SNDK Options History — December 2010

In December 2010, SNDK traded between $46.90 and $51.64. ATM implied volatility averaged 38.5%, placing in the 19.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.5% (HV 20d: 37.0%). Max pain ranged from $39.00 to $42.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 22 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.60.

Notable Days

  • 2010-12-10: Highest Volume — 72,445 contracts
  • 2010-12-20: Largest IV drop — 10.3% change
  • 2010-12-16: Highest IV Rank — 25.8%
  • 2010-12-10: Largest Expected Move — 12.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$49.18$46.90$51.64$46.90$49.86
Max Pain$40.18$39.00$42.00$41.00$40.00
ATM IV38.5%35.7%41.4%40.9%37.9%
Expected Move11.2%10.2%12.1%11.7%10.9%
HV 20d37.0%27.9%44.6%44.5%27.9%
HV 60d37.8%35.6%40.3%40.3%35.6%
IV Rank19.0%12.3%25.8%24.6%17.6%
IV Percentile10.9%2.4%26.2%17.5%10.7%
Term Structure4.8%0.2%8.0%0.8%8.0%
VWIV40.0%36.4%43.0%42.6%38.8%
Skew 25d1.2%-0.3%4.3%4.3%0.2%
Skew 10d2.8%-0.7%7.9%7.9%1.1%
Call IV 25d39.6%36.7%42.6%39.7%39.3%
Put IV 25d40.8%37.0%43.9%43.9%39.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.783.138.164.373.86
Gamma HHI0.150.100.230.100.18
Net GEX7.4M6.4M9.9M6.5M7.3M
Net DEX-581.9M-733.6M-473.6M-534.5M-505.9M
Net VEX-2.0M-2.1M-1.8M-2.1M-1.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.600.231.630.570.32
Total Volume25,275.7737,07372,44538,0378,206
Total OI404,595.455351,475456,949402,919377,489

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-12-01$46.90$41.0040.9%11.7%44.5%24.6%42.6%4.3%0.8%6.5M-534.5M-2.1M0.574.37N/AN/A24,15413,883198,466204,453
2010-12-02$48.00$42.0040.8%11.7%44.6%24.2%42.0%2.9%0.2%6.5M-598.6M-2.0M0.534.50N/AN/A21,65211,369200,207208,491
2010-12-03$48.31$42.0040.1%11.5%41.2%22.6%41.4%1.9%0.9%6.6M-617.1M-2.1M0.724.77N/AN/A16,44911,900204,701211,107
2010-12-06$47.72$39.0041.3%11.7%41.5%25.5%41.4%2.6%4.1%6.6M-574.7M-2.0M0.635.37N/AN/A19,46712,274205,324213,265
2010-12-07$47.75$40.0038.9%11.4%41.5%19.9%40.1%2.6%4.8%7.7M-580.3M-2.0M0.695.67N/AN/A14,1679,808207,512209,024
2010-12-08$47.89$40.0037.5%11.3%38.2%16.5%40.0%2.1%5.1%7.7M-585.6M-2.0M1.065.51N/AN/A8,5099,044210,487214,205
2010-12-09$47.64$40.0036.9%11.3%38.5%15.2%40.0%2.1%4.5%7.3M-560.5M-2.0M1.635.45N/AN/A8,01013,087208,190214,659
2010-12-10$49.60$40.0037.3%12.1%40.1%16.1%43.0%1.2%2.6%6.8M-691.1M-1.9M0.485.22N/AN/A48,98023,465208,364216,402
2010-12-13$49.87$40.0037.1%11.4%38.4%15.7%40.5%-0.3%3.9%8.4M-733.6M-1.8M0.724.48N/AN/A23,02116,591217,756220,769
2010-12-14$49.38$40.0039.7%11.7%38.4%21.8%41.7%-0.3%3.2%7.6M-695.0M-1.9M0.765.05N/AN/A10,8728,239220,247223,403
2010-12-15$48.18$40.0041.0%11.8%38.4%24.8%42.2%-0.2%3.7%6.6M-596.5M-2.0M0.655.26N/AN/A22,05014,262220,230224,636
2010-12-16$48.69$40.0041.4%11.9%37.7%25.8%42.3%1.1%3.3%7.9M-643.4M-2.0M0.245.23N/AN/A25,7446,179226,350224,104
2010-12-17$48.87$40.0039.8%11.4%37.8%21.9%40.7%0.8%4.5%9.9M-650.1M-2.0M0.268.16N/AN/A20,4435,338231,861225,088
2010-12-20$49.21$40.0035.7%10.2%36.6%12.3%36.4%0.4%5.7%6.4M-473.6M-1.9M0.435.37N/AN/A12,0415,196176,217175,258
2010-12-21$51.64$40.0036.7%10.5%34.1%14.8%36.9%0.8%6.3%7.1M-581.7M-1.8M0.334.32N/AN/A37,85512,319180,735176,635
2010-12-22$51.01$40.0036.6%10.5%35.0%14.4%37.0%0.4%6.4%7.8M-559.6M-1.9M0.423.75N/AN/A13,5355,662190,826180,665
2010-12-23$50.41$40.0035.9%10.3%32.6%12.7%36.7%0.3%7.3%7.5M-530.7M-1.9M0.753.13N/AN/A5,3624,043190,948181,099
2010-12-27$50.85$40.0038.6%11.1%32.5%19.1%39.3%1.1%6.9%7.6M-553.5M-1.9M0.614.19N/AN/A4,7162,861192,071182,317
2010-12-28$50.15$40.0037.9%10.9%33.3%17.4%38.7%1.5%7.5%7.2M-509.4M-1.9M0.734.46N/AN/A4,5283,324192,413182,874
2010-12-29$49.78$40.0037.5%10.7%32.9%16.5%38.4%1.1%7.8%7.2M-499.1M-1.9M0.413.77N/AN/A5,0342,039191,996183,660
2010-12-30$50.36$40.0038.4%11.0%28.5%18.7%39.1%0.9%7.5%7.4M-527.3M-1.9M0.233.38N/AN/A8,4241,965192,413184,183
2010-12-31$49.86$40.0037.9%10.9%27.9%17.6%38.8%0.2%8.0%7.3M-505.9M-1.9M0.323.86N/AN/A6,2371,969192,850184,639