SMCI Options History — January 2013

In January 2013, SMCI traded between $1.00 and $1.26. ATM implied volatility averaged 50.6%, placing in the 15.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 14.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.3% (HV 20d: 48.3%). Max pain ranged from $1.00 to $1.00. Net GEX was positive for 12 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.14.

Notable Days

  • 2013-01-23: Highest Volume — 420 contracts
  • 2013-01-22: Largest IV spike — 33.4% change
  • 2013-01-22: Highest IV Rank — 19.9%
  • 2013-01-22: Largest Expected Move — 16.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$1.10$1.00$1.26$1.05$1.24
Max Pain$1.00$1.00$1.00$1.00$1.00
ATM IV50.6%43.3%57.8%49.8%47.6%
Expected Move14.5%12.4%16.6%14.3%13.6%
HV 20d48.3%33.9%69.4%37.9%65.7%
HV 60d103.4%101.2%107.4%101.6%107.0%
IV Rank15.7%11.5%19.9%15.2%13.9%
IV Percentile79.3%62.7%91.3%77.8%74.2%
Term Structure-2.0%-39.4%6.9%-2.8%1.7%
VWIV61.8%43.3%85.0%43.3%85.0%
Skew 25d6.0%-6.8%27.3%21.5%6.5%
Skew 10d9.8%-7.0%57.3%39.1%10.6%
Call IV 25d45.8%34.7%53.8%45.3%34.7%
Put IV 25d51.8%40.5%81.2%66.8%41.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %118.78112.54131.53126.22117.17
Gamma HHI0.850.701.001.000.71
Net GEX15104730445
Net DEX-12.4K-38.5K00-37.4K
Net VEX-21-6100-58
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.140.000.710.000.00
Total Volume30042000
Total OI150.47604200420

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-01-02$1.05$0.0049.8%14.3%37.9%15.2%0.0%21.5%-2.8%0000.00126.220000
2013-01-03$1.03$0.0048.2%13.8%37.7%14.3%0.0%8.4%5.6%0000.00131.530000
2013-01-04$1.04$0.0048.9%14.2%37.5%14.7%0.0%8.8%2.6%0000.00115.030000
2013-01-07$1.05$0.0054.4%15.4%37.5%17.9%0.0%-6.2%-0.7%0000.00116.050000
2013-01-08$1.00$0.0054.9%15.4%41.4%18.2%0.0%6.6%-2.6%0000.00117.970000
2013-01-09$1.01$0.0056.3%15.5%41.4%19.0%0.0%7.9%-3.0%0000.00118.090000
2013-01-10$1.00$0.0053.1%15.2%41.0%17.1%0.0%7.0%-1.5%0000.00118.840000
2013-01-11$1.00$0.0052.0%14.9%41.2%16.5%0.0%6.1%-1.2%0000.00119.720000
2013-01-14$1.01$0.0053.7%15.4%40.8%17.5%0.0%7.3%-2.6%0000.00119.8860000
2013-01-15$1.00$0.0054.8%15.7%40.4%18.1%0.0%-6.8%-39.4%90-3.3K-120.00119.29100600
2013-01-16$1.00$0.0053.7%15.4%39.1%17.5%0.0%8.3%-3.0%108-3.9K-140.00120.75010700
2013-01-17$1.01$0.0049.4%14.2%33.9%15.0%0.0%-4.9%1.2%54-3.7K-140.00121.80007010
2013-01-18$1.03$0.0043.3%12.4%34.6%11.5%43.3%-4.4%2.7%69-3.9K-140.71124.0970507010
2013-01-22$1.05$1.0057.8%16.6%34.9%19.9%57.0%27.3%-6.7%117-6.3K-230.00114.4110012050
2013-01-23$1.25$1.0048.9%14.0%69.2%14.7%85.0%6.9%0.4%93-14.6K-120.00120.31420013050
2013-01-24$1.25$1.0048.0%13.7%69.2%14.2%0.0%6.2%0.6%423-37.8K-610.00112.540037050
2013-01-25$1.24$1.0046.6%13.4%69.4%13.4%0.0%4.5%0.9%432-37.5K-600.00112.650037050
2013-01-28$1.26$1.0047.9%13.7%68.2%14.1%0.0%5.6%0.9%433-38.5K-590.00115.470037050
2013-01-29$1.25$1.0049.7%14.3%67.5%15.2%0.0%5.7%-1.6%432-38.1K-590.00115.230037050
2013-01-30$1.23$1.0044.0%12.6%66.1%11.9%0.0%3.0%6.9%473-36.3K-610.00117.330037050
2013-01-31$1.24$1.0047.6%13.6%65.7%13.9%0.0%6.5%1.7%445-37.4K-580.00117.170037050