VAW Options History — September 2013

In September 2013, VAW traded between $91.39 and $97.70. ATM implied volatility averaged 15.6%, placing in the 8.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.9% (HV 20d: 13.7%). Max pain ranged from $92.00 to $94.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.18.

Notable Days

  • 2013-09-19: Highest Volume — 31 contracts
  • 2013-09-12: Largest IV spike — 12.3% change
  • 2013-09-03: Highest IV Rank — 13.4%
  • 2013-09-03: Largest Expected Move — 5.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$94.90$91.39$97.70$91.39$95.17
Max Pain$93.70$92.00$94.00$92.00$94.00
ATM IV15.6%13.9%18.0%18.0%17.0%
Expected Move4.5%4.3%5.2%5.2%4.9%
HV 20d13.7%12.0%15.2%13.3%13.8%
HV 60d12.7%12.0%13.6%13.6%12.5%
IV Rank8.3%4.6%13.4%13.4%11.3%
IV Percentile18.3%4.8%33.3%33.3%32.5%
Term Structure1.0%0.3%1.4%0.7%0.3%
VWIV16.1%14.3%17.4%14.6%17.3%
Skew 25d3.3%2.5%4.3%4.2%3.1%
Skew 10d6.4%4.2%8.6%8.2%5.4%
Call IV 25d14.6%13.7%16.1%16.1%15.7%
Put IV 25d17.9%16.4%20.3%20.3%18.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %34.2112.2558.9549.9944.86
Gamma HHI0.180.150.260.160.18
Net GEX38.3K19.0K59.6K19.0K53.5K
Net DEX-402.7K-766.1K-97.9K-97.9K-383.7K
Net VEX-1.5K-1.9K-1.2K-1.5K-1.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.180.0010.0010.000.00
Total Volume7.8503101
Total OI153.1131187131173

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-09-03$91.39$92.0018.0%5.2%13.3%13.4%0.0%4.2%0.7%19.0K-97.9K-1.5K0.0049.99N/AN/A007655
2013-09-04$92.15$92.0016.2%4.6%13.1%9.5%0.0%3.6%1.3%25.7K-167.8K-1.5K0.0041.40N/AN/A007655
2013-09-05$92.45$92.0015.5%4.4%13.1%8.2%0.0%3.7%1.4%30.5K-188.1K-1.5K0.0052.56N/AN/A007655
2013-09-06$92.35$94.0015.8%4.9%12.0%8.8%0.0%4.3%1.0%28.4K-178.9K-1.4K0.0012.25N/AN/A007655
2013-09-09$93.77$94.0014.6%4.6%13.2%6.3%0.0%4.3%1.0%37.7K-304.8K-1.3K0.0017.33N/AN/A007655
2013-09-10$94.68$94.0014.4%4.4%13.6%5.9%0.0%3.3%1.2%37.9K-381.5K-1.2K10.0019.39N/AN/A1107655
2013-09-11$95.09$94.0013.9%4.3%13.6%4.6%14.6%2.9%1.4%27.4K-396.9K-1.2K0.2719.92N/AN/A1137765
2013-09-12$94.18$94.0015.6%4.5%14.1%8.2%15.6%3.6%1.3%31.6K-314.7K-1.4K0.0018.92N/AN/A808567
2013-09-13$94.83$94.0015.1%4.3%13.7%7.3%15.8%3.4%1.2%32.3K-393.2K-1.4K0.0020.58N/AN/A048867
2013-09-16$95.90$94.0015.6%4.5%13.9%8.4%17.0%3.0%0.9%25.9K-524.6K-1.2K0.3526.39N/AN/A1768871
2013-09-17$95.71$94.0015.9%4.6%13.3%9.0%0.0%3.8%0.7%39.0K-536.6K-1.5K0.0026.48N/AN/A0010273
2013-09-18$97.70$94.0015.5%4.5%14.6%8.2%17.4%3.1%1.0%25.2K-720.2K-1.3K0.5038.72N/AN/A8410273
2013-09-19$97.46$94.0015.9%4.6%14.3%8.9%16.6%2.8%1.1%37.3K-766.1K-1.4K0.0336.54N/AN/A30111077
2013-09-20$96.20$94.0015.6%4.5%15.0%8.2%16.3%2.7%1.3%48.8K-496.5K-1.8K0.1736.16N/AN/A6110978
2013-09-23$95.66$94.0015.4%4.4%15.2%7.8%15.8%3.0%1.0%48.9K-406.7K-1.7K0.0640.32N/AN/A17110141
2013-09-24$95.60$94.0015.2%4.3%15.2%7.4%0.0%2.6%1.1%51.5K-430.1K-1.9K0.0033.46N/AN/A0510842
2013-09-25$95.78$94.0015.0%4.3%12.9%7.0%14.3%2.9%1.1%51.3K-433.2K-1.9K0.0054.53N/AN/A10010847
2013-09-26$96.47$94.0015.2%4.3%12.9%7.4%0.0%2.5%0.9%59.6K-519.8K-1.9K0.0058.95N/AN/A0011547
2013-09-27$95.40$94.0016.4%4.7%13.8%10.0%17.3%3.4%0.6%55.1K-413.7K-1.9K1.6035.37N/AN/A5811547
2013-09-30$95.17$94.0017.0%4.9%13.8%11.3%0.0%3.1%0.3%53.5K-383.7K-1.9K0.0044.86N/AN/A1012053