VAW Options History — December 2007

In December 2007, VAW traded between $84.54 and $91.90. ATM implied volatility averaged 26.1%, placing in the 20.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.2%. IV traded below realized volatility by 5.0% (HV 20d: 31.0%). Max pain ranged from $82.00 to $86.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.40.

Notable Days

  • 2007-12-17: Highest Volume — 62 contracts
  • 2007-12-11: Largest IV spike — 367.8% change
  • 2007-12-11: Highest IV Rank — 66.5%
  • 2007-12-11: Largest Expected Move — 9.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$88.23$84.54$91.90$87.24$87.94
Max Pain$83.80$82.00$86.00$83.00$82.00
ATM IV26.1%12.2%57.2%27.5%24.4%
Expected Move7.2%5.6%9.2%7.9%7.0%
HV 20d31.0%27.9%33.5%33.1%27.9%
HV 60d26.8%25.3%28.0%25.5%27.9%
IV Rank20.7%0.3%66.5%22.8%18.2%
IV Percentile55.3%0.4%98.7%65.4%49.6%
Term Structure0.9%-17.0%5.4%-0.7%1.7%
VWIV24.2%19.7%31.6%20.7%23.3%
Skew 25d4.5%2.5%11.0%3.9%4.6%
Skew 10d5.5%-3.6%15.2%1.1%8.8%
Call IV 25d23.3%18.1%31.7%24.0%21.5%
Put IV 25d27.8%21.3%37.5%27.9%26.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %61.5925.74159.8669.5342.25
Gamma HHI0.360.240.650.430.24
Net GEX163.9K57.5K300.7K193.7K113.2K
Net DEX-1.7M-3.4M-574.3K-1.8M-1.4M
Net VEX-3.8K-4.8K-2.5K-4.8K-4.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.400.004.000.004.00
Total Volume14.3506205
Total OI403.3233506463330

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2007-12-03$87.24$83.0027.5%7.9%33.1%22.8%0.0%3.9%-0.7%193.7K-1.8M-4.8K0.0069.53N/AN/A0042439
2007-12-04$86.69$83.0027.7%7.9%33.1%23.1%0.0%5.4%-1.9%194.7K-1.7M-4.6K0.0066.34N/AN/A0042439
2007-12-05$88.22$83.0027.8%8.0%32.6%23.3%0.0%3.8%-1.9%203.4K-2.0M-4.6K0.0074.20N/AN/A1042439
2007-12-06$89.96$83.0025.6%7.3%31.5%20.0%0.0%3.5%-1.5%201.8K-2.5M-4.2K0.0084.12N/AN/A0042539
2007-12-07$90.75$86.0033.7%7.0%31.5%32.0%0.0%11.0%-6.8%154.9K-2.5M-4.4K0.00151.06N/AN/A40042539
2007-12-10$91.90$86.0012.2%5.9%31.0%0.3%0.0%2.5%3.8%176.4K-3.4M-3.1K0.0041.17N/AN/A3045539
2007-12-11$88.47$86.0057.2%9.2%30.9%66.5%0.0%3.5%-17.0%104.4K-2.1M-4.5K0.00151.43N/AN/A0046145
2007-12-12$89.45$86.0017.5%6.3%30.3%8.1%20.7%4.5%2.7%300.7K-2.5M-3.7K0.0032.28N/AN/A2045839
2007-12-13$89.92$86.0020.9%6.0%30.3%13.2%0.0%3.8%4.6%268.8K-2.4M-3.3K0.0034.40N/AN/A0041339
2007-12-14$87.00$86.0025.3%7.3%31.7%19.6%0.0%3.4%2.7%174.8K-1.1M-3.0K0.0027.62N/AN/A1030839
2007-12-17$84.54$86.0026.5%7.6%33.5%21.3%25.9%4.1%3.5%121.4K-574.3K-2.5K0.1934.10N/AN/A521030839
2007-12-18$85.32$86.0029.6%8.5%31.3%26.0%31.6%4.4%2.7%153.0K-937.6K-3.6K0.0027.26N/AN/A02835649
2007-12-19$84.98$82.0030.4%8.7%31.1%27.2%0.0%5.4%3.2%131.3K-768.4K-3.5K0.0029.84N/AN/A0035666
2007-12-20$86.52$82.0027.9%8.0%31.0%23.4%28.4%5.5%3.3%160.2K-1.2M-3.5K0.2025.74N/AN/A40835665
2007-12-21$88.68$82.0025.4%7.3%31.7%19.7%0.0%3.9%4.4%299.1K-2.0M-3.7K0.0029.10N/AN/A0039657
2007-12-24$89.42$82.0022.1%6.3%31.1%14.8%0.0%5.8%0.4%57.5K-1.1M-3.5K0.00159.86N/AN/A0021124
2007-12-26$90.03$82.0019.5%5.6%31.1%11.0%19.7%3.2%5.4%63.5K-1.2M-3.3K0.0058.56N/AN/A57020924
2007-12-27$88.83$82.0020.2%5.8%28.1%12.1%0.0%3.5%4.6%96.7K-1.4M-4.1K0.0046.66N/AN/A27026624
2007-12-28$88.65$82.0020.2%5.8%28.0%12.1%20.1%4.8%5.0%107.9K-1.4M-4.4K0.0046.19N/AN/A13029324
2007-12-31$87.94$82.0024.4%7.0%27.9%18.2%23.3%4.6%1.7%113.2K-1.4M-4.4K4.0042.25N/AN/A1430624