VAW Options History — May 2009

In May 2009, VAW traded between $50.63 and $54.41. ATM implied volatility averaged 43.7%, placing in the 25.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.8% (HV 20d: 41.9%). Max pain ranged from $42.00 to $46.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.27.

Notable Days

  • 2009-05-12: Highest Volume — 134 contracts
  • 2009-05-07: Largest IV drop — 33.6% change
  • 2009-05-06: Highest IV Rank — 52.8%
  • 2009-05-01: Largest Expected Move — 13.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$52.91$50.63$54.41$50.96$54.41
Max Pain$45.80$42.00$46.00$42.00$46.00
ATM IV43.7%34.7%65.4%48.0%36.5%
Expected Move11.5%10.0%13.8%13.8%10.5%
HV 20d41.9%39.5%45.2%40.0%40.7%
HV 60d45.5%41.9%47.2%45.9%41.9%
IV Rank25.7%13.7%52.8%31.8%15.8%
IV Percentile42.9%26.2%83.7%55.2%28.2%
Term Structure-0.7%-17.7%3.3%-17.7%2.0%
VWIV39.4%34.3%42.4%41.6%37.1%
Skew 25d6.0%-0.7%9.4%9.4%4.7%
Skew 10d5.9%-0.3%14.8%14.8%6.5%
Call IV 25d36.5%33.6%38.7%37.2%34.4%
Put IV 25d42.4%38.0%46.6%46.6%39.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %75.1257.76109.67109.6785.18
Gamma HHI0.150.090.210.160.15
Net GEX20.8K11.2K30.6K11.2K30.6K
Net DEX-970.5K-1.4M-560.0K-785.0K-1.4M
Net VEX-6.4K-7.6K-5.2K-5.8K-7.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.270.0010.000.000.00
Total Volume33.3013436
Total OI1,037.58921,2758921,146

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-05-01$50.96$42.0048.0%13.8%40.0%31.8%0.0%9.4%-17.7%11.2K-785.0K-5.8K0.00109.67N/AN/A30348544
2009-05-04$54.09$46.0054.7%11.7%44.4%39.9%41.6%6.0%-0.4%15.9K-1.1M-5.3K0.0073.26N/AN/A30351544
2009-05-05$53.88$46.0059.4%11.1%43.6%45.6%0.0%6.3%2.3%14.3K-1.1M-5.2K0.0059.79N/AN/A03354544
2009-05-06$53.96$46.0065.4%11.1%40.7%52.8%40.6%6.5%2.5%13.7K-1.1M-5.2K0.0058.92N/AN/A100354547
2009-05-07$52.30$46.0043.5%11.5%43.1%26.3%42.4%5.3%2.8%12.0K-1.1M-5.2K0.7484.42N/AN/A6548361547
2009-05-08$53.78$46.0037.6%10.8%41.3%19.2%40.9%7.0%0.1%30.3K-1.2M-5.5K2.1061.36N/AN/A2144422595
2009-05-11$52.73$46.0045.2%11.8%42.3%28.4%0.0%7.7%-2.1%20.6K-957.0K-5.7K10.0057.76N/AN/A220442639
2009-05-12$53.16$46.0042.0%11.4%41.0%24.6%37.3%6.1%-2.4%24.9K-1.0M-5.6K2.0562.33N/AN/A4490444659
2009-05-13$50.63$46.0045.0%11.8%45.0%28.1%40.9%9.0%-1.7%18.4K-560.0K-7.1K0.0069.68N/AN/A70488749
2009-05-14$51.41$46.0041.0%11.8%45.1%23.4%0.0%6.5%-2.7%20.8K-564.2K-7.1K0.4569.43N/AN/A2210494749
2009-05-15$51.31$46.0041.3%11.8%45.2%21.8%0.0%8.3%-2.4%28.8K-651.2K-7.0K0.0065.79N/AN/A00516759
2009-05-18$53.21$46.0038.8%11.1%41.4%18.7%0.0%5.2%-2.5%24.4K-976.0K-6.3K0.0074.99N/AN/A40398527
2009-05-19$53.79$46.0034.7%10.0%40.8%13.7%34.3%7.2%3.3%20.8K-1.1M-6.3K0.8171.29N/AN/A4234402527
2009-05-20$54.04$46.0035.8%10.3%40.8%15.0%0.0%4.7%2.3%20.5K-1.2M-6.8K3.0887.48N/AN/A1340421561
2009-05-21$52.75$46.0046.4%13.3%42.2%28.1%39.3%-0.7%0.0%20.7K-825.3K-7.1K0.0078.20N/AN/A330434601
2009-05-22$52.73$46.0046.7%13.4%39.8%28.5%0.0%0.9%-1.2%22.2K-901.4K-7.5K0.0087.35N/AN/A00457601
2009-05-26$53.84$46.0036.0%10.3%39.5%15.2%0.0%5.9%1.8%21.7K-1.1M-7.4K1.1872.19N/AN/A1720457601
2009-05-27$52.24$46.0038.6%11.1%41.2%18.5%0.0%8.0%1.5%20.6K-942.0K-7.6K0.0087.17N/AN/A05460621
2009-05-28$52.95$46.0038.2%10.9%40.5%17.9%0.0%5.2%0.8%22.8K-859.4K-7.6K0.0086.18N/AN/A600460626
2009-05-29$54.41$46.0036.5%10.5%40.7%15.8%37.1%4.7%2.0%30.6K-1.4M-7.6K0.0085.18N/AN/A60520626