SMCI Options History — July 2011

In July 2011, SMCI traded between $1.41 and $1.64. ATM implied volatility averaged 44.6%, placing in the 9.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 14.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 15.8% (HV 20d: 28.8%). Max pain ranged from $1.25 to $1.75. Net GEX was positive for 11 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 2 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.76.

Notable Days

  • 2011-07-18: Highest Volume — 670 contracts
  • 2011-07-05: Largest IV drop — 21.8% change
  • 2011-07-29: Highest IV Rank — 13.4%
  • 2011-07-29: Largest Expected Move — 14.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$1.54$1.41$1.64$1.60$1.41
Max Pain$1.73$1.25$1.75$1.25$1.75
ATM IV44.6%32.0%51.7%41.0%51.7%
Expected Move14.0%11.7%14.8%11.7%14.8%
HV 20d28.8%25.1%33.9%25.5%30.0%
HV 60d36.1%28.0%40.9%40.9%28.0%
IV Rank9.2%1.4%13.4%9.6%13.4%
IV Percentile38.6%1.2%64.9%19.5%64.9%
Term Structure-1.7%-4.3%11.1%11.1%-3.3%
VWIV47.9%46.1%49.6%46.1%49.6%
Skew 25d3.1%-7.9%10.1%7.9%4.7%
Skew 10d5.5%-9.1%17.6%-0.7%13.9%
Call IV 25d43.2%36.6%49.7%38.1%47.3%
Put IV 25d46.3%39.8%52.8%46.0%52.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %59.4737.67109.40109.4039.15
Gamma HHI0.520.280.780.630.28
Net GEX3.9K-1.5K12.9K12.6K-417
Net DEX-95.4K-277.5K75.2K-232.0K75.2K
Net VEX-570-764-475-764-475
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.760.005.000.000.00
Total Volume77.5067000
Total OI3,7141,9304,8004,7402,820

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-07-01$1.60$1.2541.0%11.7%25.5%9.6%0.0%7.9%11.1%12.6K-232.0K-7640.00109.40003,5401,200
2011-07-05$1.61$1.7532.0%14.1%25.1%1.4%0.0%6.7%-3.0%10.5K-250.8K-6170.0064.45003,5401,200
2011-07-06$1.59$1.7538.3%13.9%25.2%5.2%0.0%2.6%-2.7%12.9K-220.0K-6720.0064.48003,5401,200
2011-07-07$1.63$1.7532.8%13.2%25.8%1.9%46.1%10.1%-1.2%10.6K-269.9K-6240.0062.1814003,5401,200
2011-07-08$1.64$1.7532.1%13.3%25.8%1.5%0.0%9.9%-1.0%7.9K-277.5K-5870.0062.27003,6001,200
2011-07-11$1.59$1.7536.2%13.9%25.9%3.9%0.0%1.8%-2.8%7.3K-244.3K-5410.0064.11003,6001,200
2011-07-12$1.57$1.7538.6%14.3%26.2%5.5%0.0%-0.9%-3.7%11.7K-222.3K-5360.0066.82003,6001,200
2011-07-13$1.60$1.7542.4%14.4%25.6%7.8%0.0%3.9%-3.9%4.0K-250.7K-5100.0065.25003,6001,200
2011-07-14$1.60$1.7548.3%13.9%25.6%11.4%0.0%2.3%-2.6%4.6K-254.4K-5100.0065.9127003,6001,200
2011-07-15$1.63$1.7544.6%12.8%26.1%9.1%0.0%7.8%0.6%-1.5K-243.3K-5120.0059.5616003,4601,200
2011-07-18$1.54$1.7550.0%14.3%33.2%12.4%49.6%-7.9%-2.4%-1.1K50.8K-4940.3447.725001707701,160
2011-07-19$1.52$1.7549.5%14.2%33.3%12.1%0.0%-7.5%-1.4%-16648.6K-5560.0049.9915001,2001,330
2011-07-20$1.48$1.7549.5%14.2%33.5%12.1%0.0%3.0%-1.8%-15756.8K-5615.0048.0510501,3301,330
2011-07-21$1.50$1.7550.3%14.4%33.9%12.6%0.0%4.3%-1.9%-13451.8K-5980.0044.72001,3401,380
2011-07-22$1.50$1.7549.5%14.2%32.3%12.1%0.0%-7.4%-1.3%-5848.5K-6010.0055.4710001,3401,380
2011-07-25$1.50$1.7550.8%14.6%32.3%12.9%0.0%4.5%-2.5%14142.4K-6170.0063.08001,4401,380
2011-07-26$1.48$1.7551.2%14.7%30.0%13.1%0.0%0.4%-2.7%3549.3K-5830.0062.72001,4401,380
2011-07-27$1.44$1.7551.7%14.8%30.5%13.4%0.0%9.1%-3.2%-17762.4K-5420.0056.45001,4401,380
2011-07-28$1.42$1.7551.7%14.8%30.6%13.4%0.0%6.6%-4.3%-34170.4K-5050.0037.67001,4401,380
2011-07-29$1.41$1.7551.7%14.8%30.0%13.4%0.0%4.7%-3.3%-41775.2K-4750.0039.15001,4401,380