SNAP Options History — January 2021

In January 2021, SNAP traded between $48.76 and $56.38. ATM implied volatility averaged 82.8%, placing in the 48.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 23.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 30.8% (HV 20d: 52.0%). Max pain ranged from $50.00 to $50.00. Net GEX was positive for 18 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 0 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.51.

Notable Days

  • 2021-01-15: Highest Volume — 309,614 contracts
  • 2021-01-27: Largest IV spike — 31.6% change
  • 2021-01-27: Highest IV Rank — 82.6%
  • 2021-01-27: Largest Expected Move — 34.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$52.11$48.76$56.38$49.36$52.58
Max Pain$50.00$50.00$50.00$50.00$50.00
ATM IV82.8%68.2%115.7%76.3%96.9%
Expected Move23.5%19.9%34.9%20.3%29.9%
HV 20d52.0%39.7%68.0%44.4%67.6%
HV 60d68.4%57.3%79.4%75.2%60.1%
IV Rank48.2%32.9%82.6%41.4%62.9%
IV Percentile86.3%72.6%98.8%82.9%94.8%
Term Structure-3.6%-7.1%-0.2%-2.8%-5.0%
VWIV83.6%70.8%124.5%72.6%107.5%
Skew 25d-0.6%-7.0%4.8%-2.6%0.1%
Skew 10d-1.3%-8.6%3.3%-0.3%0.4%
Call IV 25d85.4%73.4%114.4%77.1%98.2%
Put IV 25d84.8%74.5%118.6%74.5%98.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %5.521.9214.252.803.43
Gamma HHI0.110.060.310.090.08
Net GEX34.3M-3.8M85.0M8.3M13.0M
Net DEX-2.24B-3.93B-846.5M-2.23B-1.61B
Net VEX-12.6M-14.3M-11.1M-11.1M-14.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.510.231.170.330.81
Total Volume201,286.21199,402309,614153,029134,409
Total OI1,769,411.2111,413,4162,173,7401,818,1221,609,147

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2021-01-04$49.36$50.0076.3%20.3%44.4%41.4%72.6%-2.6%-2.8%8.3M-2.23B-11.1M0.332.80115,11837,911950,830867,292
2021-01-05$50.28$50.0068.2%20.1%44.8%32.9%71.6%-1.8%-1.8%18.6M-2.52B-11.1M0.598.4962,64336,759997,231885,986
2021-01-06$49.80$50.0075.7%19.9%44.2%40.7%70.8%4.8%-2.2%11.4M-2.37B-11.2M0.444.1978,41734,1581,010,217909,434
2021-01-07$52.42$50.0075.2%19.9%47.7%40.3%70.8%-3.5%-1.9%43.5M-3.11B-11.4M0.2312.16211,47249,6841,020,711923,500
2021-01-08$52.68$50.0073.0%20.1%47.3%38.0%72.0%3.5%-0.2%65.0M-3.18B-11.7M0.583.69104,03259,9831,064,532945,838
2021-01-11$54.34$50.0078.9%21.1%39.7%44.1%75.2%2.1%-4.2%42.0M-3.39B-11.6M0.3614.25201,78371,915990,469911,708
2021-01-12$56.38$50.0078.2%21.0%41.6%43.4%74.3%-3.6%-5.3%63.6M-3.93B-11.9M0.351.92129,57945,3431,050,629950,093
2021-01-13$53.93$50.0078.5%21.2%42.3%43.7%74.8%1.2%-5.2%53.6M-3.22B-12.1M0.2611.52174,08645,5881,061,497969,597
2021-01-14$49.34$50.0081.1%22.0%53.3%46.5%78.5%1.1%-5.3%12.1M-1.96B-12.4M0.399.45217,86684,2411,099,145988,133
2021-01-15$50.01$50.0079.0%21.5%53.4%44.2%76.5%-3.0%-6.2%70.9M-2.21B-12.7M0.603.49193,164116,4501,165,3031,008,437
2021-01-19$50.39$50.0077.8%22.1%52.9%43.0%78.0%-1.6%-0.7%11.3M-1.22B-12.7M0.632.6695,23760,437774,687638,729
2021-01-20$52.01$50.0079.4%22.8%54.3%44.6%80.3%0.1%-2.6%23.7M-1.57B-12.8M0.522.86145,57975,222794,651674,358
2021-01-21$54.25$50.0080.5%23.2%56.3%45.8%81.5%-0.7%-1.8%53.8M-2.09B-13.2M0.312.08206,15464,747830,861718,528
2021-01-22$53.45$50.0084.8%24.5%56.6%50.3%87.1%-2.0%-2.5%85.0M-1.84B-13.3M0.332.82200,13366,994850,554741,033
2021-01-25$53.50$50.0089.2%26.2%56.6%54.9%93.4%0.4%-4.1%26.2M-1.75B-13.9M0.702.3779,55755,423784,532698,841
2021-01-26$53.26$50.0087.9%26.7%54.7%53.5%95.3%-7.0%-4.4%22.0M-1.68B-14.0M1.174.2754,32763,711800,717732,833
2021-01-27$48.76$50.00115.7%34.9%62.4%82.6%124.5%4.2%-7.1%-3.8M-846.5M-14.2M0.406.80140,33456,626807,377766,679
2021-01-28$53.30$50.0097.1%29.4%68.0%63.2%103.6%-3.7%-4.4%30.9M-1.78B-14.3M0.745.68146,526108,830839,091785,613
2021-01-29$52.58$50.0096.9%29.9%67.6%62.9%107.5%0.1%-5.0%13.0M-1.61B-14.2M0.813.4374,11360,296843,879765,268