SMCI Options History — February 2017

In February 2017, SMCI traded between $2.55 and $2.73. ATM implied volatility averaged 34.6%, placing in the 14.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.8%. IV traded below realized volatility by 4.4% (HV 20d: 39.0%). Max pain ranged from $2.25 to $2.50. Net GEX was positive for 8 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.38.

Notable Days

  • 2017-02-28: Highest Volume — 17,830 contracts
  • 2017-02-14: Largest IV drop — 18.0% change
  • 2017-02-02: Highest IV Rank — 30.3%
  • 2017-02-28: Largest Expected Move — 11.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$2.65$2.55$2.73$2.58$2.59
Max Pain$2.29$2.25$2.50$2.50$2.50
ATM IV34.6%28.0%41.5%37.2%39.0%
Expected Move9.8%8.0%11.2%10.7%11.2%
HV 20d39.0%27.1%42.3%41.9%27.1%
HV 60d34.9%32.5%37.4%37.4%32.5%
IV Rank14.6%0.0%30.3%20.1%25.6%
IV Percentile17.0%0.0%44.0%22.6%38.5%
Term Structure7.6%-1.3%30.9%-1.3%-1.1%
VWIV37.1%30.2%43.7%40.6%39.0%
Skew 25d3.2%-10.1%11.9%-10.1%0.3%
Skew 10d6.0%-9.1%15.2%-9.1%-0.5%
Call IV 25d34.6%29.9%51.3%51.3%38.7%
Put IV 25d37.8%33.9%41.8%41.2%39.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %93.9381.43113.3393.4889.02
Gamma HHI0.530.380.730.410.73
Net GEX-36.6K-214.0K44.8K-96.9K-105.8K
Net DEX-994.3K-1.9M213.1K-201.1K213.1K
Net VEX-5.6K-8.0K-3.8K-7.4K-6.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.380.216.670.215.91
Total Volume6,236.8422,40017,8309,89017,830
Total OI35,968.94712,99062,68041,62027,720

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-02-01$2.58$2.5037.2%10.7%41.9%20.1%40.6%-10.1%-1.3%-96.9K-201.1K-7.4K0.2193.488,1401,75017,53024,090
2017-02-02$2.55$2.2541.5%10.5%40.6%30.3%37.6%3.7%-0.2%-81.3K-55.5K-8.0K0.2686.586,6201,75018,03024,300
2017-02-03$2.58$2.2537.9%10.4%41.0%21.7%34.2%2.9%2.1%-75.9K-424.6K-7.5K0.5883.272,0101,17018,24024,300
2017-02-06$2.56$2.2536.9%10.2%41.0%19.5%40.6%2.3%2.1%-119.6K-225.6K-7.1K0.5282.002,0901,08018,26024,330
2017-02-07$2.62$2.2533.9%10.2%42.3%12.5%30.5%3.2%2.1%-214.0K-277.8K-7.6K0.5281.432,3001,20018,34044,340
2017-02-08$2.63$2.2535.3%10.1%42.2%15.7%32.8%1.7%1.8%-61.5K-1.2M-5.9K0.5885.932,2801,33018,51024,340
2017-02-09$2.64$2.2534.2%9.8%42.3%13.2%33.9%1.8%3.5%-61.9K-1.2M-5.7K0.5591.502,3701,31018,53024,540
2017-02-10$2.66$2.2535.7%10.2%41.3%16.7%36.8%3.3%1.7%-46.8K-1.4M-5.5K0.5893.332,3201,34018,35024,630
2017-02-13$2.66$2.2537.1%10.6%40.7%20.0%38.9%5.2%1.8%-13.9K-1.6M-4.6K0.6295.992,2701,40018,35024,620
2017-02-14$2.71$2.2530.4%8.7%39.7%4.3%39.0%4.9%21.4%13.2K-1.8M-4.4K0.38108.383,1601,20018,27024,420
2017-02-15$2.70$2.2530.9%8.9%39.7%5.5%35.0%4.8%15.5%10.0K-1.8M-4.5K0.47105.652,5601,20018,80024,420
2017-02-16$2.70$2.2532.6%9.3%39.7%9.3%38.4%2.3%12.7%43.1K-1.9M-4.3K0.66108.632,6101,71018,70024,420
2017-02-17$2.70$2.2528.0%8.0%39.1%0.0%30.2%0.7%17.8%41.3K-1.8M-4.2K0.7497.732,3101,71018,55024,720
2017-02-21$2.70$2.2531.0%8.9%38.7%7.0%38.7%0.6%12.0%44.8K-1.3M-4.1K0.5989.101,6009509,8103,310
2017-02-22$2.71$2.2536.5%10.5%38.5%19.8%43.7%6.9%30.9%37.9K-1.3M-4.2K0.50113.331,6008009,6803,310
2017-02-23$2.73$2.2533.4%9.6%36.9%12.7%35.3%10.4%9.2%39.7K-1.3M-3.8K0.50102.281,6008009,6803,460
2017-02-24$2.71$2.2532.7%9.4%37.0%11.0%40.6%11.9%1.8%40.2K-1.2M-3.8K5.3192.102,72014,4509,6803,460
2017-02-27$2.63$2.5033.5%9.6%32.1%12.9%38.7%3.1%9.3%-88.1K-119.8K-6.8K6.6784.932,21014,75010,26017,110
2017-02-28$2.59$2.5039.0%11.2%27.1%25.6%39.0%0.3%-1.1%-105.8K213.1K-6.8K5.9189.022,58015,25010,26017,460