SMCI Options History — April 2013

In April 2013, SMCI traded between $0.95 and $1.08. ATM implied volatility averaged 50.8%, placing in the 29.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 14.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 16.9% (HV 20d: 33.9%). Max pain ranged from $1.00 to $1.50. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.00.

Notable Days

  • 2013-04-11: Highest Volume — 110 contracts
  • 2013-04-24: Largest IV drop — 16.9% change
  • 2013-04-10: Highest IV Rank — 35.3%
  • 2013-04-23: Largest Expected Move — 16.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$1.01$0.95$1.08$1.08$0.96
Max Pain$1.38$1.00$1.50$1.00$1.50
ATM IV50.8%46.6%56.3%48.2%49.6%
Expected Move14.4%13.4%16.1%13.8%14.2%
HV 20d33.9%24.0%44.0%25.9%41.7%
HV 60d39.2%28.9%46.2%43.5%31.3%
IV Rank29.3%24.8%35.3%26.5%28.0%
IV Percentile80.3%63.9%92.5%73.8%75.0%
Term Structure-0.8%-10.4%4.0%-10.4%0.4%
VWIV63.8%49.2%78.4%49.2%78.4%
Skew 25d6.6%-6.0%9.6%0.8%8.1%
Skew 10d9.5%3.7%15.5%9.4%6.8%
Call IV 25d50.3%39.2%58.1%39.2%58.1%
Put IV 25d56.9%40.0%66.2%40.0%66.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %119.8583.93126.09122.43125.06
Gamma HHI0.670.500.960.500.89
Net GEX498156698537268
Net DEX-8.0K-15.0K-1.0K-15.0K-3.6K
Net VEX-41-47-31-47-42
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.000.000.000.000.00
Total Volume16.364011000
Total OI296.818220340270340

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-04-01$1.08$1.0048.2%13.8%25.9%26.5%0.0%0.8%-10.4%537-15.0K-470.00122.43002700
2013-04-02$1.07$1.0049.4%14.2%24.0%27.7%0.0%2.5%-1.5%553-14.1K-450.00123.03002700
2013-04-03$1.04$1.0047.5%13.6%25.3%25.7%0.0%9.1%1.5%580-12.3K-440.00125.77002700
2013-04-04$1.06$1.0050.3%14.4%26.8%28.7%0.0%8.5%-2.1%566-13.6K-450.00123.56002700
2013-04-05$1.03$0.0049.5%14.5%27.9%28.0%0.0%9.1%-1.8%591-11.7K-420.00116.55002700
2013-04-08$1.01$0.0053.0%14.5%27.2%31.7%0.0%-6.0%-0.0%606-10.5K-410.0083.93002700
2013-04-09$1.01$0.0055.5%14.7%27.2%34.3%0.0%7.8%-1.7%609-10.4K-390.00117.16002700
2013-04-10$1.04$0.0056.3%14.2%29.5%35.3%0.0%8.9%-0.7%614-12.1K-400.00118.71002700
2013-04-11$1.03$0.0050.5%14.5%29.3%28.9%0.0%9.4%-0.1%626-11.8K-400.00118.6011002700
2013-04-12$1.01$0.0049.2%14.1%29.6%27.6%49.2%7.0%-0.1%698-11.4K-420.00120.720402900
2013-04-15$0.97$1.5051.6%14.8%31.5%30.2%0.0%4.8%-0.9%577-5.0K-380.00119.270029040
2013-04-16$1.02$1.5051.2%14.7%38.3%29.7%0.0%7.9%-1.5%667-8.9K-430.00119.7320029040
2013-04-17$0.99$1.5051.7%14.8%38.5%30.3%0.0%6.5%-2.0%685-6.1K-380.00121.3950029040
2013-04-18$0.98$1.5052.2%15.0%37.7%30.8%0.0%5.7%-2.0%666-5.3K-360.00118.710029040
2013-04-19$0.97$1.5053.6%15.4%37.7%32.4%0.0%4.8%-4.6%694-4.7K-330.00119.320029040
2013-04-22$0.97$1.5048.8%14.0%37.7%27.1%0.0%7.9%4.0%156-1.0K-310.00124.2920018040
2013-04-23$1.00$1.5056.1%16.1%39.6%35.0%0.0%8.7%-5.0%179-3.2K-360.00119.56100020040
2013-04-24$0.95$1.5046.6%13.4%42.1%24.8%0.0%7.5%3.2%252-3.3K-430.00122.610030040
2013-04-25$0.98$1.5048.2%13.8%44.0%26.5%78.4%8.0%3.0%283-4.5K-470.00126.0902030040
2013-04-26$0.98$1.5049.6%14.2%43.5%28.1%0.0%9.6%3.8%283-4.4K-460.00125.070030040
2013-04-29$0.97$1.5049.8%14.3%41.7%28.2%0.0%8.4%1.4%274-4.1K-440.00125.200030040
2013-04-30$0.96$1.5049.6%14.2%41.7%28.0%0.0%8.1%0.4%268-3.6K-420.00125.060030040