SNDK Options History — December 2008

In December 2008, SNDK traded between $7.20 and $9.92. ATM implied volatility averaged 124.0%, placing in the 58.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 35.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 23.6% (HV 20d: 147.5%). Max pain ranged from $8.00 to $15.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.34.

Notable Days

  • 2008-12-03: Highest Volume — 75,136 contracts
  • 2008-12-03: Largest IV spike — 23.6% change
  • 2008-12-03: Highest IV Rank — 87.7%
  • 2008-12-03: Largest Expected Move — 47.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$9.11$7.20$9.92$7.20$9.60
Max Pain$13.18$8.00$15.00$8.00$12.50
ATM IV124.0%88.8%167.0%136.5%88.8%
Expected Move35.5%25.5%47.9%39.1%25.5%
HV 20d147.5%117.5%170.5%138.5%118.0%
HV 60d147.1%139.9%159.4%148.8%140.4%
IV Rank58.2%33.2%87.7%67.2%33.2%
IV Percentile84.3%70.2%99.2%92.5%70.2%
Term Structure-3.8%-18.2%14.4%1.0%7.3%
VWIV124.8%90.3%172.4%135.9%90.3%
Skew 25d4.8%-17.7%21.3%19.0%3.2%
Skew 10d8.5%-33.9%41.1%41.1%5.3%
Call IV 25d123.9%90.4%186.7%130.2%90.4%
Put IV 25d128.7%93.6%169.0%149.2%93.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %6.992.5012.397.692.50
Gamma HHI0.110.060.310.090.11
Net GEX646.2K205.5K1.2M247.6K463.8K
Net DEX17.2M-4.3M36.5M34.5M28.0M
Net VEX-541.9K-651.6K-432.4K-432.4K-462.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.340.140.860.860.26
Total Volume13,487.9552,58575,1368,3456,350
Total OI570,981.909536,252605,530547,239540,572

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-12-01$7.20$8.00136.5%39.1%138.5%67.2%135.9%19.0%1.0%247.6K34.5M-432.4K0.867.69N/AN/A4,4803,865395,748151,491
2008-12-02$7.21$8.00135.1%38.7%137.5%66.3%135.1%21.3%1.1%205.5K36.5M-434.2K0.595.46N/AN/A1,627958394,665153,788
2008-12-03$9.02$8.00167.0%47.9%158.5%87.7%172.4%-17.7%-16.1%465.9K10.2M-603.2K0.189.61N/AN/A63,75711,379394,903153,925
2008-12-04$8.08$8.00144.8%41.5%162.5%72.8%146.5%-0.4%-3.4%468.7K19.6M-551.9K0.146.46N/AN/A23,7413,363420,120158,980
2008-12-05$9.23$15.00142.8%40.4%170.2%71.4%138.9%7.6%-13.5%638.1K6.4M-615.9K0.209.21N/AN/A11,1682,232423,314159,896
2008-12-08$9.51$15.00139.8%39.3%170.5%69.4%137.4%4.5%-16.9%716.2K2.8M-633.3K0.3910.75N/AN/A8,7273,419426,243160,786
2008-12-09$9.54$15.00136.6%38.4%166.9%67.3%134.0%6.1%-14.2%737.8K3.5M-624.5K0.2810.38N/AN/A15,8664,451426,340161,056
2008-12-10$9.87$15.00120.5%36.7%166.7%56.4%127.4%6.2%-10.7%899.8K-4.3M-651.6K0.3912.30N/AN/A5,3412,059430,773161,624
2008-12-11$9.74$15.00132.5%38.0%159.1%64.4%135.1%4.8%-11.6%908.4K-3.6M-636.1K0.1812.39N/AN/A15,3282,796432,292162,111
2008-12-12$9.92$15.00128.1%36.7%159.1%60.9%128.8%7.3%-8.6%1.0M-3.8M-629.4K0.217.73N/AN/A4,825996440,322162,483
2008-12-15$9.02$15.00132.5%38.0%159.6%64.0%137.3%-1.6%-9.6%842.4K12.2M-567.2K0.357.22N/AN/A6,5642,307439,775162,187
2008-12-16$9.18$15.00120.8%34.6%159.6%55.9%121.7%0.1%-3.2%903.7K16.1M-553.3K0.296.64N/AN/A8,0442,333440,004162,397
2008-12-17$9.79$15.00134.6%38.6%160.2%65.4%135.6%10.5%-18.2%1.1M5.1M-579.7K0.286.48N/AN/A16,3744,546437,782161,732
2008-12-18$9.25$15.00120.6%34.6%155.1%55.8%121.5%1.2%-7.0%1.1M17.5M-542.2K0.607.71N/AN/A3,5732,158442,472162,695
2008-12-19$9.60$15.00123.2%35.3%138.3%57.6%125.9%7.8%-10.1%1.2M12.5M-551.7K0.256.48N/AN/A15,3123,881443,205162,325
2008-12-22$9.38$15.00121.0%34.7%139.1%56.1%118.5%3.9%-3.5%428.2K25.0M-519.3K0.214.63N/AN/A5,9081,212394,633141,619
2008-12-23$8.79$14.00109.3%31.3%128.9%48.1%109.9%3.8%7.6%392.1K31.2M-480.6K0.444.34N/AN/A4,9152,163396,993142,336
2008-12-24$9.11$14.00105.7%30.3%129.1%45.3%106.7%6.6%8.3%370.3K34.5M-477.0K0.233.75N/AN/A4,9381,153398,579142,938
2008-12-26$9.18$12.5097.0%27.8%125.7%38.9%95.4%6.9%14.4%394.9K31.2M-468.4K0.264.02N/AN/A2,377609401,616139,765
2008-12-29$9.06$12.5097.4%27.9%124.7%39.2%98.4%2.7%11.6%388.4K32.0M-449.8K0.644.13N/AN/A3,3372,133400,775137,797
2008-12-30$9.17$12.5092.7%26.6%117.5%35.9%93.8%0.9%11.0%404.8K31.7M-458.2K0.363.98N/AN/A4,5481,622400,897137,648
2008-12-31$9.60$12.5088.8%25.5%118.0%33.2%90.3%3.2%7.3%463.8K28.0M-462.8K0.262.50N/AN/A5,0361,314401,757138,815