SNAP Options History — September 2020

In September 2020, SNAP traded between $22.36 and $26.05. ATM implied volatility averaged 62.0%, placing in the 26.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 15.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 26.3% (HV 20d: 35.7%). Max pain ranged from $21.00 to $22.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.31.

Notable Days

  • 2020-09-02: Highest Volume — 490,120 contracts
  • 2020-09-21: Largest IV spike — 14.5% change
  • 2020-09-23: Highest IV Rank — 40.7%
  • 2020-09-03: Largest Expected Move — 17.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$24.19$22.36$26.05$22.36$26.05
Max Pain$21.10$21.00$22.00$22.00$21.00
ATM IV62.0%51.2%75.6%53.8%71.2%
Expected Move15.4%13.8%17.5%14.9%13.8%
HV 20d35.7%24.2%43.6%24.2%42.6%
HV 60d43.4%42.5%45.1%43.9%42.7%
IV Rank26.4%15.2%40.7%17.9%36.1%
IV Percentile59.7%35.7%78.6%50.0%74.2%
Term Structure4.1%-4.3%23.5%0.4%-1.2%
VWIV54.3%48.6%61.6%52.8%48.6%
Skew 25d1.6%-2.3%7.9%-0.6%2.5%
Skew 10d4.0%-1.5%12.3%-0.6%12.3%
Call IV 25d62.2%51.5%76.5%55.7%71.0%
Put IV 25d63.8%52.0%79.3%55.1%73.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.801.967.502.672.35
Gamma HHI0.140.090.330.090.14
Net GEX31.8M14.8M57.6M14.8M36.2M
Net DEX-1.03B-1.35B-645.1M-645.1M-1.35B
Net VEX-4.1M-4.5M-3.8M-3.8M-4.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.310.100.830.400.41
Total Volume178,277.71447,535490,120114,13472,919
Total OI1,293,122.811,180,1611,396,6991,182,2201,366,292

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2020-09-01$22.36$22.0053.8%14.9%24.2%17.9%52.8%-0.6%0.4%14.8M-645.1M-3.8M0.402.6781,76732,367792,943389,277
2020-09-02$23.51$22.0061.0%16.7%29.7%25.4%58.6%-1.7%0.3%22.3M-897.4M-4.1M0.112.45440,59349,527815,980381,831
2020-09-03$23.03$21.0061.3%17.5%30.2%25.7%61.6%0.5%0.1%31.1M-873.1M-4.2M0.192.19172,98032,589922,559386,355
2020-09-04$22.57$21.0060.0%17.1%31.1%24.3%60.1%2.2%-0.3%25.6M-765.3M-4.1M0.385.3894,62636,113948,831387,456
2020-09-08$22.80$21.0059.7%17.2%30.8%24.0%60.3%3.2%0.4%26.1M-784.7M-4.0M0.432.2459,09425,171891,176352,841
2020-09-09$23.62$21.0053.9%15.8%32.5%18.0%55.7%1.8%1.8%36.1M-963.5M-4.1M0.177.50159,29826,752898,640363,680
2020-09-10$23.30$21.0052.8%15.3%33.2%16.9%53.5%2.5%0.7%34.6M-874.2M-3.9M0.192.16132,73724,912924,849373,892
2020-09-11$24.11$21.0052.1%14.7%34.9%16.1%51.5%0.6%-1.1%57.6M-1.10B-3.9M0.142.60245,48533,296928,147372,146
2020-09-14$24.10$21.0053.4%15.3%34.5%17.5%55.1%1.6%10.3%34.5M-1.04B-4.0M0.312.21154,53248,568903,351362,206
2020-09-15$24.49$21.0051.2%14.7%34.7%15.2%51.9%1.2%21.3%43.0M-1.18B-4.0M0.332.3489,81429,271936,362376,813
2020-09-16$24.73$21.0051.9%14.9%34.7%15.9%53.0%0.9%19.1%43.6M-1.23B-4.0M0.103.51271,83528,028931,085386,177
2020-09-17$24.26$21.0055.1%14.6%35.9%19.2%51.5%1.1%21.1%39.6M-1.07B-4.0M0.422.4955,49623,186953,867394,454
2020-09-18$23.71$21.0058.7%14.6%36.9%23.0%52.9%0.6%23.5%30.0M-910.6M-3.9M0.832.15119,97999,392951,444395,776
2020-09-21$23.98$21.0067.2%15.5%36.6%31.9%55.0%7.9%-4.3%22.2M-865.6M-4.1M0.432.4749,73521,429797,079383,082
2020-09-22$25.44$21.0071.5%15.7%37.6%36.4%55.0%4.0%-2.3%24.0M-1.18B-4.1M0.162.25221,40936,125808,220391,605
2020-09-23$25.40$21.0075.6%15.7%37.8%40.7%55.0%3.8%-3.6%33.6M-1.22B-4.3M0.152.29321,42548,456869,763405,748
2020-09-24$24.28$21.0075.1%15.4%42.4%40.1%54.1%2.1%0.0%25.7M-947.9M-4.5M0.362.9792,42333,192935,281431,789
2020-09-25$24.66$21.0071.1%14.5%42.2%35.9%51.4%-2.3%-0.3%26.1M-1.06B-4.4M0.422.2633,48514,050961,157435,542
2020-09-28$25.65$21.0070.7%14.7%43.6%35.5%51.7%0.3%1.1%26.3M-1.24B-4.3M0.181.96120,75921,839877,672416,529
2020-09-29$25.90$21.0074.5%14.3%43.3%39.6%50.4%0.6%-0.1%34.3M-1.33B-4.4M0.382.3064,52324,655927,075426,607
2020-09-30$26.05$21.0071.2%13.8%42.6%36.1%48.6%2.5%-1.2%36.2M-1.35B-4.4M0.412.3551,78421,135929,906436,386