SNAP Options History — December 2020

In December 2020, SNAP traded between $44.76 and $53.64. ATM implied volatility averaged 54.1%, placing in the 18.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 15.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.3% (HV 20d: 50.8%). Max pain ranged from $21.00 to $38.00. Net GEX was positive for 18 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.59.

Notable Days

  • 2020-12-11: Highest Volume — 415,454 contracts
  • 2020-12-31: Largest IV spike — 6.2% change
  • 2020-12-31: Highest IV Rank — 21.0%
  • 2020-12-02: Largest Expected Move — 17.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$50.37$44.76$53.64$44.76$49.88
Max Pain$23.73$21.00$38.00$38.00$27.00
ATM IV54.1%50.8%56.8%53.1%56.8%
Expected Move15.4%14.1%17.2%16.0%14.7%
HV 20d50.8%40.9%67.9%65.6%44.3%
HV 60d74.3%73.4%75.5%73.4%75.1%
IV Rank18.2%14.7%21.0%17.1%21.0%
IV Percentile36.9%15.1%50.0%34.5%50.0%
Term Structure3.6%-0.7%16.2%0.9%16.2%
VWIV55.4%51.4%60.8%56.6%52.2%
Skew 25d-2.3%-6.7%6.6%-2.0%-3.4%
Skew 10d-2.6%-9.0%6.4%-2.8%6.4%
Call IV 25d57.1%54.1%62.6%55.2%57.1%
Put IV 25d54.8%51.0%63.9%53.1%53.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.531.884.112.471.88
Gamma HHI0.160.080.470.080.47
Net GEX26.5M-61.5M77.5M11.2M-61.5M
Net DEX-2.84B-3.83B-1.97B-2.13B-2.32B
Net VEX-9.1M-10.9M-7.8M-7.8M-10.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.590.131.240.651.09
Total Volume200,401.13683,266415,454125,881241,189
Total OI1,698,427.51,508,5441,933,9641,529,5271,933,964

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2020-12-01$44.76$38.0053.1%16.0%65.6%17.1%56.6%-2.0%0.9%11.2M-2.13B-7.8M0.652.4776,39649,485863,533665,994
2020-12-02$47.34$38.0056.4%17.2%67.9%20.6%60.8%-2.3%1.2%32.9M-2.68B-7.9M0.342.82159,77754,951877,770685,790
2020-12-03$47.91$21.0054.9%16.1%67.9%19.0%57.1%-2.5%1.4%48.7M-2.84B-8.0M0.253.33228,25956,113898,867710,902
2020-12-04$48.09$21.0053.9%15.7%67.5%18.0%55.4%-2.0%0.5%77.5M-2.87B-8.0M0.392.25120,31346,629915,437722,375
2020-12-07$49.30$21.0055.9%16.2%61.6%20.0%57.5%-1.3%0.4%34.3M-2.91B-7.9M0.832.39107,40288,767862,419646,125
2020-12-08$49.75$21.0054.3%15.9%53.7%18.4%56.4%-2.4%1.2%42.5M-3.00B-8.0M0.424.1164,27427,195892,143708,786
2020-12-09$49.10$21.0054.7%16.0%40.9%18.8%56.8%-1.0%0.7%38.5M-2.85B-8.0M0.502.36109,62254,322894,123720,459
2020-12-10$53.11$21.0056.0%16.5%47.1%20.2%57.2%-6.7%1.9%60.5M-3.69B-7.9M0.372.61209,30376,897923,595749,390
2020-12-11$53.64$21.0055.8%16.2%46.2%20.0%57.6%-3.9%0.6%68.4M-3.83B-8.0M0.442.04287,859127,595961,230775,576
2020-12-14$51.57$21.0053.8%15.5%49.8%17.9%55.4%-2.3%0.3%39.7M-3.12B-8.6M0.603.2994,11056,521937,550745,042
2020-12-15$51.30$21.0052.6%15.1%47.5%16.7%53.7%-3.7%0.5%36.8M-3.04B-8.8M0.422.7163,88226,926953,642774,109
2020-12-16$51.89$21.0053.5%15.3%47.5%17.5%55.4%-2.7%-0.1%42.2M-3.16B-8.9M0.592.8282,40848,237957,330791,276
2020-12-17$52.86$21.0054.2%15.6%47.2%18.3%55.3%-3.0%-0.7%62.4M-3.34B-9.2M0.132.25293,76238,327965,477820,017
2020-12-18$52.65$21.0052.8%15.0%46.1%16.9%54.1%-4.1%1.2%39.4M-3.31B-9.7M1.242.8995,804118,5031,009,953833,265
2020-12-21$52.38$22.0053.5%15.2%45.2%17.6%55.0%-2.5%0.9%21.4M-2.82B-9.8M1.112.3239,39643,870863,614763,278
2020-12-22$52.18$22.0053.0%15.1%44.3%17.0%53.6%-2.5%2.1%18.4M-2.79B-9.8M0.512.8194,49748,588874,194779,833
2020-12-23$51.91$23.0050.8%14.3%41.9%14.7%51.9%-3.1%1.0%13.5M-2.77B-10.0M0.551.9786,77348,148910,434808,892
2020-12-24$49.99$23.0051.4%14.1%43.7%15.3%51.4%-2.4%3.9%-39.0M-2.34B-10.3M1.172.1767,84579,435940,758819,499
2020-12-28$48.31$23.0053.4%14.2%45.8%17.4%56.0%-1.3%15.0%-7.2M-1.97B-10.5M0.731.95117,57085,685877,172819,680
2020-12-29$50.72$27.0055.8%15.4%47.1%19.9%56.4%6.6%14.5%8.8M-2.54B-10.7M0.271.90320,10985,286934,146880,007
2020-12-30$49.57$27.0053.5%14.7%48.2%17.5%53.0%-2.7%14.9%-6.6M-2.23B-10.9M0.462.26127,81158,984997,488900,271
2020-12-31$49.88$27.0056.8%14.7%44.3%21.0%52.2%-3.4%16.2%-61.5M-2.32B-10.8M1.091.88115,216125,9731,024,784909,180