VAW Options History — November 2008

In November 2008, VAW traded between $37.00 and $54.60. ATM implied volatility averaged 67.5%, placing in the 59.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 18.7%. IV traded below realized volatility by 23.0% (HV 20d: 90.5%). Max pain ranged from $56.00 to $84.00. Net GEX was positive for 13 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.28.

Notable Days

  • 2008-11-12: Highest Volume — 220 contracts
  • 2008-11-20: Largest IV spike — 29.0% change
  • 2008-11-20: Highest IV Rank — 74.4%
  • 2008-11-20: Largest Expected Move — 23.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$46.06$37.00$54.60$51.89$46.29
Max Pain$73.95$56.00$84.00$56.00$76.00
ATM IV67.5%57.0%80.9%70.1%60.5%
Expected Move18.7%16.3%23.2%20.1%17.3%
HV 20d90.5%83.1%99.2%97.1%85.9%
HV 60d75.5%68.6%82.9%68.6%82.7%
IV Rank59.9%48.5%74.4%62.7%52.3%
IV Percentile92.0%85.3%98.4%94.8%85.3%
Term Structure-1.8%-20.4%34.6%-8.0%11.6%
VWIV57.9%44.1%80.0%59.0%62.5%
Skew 25d23.1%8.3%45.2%13.5%28.1%
Skew 10d38.0%7.1%73.2%21.0%32.5%
Call IV 25d52.1%40.9%63.7%61.1%43.8%
Put IV 25d75.3%62.6%95.5%74.7%71.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %100.3786.05114.7289.27106.33
Gamma HHI0.360.080.590.430.08
Net GEX41.3K-10.6K83.6K59.9K-5.8K
Net DEX272.9K-3.8M4.6M-2.7M3.2M
Net VEX-16.5K-24.4K-2.6K-24.4K-4.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.280.006.670.802.50
Total Volume52.1580220070
Total OI2,955.7891,5253,8653,1851,643

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-11-03$51.89$56.0070.1%20.1%97.1%62.7%0.0%13.5%-8.0%59.9K-2.7M-24.4K0.0089.27N/AN/A002,191994
2008-11-04$54.60$56.0057.9%16.6%96.4%49.4%59.0%21.3%-2.6%55.0K-3.8M-23.9K0.80105.89N/AN/A50402,191994
2008-11-05$51.27$56.0063.0%18.1%98.5%55.0%0.0%14.6%-7.0%53.3K-3.4M-23.1K0.33114.72N/AN/A30102,2391,034
2008-11-06$48.35$56.0057.0%16.3%98.3%48.5%64.2%27.9%-11.7%58.9K-2.3M-23.3K0.48109.51N/AN/A21102,2691,034
2008-11-07$50.03$84.0067.5%17.5%99.2%59.9%47.4%18.3%-8.9%66.6K-1.6M-23.8K0.0086.05N/AN/A0302,2901,044
2008-11-10$49.81$84.0072.0%17.6%91.5%64.8%0.0%21.9%2.0%55.4K-2.6M-23.3K0.0097.12N/AN/A002,2901,074
2008-11-11$47.53$84.0075.2%17.1%92.3%68.2%56.7%45.2%-2.4%56.2K-1.1M-22.6K1.4093.87N/AN/A50702,2901,074
2008-11-12$44.50$82.0079.0%19.7%83.2%72.4%61.1%29.4%-3.1%57.8K43.0K-21.3K0.2990.56N/AN/A170502,3401,144
2008-11-13$48.26$78.0063.8%18.3%87.3%55.9%44.1%16.9%-10.6%83.6K-932.3K-23.3K4.80105.56N/AN/A251202,5101,184
2008-11-14$45.21$78.0057.8%16.6%90.0%49.4%48.9%32.8%19.8%61.2K-667.6K-22.8K1.0091.75N/AN/A20202,5311,254
2008-11-17$44.36$78.0068.5%19.7%85.1%61.0%58.8%28.3%-0.6%69.5K15.1K-22.1K0.0094.22N/AN/A2002,5511,274
2008-11-18$43.88$77.0071.6%20.5%83.7%64.4%49.0%12.2%-11.2%75.6K667.4K-21.0K6.6797.32N/AN/A3202,5711,274
2008-11-19$40.58$77.0062.7%18.0%83.1%54.7%0.0%37.5%34.6%67.3K1.2M-19.1K0.7798.11N/AN/A13102,5711,294
2008-11-20$37.00$77.0080.9%23.2%88.2%74.4%80.0%8.3%-11.8%-5.1K4.3M-2.6K0.00104.09N/AN/A1909091,294
2008-11-21$39.79$77.0079.0%22.6%92.6%72.3%0.0%15.5%-20.4%-4.5K4.6M-2.8K0.00105.96N/AN/A109221,294
2008-11-24$42.01$77.0071.4%20.5%93.4%64.1%65.7%25.1%-8.2%-4.0K3.4M-2.8K0.00109.90N/AN/A90551974
2008-11-25$43.87$76.0063.1%18.1%86.7%55.1%0.0%13.7%4.7%-4.7K3.5M-3.1K0.00100.54N/AN/A00560974
2008-11-26$45.98$76.0061.5%17.6%87.2%53.4%55.7%29.3%-1.2%-10.6K3.4M-3.6K0.22106.25N/AN/A9020559974
2008-11-28$46.29$76.0060.5%17.3%85.9%52.3%62.5%28.1%11.6%-5.8K3.2M-4.1K2.50106.33N/AN/A2050649994