SMCI Options History — April 2015

In April 2015, SMCI traded between $2.88 and $3.77. ATM implied volatility averaged 47.0%, placing in the 38.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 14.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.3% (HV 20d: 41.7%). Max pain ranged from $3.50 to $3.50. Net GEX was positive for 10 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 1 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.00.

Notable Days

  • 2015-04-22: Highest Volume — 31,560 contracts
  • 2015-04-22: Largest IV drop — 35.6% change
  • 2015-04-21: Highest IV Rank — 77.9%
  • 2015-04-21: Largest Expected Move — 18.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$3.36$2.88$3.77$3.36$2.88
Max Pain$3.50$3.50$3.50$3.50$3.50
ATM IV47.0%34.9%64.3%34.9%40.5%
Expected Move14.0%10.0%18.4%10.0%11.6%
HV 20d41.7%35.0%51.5%39.3%49.9%
HV 60d43.0%34.6%47.0%47.0%41.8%
IV Rank38.5%10.9%77.9%11.0%23.8%
IV Percentile69.5%7.5%98.8%7.5%64.3%
Term Structure-5.1%-16.2%15.5%15.5%-1.1%
VWIV48.4%33.0%63.3%33.0%39.6%
Skew 25d0.8%-12.0%10.2%-10.0%-12.0%
Skew 10d7.5%-18.8%28.7%28.6%-14.1%
Call IV 25d48.2%34.8%60.7%34.8%44.0%
Put IV 25d49.1%24.8%66.0%24.8%32.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %54.6518.7596.4796.4731.09
Gamma HHI0.480.270.880.450.27
Net GEX-61.3K-605.5K81.6K-25.4K5.8K
Net DEX-103.0K-5.8M2.7M1.2M2.7M
Net VEX-17.6K-22.5K-10.7K-20.0K-10.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.000.353.121.250.52
Total Volume8,573.813,01031,5603,0106,520
Total OI61,231.42937,50072,31058,41061,390

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-04-01$3.36$3.5034.9%10.0%39.3%11.0%33.0%-10.0%15.5%-25.4K1.2M-20.0K1.2596.471,3401,67035,33023,080
2015-04-02$3.41$3.5034.9%14.8%39.8%10.9%51.4%4.8%-6.8%-34.5K548.3K-21.0K1.2847.701,3901,78035,38023,250
2015-04-06$3.37$3.5041.8%15.2%38.7%26.7%52.8%1.5%-7.1%-22.3K1.0M-19.5K0.7562.032,6802,00035,67023,250
2015-04-07$3.38$3.5039.5%15.2%38.8%21.4%53.6%5.3%-6.9%-18.9K898.9K-19.3K0.6362.292,9901,88037,06023,440
2015-04-08$3.42$3.5052.3%15.0%38.6%50.5%52.4%4.9%-6.6%-15.8K60.9K-20.4K3.1245.981,6105,02037,84023,270
2015-04-09$3.46$3.5051.4%14.7%36.8%48.5%53.3%4.1%-5.8%-140.3K646.7K-21.0K2.7463.892,5607,02037,94027,610
2015-04-10$3.51$3.5051.7%14.8%36.8%49.3%51.8%7.6%-6.9%-319.4K-184.9K-22.5K0.8171.342,6202,11038,30032,740
2015-04-13$3.54$3.5053.1%15.2%35.2%52.5%53.7%4.7%-7.8%-334.9K-1.4M-21.0K0.9569.421,7201,64038,70032,660
2015-04-14$3.54$3.5053.1%15.2%35.0%52.4%52.9%2.2%-8.5%-605.5K-1.2M-20.7K0.8273.962,0601,68039,38032,930
2015-04-15$3.71$3.5055.4%15.9%37.5%57.6%51.2%10.2%-8.3%-73.9K-5.2M-18.7K0.3573.734,6401,62038,89032,910
2015-04-16$3.77$3.5050.9%14.6%37.9%47.6%52.7%6.5%-7.0%78.1K-5.8M-18.2K0.4769.343,5701,69037,89032,790
2015-04-17$3.68$3.5058.3%16.7%37.3%64.3%57.1%4.4%-12.5%81.6K-5.0M-17.7K1.1972.555,6606,72037,06032,800
2015-04-20$3.71$3.5063.1%18.1%37.1%75.2%61.8%6.7%-12.9%65.1K-2.7M-20.4K0.8057.246,3505,09023,74013,760
2015-04-21$3.50$3.5064.3%18.4%42.5%77.9%63.3%5.3%-16.2%52.6K-946.2K-21.3K0.6551.7617,21011,15027,90016,980
2015-04-22$3.20$3.5041.4%11.9%51.5%25.8%39.7%2.5%-1.6%-36.7K2.7M-15.0K1.0029.8315,77015,79036,40021,190
2015-04-23$3.12$3.5039.9%11.4%47.9%22.3%39.5%5.0%-0.6%10.6K1.8M-14.1K1.2743.903,5104,46039,31018,410
2015-04-24$3.04$3.5039.5%11.3%48.7%21.4%39.4%-10.2%-0.9%11.3K2.2M-11.9K0.5943.875,0202,94039,86017,390
2015-04-27$3.08$3.5041.3%11.8%48.2%25.6%40.9%-3.7%-2.8%15.3K1.9M-12.8K0.6620.864,3302,87041,44017,920
2015-04-28$2.97$3.5040.1%11.5%49.3%22.9%38.3%-10.9%-1.4%10.9K2.3M-11.5K0.6641.603,5002,31041,71017,910
2015-04-29$2.98$3.5039.4%11.3%49.0%21.2%38.5%-11.8%-1.0%8.2K2.3M-12.1K0.4918.753,7301,83041,90018,480
2015-04-30$2.88$3.5040.5%11.6%49.9%23.8%39.6%-12.0%-1.1%5.8K2.7M-10.7K0.5231.094,2902,23042,67018,720