SNAP Options History — August 2018

In August 2018, SNAP traded between $10.91 and $13.09. ATM implied volatility averaged 48.0%, placing in the 19.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 14.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 13.1% (HV 20d: 34.8%). Max pain ranged from $12.50 to $15.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.10.

Notable Days

  • 2018-08-07: Highest Volume — 438,540 contracts
  • 2018-08-08: Largest IV drop — 55.8% change
  • 2018-08-07: Highest IV Rank — 90.4%
  • 2018-08-03: Largest Expected Move — 33.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$12.01$10.91$13.09$12.39$10.91
Max Pain$13.30$12.50$15.00$14.00$12.50
ATM IV48.0%35.1%90.9%81.5%38.4%
Expected Move14.4%9.9%33.8%29.8%10.7%
HV 20d34.8%31.5%38.4%32.2%31.6%
HV 60d35.1%32.2%36.7%33.9%32.2%
IV Rank19.1%0.0%90.4%74.2%5.6%
IV Percentile21.9%0.0%98.8%93.3%5.2%
Term Structure-1.2%-8.7%2.0%-5.6%0.5%
VWIV51.1%35.2%117.7%103.3%38.2%
Skew 25d-0.0%-1.5%2.4%2.2%0.3%
Skew 10d-0.3%-15.2%6.3%4.7%-1.6%
Call IV 25d49.2%37.2%92.2%81.9%39.1%
Put IV 25d49.2%35.7%93.2%84.1%39.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.641.9025.4311.581.90
Gamma HHI0.160.110.210.120.18
Net GEX-7.0M-10.0M-3.9M-5.1M-6.3M
Net DEX233.2M102.0M322.3M191.1M322.3M
Net VEX-2.9M-3.4M-2.6M-3.2M-2.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.100.471.930.940.78
Total Volume99,171.17431,218438,54043,47573,920
Total OI1,544,721.0871,384,2301,849,1501,495,1251,512,938

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-08-01$12.39$14.0081.5%29.8%32.2%74.2%103.3%2.2%-5.6%-5.1M191.1M-3.2M0.9411.5822,45321,022583,726911,399
2018-08-02$12.66$14.0084.6%31.9%33.3%79.5%111.4%2.4%-7.2%-4.3M144.8M-3.3M1.012.4943,30643,718587,859910,721
2018-08-03$12.75$14.0084.9%33.8%32.0%80.2%117.7%2.3%-8.4%-4.2M138.9M-3.2M1.473.3625,65737,639592,680931,386
2018-08-06$13.06$15.0086.0%20.8%33.1%81.9%75.1%2.0%-5.5%-3.9M104.8M-3.3M1.362.4162,67685,251547,933911,111
2018-08-07$13.09$15.0090.9%21.8%32.1%90.4%76.7%1.0%-8.7%-4.0M102.0M-3.4M1.8412.96154,332284,208581,653963,601
2018-08-08$12.32$14.0040.2%11.8%38.4%3.5%41.6%0.3%0.2%-10.0M271.4M-3.0M1.393.59158,243219,724668,0331,122,906
2018-08-09$12.35$13.0038.6%11.2%37.8%0.8%39.5%-1.0%1.0%-9.6M258.3M-3.0M1.202.6848,57558,200693,6071,155,543
2018-08-10$12.33$13.0039.4%11.4%37.4%2.1%40.8%-0.9%0.4%-8.0M268.4M-3.0M1.843.0626,43348,598693,9341,150,986
2018-08-13$12.57$13.0038.9%11.3%37.8%1.4%39.7%-0.6%0.0%-6.6M193.8M-3.0M1.033.1835,39436,524604,1731,001,531
2018-08-14$12.40$13.0037.3%10.6%36.6%0.0%39.9%-0.8%-0.1%-8.4M223.3M-2.9M0.473.2555,72326,297611,7421,013,739
2018-08-15$12.18$13.0038.7%11.2%37.0%2.5%40.3%-0.3%0.1%-8.9M258.7M-2.9M1.122.5324,48527,339638,1421,013,397
2018-08-16$12.12$13.0036.4%10.2%36.7%0.0%38.5%-0.8%-1.3%-9.2M262.4M-2.9M0.794.0424,81719,586641,9071,010,113
2018-08-17$11.88$13.0037.7%10.7%37.0%2.4%38.2%-0.9%-0.6%-6.8M309.5M-2.8M1.292.3235,51245,910647,8481,013,625
2018-08-20$11.73$13.0037.6%10.7%36.7%2.2%38.1%-0.9%1.5%-7.1M234.9M-2.8M1.002.7727,57827,570539,172845,058
2018-08-21$11.49$13.0036.9%10.6%36.7%1.0%37.6%-0.8%2.0%-7.3M260.7M-2.7M1.092.6839,87743,566547,239848,434
2018-08-22$11.49$13.0037.1%10.6%35.4%1.3%37.7%-0.9%0.2%-7.3M254.9M-2.7M0.8425.4316,98914,229566,962859,679
2018-08-23$11.44$13.0035.8%10.2%35.4%0.0%36.3%-0.1%1.1%-7.4M259.7M-2.7M1.032.9017,25817,718572,064853,583
2018-08-24$11.62$13.0036.1%10.3%34.0%0.6%36.2%-0.6%0.7%-7.1M236.3M-2.7M0.792.5324,73719,506575,181855,458
2018-08-27$11.79$13.0035.1%9.9%31.5%0.0%35.2%-1.5%0.5%-7.0M210.6M-2.7M0.682.9121,58214,624554,892843,369
2018-08-28$11.32$13.0037.6%10.7%33.4%4.4%37.8%0.0%-0.3%-7.6M276.3M-2.6M0.492.6668,69233,935560,475846,362
2018-08-29$11.19$13.0036.4%10.2%33.4%2.3%37.5%-0.3%0.8%-6.9M281.3M-2.6M1.932.3826,71751,483593,911856,973
2018-08-30$11.05$12.5037.3%10.5%32.0%3.8%37.6%-0.8%0.9%-7.0M298.4M-2.7M0.942.9835,83133,503607,384886,156
2018-08-31$10.91$12.5038.4%10.7%31.6%5.6%38.2%0.3%0.5%-6.3M322.3M-2.7M0.781.9041,42532,495618,889894,049