SNAP Options History — February 2018

In February 2018, SNAP traded between $13.69 and $20.71. ATM implied volatility averaged 62.1%, placing in the 40.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 17.4%. IV traded below realized volatility by 63.3% (HV 20d: 125.4%). Max pain ranged from $16.00 to $19.00. Net GEX was positive for 9 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.99.

Notable Days

  • 2018-02-07: Highest Volume — 664,343 contracts
  • 2018-02-12: Largest IV drop — 18.4% change
  • 2018-02-06: Highest IV Rank — 70.0%
  • 2018-02-06: Largest Expected Move — 21.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$17.62$13.69$20.71$13.90$17.32
Max Pain$17.42$16.00$19.00$16.00$18.00
ATM IV62.1%51.7%79.2%73.2%51.8%
Expected Move17.4%15.0%21.3%18.6%15.6%
HV 20d125.4%38.6%152.4%42.7%152.4%
HV 60d83.8%43.2%94.7%54.7%94.7%
IV Rank40.2%22.2%70.0%59.4%22.3%
IV Percentile63.0%37.2%95.6%88.5%37.3%
Term Structure-1.7%-7.3%1.6%-0.9%-2.0%
VWIV61.7%53.3%74.3%66.1%56.7%
Skew 25d3.5%-5.9%59.4%-0.1%0.4%
Skew 10d-0.7%-28.8%8.3%-3.0%1.5%
Call IV 25d63.2%52.3%78.7%74.6%53.3%
Put IV 25d66.7%53.6%138.1%74.5%53.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %9.753.1940.733.197.05
Gamma HHI0.110.080.150.110.09
Net GEX195.3K-2.6M5.3M-1.5M-1.4M
Net DEX-206.8M-678.9M89.2M57.4M-52.5M
Net VEX-2.4M-2.7M-1.9M-2.0M-2.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.990.392.651.030.75
Total Volume162,393.42142,271664,34342,271120,449
Total OI1,110,428.368964,3861,291,485975,2411,100,656

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-02-01$13.90$16.0073.2%18.6%42.7%59.4%66.1%-0.1%-0.9%-1.5M57.4M-2.0M1.033.1920,86421,407417,717557,524
2018-02-02$13.69$16.0075.0%19.1%39.5%62.5%66.7%1.1%-4.4%-1.7M89.2M-2.0M2.658.1121,78557,807421,722565,830
2018-02-05$13.86$16.0076.8%20.3%39.8%65.7%71.6%59.4%-7.3%-1.9M66.6M-2.0M1.5017.8749,95175,125406,237558,149
2018-02-06$14.01$16.0079.2%21.3%38.6%70.0%74.3%5.9%-4.1%-1.9M52.1M-2.1M0.9340.7384,42678,920427,679597,490
2018-02-07$20.71$16.0071.6%20.7%144.1%56.8%73.4%1.9%1.6%752.7K-678.9M-1.9M0.488.68448,681215,662455,600643,851
2018-02-08$19.52$17.0072.0%20.1%146.4%57.4%70.3%-5.9%-2.8%2.7M-519.3M-2.2M0.634.34187,903118,179516,248723,468
2018-02-09$18.76$17.0072.0%19.6%147.6%57.3%70.3%-1.9%-6.0%1.7M-426.4M-2.4M0.6226.29167,827103,618555,565735,920
2018-02-12$18.65$17.0058.7%16.9%146.7%34.3%59.6%0.1%0.8%2.3M-341.6M-2.3M0.677.6877,38451,880503,507652,540
2018-02-13$18.61$17.0055.6%15.9%145.1%28.9%55.7%0.1%0.5%1.4M-325.0M-2.3M0.934.2253,30049,512499,153672,260
2018-02-14$19.52$17.0056.2%16.1%145.5%29.9%57.1%-0.7%-1.9%4.1M-446.9M-2.4M0.996.8367,40866,712510,427696,528
2018-02-15$19.72$18.0055.0%15.8%145.3%28.0%56.7%-1.4%-0.7%5.3M-468.5M-2.5M0.6711.2577,23051,628529,724712,967
2018-02-16$20.43$19.0054.8%15.7%145.3%27.6%55.8%-0.8%-0.4%1.6M-551.6M-2.5M0.393.5893,28136,694541,208733,831
2018-02-20$18.95$19.0056.4%16.5%149.1%30.4%58.4%0.1%-0.9%336.2K-207.5M-2.5M0.984.2151,51550,626415,472604,389
2018-02-21$18.67$19.0054.6%15.6%149.5%27.1%55.2%0.6%-1.3%-239.5K-180.8M-2.5M1.2910.7240,26751,873423,555612,156
2018-02-22$17.51$19.0058.1%16.6%152.0%33.3%59.1%2.1%-0.9%-2.6M-32.9M-2.6M0.795.42125,61998,711433,334623,866
2018-02-23$17.44$18.0053.9%15.5%150.6%26.0%55.5%2.4%-0.7%-946.3K-27.7M-2.6M2.197.4639,99287,579457,116643,434
2018-02-26$17.09$18.0051.7%15.0%150.7%22.2%53.3%1.0%0.2%-2.3M-5.2M-2.7M0.543.7642,44322,872429,770634,831
2018-02-27$16.36$18.0052.8%15.5%151.9%24.0%55.5%2.1%-0.8%-1.8M70.4M-2.6M0.763.8143,39932,946444,573639,842
2018-02-28$17.32$18.0051.8%15.6%152.4%22.3%56.7%0.4%-2.0%-1.4M-52.5M-2.7M0.757.0568,94251,507455,893644,763