SMCI Options History — January 2011

In January 2011, SMCI traded between $1.17 and $1.43. ATM implied volatility averaged 48.8%, placing in the 14.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 14.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 16.4% (HV 20d: 32.3%). Max pain ranged from $1.25 to $1.25. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.01.

Notable Days

  • 2011-01-28: Highest Volume — 1,990 contracts
  • 2011-01-26: Largest IV drop — 36.5% change
  • 2011-01-25: Highest IV Rank — 23.1%
  • 2011-01-25: Largest Expected Move — 18.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$1.27$1.17$1.43$1.19$1.41
Max Pain$1.25$1.25$1.25$1.25$1.25
ATM IV48.8%29.7%63.7%46.8%39.1%
Expected Move14.0%8.5%18.3%13.4%11.2%
HV 20d32.3%25.9%37.0%35.1%36.5%
HV 60d95.2%33.1%120.8%120.8%34.1%
IV Rank14.2%2.9%23.1%13.1%8.5%
IV Percentile45.3%1.6%85.3%31.9%8.8%
Term Structure0.6%-11.6%20.2%7.8%-0.2%
VWIV45.5%40.7%50.4%50.4%40.7%
Skew 25d4.7%-2.2%19.4%0.4%0.5%
Skew 10d6.1%-2.0%10.7%10.0%8.6%
Call IV 25d44.2%26.6%49.9%46.3%38.1%
Put IV 25d48.8%38.6%63.8%46.7%38.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %112.90105.34123.16123.16110.75
Gamma HHI0.640.440.750.620.44
Net GEX8124272.5K4772.5K
Net DEX-54.2K-231.0K-24.4K-29.0K-231.0K
Net VEX-238-515-204-234-515
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.010.000.110.000.00
Total Volume15001,9900580
Total OI1,070.59402,7909402,790

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-01-03$1.19$1.2546.8%13.4%35.1%13.1%0.0%0.4%7.8%477-29.0K-2340.00123.1600680260
2011-01-04$1.17$1.2541.4%11.9%35.9%9.9%0.0%-1.8%5.4%477-24.8K-2260.00120.3400680260
2011-01-05$1.18$1.2550.2%14.4%25.9%15.1%0.0%-2.2%5.6%506-26.6K-2260.00121.0200680260
2011-01-06$1.17$1.2539.7%11.4%26.0%8.9%0.0%-2.1%1.6%472-24.4K-2230.00118.31600680260
2011-01-07$1.18$0.0048.9%14.4%26.3%14.3%50.4%-1.5%-1.0%487-26.9K-2270.00110.96500680260
2011-01-10$1.19$1.2550.6%15.5%25.9%15.3%0.0%-1.3%-4.9%592-31.2K-2300.00108.3600730260
2011-01-11$1.18$1.2552.5%15.4%25.9%16.4%0.0%-1.5%-3.6%609-29.3K-2280.00110.3000730260
2011-01-12$1.23$1.2560.5%15.2%29.6%21.2%0.0%3.1%0.4%644-38.6K-2330.00110.49500730260
2011-01-13$1.25$1.2552.0%14.9%29.5%16.2%0.0%4.2%-3.0%904-42.9K-2350.00110.8800780260
2011-01-14$1.32$1.2552.9%15.2%34.8%16.7%0.0%13.1%-1.9%929-58.9K-2300.00111.89100780260
2011-01-18$1.28$1.2555.2%15.8%36.6%18.1%0.0%9.1%-4.8%525-49.1K-2270.00110.291000740260
2011-01-19$1.26$1.2555.7%16.0%37.0%18.4%0.0%7.4%-5.0%491-44.4K-2260.00111.8300740260
2011-01-20$1.27$1.2554.2%15.5%35.2%17.5%0.0%7.9%-3.5%493-47.0K-2240.00112.6600740260
2011-01-21$1.27$1.2550.2%14.4%35.2%15.1%0.0%7.0%-0.3%427-47.7K-2190.00108.8700740260
2011-01-24$1.29$1.2553.3%15.3%33.4%16.9%0.0%13.9%-1.8%1.1K-53.3K-2150.00113.2300740200
2011-01-25$1.30$1.2563.7%18.3%32.4%23.1%0.0%19.4%-11.6%1.0K-54.8K-2140.00105.34100740200
2011-01-26$1.36$1.2540.5%11.6%35.0%9.3%40.7%0.4%9.0%1.1K-68.0K-2040.00109.731500750200
2011-01-27$1.39$1.2538.4%11.0%34.9%8.1%0.0%1.5%3.9%1.3K-74.1K-2140.00109.6100820200
2011-01-28$1.43$1.2529.7%8.5%35.3%2.9%0.0%15.6%20.2%1.2K-81.5K-2080.11120.051,790200820200
2011-01-31$1.41$1.2539.1%11.2%36.5%8.5%0.0%0.5%-0.2%2.5K-231.0K-5150.00110.7558002,390400