SMCI Options History — January 2021

In January 2021, SMCI traded between $3.09 and $3.46. ATM implied volatility averaged 59.3%, placing in the 18.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 17.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 34.0% (HV 20d: 25.3%). Max pain ranged from $2.50 to $2.50. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 1 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.06.

Notable Days

  • 2021-01-07: Highest Volume — 2,850 contracts
  • 2021-01-12: Largest IV spike — 64.7% change
  • 2021-01-28: Highest IV Rank — 39.8%
  • 2021-01-28: Largest Expected Move — 28.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$3.25$3.09$3.46$3.11$3.09
Max Pain$2.50$2.50$2.50$2.50$2.50
ATM IV59.3%35.0%98.4%52.6%84.9%
Expected Move17.5%11.5%28.2%15.1%24.3%
HV 20d25.3%21.3%34.9%26.3%34.9%
HV 60d49.3%46.1%50.5%50.3%47.8%
IV Rank18.2%4.8%39.8%14.5%32.4%
IV Percentile46.4%0.8%90.9%44.8%79.0%
Term Structure-9.0%-34.4%20.9%-4.5%-18.7%
VWIV58.3%34.2%137.2%53.9%61.8%
Skew 25d8.9%-0.5%38.8%6.3%0.4%
Skew 10d9.6%-8.4%35.1%13.0%-8.4%
Call IV 25d54.3%46.1%69.9%50.9%67.4%
Put IV 25d63.2%47.7%94.6%57.2%67.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %93.5170.46112.9177.73112.91
Gamma HHI0.300.230.430.290.24
Net GEX25.7K14.7K34.6K14.7K25.5K
Net DEX-1.2M-1.6M-435.5K-435.5K-1.2M
Net VEX-3.8K-4.9K-1.7K-1.7K-4.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.060.000.400.400.17
Total Volume664.73702,8507070
Total OI9,0305,24011,6405,24010,700

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2021-01-04$3.11$2.5052.6%15.1%26.3%14.5%53.9%6.3%-4.5%14.7K-435.5K-1.7K0.4077.7350203,6801,560
2021-01-05$3.14$2.5046.3%15.2%23.5%11.0%51.0%6.0%-2.5%14.8K-469.3K-1.8K0.0070.4629003,7001,560
2021-01-06$3.20$2.5039.2%15.1%24.1%7.1%49.7%6.4%-2.8%15.9K-515.1K-1.8K0.0074.281,50003,7801,560
2021-01-07$3.23$2.5042.8%15.5%24.2%9.1%52.0%3.8%-4.4%21.4K-855.2K-2.8K0.0083.632,85005,2401,560
2021-01-08$3.18$2.5035.0%15.1%24.4%4.8%0.0%4.3%-1.7%22.6K-1.3M-4.1K0.0076.771007,2001,560
2021-01-11$3.20$2.5048.5%16.4%24.4%12.3%52.1%8.7%-8.7%22.1K-1.3M-4.1K0.0971.20340307,2001,560
2021-01-12$3.24$2.5079.9%15.5%23.6%29.6%52.3%4.8%-3.5%26.9K-1.4M-4.0K0.0084.0198007,4901,580
2021-01-13$3.25$2.5048.0%13.8%22.0%12.0%46.7%-0.5%-3.6%30.8K-1.4M-4.1K0.0099.6150008,2801,580
2021-01-14$3.27$2.5040.0%11.5%21.3%7.6%47.0%2.2%-0.6%26.4K-1.5M-4.1K0.0098.749008,2701,580
2021-01-15$3.23$2.5046.9%13.4%22.2%11.3%34.2%12.6%20.9%25.0K-1.4M-4.0K0.00103.634008,2801,580
2021-01-19$3.24$2.5047.8%13.7%22.2%11.8%0.0%-0.5%-0.1%25.8K-1.3M-3.8K0.00103.06007,5501,410
2021-01-20$3.37$2.5056.6%16.2%25.3%16.7%50.9%0.3%-11.0%27.2K-1.5M-4.0K0.0096.281,18007,6001,410
2021-01-21$3.38$2.5069.1%19.8%23.6%23.6%59.1%21.9%-25.4%32.1K-1.6M-4.3K0.17101.00230408,5601,410
2021-01-22$3.40$2.5060.4%17.3%23.5%18.8%137.2%10.0%-14.3%32.7K-1.6M-4.4K0.20101.8650108,7701,450
2021-01-25$3.46$2.5066.3%19.0%23.6%22.1%72.1%38.8%-16.6%33.6K-1.6M-4.8K0.0099.681,15008,8701,460
2021-01-26$3.39$2.5078.1%22.4%25.6%28.6%57.8%24.0%-13.7%34.6K-1.6M-4.9K0.0098.3233009,8801,460
2021-01-27$3.22$2.5085.5%24.5%32.5%32.7%57.4%7.1%-24.4%30.7K-1.4M-4.8K0.00112.602,460010,1801,460
2021-01-28$3.19$2.5098.4%28.2%32.8%39.8%55.4%12.1%-34.4%25.4K-1.3M-4.5K0.00110.9441009,1401,460
2021-01-29$3.09$2.5084.9%24.3%34.9%32.4%61.8%0.4%-18.7%25.5K-1.2M-4.4K0.17112.9160109,2401,460