SNAP Options History — February 2021

In February 2021, SNAP traded between $56.55 and $71.72. ATM implied volatility averaged 67.6%, placing in the 29.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 19.8%. IV traded below realized volatility by 4.4% (HV 20d: 72.1%). Max pain ranged from $50.00 to $62.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.53.

Notable Days

  • 2021-02-05: Highest Volume — 756,938 contracts
  • 2021-02-05: Largest IV drop — 33.4% change
  • 2021-02-01: Highest IV Rank — 59.1%
  • 2021-02-01: Largest Expected Move — 30.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$63.06$56.55$71.72$56.55$65.63
Max Pain$56.16$50.00$62.00$50.00$62.00
ATM IV67.6%57.3%93.2%93.2%68.8%
Expected Move19.8%16.3%30.1%30.1%20.1%
HV 20d72.1%64.2%79.2%72.0%74.5%
HV 60d58.5%55.1%63.5%61.6%63.4%
IV Rank29.8%16.9%59.1%59.1%25.2%
IV Percentile63.7%47.2%92.1%92.1%64.3%
Term Structure-1.8%-6.0%1.1%-3.5%-1.4%
VWIV69.8%57.5%105.5%105.5%72.7%
Skew 25d-1.3%-3.7%8.0%-2.4%-0.6%
Skew 10d-1.3%-8.3%6.2%-1.3%-1.1%
Call IV 25d69.2%59.1%95.3%94.9%71.7%
Put IV 25d67.9%57.2%92.5%92.5%71.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %7.242.9117.413.097.80
Gamma HHI0.110.060.260.090.14
Net GEX41.1M8.0M78.2M15.5M40.6M
Net DEX-2.85B-4.12B-1.96B-1.96B-2.84B
Net VEX-14.6M-15.3M-14.1M-14.3M-15.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.530.201.590.350.53
Total Volume260,442.26389,053756,938155,949396,203
Total OI1,631,769.7371,347,2161,866,7651,347,2161,866,765

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2021-02-01$56.55$50.0093.2%30.1%72.0%59.1%105.5%-2.4%-3.5%15.5M-1.96B-14.3M0.353.09115,91640,033704,170643,046
2021-02-02$58.63$50.0088.3%28.7%72.5%54.0%101.1%-1.8%-3.7%22.5M-2.31B-14.2M0.302.91128,96638,404768,711662,574
2021-02-03$59.26$50.0087.4%29.3%72.4%53.0%102.4%0.2%-4.9%27.0M-2.44B-14.4M0.503.07141,81070,479822,773681,429
2021-02-04$58.60$55.0092.4%23.9%72.4%58.3%83.7%-3.7%-5.1%27.4M-2.41B-14.7M1.014.19199,320201,212883,513716,706
2021-02-05$64.12$55.0061.6%17.2%76.7%26.0%61.0%-3.1%-0.9%63.8M-3.45B-14.1M0.383.18550,345206,593949,853838,841
2021-02-08$63.16$55.0059.7%16.9%77.2%24.1%59.8%-2.6%-1.1%55.8M-2.97B-14.2M0.897.27106,56794,645846,999710,064
2021-02-09$63.04$55.0060.0%17.1%76.8%24.3%60.6%-3.1%-0.1%53.1M-2.94B-14.4M0.404.15145,34757,505882,525761,693
2021-02-10$62.45$55.0060.4%17.0%76.2%24.8%61.0%-2.5%-0.9%49.3M-2.83B-14.7M0.745.5970,43852,139896,231773,973
2021-02-11$62.59$55.0060.4%17.0%74.0%24.8%60.0%-2.1%-1.2%50.5M-2.85B-14.7M0.308.23139,15841,957901,038798,394
2021-02-12$62.17$55.0058.3%16.6%65.0%22.5%58.5%-2.2%-1.0%39.6M-2.75B-14.8M0.228.30101,69522,778901,730808,542
2021-02-16$62.73$60.0059.2%17.0%65.0%23.5%60.0%-0.3%-0.9%42.7M-2.74B-14.7M1.598.0377,219122,557812,838710,766
2021-02-17$62.84$55.0058.8%16.9%65.0%21.1%60.1%-0.7%0.4%33.4M-2.72B-14.6M0.9413.4845,81843,235832,863806,938
2021-02-18$63.19$60.0058.8%16.8%64.6%21.0%59.3%-1.0%1.1%36.4M-2.76B-14.7M0.2011.6995,20218,691835,658832,676
2021-02-19$65.48$55.0057.3%16.3%64.2%17.2%57.5%-1.9%0.9%51.9M-3.35B-14.4M0.225.99224,40249,419845,869835,343
2021-02-22$63.28$60.0062.0%18.1%65.5%20.9%63.3%-2.1%-1.2%25.3M-2.51B-14.7M0.358.78178,29661,893772,103726,996
2021-02-23$71.72$60.0066.1%19.3%77.4%22.1%66.8%-3.5%-3.5%60.3M-4.12B-14.1M0.3417.41354,736120,611825,483784,736
2021-02-24$69.33$60.0061.7%17.9%79.1%16.9%62.3%0.3%-0.2%78.2M-3.89B-14.7M0.344.97290,31098,275895,189834,369
2021-02-25$63.42$60.0070.6%19.9%79.2%27.4%70.3%8.0%-6.0%8.0M-2.27B-15.3M0.409.46175,35570,874947,208885,020
2021-02-26$65.63$62.0068.8%20.1%74.5%25.2%72.7%-0.6%-1.4%40.6M-2.84B-15.1M0.537.80258,600137,603966,790899,975