SMCI Options History — April 2017

In April 2017, SMCI traded between $2.43 and $2.50. ATM implied volatility averaged 44.8%, placing in the 39.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 23.5% (HV 20d: 21.3%). Max pain ranged from $2.50 to $2.50. Net GEX was positive for 9 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 1 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.94.

Notable Days

  • 2017-04-17: Highest Volume — 28,470 contracts
  • 2017-04-28: Largest IV drop — 14.3% change
  • 2017-04-27: Highest IV Rank — 53.0%
  • 2017-04-27: Largest Expected Move — 14.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$2.47$2.43$2.50$2.50$2.44
Max Pain$2.50$2.50$2.50$2.50$2.50
ATM IV44.8%39.4%50.8%42.9%43.5%
Expected Move12.9%11.3%14.6%12.3%12.5%
HV 20d21.3%17.4%23.8%23.6%17.7%
HV 60d29.3%23.0%31.3%31.2%23.0%
IV Rank39.0%26.4%53.0%34.6%36.1%
IV Percentile69.2%46.0%89.3%64.3%67.9%
Term Structure-5.9%-12.1%3.1%-2.0%-2.4%
VWIV47.1%40.5%54.5%46.3%44.7%
Skew 25d8.3%-2.0%15.7%8.8%0.7%
Skew 10d19.0%2.5%40.0%4.8%15.4%
Call IV 25d42.2%33.6%52.7%39.4%39.9%
Put IV 25d50.5%40.6%56.1%48.2%40.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %81.4872.2892.4372.2892.43
Gamma HHI0.370.250.610.260.36
Net GEX-34.9K-213.9K10.1K10.1K-19.3K
Net DEX195.1K-250.9K897.2K-216.6K312.0K
Net VEX-4.4K-5.6K-3.7K-4.4K-4.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.940.578.430.622.53
Total Volume8,328.4212,83028,4705,4907,230
Total OI21,537.89513,20041,08015,43016,790

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-04-03$2.50$2.5042.9%12.3%23.6%34.6%46.3%8.8%-2.0%10.1K-216.6K-4.4K0.6272.283,3802,1109,3306,100
2017-04-04$2.48$2.5041.8%12.0%23.7%32.0%42.3%6.1%-0.8%9.7K-250.9K-4.4K0.6774.303,3802,2709,3305,930
2017-04-05$2.47$2.5039.4%11.3%22.8%26.4%42.4%6.3%3.1%8.3K-172.6K-4.1K0.7686.122,9902,2709,3306,090
2017-04-06$2.46$2.5040.2%11.7%22.8%28.4%40.5%13.5%-3.4%7.4K-155.6K-4.3K0.8483.483,0402,5609,2405,970
2017-04-07$2.47$2.5040.6%11.6%22.0%29.2%41.2%13.7%-4.2%7.3K-132.7K-4.2K0.8885.302,9002,5609,2406,300
2017-04-10$2.45$2.5039.5%12.3%22.0%26.6%43.1%13.0%-5.8%6.1K-118.2K-4.2K2.5078.322,8907,2209,2206,300
2017-04-11$2.48$2.5043.7%12.3%22.4%36.4%42.7%3.3%-5.2%-58.6K464.0K-4.9K2.3276.653,1207,2309,27011,060
2017-04-12$2.45$2.5042.6%12.2%22.5%33.8%42.6%13.3%-4.9%-64.7K580.8K-4.9K2.3279.233,1207,2309,63011,060
2017-04-13$2.44$2.5044.3%12.7%22.3%37.9%48.8%14.8%-6.6%-52.5K652.3K-4.8K7.8482.483,02023,6809,63011,060
2017-04-17$2.49$2.5046.0%13.2%23.8%41.8%52.1%15.7%-7.6%-213.9K897.2K-5.6K8.4386.913,02025,4509,93031,150
2017-04-18$2.44$2.5047.8%13.7%23.2%45.9%52.0%0.7%-9.7%-120.4K670.2K-5.2K1.5484.832,9904,60010,30025,480
2017-04-19$2.44$2.5047.6%13.7%20.3%45.6%49.8%14.0%-9.5%-127.4K486.6K-4.6K0.9979.742,7702,7509,99025,480
2017-04-20$2.48$2.5047.7%13.7%20.4%45.7%51.8%9.7%-9.1%-55.3K87.3K-4.3K0.7682.992,7702,11010,14025,580
2017-04-21$2.47$2.5049.1%14.1%19.8%49.0%50.9%-2.0%-12.1%818309.7K-4.2K0.7688.282,8202,13010,14025,660
2017-04-24$2.48$2.5048.4%13.9%19.9%47.4%51.2%4.8%-4.9%2.5K38.5K-4.0K0.5780.922,1601,2307,3205,880
2017-04-25$2.48$2.5047.9%13.7%19.4%46.3%48.5%3.5%-8.4%1.0K31.7K-3.8K0.6577.551,9001,2307,4806,220
2017-04-26$2.47$2.5047.5%13.6%19.1%45.3%50.2%4.4%-8.7%-1.2K69.6K-3.7K0.5876.531,7901,0407,5206,220
2017-04-27$2.43$2.5050.8%14.6%17.4%53.0%54.5%13.5%-10.2%-3.6K154.3K-3.8K1.3279.792,2803,0007,5306,320
2017-04-28$2.44$2.5043.5%12.5%17.7%36.1%44.7%0.7%-2.4%-19.3K312.0K-4.1K2.5392.432,0505,1808,0408,750