SNDK Options History — August 2013

In August 2013, SNDK traded between $54.03 and $58.42. ATM implied volatility averaged 30.2%, placing in the 13.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.6%. IV traded below realized volatility by 7.3% (HV 20d: 37.5%). Max pain ranged from $55.00 to $57.50. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 22 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.54.

Notable Days

  • 2013-08-01: Highest Volume — 58,936 contracts
  • 2013-08-07: Largest IV drop — 20.1% change
  • 2013-08-06: Highest IV Rank — 35.7%
  • 2013-08-07: Largest Expected Move — 9.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$56.72$54.03$58.42$58.42$55.18
Max Pain$55.91$55.00$57.50$55.00$55.00
ATM IV30.2%27.2%38.6%32.5%28.9%
Expected Move8.6%7.8%9.3%8.5%8.5%
HV 20d37.5%28.1%41.1%41.1%28.3%
HV 60d31.9%31.2%33.3%31.6%33.1%
IV Rank13.9%6.1%35.7%19.9%10.7%
IV Percentile31.0%9.5%82.1%42.1%25.8%
Term Structure4.6%0.9%5.9%0.9%5.7%
VWIV30.4%27.4%33.0%30.9%30.0%
Skew 25d1.3%-0.8%2.5%-0.1%1.2%
Skew 10d2.2%-1.3%4.4%0.3%2.6%
Call IV 25d30.2%27.1%32.8%31.1%30.0%
Put IV 25d31.5%28.8%34.2%31.0%31.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %7.605.0010.895.008.22
Gamma HHI0.150.110.440.150.20
Net GEX6.1M155.4K31.2M8.7M155.4K
Net DEX-89.9M-189.1M36.5M-189.1M-17.1M
Net VEX-1.9M-2.1M-1.7M-1.7M-1.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.540.181.110.760.33
Total Volume17,515.7734,99458,93658,93611,905
Total OI238,170.909208,170265,209208,170239,684

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-08-01$58.42$55.0032.5%8.5%41.1%19.9%30.9%-0.1%0.9%8.7M-189.1M-1.7M0.765.00N/AN/A33,56225,374123,63484,536
2013-08-02$58.30$55.0033.1%8.7%41.0%21.4%30.8%-0.8%1.3%6.7M-182.9M-1.9M0.407.54N/AN/A19,9238,055132,95299,430
2013-08-05$57.42$57.5037.0%9.0%40.0%31.6%31.6%1.1%3.7%5.0M-105.2M-1.9M1.119.39N/AN/A8,3629,318129,64798,514
2013-08-06$57.76$57.5038.6%9.1%40.1%35.7%31.7%0.6%3.9%4.5M-120.4M-2.0M0.236.31N/AN/A12,9902,967132,415103,517
2013-08-07$57.03$57.5030.8%9.3%40.3%15.6%33.0%1.4%3.8%3.4M-93.2M-2.0M0.529.38N/AN/A19,25010,037139,837104,697
2013-08-08$58.15$57.5029.4%9.1%40.5%12.0%32.2%1.4%4.5%7.2M-165.0M-2.1M0.799.47N/AN/A7,6716,086142,259110,749
2013-08-09$58.01$57.5027.4%8.8%40.5%6.8%31.3%1.5%4.7%31.2M-163.9M-2.1M0.887.96N/AN/A8,2287,260144,294111,639
2013-08-12$57.18$57.5028.3%8.6%40.6%9.1%30.8%1.9%5.3%3.4M-96.6M-2.0M0.5910.02N/AN/A7,7054,576139,854109,810
2013-08-13$58.38$57.5028.5%8.7%40.2%9.5%30.4%1.0%5.6%6.5M-177.9M-2.1M0.186.60N/AN/A17,1753,087143,308111,714
2013-08-14$57.86$57.5027.9%8.6%40.3%8.0%32.4%1.1%5.6%7.3M-162.2M-2.1M0.287.31N/AN/A11,0943,089151,589112,539
2013-08-15$55.94$55.0030.4%8.7%40.2%14.6%30.4%2.1%4.1%3.4M-35.2M-2.0M0.388.07N/AN/A21,8818,347151,571112,644
2013-08-16$55.81$55.0029.4%8.4%38.7%11.8%29.1%2.5%4.8%7.8M-11.4M-1.9M1.017.12N/AN/A7,7847,834149,408115,801
2013-08-19$55.20$55.0029.4%8.4%38.2%11.9%30.0%2.2%4.9%3.1M-21.3M-1.8M0.806.26N/AN/A8,7307,022120,64195,271
2013-08-20$55.64$55.0029.0%8.3%38.2%10.8%29.3%1.5%5.0%4.3M-44.4M-1.9M0.685.84N/AN/A4,2952,930125,81699,278
2013-08-21$56.03$55.0029.1%8.3%37.8%11.2%28.9%1.7%5.3%5.1M-64.0M-1.9M0.556.70N/AN/A4,3892,401126,12499,434
2013-08-22$57.06$55.0027.7%7.9%38.6%7.5%28.0%2.3%5.8%6.7M-110.8M-1.9M0.3610.89N/AN/A3,6831,311126,485100,120
2013-08-23$56.82$55.0027.2%7.8%32.2%6.1%27.4%1.7%5.9%6.1M-101.2M-1.9M0.279.28N/AN/A9,5582,599126,805100,612
2013-08-26$56.64$55.0027.9%8.0%30.5%7.9%28.6%1.8%5.6%5.2M-80.7M-1.8M0.767.18N/AN/A3,3752,550126,26299,242
2013-08-27$54.03$55.0030.4%8.7%34.5%14.6%31.7%1.4%5.0%1.2M36.5M-1.7M0.376.55N/AN/A14,6035,391127,852100,416
2013-08-28$55.02$55.0030.5%8.7%34.9%14.8%30.5%0.8%5.5%2.3M-10.8M-1.8M0.206.30N/AN/A10,5792,165131,462102,254
2013-08-29$55.85$55.0030.1%8.6%28.1%13.7%30.1%1.0%5.3%4.3M-62.0M-1.8M0.475.76N/AN/A11,0185,188133,637102,007
2013-08-30$55.18$55.0028.9%8.5%28.3%10.7%30.0%1.2%5.7%155.4K-17.1M-1.8M0.338.22N/AN/A8,9782,927134,150105,534