SMCI Options History — May 2020

In May 2020, SMCI traded between $2.21 and $2.59. ATM implied volatility averaged 89.3%, placing in the 32.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 20.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 95.5% (HV 20d: 184.8%). Max pain ranged from $2.00 to $2.00. Net GEX was positive for 14 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.15.

Notable Days

  • 2020-05-27: Highest Volume — 90 contracts
  • 2020-05-06: Largest IV spike — 169.3% change
  • 2020-05-12: Highest IV Rank — 74.4%
  • 2020-05-13: Largest Expected Move — 27.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$2.43$2.21$2.59$2.23$2.59
Max Pain$2.00$2.00$2.00$2.00$2.00
ATM IV89.3%47.6%162.3%138.6%59.1%
Expected Move20.5%13.6%27.7%26.3%17.0%
HV 20d184.8%182.9%189.2%185.3%183.8%
HV 60d163.7%131.8%168.3%165.6%131.8%
IV Rank32.9%9.2%74.4%60.9%15.7%
IV Percentile73.1%24.6%98.8%98.0%53.6%
Term Structure48.1%6.1%81.7%17.5%66.8%
VWIV75.3%53.6%114.6%114.6%57.8%
Skew 25d0.4%-27.5%14.3%11.1%14.3%
Skew 10d-2.4%-33.0%42.2%42.2%29.1%
Call IV 25d77.4%44.2%106.4%44.2%54.2%
Put IV 25d77.8%50.8%110.5%55.3%68.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %161.18138.64188.20180.81149.62
Gamma HHI0.830.521.000.610.56
Net GEX10605870587
Net DEX-3.2K-12.2K00-12.2K
Net VEX-3-1900-17
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.150.000.750.750.00
Total Volume12.63209000
Total OI37.89501000100

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2020-05-04$2.23$0.00138.6%26.3%185.3%60.9%0.0%0.0%17.5%0000.00180.810000
2020-05-05$2.25$0.0059.7%17.1%184.4%16.1%0.0%0.0%48.6%0000.00167.350000
2020-05-06$2.21$0.00160.8%22.8%183.0%73.5%0.0%0.0%43.9%0000.00170.130000
2020-05-07$2.23$0.00123.5%24.7%182.9%52.3%0.0%0.0%23.2%0000.00183.2303000
2020-05-08$2.54$0.00105.7%22.9%184.5%42.2%0.0%0.0%14.7%0000.75188.204030030
2020-05-11$2.57$0.00118.6%16.5%184.2%49.5%0.0%11.1%29.2%242-5.3K-60.00166.51004030
2020-05-12$2.41$0.00162.3%22.6%187.8%74.4%114.6%-2.5%24.4%222-3.9K-60.00165.871005030
2020-05-13$2.33$2.0096.5%27.7%189.2%37.0%0.0%3.4%6.1%165-3.8K-30.00174.14006030
2020-05-14$2.33$2.0090.3%25.9%186.0%33.4%0.0%-0.9%40.7%98-4.0K-20.00172.38006030
2020-05-15$2.31$2.0088.8%25.5%185.5%32.6%0.0%6.8%42.4%24-4.0K-20.00170.591006030
2020-05-18$2.46$2.0066.5%19.1%184.4%19.9%0.0%12.2%64.9%22-1.9K-20.00157.2500100
2020-05-19$2.51$2.0073.3%21.0%184.2%23.8%0.0%5.5%58.1%24-2.0K-20.00147.8500100
2020-05-20$2.56$2.0063.2%18.1%184.2%18.1%0.0%-4.9%56.0%21-2.1K-20.00151.3000100
2020-05-21$2.52$2.0067.0%19.2%183.7%20.2%0.0%-6.4%63.9%23-2.1K-20.00139.0700100
2020-05-22$2.47$2.0055.0%15.8%184.5%13.4%0.0%-9.0%81.7%25-2.2K-10.00151.4300100
2020-05-26$2.54$2.0061.4%17.6%184.4%17.0%0.0%-27.5%74.6%22-2.3K-10.00142.9200100
2020-05-27$2.59$2.0047.6%13.6%184.4%9.2%53.6%-1.3%77.0%13-2.5K00.00145.06900100
2020-05-28$2.54$2.0058.8%16.9%185.3%15.6%57.8%5.0%79.9%518-11.8K-190.00138.643001000
2020-05-29$2.59$2.0059.1%17.0%183.8%15.7%0.0%14.3%66.8%587-12.2K-170.00149.62001000