SMCI Options History — February 2012

In February 2012, SMCI traded between $1.65 and $1.77. ATM implied volatility averaged 36.3%, placing in the 5.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 9.8% (HV 20d: 26.5%). Max pain ranged from $1.50 to $1.75. Net GEX was positive for 13 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.25.

Notable Days

  • 2012-02-07: Highest Volume — 200 contracts
  • 2012-02-29: Largest IV drop — 19.2% change
  • 2012-02-13: Highest IV Rank — 7.9%
  • 2012-02-06: Largest Expected Move — 11.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$1.73$1.65$1.77$1.71$1.65
Max Pain$1.73$1.50$1.75$1.50$1.75
ATM IV36.3%29.4%40.1%31.0%29.4%
Expected Move10.8%8.4%11.6%8.9%8.4%
HV 20d26.5%23.7%30.9%27.4%30.9%
HV 60d39.0%35.4%42.3%42.3%36.5%
IV Rank5.6%1.6%7.9%2.5%1.6%
IV Percentile18.0%2.8%29.4%4.4%2.8%
Term Structure-0.5%-4.1%5.8%5.0%2.1%
VWIV37.7%37.7%37.7%37.7%37.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %45.9525.15107.82107.8286.98
Gamma HHI0.780.530.960.830.53
Net GEX7.8K-1.4K26.2K8.0K-913
Net DEX-87.0K-193.2K1.9K-109.2K1.9K
Net VEX-522-614-410-614-410
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.250.0010.000.000.00
Total Volume400200600
Total OI2,3531,6602,7702,6301,750

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-02-01$1.71$1.5031.0%8.9%27.4%2.5%0.0%0.0%5.0%8.0K-109.2K-6140.00107.826001,910720
2012-02-02$1.71$1.5033.2%9.5%27.3%3.8%0.0%0.0%5.8%7.8K-107.2K-6080.0049.59001,910720
2012-02-03$1.74$1.7531.7%11.2%27.5%2.9%0.0%0.0%-1.9%9.0K-135.5K-6100.0029.292001,910720
2012-02-06$1.74$1.7536.3%11.6%26.9%5.6%0.0%0.0%-4.1%8.8K-131.2K-5840.0029.2910001,890720
2012-02-07$1.75$1.7532.8%11.5%27.0%3.6%0.0%0.0%-3.6%10.3K-129.4K-5730.0030.0820001,840720
2012-02-08$1.77$1.7533.8%11.5%26.6%4.2%0.0%0.0%-2.5%10.9K-161.3K-6040.0025.1501001,950720
2012-02-09$1.72$1.7539.9%11.5%25.7%7.8%0.0%0.0%-1.2%9.2K-101.8K-5980.0032.20001,950820
2012-02-10$1.68$1.7539.7%11.4%23.7%7.7%0.0%0.0%-1.9%7.3K-42.7K-5310.0039.27001,950820
2012-02-13$1.71$1.7540.1%11.5%24.2%7.9%0.0%0.0%-2.9%14.1K-72.1K-5360.0037.362001,950820
2012-02-14$1.71$1.7540.0%11.5%23.8%7.8%0.0%0.0%-2.8%14.4K-68.9K-5270.0034.29001,940820
2012-02-15$1.71$1.7539.3%11.3%23.8%7.4%0.0%0.0%-1.5%12.6K-57.6K-5060.0036.02001,940820
2012-02-16$1.77$1.7539.5%11.3%26.1%7.5%0.0%0.0%-1.7%25.0K-188.6K-5120.0038.10001,940820
2012-02-17$1.77$1.7537.7%10.8%26.1%6.4%37.7%0.0%0.1%26.2K-193.2K-49410.0033.03101001,940820
2012-02-21$1.75$1.7538.3%11.0%26.4%6.8%0.0%0.0%-1.1%-1.1K-42.7K-4530.0043.1700940720
2012-02-22$1.71$1.7537.2%10.7%26.3%6.2%0.0%0.0%0.6%-1.2K-28.9K-4420.0047.6500940720
2012-02-23$1.76$1.7536.2%10.4%28.0%5.6%0.0%0.0%0.5%-1.4K-47.1K-4430.0050.931000940720
2012-02-24$1.74$1.7535.7%10.2%28.1%5.3%0.0%0.0%0.6%-1.2K-45.7K-4800.0053.51001,040720
2012-02-27$1.75$1.7537.6%10.8%26.6%6.4%0.0%0.0%-0.7%-1.3K-49.3K-4640.0050.005001,040720
2012-02-28$1.72$1.7536.4%10.4%27.4%5.7%0.0%0.0%0.3%-1.4K-30.0K-4450.0065.310401,010720
2012-02-29$1.65$1.7529.4%8.4%30.9%1.6%0.0%0.0%2.1%-9131.9K-4100.0086.98001,010740