SNAP Options History — September 2017

In September 2017, SNAP traded between $13.20 and $15.29. ATM implied volatility averaged 50.0%, placing in the 6.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 14.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.4% (HV 20d: 46.6%). Max pain ranged from $14.00 to $17.00. Net GEX was positive for 11 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.78.

Notable Days

  • 2017-09-12: Highest Volume — 201,580 contracts
  • 2017-09-11: Largest IV spike — 12.1% change
  • 2017-09-11: Highest IV Rank — 20.6%
  • 2017-09-11: Largest Expected Move — 16.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$14.53$13.20$15.29$14.26$14.50
Max Pain$16.85$14.00$17.00$14.00$17.00
ATM IV50.0%46.0%57.1%49.4%52.0%
Expected Move14.3%13.2%16.8%13.2%13.6%
HV 20d46.6%33.1%66.0%66.0%38.9%
HV 60d51.6%50.5%53.2%51.7%53.2%
IV Rank6.9%0.0%20.6%8.2%11.9%
IV Percentile19.9%0.0%51.2%29.4%38.3%
Term Structure1.8%-0.6%6.3%1.8%6.3%
VWIV50.2%46.8%59.2%47.1%48.9%
Skew 25d2.0%0.7%4.0%2.8%1.7%
Skew 10d3.9%0.8%7.6%5.9%4.0%
Call IV 25d50.0%46.6%58.2%48.3%51.5%
Put IV 25d52.0%47.7%60.3%51.1%53.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.002.2410.355.543.36
Gamma HHI0.130.070.260.070.21
Net GEX945.5K-2.8M9.4M261.1K1.2M
Net DEX111.9M476.8K242.0M120.0M137.8M
Net VEX-1.7M-1.9M-1.5M-1.7M-1.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.780.151.340.961.05
Total Volume81,123.8538,858201,58090,69062,065
Total OI896,512.6795,468999,014904,699907,746

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-09-01$14.26$14.0049.4%13.2%66.0%0.0%47.1%2.8%1.8%261.1K120.0M-1.7M0.965.5446,37644,314419,028485,671
2017-09-05$14.45$17.0050.5%15.0%65.9%0.0%51.7%3.0%1.0%867.9K92.1M-1.7M0.902.6625,79223,183395,428464,087
2017-09-06$14.50$17.0050.8%14.5%64.5%0.0%48.2%1.8%-0.6%1.0M93.5M-1.7M1.342.3425,94734,663395,616469,674
2017-09-07$15.15$17.0050.8%14.8%64.8%0.0%52.2%3.6%-0.5%1.7M29.0M-1.8M0.535.2872,59138,678403,500483,321
2017-09-08$15.28$17.0050.9%15.4%64.4%8.2%54.4%2.9%1.3%1.6M10.9M-1.8M0.282.24102,35428,765415,814487,588
2017-09-11$15.29$17.0057.1%16.8%46.9%20.6%59.2%2.1%2.3%3.7M8.9M-1.8M0.324.83148,48246,896429,774465,497
2017-09-12$15.20$17.0051.9%14.8%44.8%10.3%52.8%4.0%-0.1%9.4M476.8K-1.9M0.1510.35175,46026,120498,675488,586
2017-09-13$15.04$17.0049.8%14.6%45.3%6.0%50.9%2.1%1.4%7.3M46.6M-1.8M0.623.7229,53418,258495,584496,792
2017-09-14$14.90$17.0048.7%14.1%45.3%3.7%49.4%2.6%0.5%4.9M82.6M-1.8M0.583.9024,62614,232496,912501,927
2017-09-15$15.27$17.0048.4%14.1%45.6%3.2%49.8%1.0%1.4%168.1K32.2M-1.8M0.553.5934,48919,108496,642502,372
2017-09-18$14.91$17.0048.7%14.0%42.9%3.8%49.8%1.7%-0.3%-180.4K99.2M-1.7M0.713.4030,87321,784368,405427,063
2017-09-19$14.70$17.0047.4%13.6%40.9%1.1%48.4%0.9%2.0%-520.2K121.2M-1.6M0.833.1740,45333,410375,098433,256
2017-09-20$14.16$17.0046.0%13.2%35.7%0.0%46.8%1.1%2.5%-1.9M175.7M-1.6M1.132.6536,20340,874392,387449,721
2017-09-21$13.71$17.0047.3%13.4%34.4%2.4%47.9%1.6%1.8%-2.8M221.9M-1.6M1.144.9236,99742,337401,353471,103
2017-09-22$13.69$17.0047.5%13.4%33.1%2.9%47.4%0.7%2.2%-2.1M221.3M-1.6M0.952.8723,25422,144412,382483,134
2017-09-25$13.20$17.0050.0%14.2%34.6%7.9%47.6%1.3%0.6%-2.5M242.0M-1.5M0.763.4957,60643,702394,056469,522
2017-09-26$13.91$17.0048.3%14.0%38.5%4.6%49.5%1.5%2.9%-1.6M190.3M-1.6M0.713.4929,22820,780397,489475,663
2017-09-27$14.19$17.0051.6%14.4%39.2%11.0%50.4%1.6%4.4%-844.3K162.0M-1.7M1.274.0826,54933,851402,854476,111
2017-09-28$14.37$17.0052.5%14.4%39.6%12.9%51.4%1.9%4.4%-829.3K149.3M-1.7M0.774.1922,87717,622407,938492,483
2017-09-29$14.50$17.0052.0%13.6%38.9%11.9%48.9%1.7%6.3%1.2M137.8M-1.7M1.053.3630,27531,790414,491493,255