.0%-2.2%3.2K-67.1K-5320.0086.04002,330570
2008-04-07$0.95$0.0045.7%14.1%44.8%23.5%0.0%0.0%-1.4%3.4K-76.4K-5450.0085.925002,330570
2008-04-08$0.95$0.0037.2%14.5%40.4%12.7%0.0%0.0%-3.2%3.5K-76.9K-5450.0084.624002,340570
2008-04-09$0.94$0.0034.5%14.0%37.9%9.3%0.0%0.0%0.4%3.4K-76.5K-5490.0086.49002,380570
2008-04-10$0.76$0.0054.3%15.6%84.0%34.3%0.0%0.0%0.6%1.4K-72-3040.3385.525801902,380570
2008-04-11$0.74$0.0056.0%16.1%83.2%36.5%0.0%0.0%-1.5%1.1K9.7K-3130.0083.794002,590760
2008-04-14$0.73$0.0054.3%15.6%83.1%34.3%0.0%0.0%-0.8%1.0K10.9K-2950.0094.09002,630760
2008-04-15$0.68$0.0057.3%16.4%85.7%38.0%0.0%0.0%-1.8%61122.5K-2140.0095.565002,630760
2008-04-16$0.70$0.0052.5%15.1%87.5%32.0%0.0%0.0%1.7%82417.7K-2460.0098.93002,680760
2008-04-17$0.73$0.0053.6%15.4%88.9%33.4%0.0%0.0%4.6%1.1K7.0K-3130.0095.1510002,680760
2008-04-18$0.75$0.0055.0%15.8%89.6%35.1%0.0%0.0%0.7%1.4K134-3250.0093.91002,780760
2008-04-21$0.74$0.0053.1%15.2%89.6%32.8%53.2%0.0%1.4%1.2K8.8K-2891.6794.70601002,720760
2008-04-22$0.73$0.0054.0%15.5%89.3%33.9%0.0%0.0%-1.1%1.2K9.3K-2810.0095.0903002,720760
2008-04-23$0.74$0.7552.2%15.0%89.3%31.6%0.0%0.0%-0.9%62522.0K-3290.0094.75002,7801,160
2008-04-24$0.74$0.7553.1%15.2%89.3%32.8%0.0%0.0%0.7%62321.7K-3260.0094.69002,7801,160
2008-04-25$0.74$0.7552.8%15.1%89.2%32.3%0.0%0.0%1.6%61621.7K-3230.0094.16002,7801,160
2008-04-28$0.75$0.7553.2%15.2%89.3%32.9%0.0%0.0%-0.9%64419.6K-3220.0098.30002,7801,160
2008-04-29$0.76$0.7552.3%15.0%89.0%31.8%0.0%0.0%1.3%67717.8K-3310.0096.71002,7801,160
2008-04-30$0.75$0.7552.1%14.9%89.0%31.5%0.0%0.0%2.4%68417.6K-3200.0099.57002,7801,160