SNAP Options History — October 2019

In October 2019, SNAP traded between $13.28 and $15.55. ATM implied volatility averaged 68.9%, placing in the 47.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 19.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 23.4% (HV 20d: 45.5%). Max pain ranged from $14.00 to $15.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.36.

Notable Days

  • 2019-10-23: Highest Volume — 387,967 contracts
  • 2019-10-23: Largest IV drop — 41.4% change
  • 2019-10-22: Highest IV Rank — 77.8%
  • 2019-10-22: Largest Expected Move — 26.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$14.24$13.28$15.55$15.55$14.97
Max Pain$14.78$14.00$15.00$15.00$14.50
ATM IV68.9%44.4%85.9%76.7%44.9%
Expected Move19.0%13.3%26.8%15.7%13.3%
HV 20d45.5%33.8%54.8%51.0%48.0%
HV 60d49.5%40.9%54.5%53.1%46.1%
IV Rank47.9%6.0%77.8%61.0%7.1%
IV Percentile64.9%4.0%98.4%83.7%6.7%
Term Structure-3.4%-11.8%0.9%-3.4%0.9%
VWIV67.2%46.9%94.2%59.3%46.9%
Skew 25d2.1%-1.7%6.2%-1.7%2.8%
Skew 10d7.3%-1.9%51.6%-1.9%4.1%
Call IV 25d69.2%44.8%85.4%76.5%44.8%
Put IV 25d71.3%46.9%88.4%74.8%47.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.861.9815.837.464.07
Gamma HHI0.110.080.190.100.19
Net GEX6.3M2.1M12.7M8.5M12.7M
Net DEX-276.7M-428.3M-139.0M-393.8M-428.3M
Net VEX-2.0M-2.2M-1.8M-2.2M-2.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.360.170.550.290.55
Total Volume129,355.65259,268387,96786,191123,781
Total OI1,439,1901,207,5171,573,6171,368,3921,348,230

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-10-01$15.55$15.0076.7%15.7%51.0%61.0%59.3%-1.7%-3.4%8.5M-393.8M-2.2M0.297.4667,04519,146864,021504,371
2019-10-02$14.81$15.0081.4%17.8%53.8%69.3%64.9%3.3%-2.2%5.5M-289.7M-2.2M0.346.1086,10429,555877,287507,482
2019-10-03$14.32$15.0082.6%22.1%54.8%71.4%76.3%6.2%-11.8%4.2M-226.6M-2.1M0.462.61156,08872,484912,602508,124
2019-10-04$14.56$15.0083.7%21.3%52.3%73.2%74.4%4.4%-5.9%5.2M-294.3M-2.2M0.352.53104,37036,016983,574541,310
2019-10-07$14.44$15.0079.0%21.1%44.4%65.1%74.1%4.0%-3.8%5.7M-284.7M-2.1M0.512.3841,75721,297944,715527,321
2019-10-08$14.19$15.0080.7%21.5%44.2%68.1%74.3%3.3%-4.6%4.6M-246.0M-2.1M0.412.7345,61118,612957,986535,755
2019-10-09$14.15$15.0082.2%22.2%43.0%70.7%77.6%5.0%-3.7%4.6M-241.7M-2.1M0.1715.8358,9859,879965,852539,313
2019-10-10$14.07$15.0077.8%21.0%41.6%63.1%74.1%3.4%-5.1%5.5M-240.8M-2.1M0.223.0048,56410,815990,107541,810
2019-10-11$14.22$15.0072.6%20.3%41.3%54.2%70.5%0.2%-5.2%6.9M-259.6M-2.0M0.359.3852,77218,5411,008,665544,864
2019-10-14$13.78$15.0073.5%20.6%42.2%55.9%73.0%2.1%-2.8%4.5M-198.7M-1.9M0.282.2855,00315,398929,559521,572
2019-10-15$14.10$15.0071.3%20.2%33.8%52.1%71.3%1.1%-2.8%6.5M-250.0M-1.9M0.322.6144,84114,427950,018527,178
2019-10-16$13.68$15.0077.8%22.3%33.8%63.5%78.7%2.1%-4.2%5.1M-209.2M-1.9M0.262.5987,43422,864966,648530,924
2019-10-17$13.80$15.0074.1%21.4%34.5%57.1%76.6%1.5%-3.7%6.5M-220.4M-1.9M0.282.9075,25120,6991,003,931536,881
2019-10-18$13.53$15.0080.7%23.6%33.8%68.6%84.4%0.2%-5.1%2.1M-196.3M-2.0M0.412.28105,57943,3361,035,026538,591
2019-10-21$14.57$15.0078.4%23.9%45.3%64.6%84.1%1.8%-4.7%5.8M-352.2M-2.0M0.452.27110,05748,975748,543458,974
2019-10-22$14.03$15.0085.9%26.8%46.5%77.8%94.2%1.6%-5.8%4.9M-299.2M-2.1M0.492.38253,154123,616774,698486,522
2019-10-23$13.28$15.0050.3%14.3%48.9%15.1%50.8%1.3%-1.3%2.4M-139.0M-1.8M0.452.20267,316120,651903,870555,215
2019-10-24$13.49$14.0048.7%14.0%49.9%12.4%49.9%0.2%-1.9%5.1M-190.9M-1.8M0.541.98101,76955,411956,439557,451
2019-10-25$13.90$14.0045.7%13.3%48.5%7.0%47.0%1.4%-0.9%9.1M-262.9M-1.9M0.412.4385,67334,948974,971568,195
2019-10-28$14.60$14.0045.5%13.4%52.4%8.4%47.6%1.4%0.3%9.0M-365.6M-2.0M0.302.7483,10825,134825,446498,231
2019-10-29$14.64$14.0045.9%13.7%52.2%9.4%48.7%1.4%-0.3%9.0M-368.5M-1.9M0.313.1661,76419,258822,271497,685
2019-10-30$14.86$14.5044.4%13.5%49.6%6.0%47.0%1.9%0.3%10.7M-405.0M-1.9M0.212.8464,37813,714826,529502,613
2019-10-31$14.97$14.5044.9%13.3%48.0%7.1%46.9%2.8%0.9%12.7M-428.3M-2.0M0.554.0779,67544,106843,774504,456