VAW Options History — January 2010

In January 2010, VAW traded between $62.29 and $71.74. ATM implied volatility averaged 24.1%, placing in the 13.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.2% (HV 20d: 21.9%). Max pain ranged from $68.00 to $71.00. Net GEX was positive for 4 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 11.61.

Notable Days

  • 2010-01-21: Highest Volume — 1,055 contracts
  • 2010-01-21: Largest IV spike — 19.0% change
  • 2010-01-29: Highest IV Rank — 21.7%
  • 2010-01-29: Largest Expected Move — 8.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$68.36$62.29$71.74$69.87$62.29
Max Pain$69.63$68.00$71.00$69.00$69.00
ATM IV24.1%20.2%29.0%22.6%29.0%
Expected Move7.2%5.8%8.3%7.1%8.3%
HV 20d21.9%18.9%26.6%19.8%26.6%
HV 60d24.3%22.8%25.5%24.3%23.0%
IV Rank13.3%6.6%21.7%10.5%21.7%
IV Percentile8.9%0.8%22.2%5.2%22.2%
Term Structure1.8%0.9%3.2%1.1%2.3%
VWIV24.2%15.9%28.9%26.0%28.9%
Skew 25d1.9%0.5%3.2%2.8%0.5%
Skew 10d3.3%0.7%7.4%7.2%2.7%
Call IV 25d24.1%20.0%28.4%22.0%28.4%
Put IV 25d25.9%22.5%28.9%24.8%28.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %25.288.9958.8711.7052.95
Gamma HHI0.180.110.370.150.12
Net GEX-96.8K-374.9K9.5K7.4K-68.8K
Net DEX559.2K-1.3M2.0M-730.2K2.0M
Net VEX-9.6K-13.5K-6.1K-6.2K-8.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio11.610.00104.000.400.00
Total Volume206.89501,0553515
Total OI1,241.2118061,6488061,236

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-01-04$69.87$69.0022.6%7.1%19.8%10.5%0.0%2.8%1.1%7.4K-730.2K-6.2K0.4011.70N/AN/A2510326480
2010-01-05$70.29$69.0022.8%7.2%19.6%10.8%26.0%3.2%1.1%9.5K-855.8K-6.5K1.5010.56N/AN/A2030351490
2010-01-06$71.28$68.0022.5%7.1%20.0%10.3%0.0%1.7%0.9%858-1.1M-6.3K0.0016.46N/AN/A20361520
2010-01-07$70.97$69.0022.4%7.1%19.0%10.2%25.2%1.9%1.3%4.0K-1.0M-6.5K1.0017.78N/AN/A4040361521
2010-01-08$71.74$71.0020.3%7.0%18.9%6.6%0.0%1.7%0.9%-7.3K-1.3M-6.4K0.0010.90N/AN/A10380521
2010-01-11$71.50$71.0023.3%7.2%18.9%11.8%0.0%2.1%1.2%-5.1K-1.2M-6.1K12.8016.08N/AN/A40512381521
2010-01-12$70.11$71.0024.7%7.3%20.5%14.0%0.0%2.0%1.3%-374.9K767.2K-7.5K104.0014.51N/AN/A101,0403611,033
2010-01-13$70.75$71.0021.8%7.0%20.1%9.2%0.0%2.5%1.6%-311.0K910.3K-12.2K0.0016.03N/AN/A0103711,263
2010-01-14$70.09$71.0024.1%6.9%20.1%13.2%24.1%2.6%1.9%-275.9K1.3M-12.1K0.208.99N/AN/A60123711,253
2010-01-15$69.44$70.0023.7%6.8%20.1%12.6%0.0%2.1%1.8%-103.0K1.8M-12.0K0.0019.18N/AN/A003871,261
2010-01-19$70.63$70.0022.1%6.4%18.9%9.9%23.4%2.2%1.6%-100.9K209.1K-11.2K0.0416.60N/AN/A241351928
2010-01-20$69.54$70.0020.2%5.8%20.0%6.6%20.8%2.5%2.6%-103.1K523.9K-11.5K0.8114.50N/AN/A5242375928
2010-01-21$66.65$69.0024.1%6.9%25.1%13.2%24.1%1.9%2.2%-94.5K1.6M-12.0K41.2034.06N/AN/A251,030422938
2010-01-22$65.12$69.0027.4%7.9%26.2%18.9%26.9%1.3%3.2%-104.7K1.7M-13.4K9.4843.93N/AN/A211994221,112
2010-01-25$65.62$69.0026.1%7.5%25.7%16.7%0.0%1.3%2.6%-126.0K1.8M-13.5K14.1936.89N/AN/A375254131,195
2010-01-26$64.96$69.0026.4%7.6%25.6%17.2%0.0%1.4%2.3%-62.0K1.2M-9.9K0.0041.65N/AN/A300423810
2010-01-27$64.61$69.0027.2%7.8%25.6%18.6%27.2%1.0%1.4%-60.1K1.3M-9.8K0.1338.77N/AN/A162441810
2010-01-28$63.30$69.0027.9%8.0%26.3%19.8%15.9%0.7%2.2%-63.8K1.7M-9.5K0.0058.87N/AN/A600457809
2010-01-29$62.29$69.0029.0%8.3%26.6%21.7%28.9%0.5%2.3%-68.8K2.0M-8.9K0.0052.95N/AN/A015427809