SMCI Options History — September 2008

In September 2008, SMCI traded between $0.85 and $1.07. ATM implied volatility averaged 56.0%, placing in the 37.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 10.6% (HV 20d: 45.4%). Max pain ranged from $0.50 to $0.75. Net GEX was positive for 7 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.45.

Notable Days

  • 2008-09-09: Highest Volume — 740 contracts
  • 2008-09-17: Largest IV spike — 166.0% change
  • 2008-09-17: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2008-09-29: Largest Expected Move — 25.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$1.01$0.85$1.07$1.01$0.90
Max Pain$0.61$0.50$0.75$0.75$0.50
ATM IV56.0%32.5%128.8%40.6%48.6%
Expected Move13.2%9.3%25.4%11.6%13.9%
HV 20d45.4%33.1%65.4%51.8%65.4%
HV 60d39.6%35.1%49.8%35.1%49.8%
IV Rank37.6%8.4%100.0%25.8%22.9%
IV Percentile50.4%3.2%100.0%19.8%52.8%
Term Structure-6.8%-17.7%6.1%6.1%-17.7%
VWIV66.5%33.4%162.7%44.4%162.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %92.8749.56182.5576.4784.38
Gamma HHI0.890.561.000.720.87
Net GEX-1.7K-4.6K378-2.6K280
Net DEX-256.4K-416.5K-70.6K-336.9K-76.4K
Net VEX-117-302-14-302-72
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.450.005.000.000.00
Total Volume65.7140740600
Total OI4,180.4761,1706,1306,0601,170

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-09-02$1.01$0.7540.6%11.6%51.8%25.8%0.0%0.0%6.1%-2.6K-336.9K-3020.0076.476004,3901,670
2008-09-03$1.06$0.7545.4%13.0%53.2%33.6%44.4%0.0%-11.3%-2.3K-401.3K-1790.0083.6013004,3301,670
2008-09-04$1.05$0.7545.2%12.9%53.6%33.3%0.0%0.0%-14.0%-2.2K-400.5K-1880.0082.22004,4601,670
2008-09-05$1.05$0.7545.5%13.1%33.5%34.0%0.0%0.0%4.4%-2.1K-393.0K-2230.00116.91004,4601,670
2008-09-08$1.06$0.7546.4%13.3%33.4%35.3%0.0%0.0%-17.1%-2.4K-416.5K-1395.0056.1210504,4601,670
2008-09-09$1.06$0.7549.0%14.1%33.4%39.6%0.0%0.0%-14.4%-2.2K-412.6K-1520.0057.1474004,4601,670
2008-09-10$1.07$0.7532.5%9.3%33.3%12.6%0.0%0.0%3.9%-2.0K-377.7K-830.0078.733003,7501,670
2008-09-11$1.07$0.7545.7%13.1%33.1%34.3%58.7%0.0%-0.6%-2.0K-356.9K-1080.0051.410203,7501,670
2008-09-12$1.06$0.7552.8%15.1%34.1%45.8%0.0%0.0%-17.7%-2.5K-343.3K-1130.0049.565003,7501,670
2008-09-15$0.99$0.5058.4%13.1%42.4%54.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%-3.2K-258.0K-1640.00104.34003,7301,670
2008-09-16$1.02$0.5048.4%10.5%41.6%38.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%-4.1K-306.2K-1100.00104.0610003,7201,670
2008-09-17$0.97$0.50128.8%14.6%45.1%100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%-1.0K-229.4K-1550.00123.38003,7201,670
2008-09-18$0.99$0.5060.1%10.1%45.2%34.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%-4.6K-233.6K-900.00104.55003,6201,670
2008-09-19$1.04$0.50128.1%12.3%48.6%99.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%-3.7K-325.6K-640.00109.875003,6201,670
2008-09-22$1.04$0.5039.1%11.2%47.8%13.8%33.5%0.0%0.0%88-98.5K-210.00104.75400960210
2008-09-23$1.03$0.5033.5%9.6%47.9%8.4%33.4%0.0%0.0%66-98.2K-140.00103.95500960210
2008-09-24$0.98$0.5043.4%12.4%47.8%17.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%219-85.9K-670.00104.9800960210
2008-09-25$0.93$0.5047.8%13.7%50.3%22.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%244-80.2K-700.0080.4700960210
2008-09-26$0.94$0.5048.2%13.8%50.1%22.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%239-82.3K-640.0090.8500960210
2008-09-29$0.85$0.5088.5%25.4%61.5%61.3%162.7%0.0%0.0%378-70.6K-770.00182.55500960210
2008-09-30$0.90$0.5048.6%13.9%65.4%22.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%280-76.4K-720.0084.3800960210