VAW Options History — July 2008

In July 2008, VAW traded between $82.81 and $89.06. ATM implied volatility averaged 35.0%, placing in the 33.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.1% (HV 20d: 28.9%). Max pain ranged from $87.00 to $96.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.31.

Notable Days

  • 2008-07-17: Highest Volume — 70 contracts
  • 2008-07-02: Largest IV spike — 48.4% change
  • 2008-07-07: Highest IV Rank — 55.8%
  • 2008-07-02: Largest Expected Move — 12.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$85.36$82.81$89.06$89.06$86.63
Max Pain$89.43$87.00$96.00$96.00$87.00
ATM IV35.0%28.2%50.3%29.6%34.4%
Expected Move9.9%8.5%12.6%8.5%9.9%
HV 20d28.9%25.2%32.7%25.2%25.3%
HV 60d26.0%24.1%27.2%24.1%26.6%
IV Rank33.4%23.4%55.8%25.4%32.6%
IV Percentile73.5%42.5%98.4%53.6%77.0%
Term Structure-1.8%-17.6%2.5%2.5%-5.5%
VWIV30.7%25.5%33.3%25.5%28.8%
Skew 25d1.5%-18.7%6.9%3.4%0.9%
Skew 10d2.5%-31.2%14.6%7.7%-8.1%
Call IV 25d34.9%26.3%54.1%26.3%48.2%
Put IV 25d36.4%29.7%49.1%29.7%49.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %86.6330.93158.7998.42158.79
Gamma HHI0.180.110.260.230.13
Net GEX24.9K4.6K72.0K5.3K65.7K
Net DEX-6.9K-682.1K607.5K436.4K-518.5K
Net VEX-1.1K-2.2K-421-1.2K-2.0K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.310.003.330.003.33
Total Volume10.04507040
Total OI180.773122250191250

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-07-01$89.06$96.0029.6%8.5%25.2%25.4%25.5%3.4%2.5%5.3K436.4K-1.2K0.0098.42N/AN/A4011180
2008-07-02$83.97$96.0043.9%12.6%32.1%46.4%0.0%-16.7%-16.8%5.0K425.0K-1.0K0.00127.25N/AN/A0011380
2008-07-03$84.39$96.0043.3%12.4%28.8%45.6%0.0%-18.7%-17.6%4.9K434.6K-9960.00128.96N/AN/A0011180
2008-07-07$84.22$0.0050.3%10.0%28.3%55.8%0.0%0.6%-0.7%4.8K438.8K-8950.00130.49N/AN/A0011180
2008-07-08$84.27$0.0041.8%10.3%27.8%43.4%0.0%3.9%-0.6%4.6K542.2K-6280.0042.17N/AN/A2011180
2008-07-09$84.10$0.0028.2%10.1%27.8%23.4%0.0%4.3%-1.2%4.6K607.5K-4210.0043.71N/AN/A2011180
2008-07-10$86.12$0.0033.9%9.7%29.4%31.8%0.0%5.2%1.0%8.9K1.7K-4750.0032.53N/AN/A2011210
2008-07-11$85.72$0.0035.8%10.3%29.4%34.5%0.0%5.5%-1.6%8.3K313-4780.0030.93N/AN/A0011410
2008-07-14$85.96$0.0035.9%10.3%27.5%34.7%0.0%6.9%-0.6%8.6K-813-4720.0034.79N/AN/A0011410
2008-07-15$84.66$0.0036.9%10.6%27.6%36.2%0.0%4.5%-0.7%7.1K11.0K-4280.0041.07N/AN/A0011410
2008-07-16$85.77$0.0034.0%9.7%28.2%32.0%33.1%5.3%0.6%8.2K5.0K-4450.0041.71N/AN/A20011410
2008-07-17$85.50$88.0033.2%9.5%28.2%30.8%33.3%-2.5%0.4%25.6K-157.2K-7290.40142.91N/AN/A502013410
2008-07-18$84.93$88.0035.1%10.1%28.1%33.5%32.7%5.1%-0.1%19.2K-36.2K-1.1K0.0046.96N/AN/A31018430
2008-07-21$87.25$88.0031.8%9.1%30.1%28.7%30.1%5.9%0.4%38.1K-308.2K-1.5K0.0069.24N/AN/A22013020
2008-07-22$86.58$88.0030.3%8.7%29.9%26.5%0.0%5.9%1.4%40.9K-278.6K-1.5K0.0077.28N/AN/A40014120
2008-07-23$84.88$88.0030.8%8.8%29.6%27.3%0.0%5.4%0.6%43.8K-252.8K-1.7K0.0084.30N/AN/A0017620
2008-07-24$82.81$88.0031.8%9.1%30.3%28.7%31.7%-8.7%0.4%30.8K-116.2K-1.3K0.00143.22N/AN/A6017620
2008-07-25$84.02$88.0031.6%9.1%29.3%28.4%28.8%4.4%1.0%38.7K-181.0K-1.4K0.0089.92N/AN/A9018220
2008-07-28$83.52$87.0033.3%9.6%29.1%31.0%0.0%4.6%-0.1%39.7K-170.9K-1.4K0.0093.29N/AN/A0019120
2008-07-29$85.43$87.0031.6%9.0%30.6%28.4%0.0%6.0%0.8%63.3K-352.0K-1.8K3.3389.31N/AN/A31021720
2008-07-30$88.13$87.0033.0%9.5%32.7%30.5%0.0%1.4%-2.8%72.0K-682.1K-2.2K0.00158.64N/AN/A0022030
2008-07-31$86.63$87.0034.4%9.9%25.3%32.6%0.0%0.9%-5.5%65.7K-518.5K-2.0K0.00158.79N/AN/A0022030