SNAP Options History — January 2018

In January 2018, SNAP traded between $13.25 and $15.33. ATM implied volatility averaged 64.9%, placing in the 45.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 20.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 25.2% (HV 20d: 39.7%). Max pain ranged from $13.00 to $18.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.43.

Notable Days

  • 2018-01-08: Highest Volume — 134,028 contracts
  • 2018-01-10: Largest IV spike — 37.7% change
  • 2018-01-10: Highest IV Rank — 65.4%
  • 2018-01-30: Largest Expected Move — 26.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$14.10$13.25$15.33$14.94$13.51
Max Pain$13.95$13.00$18.00$18.00$13.00
ATM IV64.9%39.8%76.6%39.8%72.7%
Expected Move20.5%10.9%26.4%10.9%26.3%
HV 20d39.7%32.7%48.7%48.7%42.4%
HV 60d58.0%55.2%61.2%60.3%55.3%
IV Rank45.1%1.5%65.4%1.5%58.5%
IV Percentile69.2%1.0%92.4%1.0%87.1%
Term Structure-0.5%-5.6%15.7%5.4%-4.9%
VWIV72.6%39.9%92.4%39.9%92.3%
Skew 25d-0.3%-2.1%1.4%1.0%0.9%
Skew 10d-1.2%-11.3%12.2%2.1%-11.3%
Call IV 25d66.4%40.9%77.7%40.9%73.2%
Put IV 25d66.1%41.9%78.1%41.9%74.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.902.1531.522.1514.24
Gamma HHI0.180.100.570.250.15
Net GEX-4.7M-12.9M-1.8M-4.5M-2.4M
Net DEX162.5M34.2M305.4M129.5M96.9M
Net VEX-1.9M-2.0M-1.6M-1.6M-2.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.430.322.921.511.39
Total Volume80,538.61940,840134,02862,35567,051
Total OI1,056,142.524835,5941,304,2901,009,701936,261

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-01-02$14.94$18.0039.8%10.9%48.7%1.5%39.9%1.0%5.4%-4.5M129.5M-1.6M1.512.1524,84637,509420,990588,711
2018-01-03$15.33$18.0043.4%11.7%48.3%7.7%42.0%-2.1%3.8%-3.3M84.2M-1.7M0.973.1441,74640,437425,523601,538
2018-01-04$14.59$16.0048.1%18.4%39.3%15.9%65.7%1.4%5.4%-5.3M189.3M-1.7M0.812.7141,26433,311433,052618,726
2018-01-05$14.46$15.0051.5%19.9%38.5%21.9%70.3%0.6%6.9%-4.7M201.4M-1.7M2.093.0430,73764,155445,544631,595
2018-01-08$14.02$14.0056.0%20.2%39.8%29.6%71.0%0.7%13.4%-5.6M241.0M-1.8M1.513.2253,31980,709440,223653,690
2018-01-09$14.06$14.0055.6%20.7%38.5%29.0%72.9%0.1%15.7%-6.4M251.8M-1.8M1.733.0835,68061,642470,926681,600
2018-01-10$14.65$14.0076.6%20.8%32.8%65.4%74.5%0.4%-3.7%-6.7M171.2M-1.9M0.912.4642,59338,702482,352695,794
2018-01-11$14.62$14.0068.5%18.8%32.7%51.4%66.7%1.2%-3.7%-6.5M174.0M-1.9M1.303.4428,11736,457502,289712,326
2018-01-12$14.10$14.0069.0%19.0%34.5%52.2%68.0%-1.8%-3.7%-5.4M238.6M-1.9M2.482.4628,19869,922513,171725,019
2018-01-16$13.47$13.0068.5%19.5%36.9%51.4%69.3%-1.8%-3.4%-6.4M305.4M-1.8M2.922.2032,28294,249508,364717,741
2018-01-17$13.52$13.0069.6%20.0%37.0%53.2%70.4%-0.8%-3.6%-6.2M300.5M-1.8M1.752.3120,17835,342522,525743,068
2018-01-18$14.01$13.0070.7%20.4%38.8%55.1%73.6%-1.4%-3.6%-5.1M228.0M-1.9M0.782.3772,66856,631530,913745,207
2018-01-19$14.03$13.0070.3%20.6%38.6%54.4%73.4%-1.6%-5.4%-12.9M208.4M-1.9M1.977.7032,17363,222549,731754,559
2018-01-22$14.17$13.0068.5%20.6%38.8%51.3%72.8%0.4%-3.3%-3.1M69.7M-1.9M0.942.5021,09419,746343,056492,538
2018-01-23$14.25$13.0067.8%21.4%38.9%50.1%74.9%-0.0%-3.4%-2.8M47.4M-2.0M0.712.7327,85319,797352,348503,311
2018-01-24$14.43$13.0068.7%22.3%39.1%51.6%78.7%-0.7%-3.0%-3.0M34.2M-2.0M1.263.2522,82428,824358,515509,001
2018-01-25$13.75$13.0074.9%24.1%42.3%62.4%84.7%-1.0%-5.4%-3.0M104.8M-1.9M1.242.7630,21937,520364,594512,824
2018-01-26$13.56$13.0072.0%23.3%42.5%57.4%81.6%-0.6%-4.4%-1.8M116.5M-1.9M1.7731.5235,98063,698377,836522,341
2018-01-29$13.48$13.0076.3%25.5%42.4%64.9%88.9%-0.9%-3.9%-2.4M103.3M-1.9M0.322.9242,55513,500376,131510,426
2018-01-30$13.25$13.0074.5%26.4%42.5%61.8%92.4%-0.5%-5.6%-2.3M115.9M-1.9M1.672.7924,19940,362390,291514,343
2018-01-31$13.51$13.0072.7%26.3%42.4%58.5%92.3%0.9%-4.9%-2.4M96.9M-2.0M1.3914.2428,09838,953399,613536,648