SNAP Options History — October 2020

In October 2020, SNAP traded between $26.70 and $43.39. ATM implied volatility averaged 67.8%, placing in the 32.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 18.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 9.9% (HV 20d: 57.9%). Max pain ranged from $21.00 to $32.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 2 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.73.

Notable Days

  • 2020-10-21: Highest Volume — 1,225,562 contracts
  • 2020-10-21: Largest IV drop — 20.3% change
  • 2020-10-20: Highest IV Rank — 42.3%
  • 2020-10-20: Largest Expected Move — 21.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$32.21$26.70$43.39$26.70$39.21
Max Pain$26.80$21.00$32.00$21.00$32.00
ATM IV67.8%56.7%77.1%70.8%59.4%
Expected Move18.3%13.8%21.9%13.8%18.0%
HV 20d57.9%29.3%103.3%40.2%103.3%
HV 60d47.2%33.3%65.8%41.4%65.8%
IV Rank32.5%20.9%42.3%35.7%23.8%
IV Percentile69.9%52.8%82.9%73.8%56.7%
Term Structure-2.6%-6.8%0.3%0.0%-1.2%
VWIV64.9%48.9%76.1%48.9%64.6%
Skew 25d0.2%-2.5%8.4%1.2%3.4%
Skew 10d1.6%-3.3%16.6%16.6%7.6%
Call IV 25d68.6%57.9%76.1%71.8%59.3%
Put IV 25d68.8%58.1%77.8%73.0%62.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.561.976.742.012.43
Gamma HHI0.130.060.370.160.21
Net GEX22.3M-8.9M45.3M38.1M-8.9M
Net DEX-1.79B-3.07B-963.3M-1.54B-1.45B
Net VEX-5.0M-6.6M-4.4M-4.4M-6.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.730.242.800.242.80
Total Volume306,208.542,3441,225,562163,851462,807
Total OI1,472,209.9551,064,0301,745,6901,373,5711,745,690

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2020-10-01$26.70$21.0070.8%13.8%40.2%35.7%48.9%1.2%0.0%38.1M-1.54B-4.4M0.242.01132,23931,612930,799442,772
2020-10-02$26.74$21.0073.7%14.2%38.9%38.7%50.4%2.1%-2.3%45.3M-1.57B-4.5M0.441.9769,51530,768956,193455,199
2020-10-05$27.47$25.0072.0%19.1%38.1%36.9%66.8%-2.4%-2.6%28.5M-1.64B-4.4M0.392.05108,27841,851913,106443,694
2020-10-06$26.79$25.0072.9%19.5%40.0%37.9%68.7%-1.2%-2.2%30.0M-1.47B-4.4M0.422.23133,50955,471928,826472,064
2020-10-07$26.71$26.0073.9%19.1%38.9%38.9%67.8%0.4%-3.3%33.7M-1.50B-4.5M0.582.0826,81915,525962,986500,974
2020-10-08$27.02$26.0072.0%19.0%38.2%37.0%66.6%-2.5%-3.8%32.2M-1.60B-4.4M0.332.4585,44428,436969,301508,235
2020-10-09$26.99$26.0071.0%18.7%36.9%35.9%65.7%-0.2%-4.0%29.6M-1.62B-4.4M0.553.1342,39723,366989,294519,024
2020-10-12$26.99$26.0069.7%18.6%36.9%34.5%66.1%8.4%-3.7%25.3M-1.47B-4.4M0.362.2844,35115,854926,182509,062
2020-10-13$27.06$26.0070.2%19.0%36.7%35.0%67.1%-0.4%-3.2%24.2M-1.48B-4.4M1.182.1340,60547,818928,616516,535
2020-10-14$27.35$26.0071.4%19.3%36.8%36.3%68.0%-0.8%-4.3%23.6M-1.55B-4.5M1.132.6244,40250,173940,466532,038
2020-10-15$27.99$26.0074.1%19.7%36.1%39.0%69.5%-0.5%-6.8%20.8M-1.66B-4.6M0.432.2793,09339,847942,186563,482
2020-10-16$27.91$26.0072.7%19.9%34.6%37.6%69.9%-0.4%-4.4%30.0M-1.66B-4.7M0.242.03118,02328,874966,528570,030
2020-10-19$28.46$26.0076.0%21.3%34.8%41.1%74.8%-1.3%-3.7%11.1M-963.3M-4.8M0.282.18191,83753,471641,926422,104
2020-10-20$28.52$26.0077.1%21.9%29.3%42.3%76.1%1.0%-4.8%15.0M-1.04B-5.1M0.542.53166,27488,997739,319456,888
2020-10-21$36.56$27.0061.5%17.6%90.8%25.9%64.1%-0.8%-2.2%17.9M-2.36B-4.6M0.606.74767,122458,440791,369511,210
2020-10-22$38.81$27.0056.7%16.4%88.7%20.9%58.0%-0.1%-1.9%18.5M-2.49B-5.2M0.892.55315,708279,678850,327639,752
2020-10-23$42.77$27.0059.3%17.2%92.4%23.6%61.3%-1.7%-1.3%15.0M-3.07B-4.9M0.622.57700,076435,055863,532736,548
2020-10-26$41.39$30.0059.5%17.7%94.7%23.8%63.5%0.7%0.3%15.2M-2.22B-5.9M1.632.45203,419331,412841,766715,245
2020-10-27$41.26$31.0057.2%17.2%95.0%21.4%61.4%0.8%-0.4%4.0M-2.09B-6.1M0.992.28136,577135,155861,849791,078
2020-10-28$43.39$31.5061.5%19.1%95.3%25.9%67.2%-0.2%-0.4%19.3M-2.60B-6.2M0.702.79237,193165,795873,504801,779
2020-10-29$42.49$32.0058.1%17.4%96.7%22.3%61.6%-0.2%-0.2%21.8M-2.42B-6.3M0.682.51154,091105,210902,455814,686
2020-10-30$39.21$32.0059.4%18.0%103.3%23.8%64.6%3.4%-1.2%-8.9M-1.45B-6.6M2.802.43121,775341,032928,977816,713