SNOW Options History — December 2015

In December 2015, SNOW traded between $7.84 and $9.25. ATM implied volatility averaged 40.1%, placing in the 18.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.4% (HV 20d: 38.7%). Max pain ranged from $10.00 to $10.00. Net GEX was positive for 9 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.21.

Notable Days

  • 2015-12-18: Highest Volume — 228 contracts
  • 2015-12-18: Largest IV spike — 37.1% change
  • 2015-12-08: Highest IV Rank — 52.5%
  • 2015-12-30: Largest Expected Move — 12.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$8.47$7.84$9.25$9.25$7.84
Max Pain$10.00$10.00$10.00$10.00$10.00
ATM IV40.1%31.5%65.7%38.1%39.7%
Expected Move10.6%8.6%12.5%10.9%11.4%
HV 20d38.7%23.5%54.3%54.3%23.9%
HV 60d43.5%40.3%47.5%47.5%40.4%
IV Rank18.4%7.0%52.5%15.7%17.9%
IV Percentile40.5%4.0%98.0%36.1%50.0%
Term Structure-3.0%-15.1%8.8%-1.7%-11.5%
VWIV42.9%30.3%56.1%38.9%51.7%
Skew 25d-9.0%-28.3%13.4%13.4%-16.9%
Skew 10d14.1%-6.5%66.4%2.7%10.9%
Call IV 25d49.7%33.5%71.4%40.2%54.8%
Put IV 25d40.7%31.1%54.7%53.6%37.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %82.7832.30113.99113.9932.30
Gamma HHI0.510.360.740.690.45
Net GEX9-963940-935918
Net DEX39.9K23.9K52.0K23.9K44.7K
Net VEX-145-195-64-195-175
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.210.160.270.200.20
Total Volume110.502280186
Total OI269.273197432197432

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-12-01$9.25$10.0038.1%10.9%54.3%15.7%0.0%13.4%-1.7%-93523.9K-1950.00113.99N/AN/A0011186
2015-12-02$9.13$10.0039.6%11.4%53.3%17.7%38.9%13.1%-8.8%-90338.7K-1570.20113.06N/AN/A591211186
2015-12-03$9.16$10.0039.4%8.6%48.8%17.5%30.3%3.7%7.5%-96335.3K-1650.20106.80N/AN/A591211186
2015-12-04$9.04$10.0045.0%10.4%47.1%24.9%36.1%-2.0%1.3%-77128.9K-1780.20105.64N/AN/A591211186
2015-12-07$8.69$10.0056.0%9.4%46.7%39.6%0.0%-17.1%-6.2%-28936.0K-1520.0059.53N/AN/A0011186
2015-12-08$8.67$10.0065.7%10.1%43.6%52.5%41.4%-12.7%2.4%-29835.8K-1530.2058.85N/AN/A591211186
2015-12-09$8.83$10.0041.5%11.9%43.2%20.3%41.6%-7.4%-5.3%-52334.7K-1520.20107.18N/AN/A591211186
2015-12-10$8.74$10.0036.5%10.5%43.2%13.6%42.2%-11.8%-2.1%-32836.8K-1430.20106.87N/AN/A591211186
2015-12-11$8.56$10.0035.4%10.2%38.7%12.2%45.9%-12.7%-6.7%-24235.3K-1470.20106.42N/AN/A591211186
2015-12-14$8.54$10.0037.4%10.7%37.8%14.8%48.0%-13.3%-4.7%-21835.7K-1390.20107.14N/AN/A591211186
2015-12-15$8.49$10.0037.2%10.7%37.7%14.5%49.9%-14.1%-5.1%-18735.9K-1360.20106.87N/AN/A591211186
2015-12-16$8.40$10.0036.0%10.3%37.8%13.0%52.2%-15.5%-2.0%-18935.1K-1360.24107.31N/AN/A591411186
2015-12-17$8.20$10.0031.5%9.0%38.1%7.0%56.1%-28.3%7.9%-14435.2K-1360.2093.84N/AN/A691411186
2015-12-18$7.98$10.0043.2%12.4%39.0%22.6%44.9%-14.1%-0.1%51752.0K-640.1789.80N/AN/A1953312186
2015-12-21$8.14$10.0041.3%11.8%39.9%20.1%40.0%-3.8%-8.0%55250.1K-1180.16102.48N/AN/A19531241101
2015-12-22$8.15$10.0037.1%10.7%39.6%14.5%36.3%-6.8%-5.4%63748.1K-1380.27105.64N/AN/A11531241101
2015-12-23$8.08$10.0033.7%9.6%39.6%9.8%36.1%-7.8%-6.3%60249.4K-1230.2738.66N/AN/A11531291101
2015-12-24$8.19$10.0032.6%9.3%26.9%8.4%31.1%-1.4%8.8%52650.0K-1200.2734.93N/AN/A11531291101
2015-12-28$8.10$10.0035.6%10.2%25.1%12.5%39.7%-10.1%3.9%57049.3K-1150.2035.65N/AN/A15531291101
2015-12-29$8.11$10.0036.5%10.5%23.8%13.6%40.3%-9.7%-9.3%94044.2K-1730.2038.81N/AN/A15531331101
2015-12-30$8.00$10.0043.5%12.5%23.5%22.9%55.4%-21.8%-15.1%91743.2K-1850.2049.37N/AN/A15531331101
2015-12-31$7.84$10.0039.7%11.4%23.9%17.9%51.7%-16.9%-11.5%91844.7K-1750.2032.30N/AN/A15531331101