VAW Options History — February 2007

In February 2007, VAW traded between $74.54 and $79.14. ATM implied volatility averaged 19.8%. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 7.6% (HV 20d: 12.2%). Max pain ranged from $65.00 to $70.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.05.

Notable Days

  • 2007-02-22: Highest Volume — 70 contracts
  • 2007-02-05: Largest IV spike — 234.8% change
  • 2007-02-27: Largest Expected Move — 10.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$76.42$74.54$79.14$75.00$76.28
Max Pain$65.26$65.00$70.00$70.00$65.00
ATM IV19.8%13.5%46.2%14.3%16.2%
Expected Move5.4%4.1%10.7%4.1%4.6%
HV 20d12.2%10.0%20.1%12.3%20.1%
Term Structure-1.9%-16.5%2.0%1.4%-0.2%
VWIV18.1%13.0%25.7%13.0%15.7%
Skew 25d3.4%0.4%15.1%1.4%3.8%
Skew 10d6.8%-3.2%27.8%0.9%0.8%
Call IV 25d19.2%12.5%51.3%14.4%12.5%
Put IV 25d22.6%15.7%52.6%15.7%16.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %76.6835.13149.7248.0199.30
Gamma HHI0.260.200.430.250.22
Net GEX68.6K20.0K106.0K103.7K101.6K
Net DEX-2.6M-3.1M-1.8M-2.6M-2.3M
Net VEX-2.0K-3.3K-792-2.7K-2.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.050.000.500.000.00
Total Volume9.15807031
Total OI445.368300484470440

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2007-02-01$75.00$70.0014.3%4.1%12.3%0.0%13.0%1.4%1.4%103.7K-2.6M-2.7K0.0048.01N/AN/A3041951
2007-02-02$74.91$65.0013.8%4.5%12.0%0.0%0.0%1.8%1.5%106.0K-2.6M-2.7K0.0052.93N/AN/A01041951
2007-02-05$74.54$65.0046.2%7.3%11.5%0.0%25.7%10.6%-8.4%100.2K-2.2M-3.3K0.50144.29N/AN/A2141961
2007-02-06$75.00$65.0013.8%4.5%11.5%0.0%0.0%1.5%1.5%84.1K-2.7M-2.2K0.0047.92N/AN/A0041961
2007-02-07$75.07$65.0013.5%4.5%11.4%0.0%0.0%1.0%1.4%79.6K-2.7M-2.2K0.0050.60N/AN/A0041961
2007-02-08$75.00$65.0015.6%4.5%11.5%0.0%15.7%2.5%1.2%75.4K-2.8M-2.1K0.0041.15N/AN/A3041961
2007-02-09$74.79$65.0015.9%4.6%11.1%0.0%0.0%2.3%1.4%82.9K-2.7M-2.2K0.0044.59N/AN/A0142261
2007-02-12$74.84$65.0016.0%4.6%10.4%0.0%0.0%2.3%1.1%67.3K-2.8M-2.0K0.0041.11N/AN/A0042262
2007-02-13$76.45$65.0015.8%4.5%12.4%0.0%0.0%2.0%1.2%40.7K-3.0M-1.4K0.0042.07N/AN/A2042262
2007-02-14$76.80$65.0015.3%4.4%12.4%0.0%0.0%1.7%2.0%37.5K-3.1M-1.3K0.0043.80N/AN/A0042262
2007-02-15$77.27$65.0015.3%4.4%12.1%0.0%0.0%1.5%1.8%33.6K-3.1M-1.2K0.0035.13N/AN/A0042262
2007-02-16$77.45$65.0015.0%4.3%11.6%0.0%0.0%1.2%1.9%29.7K-3.1M-1.1K0.0045.49N/AN/A1042262
2007-02-20$77.95$65.0030.7%8.8%10.7%0.0%0.0%13.2%-11.4%41.6K-1.8M-1.5K0.00139.03N/AN/A5025842
2007-02-21$78.82$65.0015.6%4.5%10.5%0.0%0.0%0.4%-0.0%20.0K-2.0M-7920.0099.69N/AN/A63026342
2007-02-22$78.45$65.0015.4%4.4%10.5%0.0%0.0%0.8%-0.9%47.9K-2.3M-1.5K0.0096.97N/AN/A70032642
2007-02-23$78.60$65.0015.4%4.4%10.0%0.0%0.0%0.6%-0.1%78.0K-2.5M-2.2K0.0097.64N/AN/A1038642
2007-02-26$79.14$65.0034.7%10.0%10.1%0.0%0.0%15.1%-14.4%76.7K-2.5M-2.7K0.00137.38N/AN/A0038742
2007-02-27$75.67$65.0037.2%10.7%20.0%0.0%0.0%1.4%-16.5%97.6K-1.9M-3.2K0.00149.72N/AN/A11038742
2007-02-28$76.28$65.0016.2%4.6%20.1%0.0%0.0%3.8%-0.2%101.6K-2.3M-2.5K0.0099.30N/AN/A1039842