SNOW Options History — January 2016

In January 2016, SNOW traded between $7.03 and $8.69. ATM implied volatility averaged 61.6%, placing in the 38.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 15.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.5% (HV 20d: 63.1%). Max pain ranged from $7.50 to $12.50. Net GEX was positive for 8 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.74.

Notable Days

  • 2016-01-12: Highest Volume — 10,155 contracts
  • 2016-01-12: Largest IV spike — 87.7% change
  • 2016-01-12: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2016-01-28: Largest Expected Move — 20.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$8.10$7.03$8.69$7.65$8.41
Max Pain$11.03$7.50$12.50$7.50$12.50
ATM IV61.6%46.8%126.0%57.3%63.8%
Expected Move15.1%9.7%20.3%12.6%18.3%
HV 20d63.1%21.0%82.5%24.3%82.5%
HV 60d53.8%40.4%60.5%40.6%57.9%
IV Rank38.6%20.5%100.0%41.4%37.6%
IV Percentile89.1%66.3%100.0%95.2%95.6%
Term Structure-5.5%-31.6%8.5%1.4%0.3%
VWIV75.8%34.8%155.6%44.5%126.4%
Skew 25d7.1%-19.0%35.6%9.3%21.8%
Skew 10d14.7%-20.1%70.5%15.1%-13.7%
Call IV 25d51.9%35.8%93.4%38.5%35.8%
Put IV 25d58.9%42.5%96.5%47.8%57.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %47.5128.7593.0330.5345.80
Gamma HHI0.550.330.750.420.47
Net GEX-9.1K-23.4K3.0K885-11.7K
Net DEX4.6M-65.2K10.8M15.3K8.3M
Net VEX-2.5K-10.0K-171-171-10.0K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.740.102.570.161.96
Total Volume2,303.4747710,15522077
Total OI9,78039223,66839223,668

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-01-04$7.65$0.0057.3%12.6%24.3%41.4%0.0%9.3%1.4%88515.3K-1710.1630.53N/AN/A1893133161
2016-01-05$7.61$0.0047.3%12.8%24.2%28.0%44.5%9.4%-1.0%2.4K240-1800.2429.45N/AN/A2345736661
2016-01-06$7.47$7.5050.5%9.7%21.7%32.2%34.8%6.2%8.5%3.0K-2.9K-2540.2448.98N/AN/A2345741187
2016-01-07$7.24$7.5060.7%12.8%23.2%45.9%44.8%5.5%1.6%2.2K2.4K-2530.2467.95N/AN/A2345741187
2016-01-08$7.10$7.5060.2%13.1%21.0%45.2%46.0%4.4%-1.5%2.2K7.4K-2320.2450.97N/AN/A2345741187
2016-01-11$7.03$7.5067.2%11.0%21.0%54.5%43.5%0.9%-2.7%1.9K15.2K-2090.2438.81N/AN/A2345741187
2016-01-12$8.69$7.50126.0%13.4%81.6%100.0%48.5%9.6%0.6%1.7K-65.2K-4462.4257.18N/AN/A2,9717,18441192
2016-01-13$8.62$12.5046.8%13.4%81.7%20.5%85.2%1.2%3.8%-10.6K6.2M-2.1K0.4545.91N/AN/A2,7761,2474,1117,960
2016-01-14$8.68$12.5048.2%13.8%81.6%22.0%84.4%2.5%-0.9%-12.7K6.3M-1.6K0.1042.87N/AN/A2,7762713,1218,012
2016-01-15$8.51$12.5048.8%14.0%81.9%22.6%87.6%13.6%-9.7%-23.4K6.3M-3.9K0.9652.13N/AN/A8017713,6218,597
2016-01-19$8.49$12.5050.3%14.4%81.4%24.1%58.4%-6.0%-10.2%-21.0K6.4M-2.8K2.5742.56N/AN/A2656823,5558,414
2016-01-20$8.50$12.5060.5%17.3%80.7%34.3%70.5%0.6%-21.8%-19.8K6.5M-3.0K0.6028.75N/AN/A2951763,5858,463
2016-01-21$8.20$12.5069.1%19.8%81.6%43.0%115.3%35.6%-11.9%-22.1K6.1M-3.7K0.9847.30N/AN/A7797653,6408,531
2016-01-22$8.45$12.5058.9%16.9%82.2%32.7%53.0%35.6%-15.7%-6.9K7.4M-1.2K0.1193.03N/AN/A579644,2749,305
2016-01-25$8.35$12.5060.2%17.3%82.3%34.0%79.6%-19.0%3.0%-22.4K6.6M-4.6K0.1246.42N/AN/A621734,2959,315
2016-01-26$8.33$12.5062.3%17.9%82.2%36.1%108.7%19.3%-10.5%-19.5K6.9M-3.7K0.8244.82N/AN/A5,2384,2784,3729,305
2016-01-27$8.35$12.5061.9%17.8%82.1%35.7%155.6%-10.3%-6.5%-16.8K9.1M-8.8K0.7053.49N/AN/A1,7151,2079,32313,437
2016-01-28$8.22$12.5070.7%20.3%82.3%44.5%77.1%-5.8%-31.6%62210.8M-3630.8635.65N/AN/A3,4882,99210,00113,601
2016-01-29$8.41$12.5063.8%18.3%82.5%37.6%126.4%21.8%0.3%-11.7K8.3M-10.0K1.9645.80N/AN/A265110,54113,127