VAW Options History — May 2013

In May 2013, VAW traded between $86.85 and $92.53. ATM implied volatility averaged 15.9%, placing in the 4.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.7%. IV traded below realized volatility by 4.4% (HV 20d: 20.3%). Max pain ranged from $89.00 to $89.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 21 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.14.

Notable Days

  • 2013-05-29: Highest Volume — 23 contracts
  • 2013-05-16: Largest IV spike — 35.7% change
  • 2013-05-16: Highest IV Rank — 13.1%
  • 2013-05-16: Largest Expected Move — 5.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$90.80$86.85$92.53$86.85$90.58
Max Pain$89.00$89.00$89.00$89.00$89.00
ATM IV15.9%13.4%19.4%17.7%16.8%
Expected Move4.7%4.2%5.6%5.1%4.8%
HV 20d20.3%12.6%33.6%33.6%13.8%
HV 60d24.3%23.8%24.8%24.5%24.0%
IV Rank4.8%0.0%13.1%7.5%7.3%
IV Percentile4.4%0.0%9.9%4.4%9.9%
Term Structure1.1%-2.3%4.0%-2.3%0.7%
VWIV17.0%10.4%20.4%16.3%10.4%
Skew 25d2.9%2.2%4.3%4.3%2.6%
Skew 10d6.4%-1.9%12.2%11.3%-1.9%
Call IV 25d15.3%14.3%16.6%16.2%15.6%
Put IV 25d18.2%16.6%20.6%20.6%18.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %53.2028.10100.4138.9367.87
Gamma HHI0.300.190.500.500.19
Net GEX3.8K-4959.7K974431
Net DEX-52.6K-135.4K-13.2K-13.2K-21.7K
Net VEX-295-698-95-95-698
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.140.0022.000.250.00
Total Volume4.45502305
Total OI20.682449449

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-05-01$86.85$0.0017.7%5.1%33.6%7.5%0.0%4.3%-2.3%974-13.2K-950.0038.93N/AN/A0040
2013-05-02$87.64$0.0016.6%4.7%33.2%5.0%0.0%3.7%0.6%1.0K-14.1K-970.0045.48N/AN/A0040
2013-05-03$89.24$0.0015.2%4.4%33.6%1.9%0.0%2.4%1.0%1.1K-16.3K-1010.0061.02N/AN/A0040
2013-05-06$89.55$0.0014.9%4.5%33.2%1.4%16.3%3.0%0.9%1.1K-16.3K-1020.2528.10N/AN/A8240
2013-05-07$90.31$89.0015.2%4.5%24.3%2.0%12.3%3.0%0.9%7.3K-53.3K-2040.0043.53N/AN/A30122
2013-05-08$91.14$89.0014.5%4.6%24.3%0.4%0.0%2.2%1.1%7.3K-67.7K-2160.0034.67N/AN/A30132
2013-05-09$90.81$89.0014.2%4.6%24.4%0.0%0.0%2.9%1.2%9.4K-81.6K-2700.0034.12N/AN/A00162
2013-05-10$90.91$89.0013.4%4.5%23.9%0.0%18.0%2.9%1.4%9.5K-82.8K-2680.0034.66N/AN/A04162
2013-05-13$90.18$89.0016.2%4.8%18.0%6.2%0.0%2.9%1.0%9.7K-65.8K-2900.0033.71N/AN/A60166
2013-05-14$91.29$89.0015.4%4.6%17.2%4.4%0.0%2.5%1.3%4.5K-48.5K-2680.0039.53N/AN/A00126
2013-05-15$91.77$89.0014.3%4.4%15.5%1.8%16.2%2.4%1.5%4.8K-54.0K-2620.0047.71N/AN/A50126
2013-05-16$91.25$89.0019.4%5.6%15.7%13.1%20.4%2.4%3.0%5.0K-58.9K-3000.75100.41N/AN/A43156
2013-05-17$92.39$89.0015.4%4.4%15.7%4.4%0.0%2.3%1.4%7.9K-50.3K-2720.0052.21N/AN/A00129
2013-05-20$92.53$89.0014.8%4.2%15.6%3.1%0.0%2.9%0.7%-8-44.2K-2610.0063.20N/AN/A00109
2013-05-21$92.47$89.0017.3%5.0%15.6%8.6%0.0%2.8%0.8%57-44.3K-2590.0062.91N/AN/A00109
2013-05-22$91.28$89.0016.4%4.7%15.9%6.7%0.0%2.9%0.6%-495-34.7K-2700.0062.08N/AN/A00109
2013-05-23$91.16$89.0017.4%5.0%15.8%8.7%20.4%2.5%1.1%-488-33.6K-2690.0776.67N/AN/A151109
2013-05-24$90.85$89.0016.2%4.7%14.9%6.2%20.1%3.6%1.0%4.6K-111.3K-4660.5079.07N/AN/A212510
2013-05-28$91.90$89.0016.0%4.6%14.8%5.6%0.0%3.5%4.0%5.6K-135.4K-4730.0056.20N/AN/A1102711
2013-05-29$91.60$89.0015.8%4.5%14.9%5.3%19.0%3.2%1.0%3.7K-69.1K-38422.0050.56N/AN/A1221811
2013-05-30$91.90$89.0015.8%4.5%12.6%5.3%0.0%3.0%1.0%918-40.0K-6640.0057.85N/AN/A201829
2013-05-31$90.58$89.0016.8%4.8%13.8%7.3%10.4%2.6%0.7%431-21.7K-6980.0067.87N/AN/A052029