SMCI Options History — February 2011

In February 2011, SMCI traded between $1.42 and $1.59. ATM implied volatility averaged 45.7%, placing in the 12.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.2% (HV 20d: 40.4%). Max pain ranged from $1.00 to $1.25. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.04.

Notable Days

  • 2011-02-03: Highest Volume — 3,150 contracts
  • 2011-02-23: Largest IV spike — 116.6% change
  • 2011-02-23: Highest IV Rank — 42.5%
  • 2011-02-23: Largest Expected Move — 27.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$1.52$1.42$1.59$1.42$1.50
Max Pain$1.04$1.00$1.25$1.25$1.00
ATM IV45.7%34.7%96.4%34.7%38.5%
Expected Move13.0%10.0%27.6%10.0%11.0%
HV 20d40.4%34.2%43.3%35.7%41.6%
HV 60d36.2%34.1%37.3%34.1%37.3%
IV Rank12.4%5.9%42.5%5.9%8.1%
IV Percentile22.3%5.2%95.6%5.2%7.2%
Term Structure6.4%-6.0%91.8%2.7%-0.7%
VWIV45.0%36.9%50.3%41.0%36.9%
Skew 25d10.9%-2.4%36.4%2.6%3.4%
Skew 10d16.5%-8.4%74.2%-0.7%5.5%
Call IV 25d42.8%28.9%142.2%41.0%41.5%
Put IV 25d53.7%37.2%153.5%43.6%44.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %112.46101.74173.56108.49120.49
Gamma HHI0.490.360.810.460.44
Net GEX6.0K2.2K11.4K3.3K8.5K
Net DEX-441.5K-593.1K-267.3K-271.9K-447.9K
Net VEX-1.2K-1.5K-691-691-1.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.040.000.190.190.00
Total Volume501.05303,150250460
Total OI5,673.1583,2706,7703,2706,550

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-02-01$1.42$1.2534.7%10.0%35.7%5.9%0.0%2.6%2.7%3.3K-271.9K-6910.00108.4902502,870400
2011-02-02$1.46$1.2536.1%10.4%34.2%6.7%0.0%3.4%14.0%2.4K-267.3K-7250.00121.36002,870650
2011-02-03$1.56$1.2543.5%12.5%39.6%11.1%41.0%29.9%6.0%2.2K-328.1K-6960.19116.462,6505002,870650
2011-02-04$1.50$1.0042.9%11.6%43.0%10.7%45.0%6.2%2.6%11.4K-455.2K-1.1K0.18104.241,8803305,0101,150
2011-02-07$1.54$1.0042.9%11.4%43.3%10.8%0.0%24.9%4.6%2.5K-387.4K-9250.03101.74300103,8001,080
2011-02-08$1.55$1.0046.2%12.3%43.3%12.7%0.0%-2.4%1.8%3.4K-425.7K-1.0K0.00103.824004,0901,090
2011-02-09$1.57$1.0042.5%13.1%42.7%10.5%0.0%13.4%0.4%3.4K-445.0K-1.0K0.00105.7018004,0901,090
2011-02-10$1.59$1.0049.3%14.1%41.6%14.6%49.9%15.7%-6.0%3.9K-485.9K-1.0K0.00105.6161004,2201,090
2011-02-11$1.58$1.0044.4%12.7%42.3%11.7%0.0%11.1%0.2%4.8K-506.7K-1.2K0.00105.821,10004,5701,090
2011-02-14$1.59$1.0046.5%13.3%38.8%12.9%46.5%12.1%-3.1%8.0K-593.1K-1.5K0.00107.007005,6701,090
2011-02-15$1.58$1.0045.2%12.9%36.8%12.1%0.0%9.8%-1.2%7.6K-580.3K-1.5K0.00105.862005,6701,090
2011-02-16$1.55$1.0045.6%13.1%36.6%12.3%0.0%8.3%-2.7%7.5K-540.2K-1.5K0.00108.032005,6801,090
2011-02-17$1.50$1.0045.9%13.2%40.3%12.6%50.3%8.1%-0.8%6.3K-454.6K-1.5K0.09107.36110105,6801,090
2011-02-18$1.50$1.0044.3%12.7%40.3%11.6%44.3%8.3%-0.4%4.9K-451.1K-1.5K0.00107.1301005,6201,100
2011-02-22$1.46$1.0044.5%12.8%41.9%11.7%45.9%3.3%2.2%8.5K-419.0K-1.4K0.00107.0630005,330630
2011-02-23$1.43$1.0096.4%27.6%42.9%42.5%0.0%11.3%91.8%7.7K-408.0K-1.5K0.00173.561005,510630
2011-02-24$1.47$1.0041.8%12.0%41.0%10.1%0.0%1.4%5.1%9.4K-442.4K-1.4K0.00111.4304005,510630
2011-02-25$1.52$1.0036.7%10.5%42.2%7.1%36.9%36.4%4.3%8.7K-477.9K-1.5K0.06115.64160105,5101,030
2011-02-28$1.50$1.0038.5%11.0%41.6%8.1%0.0%3.4%-0.7%8.5K-447.9K-1.5K0.00120.4946005,5201,030