SNDK Options History — January 2012

In January 2012, SNDK traded between $45.88 and $52.68. ATM implied volatility averaged 38.5%, placing in the 12.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.5% (HV 20d: 34.0%). Max pain ranged from $45.00 to $50.00. Net GEX was positive for 16 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.69.

Notable Days

  • 2012-01-26: Highest Volume — 106,634 contracts
  • 2012-01-12: Largest IV spike — 35.4% change
  • 2012-01-25: Highest IV Rank — 21.0%
  • 2012-01-25: Largest Expected Move — 13.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$49.76$45.88$52.68$47.59$45.88
Max Pain$48.85$45.00$50.00$45.00$49.00
ATM IV38.5%29.3%45.7%43.2%34.4%
Expected Move11.1%9.0%13.1%11.1%9.1%
HV 20d34.0%26.6%51.2%29.5%50.9%
HV 60d41.5%37.3%44.4%43.4%42.7%
IV Rank12.2%1.0%21.0%18.0%7.1%
IV Percentile40.2%0.8%69.8%57.9%21.8%
Term Structure-0.3%-6.5%7.3%6.2%1.8%
VWIV39.0%32.0%45.9%39.2%32.1%
Skew 25d2.9%0.2%5.0%1.0%0.8%
Skew 10d5.2%-2.0%9.2%2.1%0.2%
Call IV 25d38.0%31.6%43.9%39.3%32.1%
Put IV 25d40.9%32.3%47.5%40.3%32.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %5.613.9011.784.196.98
Gamma HHI0.230.130.880.140.13
Net GEX13.9M-2.7M132.4M4.1M-2.7M
Net DEX-247.9M-514.7M45.0M-167.5M41.7M
Net VEX-1.6M-1.7M-1.4M-1.5M-1.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.690.211.390.700.58
Total Volume29,143.59,041106,63426,13829,850
Total OI291,090.8172,978369,469300,726223,077

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-01-03$47.59$45.0043.2%11.1%29.5%18.0%39.2%1.0%6.2%4.1M-167.5M-1.5M0.704.19N/AN/A15,40410,734159,347141,379
2012-01-04$48.30$45.0041.0%10.6%29.7%15.2%37.6%0.9%6.6%5.4M-213.2M-1.6M1.395.11N/AN/A8,45711,764166,749146,972
2012-01-05$49.11$45.0037.5%10.1%30.3%11.0%36.1%1.4%7.3%6.5M-259.4M-1.6M0.516.25N/AN/A14,5527,350167,832150,796
2012-01-06$49.93$49.0034.8%11.8%30.9%7.6%41.7%4.6%-1.6%11.5M-330.2M-1.6M0.315.42N/AN/A21,5596,645171,502151,216
2012-01-09$50.83$49.0038.3%11.8%31.4%11.9%39.5%5.0%-1.5%10.4M-366.2M-1.6M0.214.67N/AN/A35,1377,466171,820148,297
2012-01-10$50.78$49.0036.9%11.5%31.2%10.2%39.9%4.7%-1.1%13.3M-393.9M-1.7M0.314.97N/AN/A12,6943,944195,205152,598
2012-01-11$50.55$49.0029.3%11.4%31.2%1.0%40.2%4.5%-1.0%13.9M-380.3M-1.6M0.665.28N/AN/A5,4423,599196,685153,109
2012-01-12$50.48$49.0039.7%11.4%31.1%13.7%40.2%4.8%-0.9%14.0M-383.9M-1.6M1.284.91N/AN/A5,1346,551195,991153,658
2012-01-13$49.89$49.0040.2%11.5%29.3%14.3%40.8%4.3%-1.0%14.8M-336.4M-1.6M0.995.55N/AN/A6,3886,302194,933156,030
2012-01-17$49.96$50.0041.1%11.8%29.1%15.4%41.2%4.2%-2.1%11.0M-324.8M-1.5M0.734.93N/AN/A6,7804,972189,228154,385
2012-01-18$52.07$50.0041.0%11.7%32.2%15.2%41.2%3.0%-3.0%13.9M-468.1M-1.5M0.454.59N/AN/A28,43712,923188,580155,685
2012-01-19$52.68$50.0041.8%12.0%30.9%16.2%41.6%3.3%-3.6%15.5M-514.7M-1.6M0.415.25N/AN/A31,71713,004196,661161,146
2012-01-20$52.49$50.0040.3%11.6%28.1%14.4%40.5%3.0%-2.6%132.4M-490.2M-1.7M0.543.90N/AN/A14,1297,694200,077169,392
2012-01-23$51.80$50.0041.8%12.0%28.0%16.2%42.3%3.8%-3.8%5.9M-157.8M-1.6M0.605.84N/AN/A13,4908,064103,87069,108
2012-01-24$51.19$50.0043.9%12.6%26.6%18.7%43.6%3.1%-4.8%5.4M-137.4M-1.6M0.755.56N/AN/A8,3966,321109,06273,985
2012-01-25$52.34$50.0045.7%13.1%27.0%21.0%45.9%3.6%-6.5%6.6M-185.0M-1.7M0.5211.78N/AN/A38,62120,092113,26776,894
2012-01-26$46.39$50.0031.5%9.0%51.2%3.6%32.0%0.7%2.2%-564.5K45.0M-1.4M0.664.38N/AN/A64,05242,582131,05586,368
2012-01-27$46.70$50.0032.4%9.1%51.0%4.7%32.2%0.3%2.1%-1.5M36.6M-1.6M1.026.85N/AN/A10,70310,925129,044104,234
2012-01-30$46.29$49.0036.1%9.1%50.9%9.3%32.7%0.2%1.4%-2.0M27.2M-1.6M1.115.78N/AN/A9,97211,024114,66697,913
2012-01-31$45.88$49.0034.4%9.1%50.9%7.1%32.1%0.8%1.8%-2.7M41.7M-1.6M0.586.98N/AN/A18,92210,928118,811104,266