SMCI Options History — July 2008

In July 2008, SMCI traded between $0.75 and $0.79. ATM implied volatility averaged 51.9%, placing in the 30.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 14.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 27.1% (HV 20d: 24.9%). Max pain ranged from $0.75 to $0.75. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 1 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.13.

Notable Days

  • 2008-07-24: Highest Volume — 100 contracts
  • 2008-07-30: Largest IV spike — 7.4% change
  • 2008-07-23: Highest IV Rank — 34.4%
  • 2008-07-23: Largest Expected Move — 15.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$0.77$0.75$0.79$0.75$0.79
Max Pain$0.75$0.75$0.75$0.75$0.75
ATM IV51.9%48.7%54.4%51.5%52.6%
Expected Move14.9%14.0%15.6%14.8%15.1%
HV 20d24.9%16.9%28.3%26.6%16.9%
HV 60d26.8%20.9%52.0%51.9%20.9%
IV Rank30.9%24.0%34.4%30.8%29.2%
IV Percentile66.6%44.8%81.9%64.1%71.8%
Term Structure-1.6%-5.7%1.1%-0.6%-1.8%
VWIV50.7%50.7%50.7%50.7%50.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %73.4068.0383.9770.3275.77
Gamma HHI0.890.870.900.880.89
Net GEX2.7K2.4K3.1K2.5K3.0K
Net DEX-81.2K-90.4K-72.4K-72.4K-90.4K
Net VEX-402-443-357-443-365
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.130.000.400.400.00
Total Volume10.455010000
Total OI3,4053,3903,4203,3903,420

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-07-01$0.75$0.7551.5%14.8%26.6%30.8%0.0%0.0%-0.6%2.5K-72.4K-4430.0070.32002,740650
2008-07-02$0.76$0.7552.2%15.0%25.6%31.6%0.0%0.0%-1.7%2.4K-79.2K-4430.0072.72002,740650
2008-07-03$0.76$0.7551.7%14.8%25.3%31.0%0.0%0.0%-1.0%2.5K-77.8K-4410.0070.85002,740650
2008-07-07$0.76$0.7552.3%15.0%25.3%31.8%0.0%0.0%-2.1%2.5K-75.9K-4300.0073.14002,740650
2008-07-08$0.77$0.7550.5%14.5%25.8%29.5%0.0%0.0%-0.0%2.7K-76.4K-4210.0077.61002,740650
2008-07-09$0.76$0.7552.9%15.2%26.3%32.5%0.0%0.0%-1.9%2.5K-76.4K-4250.0072.66002,740650
2008-07-10$0.77$0.7551.9%14.9%25.7%31.3%0.0%0.0%-1.0%2.6K-79.8K-4240.0071.88002,740650
2008-07-11$0.77$0.7552.2%15.0%25.7%31.7%0.0%0.0%-1.8%2.6K-79.8K-4180.0071.88002,740650
2008-07-14$0.75$0.7552.2%15.0%26.9%31.7%0.0%0.0%-2.0%2.6K-73.2K-4040.0072.62002,740650
2008-07-15$0.76$0.7552.0%14.9%27.0%31.4%0.0%0.0%-2.1%2.7K-79.0K-4020.0072.62002,740650
2008-07-16$0.77$0.7550.8%14.6%27.3%29.8%50.7%0.0%-1.2%2.7K-82.9K-3980.4071.9250202,740650
2008-07-17$0.78$0.7552.2%15.0%27.3%31.6%0.0%0.0%-1.3%2.7K-82.3K-4090.0068.03002,750670
2008-07-18$0.76$0.7553.1%15.2%27.9%32.8%0.0%0.0%-2.8%2.7K-78.9K-3990.0072.06002,750670
2008-07-21$0.77$0.7551.9%14.9%28.0%31.3%0.0%0.0%-2.1%2.8K-81.1K-3900.0073.16002,750670
2008-07-22$0.78$0.7553.0%15.2%28.2%32.7%0.0%0.0%-3.0%2.8K-82.8K-3940.0071.42002,750670
2008-07-23$0.78$0.7554.4%15.6%28.3%34.4%0.0%0.0%-5.7%2.7K-84.7K-3910.0072.81002,750670
2008-07-24$0.77$0.7551.0%14.6%26.0%30.1%0.0%0.0%-0.1%2.9K-80.8K-3830.0077.6910002,750670
2008-07-25$0.78$0.7551.3%14.7%23.0%30.5%0.0%0.0%-1.6%2.9K-88.6K-3760.0072.106002,750670
2008-07-28$0.78$0.7551.9%14.9%18.4%31.3%0.0%0.0%-1.5%2.9K-86.9K-3700.0073.90002,750670
2008-07-29$0.78$0.7548.7%14.0%18.2%24.0%0.0%0.0%1.1%3.1K-87.5K-3570.0083.97002,750670
2008-07-30$0.79$0.7552.3%15.0%17.0%28.7%0.0%0.0%-1.9%2.9K-89.7K-3610.0075.69002,750670
2008-07-31$0.79$0.7552.6%15.1%16.9%29.2%0.0%0.0%-1.8%3.0K-90.4K-3650.0075.77002,750670