VAW Options History — March 2008

In March 2008, VAW traded between $80.59 and $87.76. ATM implied volatility averaged 36.0%, placing in the 35.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.2%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.4% (HV 20d: 36.4%). Max pain ranged from $83.00 to $90.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.17.

Notable Days

  • 2008-03-24: Highest Volume — 125 contracts
  • 2008-03-10: Largest IV spike — 25.0% change
  • 2008-03-10: Highest IV Rank — 47.3%
  • 2008-03-17: Largest Expected Move — 12.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$84.99$80.59$87.76$87.25$84.94
Max Pain$83.85$83.00$90.00$84.00$83.00
ATM IV36.0%27.3%44.4%28.4%35.8%
Expected Move10.2%7.8%12.3%8.1%10.3%
HV 20d36.4%23.5%44.9%25.2%43.4%
HV 60d33.2%30.3%35.7%30.3%35.6%
IV Rank35.2%22.4%47.3%24.0%34.8%
IV Percentile81.4%50.8%96.0%57.5%81.7%
Term Structure-0.2%-5.1%5.9%3.1%-0.5%
VWIV37.1%32.8%42.0%36.1%32.9%
Skew 25d5.5%-0.5%11.8%5.9%6.0%
Skew 10d5.8%-0.5%19.3%0.8%19.3%
Call IV 25d31.9%22.3%39.8%24.8%32.7%
Put IV 25d37.4%30.0%44.3%30.7%38.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %55.2419.22132.1287.8958.44
Gamma HHI0.250.160.390.230.35
Net GEX86.0K9.7K142.1K134.8K46.3K
Net DEX-818.8K-1.4M-115.9K-1.3M-713.0K
Net VEX-2.8K-3.4K-1.7K-3.3K-3.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.170.001.000.000.00
Total Volume9.05012504
Total OI332.05128387352265

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-03-03$87.25$84.0028.4%8.1%25.2%24.0%0.0%5.9%3.1%134.8K-1.3M-3.3K0.0087.89N/AN/A0032428
2008-03-04$85.68$84.0030.5%8.7%25.8%27.0%0.0%8.1%4.8%119.0K-1.1M-3.1K0.0088.33N/AN/A0032428
2008-03-05$87.76$84.0027.3%7.8%23.5%22.4%0.0%7.7%5.9%142.1K-1.4M-3.2K0.0093.93N/AN/A0032428
2008-03-06$86.35$84.0031.1%8.9%24.3%28.0%0.0%6.6%3.3%131.1K-1.2M-3.1K0.0090.53N/AN/A0032428
2008-03-07$83.44$90.0035.5%10.5%27.7%34.3%36.1%3.1%-2.8%93.7K-752.1K-2.7K0.0019.22N/AN/A1032428
2008-03-10$80.59$85.0044.4%11.9%29.6%47.3%41.4%3.4%-3.3%61.4K-481.5K-2.2K0.0023.06N/AN/A03132528
2008-03-11$85.23$83.0042.4%10.6%35.4%44.5%37.6%-0.5%-2.0%129.4K-749.2K-2.7K0.00123.77N/AN/A0132559
2008-03-12$84.95$84.0034.3%9.7%35.4%32.6%0.0%5.3%-1.1%112.8K-800.5K-2.8K0.0024.37N/AN/A0032560
2008-03-13$86.72$84.0034.0%9.7%35.8%32.1%0.0%4.8%-0.3%139.4K-1.1M-2.9K0.0026.42N/AN/A0032560
2008-03-14$85.68$84.0035.7%10.2%36.0%34.7%0.0%5.0%-2.1%130.8K-931.6K-2.8K0.0024.44N/AN/A2032560
2008-03-17$83.68$84.0043.0%12.3%37.0%45.3%42.0%4.5%-5.1%97.4K-603.3K-2.4K1.0020.88N/AN/A1132760
2008-03-18$86.69$83.0038.9%11.2%38.6%39.4%0.0%5.1%-2.8%108.6K-1.2M-2.6K0.00132.12N/AN/A0032859
2008-03-19$81.79$83.0039.9%11.4%43.5%40.8%0.0%4.2%-2.9%49.7K-211.8K-1.8K0.0021.83N/AN/A0032859
2008-03-20$81.55$83.0041.0%11.8%43.2%42.5%0.0%2.8%-4.2%24.3K-115.9K-1.7K0.0023.41N/AN/A0332859
2008-03-24$84.19$83.0036.2%10.4%44.9%35.5%0.0%6.6%5.4%9.7K-271.6K-1.7K0.0043.05N/AN/A12509731
2008-03-25$86.25$83.0034.4%9.9%44.6%32.7%32.8%6.7%1.2%44.2K-857.7K-3.3K0.0052.36N/AN/A12022231
2008-03-26$86.36$83.0035.7%10.2%44.6%34.7%0.0%6.3%-0.6%49.1K-895.5K-3.4K0.0052.35N/AN/A0023431
2008-03-27$85.49$83.0036.7%10.5%44.7%36.1%0.0%7.1%-0.8%48.2K-833.8K-3.3K0.0049.50N/AN/A0023431
2008-03-28$85.28$83.0035.9%10.3%44.7%34.9%0.0%11.8%0.2%48.4K-799.4K-3.3K0.0048.87N/AN/A0023431
2008-03-31$84.94$83.0035.8%10.3%43.4%34.8%32.9%6.0%-0.5%46.3K-713.0K-3.1K0.0058.44N/AN/A4023431