SNAP Options History — October 2022

In October 2022, SNAP traded between $7.67 and $11.39. ATM implied volatility averaged 97.7%, placing in the 65.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 28.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 10.0% (HV 20d: 87.7%). Max pain ranged from $9.00 to $14.00. Net GEX was positive for 18 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 2 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.95.

Notable Days

  • 2022-10-24: Highest Volume — 1,345,906 contracts
  • 2022-10-21: Largest IV drop — 29.6% change
  • 2022-10-20: Highest IV Rank — 87.9%
  • 2022-10-05: Largest Expected Move — 34.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$10.17$7.67$11.39$10.00$9.99
Max Pain$11.62$9.00$14.00$11.00$10.00
ATM IV97.7%75.0%115.3%101.2%75.4%
Expected Move28.1%22.7%34.1%29.8%23.5%
HV 20d87.7%54.2%150.7%61.9%149.5%
HV 60d103.7%64.4%122.8%121.3%101.7%
IV Rank65.6%37.0%87.9%70.1%37.4%
IV Percentile78.9%42.9%98.8%87.7%42.9%
Term Structure-3.9%-8.7%1.1%-4.3%-0.6%
VWIV96.1%77.7%116.7%106.3%82.1%
Skew 25d8.5%0.2%12.0%10.2%7.8%
Skew 10d16.0%-0.3%22.8%21.3%14.5%
Call IV 25d94.2%71.1%113.6%95.2%71.4%
Put IV 25d102.7%79.2%119.4%105.4%79.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %1.661.282.432.431.40
Gamma HHI0.100.060.310.100.06
Net GEX1.3M-1.6M6.9M-848.5K1.2M
Net DEX77.0M-110.8M452.0M187.2M10.5M
Net VEX-2.3M-2.7M-1.4M-2.2M-2.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.950.481.840.971.05
Total Volume380,528.286156,8641,345,906195,147160,794
Total OI2,308,540.0952,011,6202,818,4502,011,6202,372,341

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2022-10-03$10.00$11.00101.2%29.8%61.9%70.1%106.3%10.2%-4.3%-848.5K187.2M-2.2M0.972.4399,16595,9821,270,498741,122
2022-10-04$10.74$11.00100.7%29.6%66.4%69.5%101.4%9.8%-5.4%450.4K98.9M-2.4M0.762.37118,18890,3601,290,272736,076
2022-10-05$11.20$11.00100.7%34.1%65.1%69.5%116.7%8.9%-4.6%1.7M36.0M-2.6M0.701.71167,544116,7431,325,501744,893
2022-10-06$11.39$14.00102.9%27.5%55.2%72.2%84.4%9.8%-4.2%2.8M-6.9M-2.7M0.621.64136,70084,8321,407,575773,969
2022-10-07$10.63$14.00104.5%27.5%59.3%74.3%87.1%9.7%-5.7%856.8K94.0M-2.5M0.691.57116,16880,0681,433,547783,162
2022-10-10$10.44$14.00106.3%29.2%59.4%76.6%93.1%10.1%-3.0%859.5K111.6M-2.4M0.481.53105,77251,0921,361,398739,117
2022-10-11$10.23$14.00111.0%29.9%54.9%82.4%100.7%11.6%-6.3%763.8K123.6M-2.3M0.761.5992,15070,2211,391,381742,179
2022-10-12$10.44$13.00109.0%30.3%55.5%79.9%96.7%11.2%-3.3%1.2M104.0M-2.3M1.261.4693,310117,4961,404,197751,820
2022-10-13$10.56$12.00105.9%28.7%54.2%76.1%97.9%11.5%-7.1%1.3M90.6M-2.4M1.121.5399,662111,8621,421,272755,286
2022-10-14$10.07$12.00109.7%30.4%54.5%80.8%102.0%11.3%-5.5%-880.2K144.1M-2.3M0.981.56107,988105,4701,436,729762,630
2022-10-17$10.58$12.00105.0%29.5%57.9%74.8%103.0%12.0%-4.6%1.1M90.7M-2.4M1.841.4896,937178,1791,335,031709,441
2022-10-18$10.60$12.00105.5%29.9%57.7%75.6%105.1%9.9%-4.9%897.4K94.8M-2.4M1.321.5582,920109,7121,365,501780,029
2022-10-19$10.90$12.00114.6%32.9%58.0%87.0%114.3%7.7%-7.9%1.7M37.9M-2.5M0.911.35238,310215,8361,421,589804,567
2022-10-20$10.81$12.00115.3%33.5%57.3%87.9%116.7%4.8%-8.7%1.9M39.1M-2.6M0.831.56374,187312,2161,509,401870,450
2022-10-21$7.67$11.0081.1%23.5%135.0%44.7%84.4%0.2%-2.4%-1.6M452.0M-1.4M0.751.28625,390469,2461,667,385999,097
2022-10-24$8.39$10.0081.3%24.0%140.1%44.9%85.6%0.7%-0.4%1.0M140.3M-1.8M0.481.61908,297437,6091,552,649766,529
2022-10-25$9.72$9.0086.8%26.0%150.7%51.9%92.7%8.5%-2.1%3.5M-90.9M-2.5M0.751.69399,812299,6371,745,237919,312
2022-10-26$9.61$10.0082.9%25.0%149.9%46.9%86.7%7.3%-1.1%1.5M-16.9M-2.4M1.322.20176,812233,5631,725,4851,038,524
2022-10-27$9.62$10.0076.0%23.0%148.6%38.3%77.7%8.1%1.1%1.3M-12.6M-2.4M1.441.71120,430173,5541,746,9831,071,467
2022-10-28$10.07$10.0075.0%22.7%149.5%37.0%82.6%8.3%0.1%6.9M-110.8M-2.4M0.991.62158,961157,9191,741,8481,063,852
2022-10-31$9.99$10.0075.4%23.5%149.5%37.4%82.1%7.8%-0.6%1.2M10.5M-2.4M1.051.4078,56082,2341,486,849885,492