SNAP Options History — March 2017

In March 2017, SNAP traded between $19.43 and $24.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 55.9%. The 30-day expected move averaged 15.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 8.1% (HV 20d: 63.9%). Max pain ranged from $21.00 to $30.00. Net GEX was positive for 9 of 16 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 16 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.12.

Notable Days

  • 2017-03-22: Highest Volume — 147,260 contracts
  • 2017-03-27: Largest IV spike — 9.2% change
  • 2017-03-28: Largest Expected Move — 18.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$21.56$19.43$24.00$22.02$22.55
Max Pain$23.67$21.00$30.00$30.00$22.00
ATM IV55.9%50.1%63.5%55.1%62.2%
Expected Move15.5%14.0%18.1%15.1%15.5%
HV 20d63.9%63.9%63.9%63.9%63.9%
Term Structure0.6%-4.2%6.3%-2.3%2.7%
VWIV54.6%49.3%64.4%51.4%55.8%
Skew 25d-1.1%-7.8%3.3%1.3%0.9%
Skew 10d-3.6%-10.6%1.4%0.5%-8.7%
Call IV 25d57.3%50.9%67.2%53.8%62.4%
Put IV 25d56.2%49.4%64.0%55.0%63.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %20.2012.8429.4827.5617.06
Gamma HHI0.140.080.240.240.11
Net GEX618.1K-4.0M5.1M05.1M
Net DEX-15.2M-157.2M115.9M0-75.1M
Net VEX-707.0K-1.2M00-1.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.120.433.073.070.57
Total Volume92,992.06349,537147,260106,30865,991
Total OI306,141.6250538,4290538,429

Daily Data (16 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-03-10$22.02$0.0055.1%15.1%0.0%0.0%51.4%1.3%-2.3%0003.0727.5626,12380,18500
2017-03-13$21.03$30.0053.6%14.3%0.0%0.0%49.5%2.2%-1.8%-1.9M55.0M-205.4K2.9417.3716,89849,67824,35272,047
2017-03-14$20.36$30.0053.4%14.6%0.0%0.0%49.7%-4.2%-2.1%-2.5M71.9M-328.4K2.4014.2921,43951,46737,36195,382
2017-03-15$20.77$30.0053.2%14.6%0.0%0.0%50.9%3.3%-2.3%-2.8M70.2M-435.1K1.3415.1227,48736,70252,356120,225
2017-03-16$19.98$26.0051.2%14.0%0.0%0.0%49.3%-0.8%-2.6%-4.0M98.1M-473.0K1.0812.8438,05741,06762,639137,522
2017-03-17$19.43$23.0051.1%14.1%0.0%0.0%49.3%0.9%-4.2%-4.0M115.9M-536.7K0.9122.3971,65965,36286,035151,867
2017-03-20$19.88$21.0050.1%14.3%0.0%0.0%50.3%-1.5%0.4%-388.7K46.7M-657.7K0.7217.7041,31929,949112,907146,134
2017-03-21$20.22$21.0050.4%14.4%0.0%0.0%50.5%0.1%2.6%385.0K28.3M-712.8K0.7222.4346,71833,709129,940159,336
2017-03-22$21.73$21.0054.0%15.5%0.0%0.0%53.8%-1.8%2.4%2.6M-71.0M-775.4K0.6728.7788,23959,021149,651174,401
2017-03-23$22.98$21.0055.3%15.8%0.0%0.0%55.7%0.2%1.9%2.8M-151.8M-856.3K0.5517.2386,59147,233175,398205,361
2017-03-24$22.72$22.0056.3%16.3%0.0%0.0%57.4%-1.4%-1.4%1.2M-96.4M-928.9K0.5617.8859,23732,913180,577231,235
2017-03-27$24.00$22.0061.4%18.0%0.0%0.0%63.1%-1.9%2.5%4.2M-157.2M-960.4K0.4327.0691,23239,543190,522203,109
2017-03-28$22.49$22.0063.5%18.1%0.0%0.0%64.4%-3.2%3.4%3.6M-69.4M-1.1M0.6429.4861,23938,930229,565221,137
2017-03-29$22.54$22.0062.2%17.6%0.0%0.0%62.1%-4.3%3.4%2.9M-60.2M-1.1M0.7719.5051,18439,164244,552238,952
2017-03-30$22.22$22.0060.8%16.5%0.0%0.0%60.5%-7.8%6.3%2.6M-47.5M-1.2M0.5016.4632,95516,582272,030255,244
2017-03-31$22.55$22.0062.2%15.5%63.9%0.0%55.8%0.9%2.7%5.1M-75.1M-1.1M0.5717.0642,06223,929280,409258,020