SNAP Options History — March 2019

In March 2019, SNAP traded between $9.44 and $11.22. ATM implied volatility averaged 50.0%, placing in the 23.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 16.8%. IV traded below realized volatility by 5.5% (HV 20d: 55.5%). Max pain ranged from $8.00 to $10.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.64.

Notable Days

  • 2019-03-14: Highest Volume — 383,500 contracts
  • 2019-03-14: Largest IV spike — 20.4% change
  • 2019-03-27: Highest IV Rank — 40.8%
  • 2019-03-25: Largest Expected Move — 19.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$10.42$9.44$11.22$9.82$11.03
Max Pain$9.43$8.00$10.00$8.00$10.00
ATM IV50.0%41.7%61.2%44.2%59.8%
Expected Move16.8%12.4%19.3%12.7%19.0%
HV 20d55.5%36.0%83.7%83.7%52.7%
HV 60d71.5%69.0%74.6%72.4%69.0%
IV Rank23.2%10.3%40.8%14.2%38.7%
IV Percentile32.0%9.9%55.6%14.7%52.4%
Term Structure2.1%-1.7%10.9%-0.2%5.6%
VWIV59.4%42.1%67.8%45.5%67.0%
Skew 25d3.1%1.5%5.5%1.8%4.9%
Skew 10d7.5%4.0%12.5%5.9%8.4%
Call IV 25d49.7%40.2%61.3%44.8%56.3%
Put IV 25d52.8%45.7%63.4%46.5%61.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.092.126.823.392.72
Gamma HHI0.180.100.440.160.37
Net GEX2.9M845.8K8.3M2.6M8.3M
Net DEX-246.0M-436.6M-84.0M-186.3M-335.4M
Net VEX-2.8M-3.0M-2.7M-2.8M-2.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.640.271.220.520.45
Total Volume92,324.71429,505383,50069,34991,626
Total OI1,653,761.5711,588,0661,745,3161,664,7591,723,218

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-03-01$9.82$8.0044.2%12.7%83.7%14.2%45.5%1.8%-0.2%2.6M-186.3M-2.8M0.523.3945,74423,605829,950834,809
2019-03-04$9.89$8.0045.1%13.5%83.3%15.7%47.8%3.5%0.3%3.2M-191.6M-2.8M0.403.1248,43819,396801,645801,999
2019-03-05$10.06$8.0043.3%12.4%82.3%12.8%42.1%4.3%0.2%4.0M-209.7M-2.8M0.573.2843,82425,046797,941805,453
2019-03-06$9.86$8.0043.6%12.7%83.5%13.2%44.6%3.5%-0.4%3.2M-181.5M-2.7M1.223.2716,82120,478798,259817,804
2019-03-07$9.49$8.0049.2%14.8%39.6%22.0%52.5%3.8%-0.1%1.7M-99.0M-2.7M1.014.3843,35043,789795,351821,544
2019-03-08$9.44$8.0050.1%14.5%39.5%23.4%52.7%4.5%-0.3%845.8K-84.0M-2.7M0.773.1438,52529,833804,107832,964
2019-03-11$9.93$10.0046.6%17.6%37.6%18.0%61.8%4.6%-0.7%2.2M-177.9M-2.7M0.852.8247,81940,659774,053814,013
2019-03-12$9.89$10.0044.7%17.0%37.4%15.0%59.8%3.4%-0.6%2.1M-181.8M-2.7M0.553.9525,42114,097794,753822,669
2019-03-13$10.02$10.0041.7%16.4%36.0%10.3%57.7%5.5%0.1%3.0M-204.8M-2.7M0.513.3127,44813,997800,275825,379
2019-03-14$11.22$10.0050.2%18.1%51.7%23.6%64.4%3.2%-1.7%3.1M-436.6M-2.8M0.342.83285,30098,200806,517830,558
2019-03-15$10.98$10.0048.5%17.7%52.9%20.9%62.6%2.1%-1.3%7.7M-395.4M-2.9M0.532.13159,79884,023868,375876,941
2019-03-18$10.97$10.0048.0%17.8%52.7%20.1%63.2%2.0%2.6%2.3M-298.4M-2.9M0.452.4067,55130,129786,544827,842
2019-03-19$10.59$10.0047.9%17.9%54.9%20.0%63.2%2.2%2.7%2.0M-236.3M-2.8M0.922.1931,86629,429811,154830,989
2019-03-20$10.94$10.0048.3%18.3%55.4%20.7%64.2%1.5%3.5%3.4M-317.6M-3.0M0.726.8233,03323,752831,374837,929
2019-03-21$10.95$10.0048.0%18.4%55.4%20.1%64.5%2.4%3.4%4.0M-317.9M-2.9M0.733.2438,34027,860835,382845,152
2019-03-22$10.73$10.0053.4%19.0%55.1%28.6%66.2%2.4%2.8%1.0M-263.0M-2.9M0.652.79100,50965,267828,194856,311
2019-03-25$10.74$10.0057.1%19.3%53.3%34.4%67.8%1.9%10.9%1.3M-260.2M-2.9M0.572.4234,97820,085815,508858,000
2019-03-26$10.72$10.0058.6%18.8%53.2%36.7%66.8%2.5%5.3%1.3M-256.1M-2.9M0.892.1215,60513,900822,095863,334
2019-03-27$10.66$10.0061.2%19.0%52.5%40.8%67.8%2.1%5.6%901.4K-244.4M-2.8M0.272.2958,58215,700823,317863,424
2019-03-28$10.84$10.0060.0%18.6%52.5%38.9%65.0%3.2%6.2%2.7M-287.9M-2.8M0.582.3228,46716,529848,360865,507
2019-03-29$11.03$10.0059.8%19.0%52.7%38.7%67.0%4.9%5.6%8.3M-335.4M-2.8M0.452.7263,11028,516852,563870,655