VAW Options History — February 2008

In February 2008, VAW traded between $81.43 and $89.70. ATM implied volatility averaged 38.0%, placing in the 38.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 7.3% (HV 20d: 30.7%). Max pain ranged from $82.00 to $85.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.15.

Notable Days

  • 2008-02-11: Highest Volume — 80 contracts
  • 2008-02-12: Largest IV spike — 81.7% change
  • 2008-02-13: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2008-02-06: Largest Expected Move — 10.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$85.87$81.43$89.70$85.82$86.61
Max Pain$84.20$82.00$85.00$82.00$84.00
ATM IV38.0%27.1%80.4%36.0%29.7%
Expected Move9.3%7.8%10.4%10.3%8.5%
HV 20d30.7%23.6%38.0%37.6%26.4%
HV 60d31.1%29.6%32.6%32.6%30.3%
IV Rank38.1%22.1%100.0%35.3%25.9%
IV Percentile77.8%49.6%100.0%84.9%63.1%
Term Structure-1.0%-5.3%2.7%-5.3%-0.1%
VWIV31.0%26.8%36.7%34.0%32.9%
Skew 25d7.8%0.3%15.8%7.0%1.3%
Skew 10d11.7%-3.0%27.6%27.6%12.6%
Call IV 25d30.6%24.4%55.3%55.3%41.5%
Put IV 25d38.4%30.9%62.2%62.2%42.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %70.7922.58148.48148.48145.80
Gamma HHI0.220.160.300.170.20
Net GEX102.7K60.0K144.4K80.8K108.1K
Net DEX-1.2M-1.7M-652.9K-1.4M-1.3M
Net VEX-3.4K-4.1K-3.0K-4.1K-3.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.150.002.000.000.00
Total Volume10.5508052
Total OI349.9243378372353

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-02-01$85.82$82.0036.0%10.3%37.6%35.3%0.0%7.0%-5.3%80.8K-1.4M-4.1K0.00148.48N/AN/A5034824
2008-02-04$84.88$85.0036.9%9.7%36.3%36.7%0.0%9.1%-2.1%117.0K-1.2M-3.8K0.0024.91N/AN/A0035324
2008-02-05$82.01$85.0039.0%9.7%38.0%39.7%0.0%10.4%-2.0%100.2K-828.3K-3.3K0.0025.74N/AN/A1035324
2008-02-06$81.43$85.0039.3%10.4%37.5%40.2%0.0%9.5%-3.2%91.3K-652.9K-3.1K0.0022.58N/AN/A0035424
2008-02-07$81.56$85.0037.6%9.9%37.5%37.7%0.0%10.4%-2.4%99.3K-816.0K-3.2K0.0025.96N/AN/A0035424
2008-02-08$83.05$85.0036.6%9.6%37.4%36.2%0.0%9.9%-1.7%119.0K-901.1K-3.2K0.0025.79N/AN/A0035424
2008-02-11$84.67$85.0038.8%9.7%38.0%39.5%34.0%9.1%-2.0%144.4K-1.2M-3.2K0.0025.79N/AN/A80035424
2008-02-12$84.60$84.0070.5%9.0%36.2%86.1%0.0%0.3%1.1%81.4K-1.3M-3.5K0.00136.02N/AN/A1035324
2008-02-13$85.79$84.0080.4%9.5%34.8%100.0%0.0%4.3%-0.9%85.3K-1.5M-3.6K0.00103.29N/AN/A0035424
2008-02-14$85.32$84.0034.1%9.8%32.7%32.4%36.7%8.4%-1.2%133.4K-1.2M-3.2K0.0026.69N/AN/A0235424
2008-02-15$85.23$84.0032.8%9.4%24.7%30.5%0.0%8.0%-1.2%141.6K-1.2M-3.1K0.0028.27N/AN/A1035424
2008-02-19$86.90$84.0032.7%9.4%25.1%30.2%29.9%10.4%-0.3%60.0K-954.5K-3.0K0.0058.92N/AN/A59021924
2008-02-20$87.82$84.0031.8%9.1%24.3%29.0%30.5%15.8%-0.9%89.7K-1.3M-3.5K2.00100.12N/AN/A2427824
2008-02-21$86.52$84.0033.4%9.6%25.3%31.3%0.0%7.4%-1.4%80.4K-1.1M-3.5K0.0065.56N/AN/A0028028
2008-02-22$87.12$84.0032.7%9.4%23.6%30.3%29.7%11.8%-1.0%86.8K-1.2M-3.5K0.00122.68N/AN/A15028028
2008-02-25$89.52$84.0032.8%9.4%24.9%30.3%32.8%5.1%0.3%93.3K-1.6M-3.5K0.0077.34N/AN/A6029528
2008-02-26$89.61$84.0029.3%8.4%24.4%25.2%29.9%8.9%1.0%104.5K-1.6M-3.4K0.0077.90N/AN/A10029928
2008-02-27$89.70$84.0028.0%8.0%24.4%23.4%26.8%4.6%1.0%114.7K-1.7M-3.4K0.0088.66N/AN/A15030928
2008-02-28$89.32$84.0027.1%7.8%24.2%22.1%27.0%5.3%2.7%122.5K-1.7M-3.6K0.0085.40N/AN/A8032028
2008-02-29$86.61$84.0029.7%8.5%26.4%25.9%32.9%1.3%-0.1%108.1K-1.3M-3.6K0.00145.80N/AN/A2032528