SNAP Options History — April 2019

In April 2019, SNAP traded between $10.77 and $12.39. ATM implied volatility averaged 70.9%, placing in the 56.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 19.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 27.5% (HV 20d: 43.4%). Max pain ranged from $10.00 to $11.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.64.

Notable Days

  • 2019-04-24: Highest Volume — 361,489 contracts
  • 2019-04-24: Largest IV drop — 39.4% change
  • 2019-04-23: Highest IV Rank — 77.4%
  • 2019-04-23: Largest Expected Move — 26.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$11.58$10.77$12.39$11.39$11.11
Max Pain$10.95$10.00$11.00$10.00$11.00
ATM IV70.9%46.0%84.6%65.4%46.0%
Expected Move19.6%13.1%26.0%19.5%13.5%
HV 20d43.4%31.4%54.0%53.5%44.0%
HV 60d64.6%60.3%69.2%68.9%62.7%
IV Rank56.0%17.0%77.4%47.4%17.1%
IV Percentile68.2%23.8%92.5%60.7%24.2%
Term Structure-3.6%-6.8%3.5%3.5%0.4%
VWIV69.4%47.1%92.2%68.5%48.5%
Skew 25d1.6%-0.9%6.0%4.5%-0.1%
Skew 10d1.0%-36.4%27.0%-4.6%-0.6%
Call IV 25d71.6%47.3%84.6%65.3%47.3%
Put IV 25d73.2%47.2%85.5%69.8%47.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.852.3912.132.392.65
Gamma HHI0.170.070.500.150.11
Net GEX4.0M-132.2K11.3M4.1M2.4M
Net DEX-360.0M-568.1M-86.6M-393.1M-169.7M
Net VEX-2.7M-2.8M-2.6M-2.8M-2.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.640.311.320.860.65
Total Volume131,293.76240,937361,48980,91951,408
Total OI1,629,656.3811,255,5071,790,0171,673,7821,449,260

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-04-01$11.39$10.0065.4%19.5%53.5%47.4%68.5%4.5%3.5%4.1M-393.1M-2.8M0.862.3943,50237,417825,436848,346
2019-04-02$11.20$11.0076.3%20.2%54.0%64.4%70.9%6.0%-5.5%4.2M-360.8M-2.8M1.322.5455,19372,859833,679863,548
2019-04-03$11.16$11.0080.2%20.1%53.3%70.6%71.1%2.9%-6.0%4.8M-365.7M-2.8M0.674.1870,99847,213849,345845,957
2019-04-04$11.30$11.0083.6%20.0%50.6%75.9%69.6%1.3%-4.9%5.2M-392.2M-2.7M0.3210.6495,06330,850854,015847,306
2019-04-05$11.97$11.0075.2%19.3%53.2%62.8%67.7%2.4%-6.0%8.2M-531.6M-2.7M0.462.45182,26984,533873,606854,583
2019-04-08$12.26$11.0077.1%20.4%51.4%65.7%71.7%3.4%-4.2%4.8M-538.5M-2.7M0.312.44137,79343,190841,847822,223
2019-04-09$12.39$11.0079.1%21.1%51.1%68.8%73.8%2.4%-4.0%5.9M-568.1M-2.8M0.483.0773,28835,437883,460839,303
2019-04-10$12.06$11.0078.9%21.0%52.9%68.6%73.8%2.5%-5.3%5.2M-506.2M-2.8M0.754.11109,04981,294898,305850,269
2019-04-11$11.90$11.0077.6%20.8%36.5%66.5%73.2%2.2%-6.3%4.7M-475.5M-2.8M0.602.4650,24229,913919,153865,684
2019-04-12$11.97$11.0075.9%20.6%35.3%63.8%72.3%2.5%-6.0%11.3M-484.6M-2.8M0.643.9838,88324,852923,551866,466
2019-04-15$11.86$11.0077.3%21.7%35.6%66.1%76.3%1.1%-4.4%4.2M-455.1M-2.7M0.452.9832,91114,972868,483845,277
2019-04-16$11.64$11.0078.0%22.1%33.6%67.1%78.3%0.5%-3.8%3.6M-418.5M-2.7M0.823.1938,97332,048876,850849,137
2019-04-17$11.73$11.0078.7%22.6%32.0%68.2%79.5%0.4%-4.1%4.7M-436.7M-2.7M0.552.7926,47214,465882,083857,817
2019-04-18$11.61$11.0080.6%23.4%32.3%71.2%83.0%-0.9%-5.0%1.4M-411.4M-2.7M0.533.1383,05844,237882,597860,440
2019-04-22$11.53$11.0082.1%24.7%31.4%73.5%89.4%1.0%-5.4%1.6M-219.7M-2.7M0.744.5352,63739,016649,550605,957
2019-04-23$11.99$11.0084.6%26.0%33.8%77.4%92.2%0.4%-6.8%2.1M-277.0M-2.8M0.6812.13189,148129,542678,237626,105
2019-04-24$11.23$11.0051.3%14.7%42.2%25.3%52.8%0.2%-1.4%536.1K-148.2M-2.6M0.632.57221,392140,097791,917710,307
2019-04-25$10.77$11.0048.4%13.8%44.9%20.7%49.3%-0.1%-0.7%-132.2K-86.6M-2.6M0.512.98101,81951,685853,772706,876
2019-04-26$10.94$11.0046.0%13.1%44.9%17.0%47.1%0.1%-0.5%2.2M-125.2M-2.6M0.742.8950,61737,517886,935702,810
2019-04-29$11.23$11.0047.0%13.4%45.4%18.6%47.7%0.5%0.2%3.1M-194.7M-2.6M0.762.7734,93026,387786,821645,471
2019-04-30$11.11$11.0046.0%13.5%44.0%17.1%48.5%-0.1%0.4%2.4M-169.7M-2.6M0.652.6531,11520,293793,779655,481