SNAP Options History — May 2018

In May 2018, SNAP traded between $10.52 and $14.06. ATM implied volatility averaged 45.4%, placing in the 11.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.4%. IV traded below realized volatility by 40.7% (HV 20d: 86.1%). Max pain ranged from $13.00 to $16.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.88.

Notable Days

  • 2018-05-02: Highest Volume — 356,604 contracts
  • 2018-05-02: Largest IV drop — 40.1% change
  • 2018-05-01: Highest IV Rank — 81.3%
  • 2018-05-01: Largest Expected Move — 31.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$10.97$10.52$14.06$14.06$11.44
Max Pain$13.82$13.00$16.00$16.00$13.00
ATM IV45.4%38.1%85.8%85.8%45.2%
Expected Move13.4%10.7%31.1%31.1%13.6%
HV 20d86.1%27.2%93.8%41.8%27.2%
HV 60d69.8%60.7%106.8%94.7%62.1%
IV Rank11.6%0.0%81.3%81.3%12.1%
IV Percentile12.0%0.0%97.6%97.6%11.1%
Term Structure-0.5%-6.4%1.7%-6.4%-2.2%
VWIV47.7%38.9%109.5%109.5%48.8%
Skew 25d-1.9%-4.2%-0.4%-4.2%-2.6%
Skew 10d-4.2%-16.5%1.1%-16.5%-8.8%
Call IV 25d47.6%40.5%88.4%88.4%48.4%
Put IV 25d45.6%38.8%84.2%84.2%45.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.761.7313.887.3113.88
Gamma HHI0.170.100.250.100.18
Net GEX-2.9M-5.1M-216.4K-1.4M-2.4M
Net DEX301.5M101.7M414.6M101.7M187.7M
Net VEX-2.3M-2.8M-1.8M-2.5M-2.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.880.381.760.730.40
Total Volume105,685.81835,012356,604207,540204,252
Total OI1,296,915.0451,080,6481,416,7681,080,6481,352,337

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-05-01$14.06$16.0085.8%31.1%41.8%81.3%109.5%-4.2%-6.4%-1.4M101.7M-2.5M0.737.31120,14287,398483,109597,539
2018-05-02$11.04$15.0051.3%15.6%93.7%21.6%58.3%-1.8%-1.7%-5.1M414.6M-1.8M1.024.41176,582180,022553,979655,736
2018-05-03$10.90$14.0050.8%14.1%93.7%20.6%49.9%-2.3%-0.8%-4.8M386.0M-1.9M0.883.09114,311100,017628,222674,442
2018-05-04$10.85$15.0048.7%13.8%93.8%17.0%48.7%-1.9%0.1%-3.5M378.1M-2.1M1.092.0157,71862,673675,595694,302
2018-05-07$10.76$15.0047.1%13.6%93.7%14.2%48.4%-1.7%0.5%-3.5M342.7M-2.1M0.702.6556,38939,709583,130658,074
2018-05-08$10.93$14.0048.2%13.8%93.5%16.1%49.3%-1.8%-0.1%-2.1M306.8M-2.2M0.452.9286,38738,496615,798665,796
2018-05-09$11.01$14.0044.7%12.9%93.0%10.0%45.5%-2.4%0.4%-2.1M306.3M-2.3M0.612.4129,36117,803635,063680,382
2018-05-10$11.01$14.0043.6%12.6%92.7%8.0%44.7%-1.4%0.6%-1.9M307.6M-2.3M0.522.3528,90514,962641,799682,582
2018-05-11$11.03$14.0042.8%12.4%92.9%6.7%43.8%-2.8%1.0%-216.4K297.7M-2.3M0.713.5931,61922,592649,529682,011
2018-05-14$11.00$14.0042.3%12.2%93.0%5.8%43.0%-1.1%-0.3%-2.7M310.7M-2.2M0.881.7323,60020,730611,262667,616
2018-05-15$10.60$14.0043.8%12.6%92.2%8.4%44.8%-0.9%-1.5%-3.0M335.8M-2.1M0.465.9686,75439,888621,452674,837
2018-05-16$10.63$14.0042.1%12.1%92.4%5.5%42.1%-2.5%-1.1%-2.7M327.4M-2.2M0.811.9531,67825,576649,063691,782
2018-05-17$10.52$14.0042.6%12.2%91.8%6.4%43.1%-1.9%1.7%-2.5M332.8M-2.2M1.662.3435,95959,650664,297696,418
2018-05-18$10.61$13.0041.9%12.1%90.9%5.1%42.1%-2.3%-0.7%-2.6M333.1M-2.4M1.271.8748,40361,668677,721739,047
2018-05-21$10.75$13.0040.0%11.3%90.7%1.8%41.2%-0.7%0.5%-2.8M267.7M-2.4M0.792.0139,35130,962530,664683,011
2018-05-22$10.76$13.0041.1%11.9%90.4%3.7%44.4%-1.1%-0.1%-2.6M261.9M-2.5M0.878.4027,77824,278549,081699,806
2018-05-23$10.62$13.0040.0%11.3%87.7%1.8%40.8%-2.4%-0.1%-3.0M281.7M-2.5M1.764.9831,40155,372562,033712,751
2018-05-24$10.62$13.0039.5%11.1%87.1%1.0%39.9%-3.0%1.2%-3.7M294.3M-2.5M1.281.8720,29126,015568,409745,444
2018-05-25$10.68$13.0038.1%10.7%87.3%0.0%38.9%-1.8%0.8%-3.5M289.9M-2.6M1.122.2823,34726,159576,792759,326
2018-05-29$10.58$13.0040.3%11.5%86.9%3.7%40.9%-0.4%-1.7%-3.9M309.3M-2.5M0.872.5418,73516,277558,180757,312
2018-05-30$11.00$13.0040.2%11.6%88.9%3.5%41.3%-1.8%-1.5%-3.4M258.3M-2.7M0.382.1759,14822,730565,175761,227
2018-05-31$11.44$13.0045.2%13.6%27.2%12.1%48.8%-2.6%-2.2%-2.4M187.7M-2.8M0.4013.88145,65658,596585,603766,734