SNAP Options History — March 2023

In March 2023, SNAP traded between $10.11 and $11.79. ATM implied volatility averaged 74.5%, placing in the 26.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 22.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 10.5% (HV 20d: 64.1%). Max pain ranged from $10.00 to $11.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.56.

Notable Days

  • 2023-03-07: Highest Volume — 493,930 contracts
  • 2023-03-20: Largest IV spike — 11.1% change
  • 2023-03-28: Highest IV Rank — 54.3%
  • 2023-03-28: Largest Expected Move — 26.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$10.93$10.11$11.79$10.11$11.14
Max Pain$10.87$10.00$11.00$10.00$11.00
ATM IV74.5%56.5%93.6%60.3%88.3%
Expected Move22.9%16.2%26.4%17.1%22.9%
HV 20d64.1%59.8%75.8%75.8%65.8%
HV 60d62.9%59.8%64.6%60.5%64.2%
IV Rank26.1%0.0%54.3%1.8%46.6%
IV Percentile33.5%0.0%68.7%0.4%65.1%
Term Structure2.3%-4.9%17.3%-0.9%-4.3%
VWIV80.4%57.0%94.7%60.8%80.8%
Skew 25d3.2%-1.7%9.4%1.1%2.2%
Skew 10d6.3%-2.8%16.7%3.4%4.4%
Call IV 25d74.5%57.7%97.3%61.1%90.5%
Put IV 25d77.7%58.5%96.5%62.3%92.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.892.145.722.283.20
Gamma HHI0.090.070.250.120.07
Net GEX3.8M1.3M9.8M3.7M3.1M
Net DEX-93.0M-239.0M15.5M-28.6M-105.8M
Net VEX-2.4M-2.6M-2.1M-2.1M-2.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.560.201.130.230.41
Total Volume158,487.78349,569493,930124,95281,055
Total OI1,621,024.2171,414,3341,795,8681,551,8801,735,652

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2023-03-01$10.11$10.0060.3%17.1%75.8%1.8%60.8%1.1%-0.9%3.7M-28.6M-2.1M0.232.28101,57923,373963,703588,177
2023-03-02$10.13$10.0058.0%16.5%66.0%0.0%59.4%1.0%-0.4%4.2M-27.9M-2.1M0.322.1437,42912,140986,032594,497
2023-03-03$10.63$10.0056.5%16.2%59.9%0.0%57.0%0.9%-1.3%3.6M-116.4M-2.2M0.263.0984,81721,947988,576595,507
2023-03-06$11.75$11.0062.1%21.7%69.4%8.3%77.0%-1.7%-0.2%5.3M-234.9M-2.4M0.522.73311,376162,327936,589573,512
2023-03-07$11.77$11.0063.9%21.7%62.0%10.8%76.9%-1.3%-1.6%5.0M-239.0M-2.5M0.512.44327,341166,5891,005,345649,762
2023-03-08$11.11$11.0061.5%21.2%64.6%7.3%75.6%-0.4%-0.4%3.6M-114.3M-2.4M0.802.70107,16885,6951,088,637675,806
2023-03-09$10.64$11.0063.1%21.5%63.8%9.7%75.7%1.7%-0.0%2.4M-37.3M-2.3M0.902.2667,50060,6881,105,439670,818
2023-03-10$10.36$11.0064.8%22.8%61.5%12.1%77.8%3.7%-0.1%1.6M15.5M-2.3M0.822.7168,26355,8461,115,059680,809
2023-03-13$10.29$11.0067.5%23.7%60.3%16.2%82.9%5.4%15.6%1.3M-128.0K-2.2M1.132.6651,12857,5361,019,744636,769
2023-03-14$10.29$11.0064.4%23.3%60.2%11.5%80.3%4.8%16.5%1.4M-937.5K-2.2M0.632.6941,80026,3111,035,743637,730
2023-03-15$10.34$11.0065.4%23.8%59.8%13.0%81.4%6.7%17.0%1.8M-10.6M-2.2M1.112.3341,77746,2761,044,386639,138
2023-03-16$11.07$11.0070.4%23.8%64.2%20.3%82.8%4.8%16.2%4.2M-128.0M-2.4M0.342.35174,90659,6891,056,535650,520
2023-03-17$10.77$11.0076.3%25.1%63.5%29.0%87.9%5.5%17.3%2.0M-82.5M-2.4M0.502.6187,74843,4491,106,179666,996
2023-03-20$10.70$11.0084.8%25.6%61.7%41.4%88.6%9.4%-1.8%2.3M-51.1M-2.3M0.722.4141,60529,838897,841516,493
2023-03-21$11.45$11.0079.5%23.3%63.3%33.7%81.2%7.2%0.6%4.7M-145.1M-2.5M0.552.5580,08644,420917,029533,433
2023-03-22$11.25$11.0083.4%23.9%63.9%39.4%82.0%8.2%-0.5%4.5M-113.8M-2.4M0.933.3234,93132,549926,797560,596
2023-03-23$11.43$11.0086.6%24.8%63.8%44.0%87.1%6.4%-0.3%5.8M-151.7M-2.5M0.423.34137,88557,873940,906578,301
2023-03-24$11.57$11.0090.4%26.1%61.6%49.6%90.7%7.0%-1.9%9.8M-181.4M-2.5M0.202.48105,04721,450962,397592,983
2023-03-27$11.79$11.0091.3%25.7%61.7%50.9%94.6%-0.3%-4.6%5.6M-183.7M-2.5M0.275.31180,80848,974912,479551,340
2023-03-28$11.09$11.0093.6%26.4%66.0%54.3%94.7%-0.8%-4.3%3.8M-91.8M-2.6M0.352.67121,57642,1521,004,016578,320
2023-03-29$10.73$11.0091.5%25.5%67.3%51.2%90.2%-0.2%-3.8%3.3M-45.8M-2.4M0.532.59104,22355,2181,054,476594,040
2023-03-30$10.88$11.0090.6%24.1%67.4%50.0%84.9%1.9%-4.9%4.2M-63.6M-2.5M0.415.7271,68129,1501,091,346623,104
2023-03-31$11.14$11.0088.3%22.9%65.8%46.6%80.8%2.2%-4.3%3.1M-105.8M-2.6M0.413.2057,38623,6691,100,818634,834