SMCI Options History — December 2012

In December 2012, SMCI traded between $0.87 and $1.02. ATM implied volatility averaged 49.7%, placing in the 15.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.8%. IV traded below realized volatility by 48.4% (HV 20d: 98.1%). Max pain ranged from $0.75 to $0.75. Net GEX was positive for 8 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.00.

Notable Days

  • 2012-12-12: Highest Volume — 130 contracts
  • 2012-12-13: Largest IV drop — 26.7% change
  • 2012-12-03: Highest IV Rank — 22.6%
  • 2012-12-03: Largest Expected Move — 17.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$0.95$0.87$1.02$0.87$1.02
Max Pain$0.75$0.75$0.75$0.75$0.75
ATM IV49.7%42.4%62.5%62.5%46.1%
Expected Move13.8%12.1%17.9%17.9%13.2%
HV 20d98.1%39.1%169.0%166.0%45.4%
HV 60d101.8%100.9%102.6%101.2%101.6%
IV Rank15.2%11.0%22.6%22.6%13.1%
IV Percentile75.1%55.6%93.7%93.7%70.6%
Term Structure2.1%-14.8%10.3%-14.8%7.1%
Skew 25d4.8%1.5%9.5%5.1%9.5%
Skew 10d1.7%-2.5%6.8%0.8%6.8%
Call IV 25d47.8%44.9%50.0%48.1%45.1%
Put IV 25d52.6%48.7%54.8%53.2%54.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %127.45106.66200.00126.32131.53
Gamma HHI1.001.001.001.001.00
Net GEX4502492490
Net DEX-6.7K-18.7K0-15.6K0
Net VEX-1-80-80
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.000.000.000.000.00
Total Volume10013000
Total OI76.502002000

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-12-03$0.87$0.7562.5%17.9%166.0%22.6%0.0%0.0%-14.8%249-15.6K-80.00126.32002000
2012-12-04$0.91$0.7551.7%14.8%167.4%16.4%0.0%5.1%-11.8%153-17.3K-40.00123.93002000
2012-12-05$0.90$0.7551.1%14.6%167.5%16.0%0.0%5.5%-13.2%155-17.2K-40.00124.07002000
2012-12-06$0.92$0.7552.1%14.9%167.7%16.6%0.0%5.8%-13.3%119-17.7K-30.00124.60002000
2012-12-07$0.92$0.0053.9%12.1%167.8%17.6%0.0%0.0%10.3%116-17.7K-30.00124.43002000
2012-12-10$0.92$0.0046.4%13.4%168.0%13.3%0.0%5.1%3.4%46-18.2K-10.00109.96002000
2012-12-11$0.94$0.0051.0%13.4%168.8%15.9%0.0%4.4%4.5%28-18.7K00.00118.457002000
2012-12-12$0.94$0.0057.9%12.1%169.0%19.9%0.0%4.5%10.1%25-12.2K00.00125.5713001300
2012-12-13$0.93$0.0042.4%12.2%168.4%11.0%0.0%4.3%10.2%0000.00125.330000
2012-12-14$0.91$0.0043.6%12.5%39.1%11.6%0.0%4.4%9.4%0000.00124.660000
2012-12-17$0.94$0.0042.9%12.3%39.4%11.2%0.0%3.8%8.6%0000.00126.350000
2012-12-18$1.00$0.0048.8%14.0%41.6%14.6%0.0%4.5%2.3%0000.00125.770000
2012-12-19$1.00$0.0049.3%14.1%40.8%15.0%0.0%3.9%3.1%0000.00106.660000
2012-12-20$1.00$0.0048.1%13.8%40.9%14.2%0.0%3.4%4.4%0000.00132.970000
2012-12-21$1.00$0.0051.0%14.6%40.6%15.9%0.0%1.5%0.6%0000.00125.450000
2012-12-24$1.01$0.0055.7%16.0%40.4%18.7%0.0%0.0%-1.8%0000.00200.000000
2012-12-26$1.00$0.0046.2%13.2%40.5%13.1%0.0%9.0%8.5%0000.00132.820000
2012-12-27$0.98$0.0047.3%13.5%41.9%13.8%0.0%3.9%6.6%0000.00111.860000
2012-12-28$0.96$0.0046.2%13.2%40.4%13.1%0.0%2.3%7.9%0000.00128.200000
2012-12-31$1.02$0.0046.1%13.2%45.4%13.1%0.0%9.5%7.1%0000.00131.530000