SNAP Options History — May 2021

In May 2021, SNAP traded between $51.13 and $62.23. ATM implied volatility averaged 52.9%, placing in the 8.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 15.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.6% (HV 20d: 51.4%). Max pain ranged from $40.00 to $60.00. Net GEX was positive for 14 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.85.

Notable Days

  • 2021-05-21: Highest Volume — 373,819 contracts
  • 2021-05-12: Largest IV spike — 11.6% change
  • 2021-05-12: Highest IV Rank — 21.6%
  • 2021-05-04: Largest Expected Move — 17.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$55.75$51.13$62.23$58.83$62.23
Max Pain$42.92$40.00$60.00$59.50$40.00
ATM IV52.9%44.1%62.1%53.0%44.1%
Expected Move15.2%12.3%17.5%16.1%12.3%
HV 20d51.4%44.3%56.7%48.4%56.7%
HV 60d64.7%58.9%68.3%67.1%58.9%
IV Rank8.5%0.0%21.6%8.3%0.0%
IV Percentile24.7%0.0%59.9%21.8%0.0%
Term Structure-0.4%-2.2%1.5%-1.1%0.3%
VWIV54.8%44.7%64.3%56.8%44.7%
Skew 25d2.5%-1.4%6.2%0.7%0.3%
Skew 10d7.3%1.7%13.4%4.2%1.7%
Call IV 25d53.0%44.6%61.1%53.2%44.6%
Put IV 25d55.4%44.9%66.4%53.9%44.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.842.665.073.043.21
Gamma HHI0.090.050.340.060.34
Net GEX22.5M-12.6M88.5M29.0M86.2M
Net DEX-1.30B-2.97B-354.6M-1.85B-2.97B
Net VEX-15.5M-16.2M-15.0M-16.2M-15.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.850.232.250.500.51
Total Volume188,570.8597,828373,819230,560361,614
Total OI1,878,774.51,765,8361,987,8811,792,8541,942,838

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2021-05-03$58.83$59.5053.0%16.1%48.4%8.3%56.8%0.7%-1.1%29.0M-1.85B-16.2M0.503.04153,20977,351898,243894,611
2021-05-04$55.09$60.0057.0%17.5%51.3%14.2%61.3%-1.4%-0.8%13.9M-1.03B-15.9M0.484.86230,035111,045942,105915,526
2021-05-05$54.10$59.0055.6%17.0%46.8%12.2%60.0%3.3%-0.9%4.0M-753.2M-15.3M0.373.7290,40233,246953,180946,366
2021-05-06$52.30$40.0056.1%16.1%44.3%12.9%55.3%3.5%-0.7%-8.6M-354.6M-15.0M1.844.9484,937156,455952,867951,201
2021-05-07$54.81$40.0052.4%14.7%48.3%7.4%55.0%3.0%0.3%18.7M-800.7M-15.1M1.044.9997,402101,166972,275979,907
2021-05-10$52.45$40.0056.1%16.3%50.0%12.8%56.5%5.4%1.5%-10.4M-502.5M-15.2M0.764.7286,12165,431834,987930,849
2021-05-11$53.49$40.0055.7%15.6%50.9%12.2%57.8%4.4%-1.3%-7.8M-702.8M-15.6M0.693.3569,14947,568850,999949,046
2021-05-12$51.69$40.0062.1%17.5%51.7%21.6%61.6%6.2%-1.1%-10.6M-428.8M-15.3M2.134.1951,698110,184866,325955,665
2021-05-13$51.13$40.0058.8%16.9%49.4%16.8%58.4%5.3%-0.5%-12.6M-368.5M-15.3M0.643.58110,11170,022886,227955,690
2021-05-14$52.92$40.0053.0%15.1%50.0%8.3%54.8%3.3%-0.5%-28.8K-745.0M-15.3M0.683.5091,58762,335941,342964,928
2021-05-17$53.47$40.0054.6%15.6%50.1%10.7%64.3%2.4%-1.3%8.1M-908.1M-15.4M2.254.0937,78185,180899,930926,203
2021-05-18$53.84$40.0053.1%15.2%50.1%8.5%54.7%2.4%-0.2%10.3M-982.9M-15.5M0.234.29136,37531,943912,099989,517
2021-05-19$53.75$40.0054.5%15.6%50.1%10.6%57.3%2.7%-0.6%9.4M-918.6M-15.4M0.463.6278,17535,988944,473999,272
2021-05-20$57.03$40.0052.4%15.0%54.7%7.4%53.4%1.2%-0.2%54.3M-1.80B-15.5M0.265.07178,43446,488953,4711,000,634
2021-05-21$56.72$40.0050.1%14.6%50.7%4.1%51.6%2.7%-2.2%88.5M-1.65B-15.6M1.034.08183,823189,996973,2261,014,655
2021-05-24$60.35$40.0048.4%13.7%55.7%1.5%49.7%0.8%-0.3%31.2M-2.28B-15.7M0.412.90135,93656,417812,619980,551
2021-05-25$59.16$40.0047.8%13.5%55.5%0.7%48.8%1.7%0.7%29.3M-1.99B-16.0M1.162.8545,39652,432865,065996,254
2021-05-26$60.73$40.0047.4%13.3%56.3%0.1%47.4%0.4%0.4%51.3M-2.45B-15.8M0.743.0466,48549,331874,9711,019,185
2021-05-27$61.00$40.0046.4%13.0%56.3%0.0%46.4%1.3%0.2%66.1M-2.56B-15.8M0.722.6658,37841,791886,9891,041,199
2021-05-28$62.23$40.0044.1%12.3%56.7%0.0%44.7%0.3%0.3%86.2M-2.97B-15.7M0.513.21239,564122,050898,5901,044,248