SNAP Options History — April 2017

In April 2017, SNAP traded between $20.00 and $22.56. ATM implied volatility averaged 64.1%. The 30-day expected move averaged 18.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 14.4% (HV 20d: 49.7%). Max pain ranged from $21.00 to $22.00. Net GEX was positive for 14 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.64.

Notable Days

  • 2017-04-05: Highest Volume — 63,961 contracts
  • 2017-04-27: Largest IV spike — 8.1% change
  • 2017-04-28: Largest Expected Move — 22.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$21.08$20.00$22.56$22.39$22.56
Max Pain$21.37$21.00$22.00$22.00$21.00
ATM IV64.1%59.5%69.0%64.7%68.1%
Expected Move18.5%14.1%22.3%15.7%22.3%
HV 20d49.7%29.8%62.1%61.9%31.6%
Term Structure-1.4%-5.9%5.6%-3.5%-5.9%
VWIV65.0%52.0%77.4%58.5%77.4%
Skew 25d-1.7%-7.4%1.4%-2.0%1.4%
Skew 10d-2.4%-12.1%12.3%-6.7%12.3%
Call IV 25d65.7%61.9%69.8%65.1%68.0%
Put IV 25d64.0%58.7%69.3%63.2%69.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %18.2511.3630.5413.7718.75
Gamma HHI0.110.070.500.090.07
Net GEX1.2M-1.6M8.6M3.4M1.7M
Net DEX34.1M-81.3M97.5M-31.5M-81.3M
Net VEX-1.1M-1.1M-1.0M-1.1M-1.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.640.351.100.400.35
Total Volume37,887.89517,96863,96147,82355,909
Total OI454,514330,476521,801471,231367,673

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-04-03$22.39$22.0064.7%15.7%61.9%0.0%58.5%-2.0%-3.5%3.4M-31.5M-1.1M0.4013.7734,13513,688235,733235,498
2017-04-04$22.06$22.0062.8%15.5%60.2%0.0%55.5%-2.8%-1.4%2.9M-12.1M-1.1M0.4314.7124,31810,507245,302240,350
2017-04-05$20.86$22.0059.5%14.1%62.1%0.0%52.0%-7.4%5.6%-614.2K69.3M-1.1M0.5824.4540,59423,367250,388242,771
2017-04-06$20.65$22.0061.3%18.3%60.4%0.0%64.9%-1.1%2.3%-1.6M85.5M-1.0M0.6417.3834,53522,152259,947246,315
2017-04-07$20.76$22.0060.3%18.4%58.8%0.0%63.9%-4.6%4.2%151.4K69.3M-1.1M0.6815.2029,26919,981271,090250,711
2017-04-10$20.96$22.0061.9%18.5%56.7%0.0%64.6%-0.5%3.3%672.8K45.9M-1.1M0.7215.6919,42514,062234,880241,155
2017-04-11$20.72$22.0064.1%18.4%55.6%0.0%63.5%-2.8%-0.2%9.5K61.7M-1.0M1.1018.0419,10420,981239,952245,006
2017-04-12$20.23$21.0062.3%18.2%55.8%0.0%64.2%-1.8%0.0%-1.4M89.3M-1.1M1.0213.2315,02215,394244,240252,865
2017-04-13$20.17$21.0065.3%18.0%54.0%0.0%63.5%-1.7%-3.0%-1.1M97.5M-1.0M0.6315.3924,02715,101248,188255,781
2017-04-17$20.00$21.0067.0%18.9%53.1%0.0%67.6%-4.0%-1.3%-1.4M97.0M-1.0M0.8316.519,8158,153223,459249,867
2017-04-18$20.47$21.0069.0%19.6%53.1%0.0%68.6%-2.1%-2.3%616.6K71.2M-1.0M0.6619.9524,96616,571228,924252,697
2017-04-19$20.56$21.0067.6%19.4%52.8%0.0%67.2%-2.2%-2.9%1.4M60.9M-1.1M0.7911.3622,31417,558237,936258,214
2017-04-20$21.19$21.0064.5%18.6%47.1%0.0%65.9%-0.6%-1.1%4.9M19.7M-1.1M0.8930.5417,48715,595243,736263,451
2017-04-21$20.95$21.0064.5%18.7%42.1%0.0%65.8%-0.3%-2.6%8.6M35.4M-1.1M0.6716.0018,32712,322248,061268,219
2017-04-24$21.16$21.0063.1%18.9%42.3%0.0%65.5%-0.2%-3.8%284.2K14.3M-1.1M0.4816.2013,4556,398151,290179,186
2017-04-25$21.28$21.0063.8%19.5%36.5%0.0%66.3%0.8%-5.7%809.6K6.0M-1.1M0.4027.2016,3356,601154,343179,808
2017-04-26$21.59$21.0061.5%19.3%29.8%0.0%66.1%-0.2%-3.1%1.6M-10.6M-1.1M0.5916.1913,9298,220158,313181,266
2017-04-27$21.99$21.0066.4%21.2%30.6%0.0%73.5%0.0%-5.8%2.5M-40.2M-1.1M0.3626.1429,59710,656166,943182,208
2017-04-28$22.56$21.0068.1%22.3%31.6%0.0%77.4%1.4%-5.9%1.7M-81.3M-1.1M0.3518.7541,40414,505180,952186,721