SMCI Options History — November 2020

In November 2020, SMCI traded between $2.30 and $3.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 47.8%, placing in the 11.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.8%. IV traded below realized volatility by 26.1% (HV 20d: 73.9%). Max pain ranged from $2.50 to $3.00. Net GEX was positive for 5 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.30.

Notable Days

  • 2020-11-04: Highest Volume — 15,720 contracts
  • 2020-11-04: Largest IV drop — 32.1% change
  • 2020-11-02: Highest IV Rank — 33.7%
  • 2020-11-02: Largest Expected Move — 25.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$2.84$2.30$3.00$2.30$2.84
Max Pain$2.58$2.50$3.00$3.00$2.50
ATM IV47.8%37.0%87.4%87.4%41.4%
Expected Move13.8%10.6%25.0%25.0%11.9%
HV 20d73.9%38.9%81.0%38.9%72.1%
HV 60d51.7%46.8%61.6%46.8%51.2%
IV Rank11.9%5.9%33.7%33.7%8.3%
IV Percentile19.3%1.2%77.0%77.0%4.8%
Term Structure-0.3%-15.6%13.1%-15.6%-0.0%
VWIV53.6%41.5%97.2%97.2%41.5%
Skew 25d5.6%-3.5%13.0%-3.5%1.4%
Skew 10d10.1%-6.7%25.3%-6.5%0.5%
Call IV 25d47.1%35.0%96.3%69.9%42.3%
Put IV 25d52.8%43.7%95.8%66.4%43.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %88.3752.41104.3398.6195.70
Gamma HHI0.740.290.990.620.35
Net GEX-178.2K-1.8M10.1K-22.3K8.7K
Net DEX959.3K-384.4K2.2M2.2M-312.8K
Net VEX-2.6K-3.7K-1.4K-2.3K-1.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.300.001.160.070.20
Total Volume1,171015,7200180
Total OI16,4963,73022,19015,9604,010

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2020-11-02$2.30$3.0087.4%25.0%38.9%33.7%0.0%-3.5%-15.6%-22.3K2.2M-2.3K0.0098.61003,28012,680
2020-11-03$2.33$3.0086.5%24.8%39.8%33.2%97.2%-0.6%-14.9%-24.1K2.2M-2.3K0.0752.41690503,28012,680
2020-11-04$2.82$3.0058.8%16.8%80.1%17.9%57.7%3.6%-13.4%-78.6K1.5M-3.7K1.1655.067,2808,4403,33013,730
2020-11-05$2.84$2.5043.3%12.3%80.0%9.4%48.2%10.8%6.1%-90.8K1.5M-3.6K0.1681.632,0503206,68013,850
2020-11-06$2.80$2.5042.4%13.3%80.1%8.9%49.1%4.6%2.9%-75.1K1.7M-3.4K0.5780.542101207,88013,880
2020-11-09$2.81$2.5045.1%12.4%80.1%10.4%51.1%5.9%6.0%-77.6K1.4M-3.6K0.2581.377201807,81013,760
2020-11-10$2.81$2.5041.9%13.2%80.1%8.6%61.5%7.5%4.4%-73.6K1.5M-3.4K0.0084.1601107,89013,830
2020-11-11$2.85$2.5044.5%12.7%80.0%10.0%0.0%10.8%4.7%-92.4K1.6M-3.1K0.0085.7523007,87013,800
2020-11-12$2.85$2.5042.1%12.1%80.0%8.7%0.0%6.6%3.9%-101.7K1.5M-3.1K0.0094.8501007,97013,800
2020-11-13$2.97$2.5037.0%10.6%81.0%5.9%0.0%7.2%13.1%-130.8K812.9K-3.3K0.0599.85210107,97013,700
2020-11-16$2.96$2.5043.5%12.5%80.3%9.5%0.0%0.9%6.1%-189.4K1.1M-2.7K0.18104.33380708,05013,700
2020-11-17$2.96$2.5043.4%12.5%80.2%9.4%0.0%8.2%3.0%-215.2K1.2M-2.6K0.7690.882101608,33013,690
2020-11-18$2.97$2.5043.8%12.6%79.8%9.7%0.0%1.2%3.0%-242.0K1.0M-2.5K0.2690.21190508,34013,840
2020-11-19$2.99$2.5042.2%12.1%79.6%8.8%0.0%-0.5%-2.7%-421.3K816.1K-2.2K0.2192.33330708,35013,840
2020-11-20$3.00$2.5041.8%12.0%77.5%8.5%0.0%13.0%-1.5%-1.8M1.0M-1.6K0.5095.7540208,18013,910
2020-11-23$2.94$2.5042.4%12.2%74.8%8.9%42.4%6.6%-3.4%6.7K-336.0K-1.5K0.0094.6045002,4701,260
2020-11-24$2.92$2.5041.8%12.0%74.3%8.5%43.8%7.0%-1.6%9.7K-377.8K-1.7K0.6796.7330202,9001,260
2020-11-25$2.94$2.5043.8%12.6%69.8%9.7%43.8%9.7%-3.1%10.1K-384.4K-1.6K0.0093.4845002,9201,240
2020-11-27$2.98$2.5042.9%12.3%69.5%9.2%0.0%12.2%-2.1%9.3K-383.3K-1.5K0.0099.125002,7201,240
2020-11-30$2.84$2.5041.4%11.9%72.1%8.3%41.5%1.4%-0.0%8.7K-312.8K-1.4K0.2095.70150302,7701,240