SNAP Options History — March 2020

In March 2020, SNAP traded between $8.28 and $14.28. ATM implied volatility averaged 93.1%, placing in the 74.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 25.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 8.6% (HV 20d: 84.5%). Max pain ranged from $14.00 to $16.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.63.

Notable Days

  • 2020-03-19: Highest Volume — 311,232 contracts
  • 2020-03-16: Largest IV spike — 23.4% change
  • 2020-03-09: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2020-03-18: Largest Expected Move — 37.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$11.37$8.28$14.28$14.28$11.99
Max Pain$15.09$14.00$16.00$16.00$14.00
ATM IV93.1%56.7%132.3%56.7%89.4%
Expected Move25.6%16.9%37.9%16.9%22.4%
HV 20d84.5%40.8%117.3%64.6%116.3%
HV 60d63.8%45.2%78.6%45.2%78.6%
IV Rank74.3%40.6%100.0%40.6%55.1%
IV Percentile93.2%65.5%100.0%65.5%94.0%
Term Structure-1.2%-14.1%29.9%-1.0%29.9%
VWIV88.5%59.3%131.8%59.3%81.3%
Skew 25d17.5%5.4%30.2%5.4%21.8%
Skew 10d34.5%10.9%67.1%11.3%67.1%
Call IV 25d85.6%54.4%114.8%54.4%83.2%
Put IV 25d103.1%59.9%144.5%59.9%105.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.221.964.772.314.57
Gamma HHI0.080.060.250.080.07
Net GEX1.5M-718.7K4.9M2.7M2.1M
Net DEX18.4M-77.2M87.6M-4.8M-49.0M
Net VEX-1.4M-1.8M-966.3K-1.8M-1.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.630.171.160.390.61
Total Volume92,503.59142,184311,23258,06667,798
Total OI1,027,182.773912,8951,099,7301,011,595950,229

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2020-03-02$14.28$16.0056.7%16.9%64.6%40.6%59.3%5.4%-1.0%2.7M-4.8M-1.8M0.392.3141,63216,434760,645250,950
2020-03-03$13.66$16.0063.1%19.3%65.4%53.6%65.3%6.2%-1.2%2.5M17.5M-1.6M0.442.7955,41924,318776,589251,276
2020-03-04$13.48$16.0058.7%17.6%62.7%44.8%61.0%5.5%-2.3%2.7M30.1M-1.6M0.342.1470,02023,576794,077257,106
2020-03-05$13.64$16.0067.9%18.4%41.8%63.4%64.2%7.1%-1.6%4.9M-11.1M-1.7M0.351.9680,50628,039815,319256,338
2020-03-06$12.99$16.0075.6%20.7%40.8%79.0%71.7%8.4%-1.0%1.6M31.7M-1.7M0.563.1358,96032,862825,646265,222
2020-03-09$11.53$16.0090.6%24.0%54.6%100.0%83.5%16.6%-6.3%1.3M53.8M-1.4M0.353.7949,59017,453778,685244,591
2020-03-10$11.85$16.0083.4%22.8%55.2%86.6%78.1%10.3%-4.4%1.4M40.4M-1.4M0.742.5637,79328,121794,331245,392
2020-03-11$10.82$16.0092.2%25.6%59.6%100.0%89.6%13.8%-1.9%846.5K67.3M-1.3M0.602.7342,22925,323805,414249,794
2020-03-12$10.39$16.00108.6%29.8%59.8%100.0%99.0%19.2%-4.7%709.2K72.5M-1.3M1.121.9639,37743,915817,226256,627
2020-03-13$11.05$15.0094.7%26.9%66.3%80.7%91.1%28.0%-4.5%-718.7K59.4M-1.3M0.814.2334,57528,030822,386267,236
2020-03-16$9.19$15.00116.9%33.2%86.7%100.0%111.3%28.4%-6.2%193.4K87.6M-1.0M0.692.4951,13735,371775,984254,887
2020-03-17$8.89$15.00114.3%32.6%86.7%96.8%111.0%22.7%1.2%359.1K78.6M-973.7K0.412.6266,75427,331800,993248,765
2020-03-18$8.28$15.00132.3%37.9%86.6%100.0%131.8%29.8%-11.6%251.3K73.2M-966.3K0.873.2040,28935,240829,848257,334
2020-03-19$9.44$15.00121.6%34.9%104.9%88.8%112.7%24.0%-3.2%869.4K35.6M-1.2M0.173.40266,80644,426841,658258,072
2020-03-20$10.18$15.00102.2%28.3%111.3%68.5%99.7%19.8%10.1%825.5K15.2M-1.3M0.784.1257,15844,763803,297275,549
2020-03-23$10.51$14.00104.3%28.4%113.1%70.6%101.6%30.2%-14.1%904.8K753.9K-1.3M0.543.5957,29931,149661,121251,774
2020-03-24$10.98$14.0097.2%25.8%115.5%63.3%88.8%15.6%-8.3%1.4M-9.8M-1.3M1.124.6448,12853,806686,277254,608
2020-03-25$11.32$14.0092.9%25.4%116.8%58.7%90.2%18.6%5.5%1.3M-26.3M-1.4M0.864.0149,72442,684696,566276,762
2020-03-26$11.77$14.0092.5%24.1%117.3%58.4%86.0%27.8%-2.0%2.3M-50.7M-1.5M1.163.2346,28153,889705,924289,506
2020-03-27$12.14$14.00100.8%25.3%116.6%67.0%88.4%7.6%-2.1%3.4M-77.2M-1.5M0.554.7761,18833,502718,486289,582
2020-03-30$11.68$14.0093.3%23.9%116.4%59.2%81.2%17.6%2.7%1.6M-30.7M-1.4M0.372.6630,70311,481684,593251,356
2020-03-31$11.99$14.0089.4%22.4%116.3%55.1%81.3%21.8%29.9%2.1M-49.0M-1.4M0.614.5742,12625,672695,669254,560