SMCI Options History — November 2014

In November 2014, SMCI traded between $3.23 and $3.47. ATM implied volatility averaged 38.9%, placing in the 33.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.3% (HV 20d: 35.5%). Max pain ranged from $2.25 to $2.25. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.62.

Notable Days

  • 2014-11-07: Highest Volume — 9,500 contracts
  • 2014-11-06: Largest IV spike — 29.3% change
  • 2014-11-14: Highest IV Rank — 41.3%
  • 2014-11-07: Largest Expected Move — 13.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$3.36$3.23$3.47$3.27$3.33
Max Pain$2.25$2.25$2.25$2.25$2.25
ATM IV38.9%30.5%43.2%38.0%38.3%
Expected Move12.9%12.4%13.3%13.1%12.4%
HV 20d35.5%22.5%47.4%47.4%23.6%
HV 60d48.4%43.9%49.4%49.1%44.0%
IV Rank33.2%17.3%41.3%31.5%32.0%
IV Percentile49.7%13.1%75.8%47.2%42.9%
Term Structure0.6%-2.6%19.7%1.6%-1.2%
VWIV44.4%39.3%48.2%42.8%39.3%
Skew 25d2.6%-4.2%7.9%5.0%4.2%
Skew 10d4.7%-11.1%40.4%-1.9%13.5%
Call IV 25d39.6%34.0%43.9%39.2%37.4%
Put IV 25d42.2%36.4%46.5%44.1%41.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %56.6449.5868.1151.8060.25
Gamma HHI0.530.380.720.700.40
Net GEX114.0K94.2K137.9K118.0K96.3K
Net DEX-7.6M-9.2M-5.3M-7.2M-5.3M
Net VEX-11.2K-12.9K-9.6K-12.9K-10.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.620.002.731.470.00
Total Volume6,159.4742409,5009,380250
Total OI46,915.78936,10051,92047,33037,350

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-11-03$3.27$2.2538.0%13.1%47.4%31.5%42.8%5.0%1.6%118.0K-7.2M-12.9K1.4751.803,8005,58030,28017,050
2014-11-04$3.28$2.2539.9%13.2%45.6%35.1%41.9%3.5%0.9%111.4K-7.1M-12.6K2.7354.042,0405,57030,44017,250
2014-11-05$3.23$2.2530.5%13.0%45.7%17.3%45.9%-4.2%19.7%129.2K-7.0M-12.3K2.5654.142,1705,56030,47017,260
2014-11-06$3.29$2.2539.5%13.3%42.4%34.3%45.0%3.3%2.8%114.7K-7.4M-12.2K2.2751.282,5105,69030,74017,240
2014-11-07$3.39$2.2538.6%13.3%39.4%32.6%45.5%2.4%-0.7%113.3K-8.1M-11.5K1.4449.583,8905,61031,20017,470
2014-11-10$3.37$2.2539.8%13.3%40.3%34.8%45.7%-1.2%-1.6%115.9K-8.1M-12.1K1.6949.733,3205,62031,80017,550
2014-11-11$3.37$2.2538.4%12.9%40.6%32.3%44.2%4.2%0.8%118.4K-8.2M-11.5K2.3052.422,4205,56031,84017,080
2014-11-12$3.38$2.2538.6%13.2%41.0%32.6%46.4%-1.4%-2.3%130.7K-8.3M-11.7K2.3753.912,3505,56032,85017,660
2014-11-13$3.37$2.2541.1%13.1%41.0%37.5%46.9%1.4%-1.0%121.3K-8.4M-12.0K2.4353.342,2905,56032,81017,660
2014-11-14$3.47$2.2543.2%13.0%40.1%41.3%48.2%3.4%-0.6%103.1K-9.2M-10.5K0.2759.5767018032,79017,650
2014-11-17$3.42$2.2541.2%12.7%41.5%37.6%42.9%1.8%-2.2%115.9K-9.0M-9.8K2.1760.792,4805,38032,71017,690
2014-11-18$3.42$2.2540.1%12.7%41.2%35.5%43.8%-1.4%-1.7%106.1K-9.2M-9.7K1.6657.233,2205,34033,24017,820
2014-11-19$3.35$2.2540.1%12.8%31.1%35.5%46.4%1.9%-1.4%131.8K-8.6M-10.9K0.1265.316708034,15017,770
2014-11-20$3.33$2.2539.0%13.0%23.1%33.5%45.7%7.9%-0.3%137.9K-7.8M-10.6K2.4458.692,2205,42032,87017,640
2014-11-21$3.38$2.2538.4%12.7%23.0%32.3%44.0%5.3%-0.2%116.0K-8.6M-10.3K2.3863.882,2405,34033,14017,690
2014-11-24$3.40$2.2537.2%12.6%23.0%30.1%43.3%4.1%1.7%94.9K-5.6M-9.6K0.0668.111,2708023,58012,520
2014-11-25$3.35$2.2536.8%12.5%22.5%29.2%42.2%5.3%-0.4%96.0K-5.5M-10.4K2.4159.132,0104,84024,31012,530
2014-11-26$3.38$2.2539.9%12.6%22.6%35.1%44.2%3.6%-2.6%94.2K-5.5M-10.7K0.0052.92240024,47012,830
2014-11-28$3.33$2.2538.3%12.4%23.6%32.0%39.3%4.2%-1.2%96.3K-5.3M-10.7K0.0060.25250024,52012,830