SMCI Options History — December 2013

In December 2013, SMCI traded between $1.60 and $1.72. ATM implied volatility averaged 28.4%, placing in the 7.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.8% (HV 20d: 21.6%). Max pain ranged from $1.00 to $1.50. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.42.

Notable Days

  • 2013-12-18: Highest Volume — 200 contracts
  • 2013-12-12: Largest IV spike — 26.3% change
  • 2013-12-04: Highest IV Rank — 13.3%
  • 2013-12-04: Largest Expected Move — 9.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$1.67$1.60$1.72$1.60$1.72
Max Pain$1.08$1.00$1.50$1.25$1.00
ATM IV28.4%22.5%33.9%30.1%28.3%
Expected Move8.3%7.6%9.7%8.6%8.1%
HV 20d21.6%19.3%24.3%22.9%20.1%
HV 60d25.5%24.6%26.1%25.3%24.7%
IV Rank7.4%0.9%13.3%9.2%7.2%
IV Percentile9.1%0.4%21.8%7.5%10.7%
Term Structure7.3%-1.4%9.6%8.9%9.3%
VWIV27.8%25.6%29.5%29.5%28.2%
Skew 25d4.3%-2.6%10.9%9.4%0.9%
Skew 10d4.4%-7.0%12.8%4.9%-0.7%
Call IV 25d28.6%25.4%32.4%26.1%30.7%
Put IV 25d32.9%28.4%36.3%35.5%31.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %101.1694.73106.55104.59105.50
Gamma HHI0.700.490.960.940.49
Net GEX2.7K2.0K3.3K2.9K2.1K
Net DEX-143.0K-157.9K-115.8K-123.4K-153.1K
Net VEX-275-324-224-271-324
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.420.005.000.000.00
Total Volume45.23802008010
Total OI1,516.191,3901,7101,4701,710

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-12-02$1.60$1.2530.1%8.6%22.9%9.2%0.0%9.4%8.9%2.9K-123.4K-2710.00104.598001,080390
2013-12-03$1.61$1.5031.6%9.1%22.8%10.8%0.0%10.1%8.4%2.9K-115.8K-2610.00106.5516001,000390
2013-12-04$1.63$1.5033.9%9.7%22.0%13.3%0.0%10.9%5.3%3.0K-129.2K-3070.00106.101001,110390
2013-12-05$1.66$1.5026.4%7.6%22.5%5.2%29.5%-2.6%-1.4%2.9K-137.6K-2970.00106.502001,110390
2013-12-06$1.69$1.0027.2%8.8%20.1%6.0%0.0%7.6%5.4%2.6K-150.9K-2770.0094.73001,130390
2013-12-09$1.72$1.0027.5%8.3%19.3%6.3%0.0%7.8%7.6%2.4K-157.9K-2620.0099.1010001,130390
2013-12-10$1.68$1.0026.8%8.4%21.6%5.6%0.0%6.3%7.3%2.9K-151.3K-2940.0095.65001,170390
2013-12-11$1.67$1.0022.5%8.1%21.5%0.9%0.0%5.7%7.2%2.9K-148.9K-2920.0097.11001,170390
2013-12-12$1.68$1.0028.4%8.2%21.6%7.4%0.0%6.6%8.1%2.9K-151.4K-2910.0097.052001,170390
2013-12-13$1.64$1.0028.8%8.3%24.3%7.8%0.0%3.3%7.8%3.2K-137.6K-2930.0097.053001,150390
2013-12-16$1.65$1.0028.0%8.0%23.9%6.9%0.0%3.4%8.4%3.3K-143.8K-2900.0098.25001,180390
2013-12-17$1.65$1.0026.9%7.7%23.2%5.7%0.0%4.7%8.0%3.3K-144.2K-2890.0097.07001,180390
2013-12-18$1.68$1.0027.3%7.8%23.4%6.1%25.6%6.2%8.7%3.0K-151.4K-2800.00100.8320001,180390
2013-12-19$1.66$1.0027.4%7.9%23.1%6.3%0.0%5.4%8.3%2.7K-137.6K-2590.0099.81001,090370
2013-12-20$1.68$1.0028.1%8.1%22.7%7.0%0.0%6.8%8.4%2.7K-140.4K-2550.0098.642001,090370
2013-12-23$1.72$1.0028.2%8.1%20.1%7.1%0.0%-0.2%9.5%2.1K-147.1K-2380.00101.89001,070370
2013-12-24$1.72$1.0028.8%8.2%19.8%7.7%0.0%-0.2%8.9%2.2K-147.5K-2290.00103.57001,070370
2013-12-26$1.72$1.0028.1%8.1%19.9%7.0%0.0%-0.1%9.6%2.2K-147.7K-2240.00102.97001,070370
2013-12-27$1.72$1.0032.7%9.4%19.9%12.0%0.0%-0.9%1.5%2.3K-146.3K-2305.00105.37301501,070370
2013-12-30$1.70$1.0029.9%8.6%20.0%9.0%0.0%-0.4%7.8%2.0K-140.4K-3020.00105.9212001,100520
2013-12-31$1.72$1.0028.3%8.1%20.1%7.2%28.2%0.9%9.3%2.1K-153.1K-3240.00105.501001,190520