SNAP Options History — July 2018

In July 2018, SNAP traded between $12.27 and $13.66. ATM implied volatility averaged 76.3%, placing in the 65.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 22.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 46.4% (HV 20d: 29.9%). Max pain ranged from $14.00 to $15.00. Net GEX was positive for 10 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.74.

Notable Days

  • 2018-07-30: Highest Volume — 132,862 contracts
  • 2018-07-16: Largest IV spike — 7.0% change
  • 2018-07-30: Highest IV Rank — 84.9%
  • 2018-07-30: Largest Expected Move — 30.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$13.21$12.27$13.66$13.13$12.50
Max Pain$14.14$14.00$15.00$15.00$14.00
ATM IV76.3%63.3%87.7%63.3%83.4%
Expected Move22.3%12.9%30.6%13.3%29.6%
HV 20d29.9%23.8%36.6%36.6%32.2%
HV 60d57.1%32.6%61.8%61.7%33.9%
IV Rank65.4%43.2%84.9%43.2%77.5%
IV Percentile84.5%64.3%98.4%64.3%95.6%
Term Structure-2.7%-6.9%11.2%11.2%-5.2%
VWIV78.2%45.6%107.5%46.5%104.1%
Skew 25d2.1%-0.4%5.9%2.6%2.2%
Skew 10d3.5%-22.8%16.0%16.0%4.1%
Call IV 25d76.1%64.5%88.2%67.0%82.7%
Put IV 25d78.2%69.5%88.7%69.6%84.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.152.484.582.663.03
Gamma HHI0.150.110.210.110.11
Net GEX-95.4K-4.8M4.3M-1.0M-4.8M
Net DEX142.2M55.1M208.8M178.0M181.3M
Net VEX-3.3M-3.5M-3.1M-3.4M-3.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.740.201.450.551.45
Total Volume67,270.61930,324132,86237,81860,881
Total OI1,643,824.6191,330,2781,844,3511,685,3611,492,744

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-07-02$13.13$15.0063.3%13.3%36.6%43.2%46.5%2.6%11.2%-1.0M178.0M-3.4M0.552.6624,39013,428712,177973,184
2018-07-03$13.15$15.0065.3%12.9%32.7%46.5%45.6%4.2%10.3%-684.6K171.2M-3.5M0.664.5818,30212,022718,163978,840
2018-07-05$13.20$14.0069.1%20.7%32.5%53.0%72.1%1.8%6.0%-734.3K177.9M-3.4M0.204.0860,09411,998717,168980,561
2018-07-06$13.53$14.0069.3%20.0%32.5%53.4%70.4%5.9%10.9%754.8K101.4M-3.4M0.433.1056,71024,664752,394984,161
2018-07-09$13.66$14.0072.3%19.9%31.5%58.6%70.0%1.5%-5.6%1.5M55.1M-3.4M0.223.05104,91622,665741,199979,052
2018-07-10$13.33$14.0073.7%20.2%32.8%60.9%70.8%0.4%-4.5%1.5M155.8M-3.3M0.512.7938,01019,302768,988985,623
2018-07-11$13.39$14.0075.9%20.5%31.8%64.6%72.4%-0.4%-4.9%2.1M171.8M-3.3M0.832.7020,98117,446781,243995,375
2018-07-12$13.60$14.0075.6%20.4%32.0%64.1%71.7%0.8%-5.2%4.3M111.0M-3.3M0.602.4831,76718,963782,995999,896
2018-07-13$13.34$14.0075.6%20.6%31.9%64.3%72.2%0.2%-5.2%1.0M167.6M-3.3M0.542.7232,86417,640784,1881,001,593
2018-07-16$13.08$14.0080.9%22.8%32.1%73.3%79.6%3.2%-6.0%-411.8K208.8M-3.2M0.653.3942,29327,671765,713990,875
2018-07-17$13.40$15.0079.9%22.7%33.6%71.5%78.6%3.6%-6.5%2.6M163.4M-3.3M0.472.5854,41525,504788,5201,013,652
2018-07-18$13.31$14.0080.1%23.0%27.7%71.9%79.4%2.4%-5.8%1.6M183.4M-3.2M0.733.1825,98718,987801,5241,028,306
2018-07-19$13.42$14.0077.3%22.4%24.9%67.1%77.3%2.3%-5.0%2.7M164.3M-3.2M0.883.5830,41626,831811,9741,032,377
2018-07-20$13.25$14.0077.2%22.6%23.8%67.0%80.2%2.6%-5.1%-1.6M186.4M-3.2M0.703.1437,51826,081809,9441,029,581
2018-07-23$13.35$14.0076.2%23.3%23.9%65.2%83.1%1.6%-5.3%-1.0M60.6M-3.2M1.282.8120,20925,790532,017798,261
2018-07-24$13.08$14.0076.6%23.8%25.0%65.9%82.5%2.4%-6.3%-2.0M103.7M-3.2M0.873.7036,16431,572535,554815,275
2018-07-25$13.35$14.0076.6%24.4%25.8%65.9%85.5%0.9%-5.2%-503.3K65.0M-3.2M0.733.3333,02424,062553,048836,296
2018-07-26$13.34$14.0080.5%26.2%25.8%72.7%91.7%2.6%-6.3%227.1K59.8M-3.3M0.692.7444,00030,377566,234841,746
2018-07-27$12.81$14.0085.8%28.2%27.9%81.6%100.1%0.5%-6.9%-3.0M127.7M-3.2M1.253.7549,62662,251575,678842,913
2018-07-30$12.27$14.0087.7%30.6%31.2%84.9%107.5%2.4%-5.8%-4.5M191.6M-3.1M1.322.8257,36975,493555,691865,594
2018-07-31$12.50$14.0083.4%29.6%32.2%77.5%104.1%2.2%-5.2%-4.8M181.3M-3.2M1.453.0324,88335,998579,149913,595