SNAP Options History — March 2022

In March 2022, SNAP traded between $27.87 and $38.09. ATM implied volatility averaged 77.8%, placing in the 44.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 22.6%. IV traded below realized volatility by 22.0% (HV 20d: 99.8%). Max pain ranged from $36.00 to $39.00. Net GEX was positive for 4 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.98.

Notable Days

  • 2022-03-09: Highest Volume — 242,418 contracts
  • 2022-03-09: Largest IV drop — 10.3% change
  • 2022-03-28: Highest IV Rank — 54.7%
  • 2022-03-07: Largest Expected Move — 25.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$34.26$27.87$38.09$37.80$36.33
Max Pain$38.17$36.00$39.00$37.00$39.00
ATM IV77.8%66.2%85.8%68.7%85.0%
Expected Move22.6%19.9%25.9%21.1%22.0%
HV 20d99.8%59.9%200.2%199.9%86.4%
HV 60d129.3%125.5%132.1%125.7%131.7%
IV Rank44.6%29.8%54.7%33.0%53.8%
IV Percentile87.5%67.9%95.6%77.4%94.8%
Term Structure1.6%-3.6%17.4%-2.0%-2.9%
VWIV79.1%70.7%92.2%73.7%76.7%
Skew 25d8.5%5.1%11.7%9.2%5.1%
Skew 10d17.5%11.9%25.5%16.4%12.8%
Call IV 25d74.1%63.2%84.2%65.1%84.2%
Put IV 25d82.5%69.9%90.4%74.4%89.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.672.574.824.653.39
Gamma HHI0.060.040.070.050.06
Net GEX-3.0M-9.0M4.6M-386.6K4.6M
Net DEX1.19B680.0M1.74B836.2M982.8M
Net VEX-13.0M-15.2M-9.5M-15.2M-13.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.980.381.560.950.87
Total Volume137,540.17478,211242,418105,589120,680
Total OI2,174,156.0432,037,0992,336,5432,114,3942,142,655

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2022-03-01$37.80$37.0068.7%21.1%199.9%33.0%73.7%9.2%-2.0%-386.6K836.2M-15.2M0.954.6554,21551,3741,002,4281,111,966
2022-03-02$37.78$37.0066.2%19.9%199.6%29.8%70.7%7.8%-1.7%-70.0K875.2M-15.0M1.083.5060,38365,0081,022,6621,123,602
2022-03-03$35.57$36.0071.1%21.8%200.2%36.1%73.5%9.3%-1.8%-6.3M1.16B-14.1M1.083.4897,393105,1111,025,5981,139,257
2022-03-04$33.06$38.0076.1%23.2%176.1%42.4%82.1%9.5%-1.4%-5.9M1.48B-12.9M1.103.8774,85082,5931,065,5621,178,733
2022-03-07$30.45$38.0081.9%25.9%59.9%49.7%92.2%11.2%-1.7%-8.3M1.58B-11.4M1.193.0761,61773,4361,020,2311,142,604
2022-03-08$31.43$37.0078.5%25.0%61.8%45.5%87.7%9.9%-2.2%-7.7M1.53B-11.8M0.734.0885,75462,6241,046,0481,165,057
2022-03-09$33.95$37.0070.5%22.4%68.9%35.2%79.7%8.7%-0.8%-1.4M1.26B-13.3M0.883.56129,076113,3421,079,8221,170,323
2022-03-10$31.95$36.0073.9%23.2%67.2%39.6%80.5%9.6%-1.5%-7.1M1.53B-12.1M1.283.6964,59782,4381,109,0101,191,246
2022-03-11$30.13$36.0076.4%24.9%68.6%42.8%87.1%9.9%-0.5%-8.0M1.70B-11.0M1.353.3061,65683,0361,128,3431,208,200
2022-03-14$27.87$39.0081.7%24.7%72.0%49.5%88.7%11.7%10.4%-9.0M1.74B-9.5M1.114.0547,87352,9651,060,6701,148,032
2022-03-15$29.42$39.0078.3%24.4%75.9%45.1%83.8%10.1%13.4%-7.8M1.64B-10.4M0.524.2282,79443,2341,074,4691,154,197
2022-03-16$32.20$39.0073.4%23.0%82.8%38.9%78.3%8.5%12.6%-2.9M1.39B-11.9M0.904.5253,22047,9841,100,5641,161,426
2022-03-17$34.06$39.0073.7%22.6%86.0%39.4%80.2%7.3%15.9%-2.0M1.17B-12.9M0.763.01107,65581,5871,100,1101,174,068
2022-03-18$35.70$39.0073.3%22.1%88.1%38.9%77.7%6.8%17.4%-1.9M892.6M-13.8M1.244.8286,353106,6751,115,9571,193,381
2022-03-21$35.09$39.0079.6%22.3%87.8%46.9%77.0%10.3%-2.1%-2.2M1.06B-13.3M1.144.7040,56446,054968,1541,068,945
2022-03-22$36.14$39.0079.6%21.6%87.6%46.9%74.7%8.7%-0.0%-751.0K951.8M-13.7M0.893.5655,94449,766979,3391,078,378
2022-03-23$36.01$39.0083.1%22.1%87.6%51.3%76.9%6.6%-1.0%-645.8K971.7M-13.7M1.102.8456,57362,276990,3301,091,525
2022-03-24$36.66$39.0082.0%21.5%86.1%49.9%77.8%7.9%-0.7%669.2K892.5M-14.1M1.503.8831,29746,9141,003,6591,109,552
2022-03-25$35.28$39.0085.2%22.0%87.0%54.0%77.3%7.6%-3.4%-3.1M1.13B-13.2M1.563.7469,389108,2721,008,2571,107,647
2022-03-28$36.14$39.0085.8%22.0%87.3%54.7%76.0%7.5%-3.6%-4.4M1.02B-13.5M0.552.8056,35731,207957,9421,082,785
2022-03-29$38.09$39.0082.1%21.1%88.2%50.1%72.3%5.5%-3.2%2.3M680.0M-14.4M0.382.57122,50846,232990,8521,090,278
2022-03-30$36.84$39.0083.0%21.5%89.0%51.2%74.6%5.7%-2.3%4.1M896.2M-13.7M0.473.0568,36732,1811,022,7561,098,969
2022-03-31$36.33$39.0085.0%22.0%86.4%53.8%76.7%5.1%-2.9%4.6M982.8M-13.5M0.873.3964,51556,1651,041,2831,101,372