SNAP Options History — February 2019

In February 2019, SNAP traded between $6.84 and $10.14. ATM implied volatility averaged 55.4%, placing in the 31.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 15.6%. IV traded below realized volatility by 31.1% (HV 20d: 86.5%). Max pain ranged from $7.00 to $8.00. Net GEX was positive for 18 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.61.

Notable Days

  • 2019-02-06: Highest Volume — 498,318 contracts
  • 2019-02-06: Largest IV drop — 29.7% change
  • 2019-02-05: Highest IV Rank — 75.0%
  • 2019-02-05: Largest Expected Move — 22.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$8.94$6.84$10.14$6.96$9.77
Max Pain$7.16$7.00$8.00$7.00$8.00
ATM IV55.4%44.7%83.0%79.0%45.4%
Expected Move15.6%12.7%22.2%20.7%12.9%
HV 20d86.5%67.4%102.9%69.3%83.5%
HV 60d71.9%61.0%76.0%61.1%72.7%
IV Rank31.7%15.0%75.0%68.7%16.0%
IV Percentile39.8%15.1%88.9%81.3%18.7%
Term Structure-1.1%-6.0%2.1%-6.0%-0.2%
VWIV55.4%45.5%78.9%73.3%45.9%
Skew 25d3.0%1.8%6.3%6.3%3.5%
Skew 10d6.8%0.4%13.5%0.4%8.6%
Call IV 25d55.3%44.8%82.1%79.5%45.7%
Put IV 25d58.3%46.7%87.6%85.8%49.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.232.624.452.873.01
Gamma HHI0.160.130.240.200.15
Net GEX2.3M-78.7K4.4M99.7K3.6M
Net DEX-130.6M-273.8M86.7M60.9M-187.2M
Net VEX-2.6M-2.8M-2.0M-2.0M-2.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.610.311.210.391.21
Total Volume139,480.15863,915498,318129,04872,195
Total OI1,551,579.5791,345,3491,647,7541,389,7131,645,318

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-02-01$6.96$7.0079.0%20.7%69.3%68.7%73.3%6.3%-6.0%99.7K60.9M-2.0M0.392.8792,61036,438696,945692,768
2019-02-04$6.84$7.0078.4%21.2%68.2%67.8%75.1%4.4%-2.8%-78.7K86.7M-2.0M0.423.6061,49626,017663,529681,820
2019-02-05$6.95$7.0083.0%22.2%67.4%75.0%78.9%5.5%-4.5%141.2K75.6M-2.0M0.573.25118,02566,991697,354700,595
2019-02-06$8.65$7.0058.3%16.4%101.1%36.3%59.4%2.4%-1.5%1.7M-141.9M-2.5M0.464.45341,825156,493763,724745,497
2019-02-07$8.57$7.0057.8%16.2%100.7%35.5%58.1%3.5%-1.8%2.0M-96.3M-2.6M0.743.5391,70667,843818,587811,608
2019-02-08$9.11$7.0061.8%17.5%101.6%41.8%61.8%3.4%-0.8%1.4M-203.1M-2.7M0.313.25224,06570,549821,312817,152
2019-02-11$9.03$7.0061.7%17.6%102.1%41.5%62.3%3.6%-0.7%2.3M-148.6M-2.7M0.513.2191,33046,323785,361762,988
2019-02-12$8.82$7.0051.6%14.8%102.9%25.7%53.0%2.5%-1.0%2.4M-105.8M-2.6M0.602.6265,34338,986800,978778,685
2019-02-13$9.11$7.0051.3%14.7%102.9%25.4%51.4%1.8%-1.4%3.6M-157.2M-2.7M0.434.2595,85640,896812,340787,763
2019-02-14$9.22$7.0049.0%14.0%84.0%21.7%49.4%2.4%0.4%4.4M-179.2M-2.7M0.612.8943,24326,506830,478804,806
2019-02-15$9.15$7.0050.7%14.4%84.6%24.4%51.2%1.9%2.1%1.4M-173.0M-2.7M0.382.9446,44717,468835,721812,033
2019-02-19$9.30$7.0044.9%12.7%83.1%15.3%46.5%1.8%-1.1%2.2M-129.5M-2.6M0.732.8237,72327,451739,175730,123
2019-02-20$9.23$7.0045.1%12.7%81.8%15.6%46.2%1.8%0.1%2.1M-114.1M-2.6M0.923.0765,69860,386740,986739,333
2019-02-21$9.36$7.0044.7%12.9%81.6%15.0%45.5%2.4%-0.6%2.4M-135.8M-2.7M0.542.6258,46131,349769,010784,113
2019-02-22$9.72$7.0050.2%14.7%81.6%23.7%51.3%2.0%0.1%2.2M-207.4M-2.8M0.354.25107,45237,671797,675791,046
2019-02-25$10.14$7.0048.5%14.3%81.7%20.9%50.0%2.9%-0.8%3.6M-273.8M-2.8M0.543.1881,70144,154806,019777,070
2019-02-26$10.06$8.0045.1%13.1%81.4%15.5%46.2%2.7%0.2%3.9M-256.0M-2.8M0.782.6542,45733,194818,839792,805
2019-02-27$9.84$8.0046.0%13.5%82.9%17.0%47.5%2.6%-0.7%3.5M-196.4M-2.7M1.052.8640,85942,916824,726801,730
2019-02-28$9.77$8.0045.4%12.9%83.5%16.0%45.9%3.5%-0.2%3.6M-187.2M-2.7M1.213.0132,59539,600827,263818,055