VAW Options History — February 2010

In February 2010, VAW traded between $61.58 and $66.83. ATM implied volatility averaged 28.1%, placing in the 20.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.1% (HV 20d: 30.1%). Max pain ranged from $67.00 to $69.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.93.

Notable Days

  • 2010-02-17: Highest Volume — 125 contracts
  • 2010-02-04: Largest IV spike — 11.6% change
  • 2010-02-08: Highest IV Rank — 30.1%
  • 2010-02-08: Largest Expected Move — 9.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$64.57$61.58$66.83$64.37$65.46
Max Pain$67.42$67.00$69.00$69.00$67.00
ATM IV28.1%23.3%33.9%29.8%23.3%
Expected Move8.1%6.7%9.5%8.6%6.7%
HV 20d30.1%27.2%33.7%29.6%27.5%
HV 60d24.6%23.3%25.1%23.7%24.5%
IV Rank20.3%12.9%30.1%23.1%12.9%
IV Percentile23.7%9.1%50.8%27.0%9.1%
Term Structure0.5%-1.2%2.3%-0.2%1.2%
VWIV27.5%23.2%42.1%31.7%23.2%
Skew 25d4.9%0.8%8.1%2.9%3.7%
Skew 10d12.0%2.1%16.9%12.9%9.2%
Call IV 25d26.1%21.7%30.9%27.6%21.7%
Put IV 25d31.0%25.4%38.2%30.5%25.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %62.1143.13104.3343.1377.06
Gamma HHI0.120.100.130.110.12
Net GEX-76.7K-84.2K-66.8K-71.1K-81.2K
Net DEX1.4M518.9K2.4M1.4M1.1M
Net VEX-11.3K-12.7K-9.6K-9.6K-11.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.930.0013.501.150.00
Total Volume32.632012511250
Total OI1,488.5261,2511,6491,2511,542

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-02-01$64.37$69.0029.8%8.6%29.6%23.1%0.0%2.9%-0.2%-71.1K1.4M-9.6K1.1543.13N/AN/A5260427824
2010-02-02$64.94$69.0028.1%8.1%27.4%20.2%0.0%3.8%-0.2%-67.9K1.2M-10.7K3.0044.05N/AN/A1545474854
2010-02-03$64.29$69.0028.4%8.1%27.2%20.7%0.0%3.2%0.0%-74.2K1.6M-11.0K0.0059.76N/AN/A00489899
2010-02-04$61.69$69.0031.7%9.1%29.2%26.3%31.7%0.8%0.5%-72.7K2.3M-10.0K0.00104.33N/AN/A031489899
2010-02-05$62.66$67.0031.7%9.1%30.3%26.4%32.4%6.7%-0.5%-80.9K2.2M-10.8K0.5358.15N/AN/A3217489928
2010-02-08$61.58$67.0033.9%9.5%29.9%30.1%0.0%8.1%-1.2%-72.3K2.4M-10.2K0.0044.86N/AN/A030521926
2010-02-09$63.12$67.0032.3%9.3%32.0%27.3%0.0%7.5%-1.2%-77.9K2.0M-11.3K5.0051.11N/AN/A315521956
2010-02-10$62.89$67.0031.1%9.2%31.6%25.4%42.1%6.9%-1.0%-80.2K2.1M-11.3K0.0047.63N/AN/A03524971
2010-02-11$63.85$67.0029.7%8.5%32.1%22.8%27.1%6.5%-0.0%-84.2K1.8M-11.4K0.0052.54N/AN/A300524968
2010-02-12$64.01$67.0029.3%8.4%32.1%22.2%0.0%6.3%0.5%-81.6K1.7M-11.6K0.0051.48N/AN/A50554968
2010-02-16$65.62$67.0027.3%7.8%33.7%18.8%25.5%5.7%1.0%-77.8K1.1M-11.2K0.7452.05N/AN/A3425559968
2010-02-17$65.76$67.0027.0%7.7%32.9%18.2%0.0%4.9%1.9%-74.1K958.5K-11.5K3.1749.86N/AN/A3095560983
2010-02-18$66.48$67.0025.8%7.4%33.0%16.2%0.0%4.3%2.3%-77.6K683.0K-12.7K0.0055.29N/AN/A005901,059
2010-02-19$66.83$67.0025.0%7.2%29.5%14.7%23.5%4.6%2.3%-84.0K518.9K-12.5K13.5067.06N/AN/A2275901,059
2010-02-22$66.69$67.0024.9%7.1%28.2%14.6%24.8%4.5%1.2%-66.8K562.8K-12.2K0.0083.50N/AN/A205371,003
2010-02-23$65.42$67.0026.7%7.7%28.9%19.2%24.9%4.5%0.6%-74.6K1.1M-11.9K0.0084.69N/AN/A505391,003
2010-02-24$65.52$67.0023.8%6.8%28.7%13.8%23.2%3.9%1.3%-80.0K1.1M-11.6K0.0072.51N/AN/A1005391,003
2010-02-25$65.58$67.0023.4%6.7%28.6%13.0%24.2%4.0%1.4%-78.4K1.0M-11.3K0.0081.12N/AN/A205401,003
2010-02-26$65.46$67.0023.3%6.7%27.5%12.9%23.2%3.7%1.2%-81.2K1.1M-11.1K0.0077.06N/AN/A5005391,003