SMCI Options History — January 2014

In January 2014, SMCI traded between $1.64 and $2.30. ATM implied volatility averaged 33.2%, placing in the 12.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.8%. IV traded below realized volatility by 15.2% (HV 20d: 48.3%). Max pain ranged from $1.00 to $2.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 2 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.40.

Notable Days

  • 2014-01-22: Highest Volume — 15,630 contracts
  • 2014-01-13: Largest IV spike — 56.7% change
  • 2014-01-29: Highest IV Rank — 22.2%
  • 2014-01-29: Largest Expected Move — 12.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$1.88$1.64$2.30$1.64$2.06
Max Pain$1.67$1.00$2.00$1.00$2.00
ATM IV33.2%21.4%41.9%22.6%41.6%
Expected Move10.8%6.1%12.0%6.5%11.9%
HV 20d48.3%23.2%87.1%25.8%86.6%
HV 60d36.0%24.9%53.3%26.4%53.3%
IV Rank12.7%0.0%22.2%1.0%21.9%
IV Percentile30.6%0.0%60.3%0.8%59.5%
Term Structure-0.7%-5.5%17.3%15.0%-1.6%
VWIV37.8%29.6%41.9%29.6%41.9%
Skew 25d3.1%-3.7%12.3%3.6%-3.7%
Skew 10d5.7%-13.5%52.1%6.0%-7.1%
Call IV 25d36.8%22.1%42.7%24.1%41.9%
Put IV 25d39.9%27.7%44.4%27.7%38.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %92.7881.03110.73108.8294.82
Gamma HHI0.430.260.580.550.31
Net GEX21.3K2.7K73.4K3.0K61.5K
Net DEX-833.9K-2.1M-130.2K-133.1K-1.5M
Net VEX-2.4K-7.3K-334-342-6.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.400.005.600.000.37
Total Volume2,190.476015,630703,140
Total OI9,753.811,71027,7701,72027,770

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-01-02$1.64$1.0022.6%6.5%25.8%1.0%29.6%3.6%15.0%3.0K-133.1K-3420.00108.827001,200520
2014-01-03$1.67$1.0021.4%6.1%26.3%0.0%0.0%8.3%17.3%2.7K-138.9K-3340.00110.731001,200520
2014-01-06$1.66$2.0030.6%11.4%25.5%10.0%0.0%2.1%-2.7%3.0K-130.2K-3420.0088.3250001,190520
2014-01-07$1.68$2.0023.1%11.2%24.7%1.9%40.1%12.3%-2.2%3.8K-183.3K-5620.0093.0318001,690520
2014-01-08$1.67$1.5028.9%11.2%24.0%8.1%39.3%7.9%-2.1%4.4K-198.8K-6000.0096.4928001,850520
2014-01-09$1.66$1.5029.0%11.2%23.2%8.2%0.0%8.1%-2.4%5.4K-226.0K-6600.6392.8480502,130520
2014-01-10$1.69$1.5023.1%11.4%24.2%1.8%39.8%3.9%-3.1%4.7K-251.7K-6790.0086.6011002,210570
2014-01-13$1.66$1.5036.1%11.6%24.9%15.9%0.0%1.6%-2.4%5.8K-239.1K-7000.0088.8312002,320570
2014-01-14$1.70$1.5028.2%11.7%24.6%7.4%0.0%3.1%-3.3%4.8K-280.2K-6990.0087.76002,440570
2014-01-15$1.73$1.5029.1%12.0%25.1%8.3%41.8%4.3%-4.1%4.6K-293.0K-6880.0391.37860302,440570
2014-01-16$1.80$1.5040.0%11.5%28.3%20.2%39.6%8.8%-2.2%8.0K-416.6K-8790.0392.611,940603,260600
2014-01-17$1.80$1.5040.9%11.7%28.0%21.1%39.6%5.6%-3.0%13.2K-617.4K-1.3K0.0091.6676004,830560
2014-01-21$1.85$1.5039.3%11.3%29.2%19.4%37.6%1.1%-1.7%14.0K-594.5K-1.3K0.0489.472,5401104,590230
2014-01-22$2.30$1.5036.1%10.3%80.4%15.9%31.3%-0.2%-2.1%10.2K-1.5M-8100.1881.0313,2202,4106,790340
2014-01-23$2.20$2.0035.6%10.2%83.1%15.4%36.0%0.0%-0.7%29.5K-1.7M-3.8K0.7888.712,7602,15013,5402,690
2014-01-24$2.10$2.0037.1%10.6%85.7%17.0%38.3%-3.7%-0.2%29.9K-1.4M-4.3K0.0794.434,02030015,2703,350
2014-01-27$2.15$2.0036.0%10.3%85.7%15.8%31.1%0.7%-1.5%40.9K-1.6M-4.5K0.0091.424,100016,3303,390
2014-01-28$2.19$2.0039.2%11.2%85.7%19.3%40.4%3.3%-5.5%55.2K-2.1M-6.5K0.1392.363,05040019,9803,390
2014-01-29$2.11$2.0041.9%12.0%87.1%22.2%41.1%-1.7%-0.5%69.4K-2.0M-7.3K0.0386.652,0207022,8303,760
2014-01-30$2.13$2.0036.8%10.6%87.1%16.7%37.8%-0.4%-4.6%73.4K-2.0M-7.1K5.60100.5010056023,4303,830
2014-01-31$2.06$2.0041.6%11.9%86.6%21.9%41.9%-3.7%-1.6%61.5K-1.5M-6.9K0.3794.822,30084023,4604,310