SMCI Options History — April 2011

In April 2011, SMCI traded between $1.53 and $1.90. ATM implied volatility averaged 42.4%, placing in the 10.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.5% (HV 20d: 36.9%). Max pain ranged from $1.50 to $1.75. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.58.

Notable Days

  • 2011-04-26: Highest Volume — 3,230 contracts
  • 2011-04-25: Largest IV spike — 30.1% change
  • 2011-04-26: Highest IV Rank — 17.5%
  • 2011-04-26: Largest Expected Move — 15.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$1.65$1.53$1.90$1.62$1.71
Max Pain$1.56$1.50$1.75$1.50$1.75
ATM IV42.4%31.1%54.3%38.0%43.8%
Expected Move12.4%9.5%15.6%10.9%12.6%
HV 20d36.9%26.1%60.8%32.6%59.4%
HV 60d38.1%34.8%45.5%36.6%45.3%
IV Rank10.4%3.8%17.5%7.8%11.3%
IV Percentile26.8%2.4%72.5%9.6%27.5%
Term Structure-0.7%-5.7%9.3%1.4%-0.0%
VWIV47.2%41.2%56.6%44.5%43.9%
Skew 25d6.9%-2.1%20.0%3.6%1.7%
Skew 10d8.8%-11.0%27.7%7.6%4.6%
Call IV 25d38.8%32.1%50.2%37.3%40.3%
Put IV 25d45.6%36.7%63.2%40.9%42.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %99.0274.09113.74113.74107.59
Gamma HHI0.550.470.600.560.56
Net GEX14.5K8.6K25.2K20.5K8.8K
Net DEX-544.7K-859.1K-384.7K-622.8K-429.4K
Net VEX-1.6K-2.2K-1.2K-1.6K-2.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.580.003.670.000.88
Total Volume41003,230240320
Total OI7,638.55,2009,0008,4709,000

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-04-01$1.62$1.5038.0%10.9%32.6%7.8%0.0%3.6%1.4%20.5K-622.8K-1.6K0.00113.7424007,4401,030
2011-04-04$1.65$0.0031.1%12.2%31.1%3.8%0.0%6.1%2.1%24.8K-659.6K-1.6K0.0097.42007,5301,030
2011-04-05$1.64$0.0032.9%12.0%30.8%4.8%0.0%4.5%1.6%22.8K-643.3K-1.6K0.00101.0029007,4401,030
2011-04-06$1.65$0.0034.5%11.7%30.7%5.8%0.0%5.1%3.5%25.2K-639.7K-1.5K0.0096.14007,2901,030
2011-04-07$1.64$0.0035.7%11.9%27.7%6.5%44.5%11.1%1.7%23.7K-633.9K-1.5K0.0092.106007,2901,030
2011-04-08$1.61$1.5045.5%11.3%28.3%12.3%0.0%6.1%9.3%18.6K-585.0K-1.5K1.5086.39801207,3301,030
2011-04-11$1.55$1.5039.6%11.8%31.7%8.8%0.0%8.1%-1.2%9.9K-458.4K-1.5K0.00103.4659007,4101,150
2011-04-12$1.53$1.5044.4%12.4%29.7%11.6%0.0%7.4%-4.2%9.3K-384.7K-1.4K0.00103.162007,1701,150
2011-04-13$1.53$1.5050.9%12.5%29.6%15.5%43.7%8.1%-5.7%9.9K-401.7K-1.4K0.00104.3324007,3601,150
2011-04-14$1.54$1.5042.7%12.2%29.2%10.6%0.0%7.7%-1.5%10.0K-442.1K-1.5K0.00103.6211007,6001,150
2011-04-15$1.57$1.5043.2%12.4%27.5%11.0%0.0%11.1%-4.4%12.3K-511.9K-1.5K0.20105.3750107,7101,150
2011-04-18$1.56$1.5048.4%13.9%26.1%14.0%0.0%20.0%-4.8%14.1K-401.7K-1.5K0.0099.071004,980220
2011-04-19$1.54$1.5043.2%12.4%26.5%10.9%0.0%8.3%-3.1%13.9K-397.6K-1.5K0.00104.773004,990220
2011-04-20$1.67$1.5033.1%9.5%38.1%5.0%54.9%11.6%0.3%14.3K-532.8K-1.4K1.6795.91601005,000220
2011-04-21$1.70$1.5041.1%11.8%38.4%9.7%41.2%-2.1%-1.1%13.3K-572.1K-1.4K0.00103.7330005,040320
2011-04-25$1.86$1.5053.5%15.3%49.4%17.0%51.0%14.8%-5.2%10.7K-766.1K-1.2K0.1674.091,3302105,120320
2011-04-26$1.90$1.7554.3%15.6%49.4%17.5%56.6%-0.6%0.9%11.1K-859.1K-1.2K2.1481.551,0302,2005,620530
2011-04-27$1.74$1.7544.7%12.8%60.4%11.8%42.3%5.1%-0.7%8.6K-498.6K-2.2K0.25103.645301306,2002,520
2011-04-28$1.71$1.7546.6%13.4%60.8%12.9%46.6%-0.6%-2.2%8.6K-453.2K-2.2K3.67103.33301106,3702,600
2011-04-29$1.71$1.7543.8%12.6%59.4%11.3%43.9%1.7%-0.0%8.8K-429.4K-2.1K0.88107.591701506,4002,600