SMCI Options History — December 2010

In December 2010, SMCI traded between $1.06 and $1.20. ATM implied volatility averaged 52.8%, placing in the 16.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 14.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 18.2% (HV 20d: 34.6%). Max pain ranged from $1.25 to $1.25. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.00.

Notable Days

  • 2010-12-01: Highest Volume — 30 contracts
  • 2010-12-15: Largest IV drop — 38.3% change
  • 2010-12-14: Highest IV Rank — 34.3%
  • 2010-12-03: Largest Expected Move — 16.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$1.15$1.06$1.20$1.06$1.15
Max Pain$1.25$1.25$1.25$1.25$1.25
ATM IV52.8%40.5%82.6%53.5%43.6%
Expected Move14.3%11.6%16.2%15.3%12.5%
HV 20d34.6%28.3%39.4%28.3%34.3%
HV 60d134.7%124.2%146.0%146.0%124.2%
IV Rank16.6%9.3%34.3%17.0%11.2%
IV Percentile54.9%13.9%94.8%70.9%20.3%
Term Structure1.5%-4.0%11.4%0.8%5.3%
VWIV45.8%41.1%50.6%50.6%41.1%
Skew 25d9.7%-5.9%17.0%17.0%-3.1%
Skew 10d14.7%9.8%17.5%15.3%12.4%
Call IV 25d46.4%44.2%49.5%44.7%48.1%
Put IV 25d56.0%43.5%62.0%61.7%45.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %117.02107.50127.23127.23120.65
Gamma HHI0.700.680.730.710.68
Net GEX587492680492566
Net DEX-27.7K-34.8K-16.4K-16.4K-27.4K
Net VEX-236-250-210-210-226
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.000.000.000.000.00
Total Volume4.5450303030
Total OI894.091840910840910

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-12-01$1.06$0.0053.5%15.3%28.3%17.0%0.0%17.0%0.8%492-16.4K-2100.00127.23300640200
2010-12-02$1.08$0.0056.0%16.1%29.7%18.5%0.0%16.9%0.2%548-20.5K-2270.00125.6100670200
2010-12-03$1.11$0.0056.6%16.2%30.5%18.9%0.0%15.4%-4.0%566-23.4K-2340.00124.9400670200
2010-12-06$1.10$0.0061.7%15.9%30.1%21.9%0.0%15.3%0.8%568-22.3K-2280.00114.6700670200
2010-12-07$1.18$0.0053.0%15.0%39.4%16.8%0.0%12.1%-2.2%634-32.2K-2470.00108.66100670200
2010-12-08$1.18$0.0054.1%15.2%38.5%17.4%0.0%10.9%-4.0%653-32.5K-2480.00108.6600680200
2010-12-09$1.18$0.0055.8%15.0%38.5%18.4%0.0%12.0%-2.1%654-33.1K-2500.00109.0300680200
2010-12-10$1.20$0.0055.2%15.0%37.3%18.0%0.0%11.7%-2.3%680-34.8K-2490.00107.5000680200
2010-12-13$1.19$0.0067.3%14.5%36.1%25.3%50.6%12.6%-0.4%680-34.5K-2460.00107.92030680200
2010-12-14$1.18$1.2582.6%15.3%36.1%34.3%0.0%12.6%-4.0%592-31.0K-2480.00109.8000680230
2010-12-15$1.17$1.2551.0%14.6%33.6%15.5%0.0%11.5%-1.0%578-30.5K-2450.00113.4600680230
2010-12-16$1.16$1.2549.5%14.2%33.9%14.6%0.0%11.6%1.6%581-28.6K-2420.00116.0000680230
2010-12-17$1.15$1.2553.4%15.3%33.7%17.0%0.0%12.4%-3.2%585-26.6K-2400.00115.2600680230
2010-12-20$1.14$1.2540.5%11.6%33.1%9.3%0.0%9.2%11.4%558-24.8K-2320.00120.4200680230
2010-12-21$1.18$1.2549.8%14.3%34.9%14.8%0.0%-0.2%3.5%588-30.9K-2410.00117.3700680230
2010-12-22$1.18$1.2551.4%14.7%34.9%15.8%0.0%-0.2%2.6%597-30.3K-2400.00116.4400680230
2010-12-23$1.15$1.2541.9%12.0%36.2%10.2%0.0%8.0%10.0%565-26.5K-2330.00122.1300680230
2010-12-27$1.13$1.2545.4%13.0%36.2%12.2%0.0%13.8%4.7%535-24.8K-2250.00121.7800680230
2010-12-28$1.13$1.2546.2%13.3%35.4%12.7%0.0%5.6%4.1%552-24.8K-2250.00121.7800680230
2010-12-29$1.15$1.2546.0%13.2%35.7%12.6%0.0%13.2%4.5%569-27.0K-2270.00122.5000680230
2010-12-30$1.14$1.2546.7%13.4%34.8%13.0%0.0%-5.9%6.0%563-26.3K-2230.00122.5000680230
2010-12-31$1.15$1.2543.6%12.5%34.3%11.2%41.1%-3.1%5.3%566-27.4K-2260.00120.65030680230