SNDK Options History — September 2011

In September 2011, SNDK traded between $34.94 and $43.67. ATM implied volatility averaged 56.0%, placing in the 57.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 16.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.3% (HV 20d: 51.7%). Max pain ranged from $38.00 to $42.00. Net GEX was positive for 15 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.03.

Notable Days

  • 2011-09-09: Highest Volume — 48,057 contracts
  • 2011-09-09: Largest IV spike — 22.4% change
  • 2011-09-22: Highest IV Rank — 72.5%
  • 2011-09-22: Largest Expected Move — 18.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$40.60$34.94$43.67$36.27$40.35
Max Pain$41.14$38.00$42.00$39.00$42.00
ATM IV56.0%48.5%63.1%50.0%61.3%
Expected Move16.3%14.3%18.1%14.3%17.7%
HV 20d51.7%37.6%66.8%65.8%41.3%
HV 60d56.3%54.4%58.3%55.7%54.9%
IV Rank57.7%41.8%72.5%45.1%68.8%
IV Percentile93.2%81.3%98.8%86.9%97.6%
Term Structure-1.6%-6.3%5.2%5.2%-1.1%
VWIV58.0%48.7%67.3%48.7%61.1%
Skew 25d10.4%7.7%13.0%11.4%7.7%
Skew 10d20.0%16.2%25.4%21.5%16.2%
Call IV 25d52.4%45.0%57.7%45.0%57.5%
Put IV 25d62.8%56.2%70.5%56.5%65.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.433.525.644.154.98
Gamma HHI0.080.060.100.060.09
Net GEX936.6K-2.4M5.5M-1.3M-1.4M
Net DEX-40.8M-256.4M211.1M148.8M43.6M
Net VEX-2.2M-2.3M-1.8M-2.0M-2.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.030.353.361.260.52
Total Volume24,704.04810,97848,05720,58039,060
Total OI397,182.048342,704442,416388,595403,547

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-09-01$36.27$39.0050.0%14.3%65.8%45.1%48.7%11.4%5.2%-1.3M148.8M-2.0M1.264.15N/AN/A9,10411,476199,896188,699
2011-09-02$34.94$38.0053.0%15.2%66.8%51.4%51.9%11.2%4.3%-2.4M211.1M-1.8M0.614.03N/AN/A7,7394,729202,369194,872
2011-09-06$35.57$41.0057.0%17.0%60.0%59.7%60.2%10.9%-4.0%-2.0M178.6M-1.9M0.515.64N/AN/A7,5333,868204,210194,700
2011-09-07$37.63$41.0048.5%15.7%60.7%41.8%55.4%9.9%-2.5%-1.1M87.8M-2.0M0.354.89N/AN/A13,6804,784204,591194,812
2011-09-08$38.52$41.0049.5%16.1%59.5%44.1%56.3%10.3%-2.7%216.7K29.3M-2.1M0.504.88N/AN/A18,8579,439206,385195,601
2011-09-09$38.73$41.0060.6%18.1%57.1%67.4%67.3%13.0%-6.1%688.2K7.4M-2.2M1.633.86N/AN/A18,24229,815211,309197,961
2011-09-12$40.02$41.0060.2%18.1%58.2%66.4%64.2%11.7%-6.3%1.3M-55.6M-2.3M0.493.73N/AN/A12,1055,903213,066216,696
2011-09-13$40.95$41.0062.8%17.3%58.6%72.0%60.7%11.4%-4.8%2.1M-111.1M-2.3M0.513.52N/AN/A23,28311,857212,497216,708
2011-09-14$42.66$41.0053.6%16.2%58.6%52.6%59.2%11.2%-3.0%4.5M-227.8M-2.3M0.754.07N/AN/A25,24819,025216,209217,990
2011-09-15$43.08$41.0053.6%15.4%57.6%52.6%55.7%9.8%-1.6%5.5M-256.4M-2.3M1.504.45N/AN/A9,22013,822218,650221,656
2011-09-16$42.78$41.0050.3%14.4%48.9%45.7%53.6%9.5%-0.3%2.8M-213.7M-2.2M1.233.75N/AN/A10,44712,880216,767225,649
2011-09-19$43.67$41.0052.6%15.1%45.8%50.5%57.1%10.0%0.0%2.8M-151.8M-2.2M2.283.79N/AN/A10,74224,479173,462169,242
2011-09-20$42.65$42.0053.5%15.3%47.4%52.4%54.3%9.4%-1.2%1.2M-89.0M-2.3M1.603.86N/AN/A6,60410,554176,524184,411
2011-09-21$42.67$42.0055.6%15.9%44.4%56.8%55.2%9.2%-1.2%1.0M-90.8M-2.3M0.624.94N/AN/A9,0955,676178,328188,693
2011-09-22$41.42$42.0063.1%18.1%46.6%72.5%63.0%9.9%-2.6%405.1K-37.6M-2.3M1.174.87N/AN/A10,79812,657181,439188,871
2011-09-23$42.20$42.0060.4%17.3%44.4%66.9%60.2%10.3%-1.8%1.0M-74.3M-2.3M0.594.48N/AN/A6,8904,088182,961190,394
2011-09-26$42.87$42.0057.3%16.4%44.1%60.4%57.5%12.2%-0.3%1.7M-105.5M-2.3M0.414.42N/AN/A14,7635,991183,784190,513
2011-09-27$43.23$41.0054.9%15.7%37.6%55.4%54.8%9.5%-0.2%3.0M-141.1M-2.3M0.794.50N/AN/A15,19612,021193,723193,414
2011-09-28$41.78$42.0057.7%16.5%40.1%61.2%60.3%10.1%-1.1%992.7K-45.8M-2.2M3.364.70N/AN/A6,46721,732193,275196,772
2011-09-29$40.62$42.0060.7%17.4%41.4%67.5%60.2%10.5%-1.8%-1.3M36.5M-2.2M0.975.42N/AN/A9,6039,313193,911206,266
2011-09-30$40.35$42.0061.3%17.7%41.3%68.8%61.1%7.7%-1.1%-1.4M43.6M-2.1M0.524.98N/AN/A25,76513,295195,594207,953