VAW Options History — May 2008

In May 2008, VAW traded between $89.57 and $97.41. ATM implied volatility averaged 27.2%, placing in the 22.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.5% (HV 20d: 24.6%). Max pain ranged from $82.00 to $88.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.09.

Notable Days

  • 2008-05-08: Highest Volume — 60 contracts
  • 2008-05-15: Largest IV spike — 21.8% change
  • 2008-05-29: Highest IV Rank — 29.7%
  • 2008-05-29: Largest Expected Move — 9.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$93.95$89.57$97.41$89.57$95.20
Max Pain$82.57$82.00$88.00$88.00$82.00
ATM IV27.2%21.7%32.3%28.4%27.8%
Expected Move8.1%7.2%9.3%8.1%8.0%
HV 20d24.6%21.5%27.7%25.9%21.9%
HV 60d31.9%31.4%32.1%31.8%31.4%
IV Rank22.2%14.2%29.7%23.9%23.2%
IV Percentile46.5%28.6%71.0%51.2%48.8%
Term Structure1.2%-1.6%3.1%1.4%-1.2%
VWIV31.3%26.8%51.4%28.0%28.7%
Skew 25d4.8%2.6%8.2%8.2%7.1%
Skew 10d7.3%-1.0%19.5%4.7%17.5%
Call IV 25d27.7%23.0%32.0%23.0%32.0%
Put IV 25d32.5%28.4%39.1%31.2%39.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %80.2342.97133.7584.57133.75
Gamma HHI0.270.170.510.510.18
Net GEX73.5K39.7K114.2K107.7K58.5K
Net DEX-1.7M-2.7M-972.5K-1.4M-1.2M
Net VEX-1.8K-2.4K-1.3K-2.4K-1.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.090.000.530.000.00
Total Volume5.33306010
Total OI251.571176314267211

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-05-01$89.57$88.0028.4%8.1%25.9%23.9%0.0%8.2%1.4%107.7K-1.4M-2.4K0.0084.57N/AN/A102625
2008-05-02$90.29$88.0028.6%8.2%25.5%24.3%0.0%5.5%2.0%106.5K-1.5M-2.3K0.0085.03N/AN/A002635
2008-05-05$91.82$82.0027.4%8.3%26.2%22.5%28.0%4.6%0.7%102.8K-1.7M-2.1K0.0042.97N/AN/A302635
2008-05-06$93.00$82.0024.8%7.9%26.4%18.7%0.0%4.1%2.0%92.4K-1.9M-1.8K0.0050.43N/AN/A002665
2008-05-07$91.67$82.0026.2%8.2%26.7%20.8%0.0%4.2%1.6%107.5K-1.7M-1.9K0.0044.22N/AN/A002665
2008-05-08$93.41$82.0025.0%8.1%27.5%19.0%28.2%4.4%1.6%80.2K-2.0M-1.6K0.0050.59N/AN/A6002665
2008-05-09$92.52$82.0024.7%7.9%27.2%18.6%0.0%4.5%2.1%114.2K-2.1M-2.2K0.0048.02N/AN/A003065
2008-05-12$94.06$82.0025.0%8.1%27.7%19.0%0.0%3.8%1.6%76.5K-2.3M-1.8K0.0055.47N/AN/A003065
2008-05-13$94.47$82.0023.7%8.1%27.6%17.1%27.4%3.7%1.1%75.3K-2.4M-1.7K0.0056.69N/AN/A303065
2008-05-14$94.88$82.0021.7%7.9%23.3%14.2%0.0%3.5%2.0%74.0K-2.4M-1.6K0.0066.22N/AN/A003095
2008-05-15$96.05$82.0026.4%7.6%23.6%21.0%0.0%4.5%2.7%81.9K-2.5M-1.6K0.00126.20N/AN/A003095
2008-05-16$97.41$82.0025.7%7.4%23.7%20.0%26.8%2.6%2.2%53.8K-2.7M-1.3K0.0076.74N/AN/A0103095
2008-05-19$96.92$82.0028.3%8.1%23.8%23.8%0.0%3.3%-0.1%39.7K-1.3M-1.3K0.0087.20N/AN/A0016610
2008-05-20$97.31$82.0025.1%7.2%23.0%19.1%51.4%5.1%-1.6%43.0K-1.3M-1.3K0.00125.80N/AN/A0216610
2008-05-21$94.65$82.0028.5%8.2%24.7%24.2%28.9%4.6%0.7%47.2K-1.1M-1.5K0.5384.73N/AN/A191016612
2008-05-22$94.37$82.0030.3%8.7%24.0%26.8%28.7%5.2%1.2%50.3K-1.1M-1.9K0.0083.25N/AN/A4018522
2008-05-23$93.04$82.0031.1%8.9%22.7%27.9%0.0%6.4%0.7%55.7K-989.8K-2.0K0.0078.88N/AN/A0018922
2008-05-27$92.68$82.0030.9%8.9%22.5%27.6%0.0%6.2%0.5%59.2K-972.5K-1.8K0.0082.58N/AN/A0018922
2008-05-28$95.30$82.0028.5%8.2%21.5%24.1%0.0%5.2%3.1%59.9K-1.2M-1.5K0.00132.39N/AN/A0018922
2008-05-29$94.34$82.0032.3%9.3%22.0%29.7%0.0%4.7%0.5%56.9K-1.1M-1.6K0.0089.16N/AN/A0018922
2008-05-30$95.20$82.0027.8%8.0%21.9%23.2%0.0%7.1%-1.2%58.5K-1.2M-1.6K0.00133.75N/AN/A0018922