SMCI Options History — February 2014

In February 2014, SMCI traded between $2.01 and $2.25. ATM implied volatility averaged 40.2%, placing in the 20.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.6%. IV traded below realized volatility by 29.2% (HV 20d: 69.4%). Max pain ranged from $2.00 to $2.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.26.

Notable Days

  • 2014-02-18: Highest Volume — 5,570 contracts
  • 2014-02-10: Largest IV drop — 21.9% change
  • 2014-02-05: Highest IV Rank — 25.2%
  • 2014-02-05: Largest Expected Move — 12.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$2.11$2.01$2.25$2.01$2.02
Max Pain$2.00$2.00$2.00$2.00$2.00
ATM IV40.2%32.9%44.7%44.5%41.1%
Expected Move11.6%10.4%12.8%12.7%11.8%
HV 20d69.4%36.4%87.5%87.4%37.5%
HV 60d54.0%53.2%55.7%53.5%55.7%
IV Rank20.4%12.4%25.2%25.0%21.3%
IV Percentile55.7%27.4%67.5%65.9%59.5%
Term Structure-0.8%-3.2%1.4%-3.2%-1.3%
VWIV39.8%28.3%44.7%43.5%39.5%
Skew 25d3.8%-7.0%7.7%7.7%5.7%
Skew 10d7.0%-12.0%21.2%12.2%10.1%
Call IV 25d38.7%34.5%44.8%41.1%40.0%
Put IV 25d42.5%37.8%48.9%48.9%45.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %89.1880.1699.2790.5093.49
Gamma HHI0.350.300.400.300.33
Net GEX63.2K46.9K82.0K57.9K46.9K
Net DEX-1.8M-2.9M-1.1M-1.3M-1.1M
Net VEX-7.4K-8.4K-6.5K-6.6K-7.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.260.001.610.240.00
Total Volume1,538.421205,5701,800140
Total OI29,087.89523,82034,74028,11024,240

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-02-03$2.01$2.0044.5%12.7%87.4%25.0%43.5%7.7%-3.2%57.9K-1.3M-6.6K0.2490.501,45035023,6704,440
2014-02-04$2.02$2.0042.5%12.2%87.2%22.9%44.7%-7.0%1.1%58.7K-1.3M-6.5K0.1494.171,71024024,2804,580
2014-02-05$2.02$2.0044.7%12.8%87.3%25.2%28.3%3.4%-2.6%56.5K-1.3M-6.6K0.6799.27604024,1604,800
2014-02-06$2.08$2.0041.7%12.0%87.5%22.0%41.1%2.2%-0.1%61.4K-1.6M-6.7K0.1097.741,36014024,1604,840
2014-02-07$2.10$2.0042.1%12.0%87.2%22.4%39.5%4.5%-2.0%67.7K-1.8M-7.1K0.1880.161,14021025,0304,860
2014-02-10$2.13$2.0032.9%11.0%87.1%12.4%39.8%5.0%-0.3%73.6K-2.0M-7.0K0.0385.067802025,6605,070
2014-02-11$2.18$2.0039.0%11.6%86.6%19.0%42.2%3.8%-1.6%81.1K-2.5M-7.6K0.0889.311,20010025,7105,080
2014-02-12$2.19$2.0037.6%11.0%86.6%17.6%41.0%6.0%-1.0%82.0K-2.5M-7.5K0.1783.4687015025,7705,180
2014-02-13$2.19$2.0038.7%11.1%86.7%18.7%39.2%7.6%-1.8%78.0K-2.4M-7.3K0.0187.051,4301025,3605,320
2014-02-14$2.17$2.0038.5%11.0%86.3%18.6%0.0%4.5%-0.7%76.5K-2.4M-7.4K0.0081.021,500025,7005,320
2014-02-18$2.25$2.0038.5%11.0%86.6%18.5%37.3%4.1%-2.5%65.1K-2.9M-6.8K1.6186.582,1303,44024,7705,320
2014-02-19$2.19$2.0038.5%11.0%87.3%18.5%41.0%2.2%-0.5%59.4K-2.3M-8.4K0.0185.212,0503025,4608,420
2014-02-20$2.22$2.0036.4%10.4%40.2%16.2%36.7%3.2%1.2%64.0K-2.5M-8.3K0.4087.891,43057026,0908,370
2014-02-21$2.08$2.0040.7%11.7%43.2%20.8%39.6%0.5%1.4%59.0K-1.5M-7.8K0.4494.663,7001,61026,1008,640
2014-02-24$2.10$2.0042.6%12.2%40.1%22.9%41.1%7.2%-0.8%54.5K-1.6M-8.0K0.0088.93550019,0804,890
2014-02-25$2.08$2.0041.8%12.0%39.2%22.1%42.0%5.7%-0.1%52.4K-1.4M-7.8K0.3787.2254020018,9304,890
2014-02-26$2.09$2.0041.2%11.8%38.4%21.4%0.0%-1.0%-0.5%53.1K-1.4M-7.7K0.5093.82402019,1305,090
2014-02-27$2.08$2.0041.4%11.9%36.4%21.6%0.0%6.8%-0.7%52.4K-1.4M-7.8K0.0088.9420019,1505,110
2014-02-28$2.02$2.0041.1%11.8%37.5%21.3%39.5%5.7%-1.3%46.9K-1.1M-7.2K0.0093.49140019,1305,110