VAW Options History — November 2013

In November 2013, VAW traded between $98.08 and $101.41. ATM implied volatility averaged 15.2%, placing in the 12.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.0% (HV 20d: 12.2%). Max pain ranged from $97.00 to $101.00. Net GEX was positive for 15 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 3.96.

Notable Days

  • 2013-11-18: Highest Volume — 85 contracts
  • 2013-11-25: Largest IV spike — 48.5% change
  • 2013-11-26: Highest IV Rank — 36.1%
  • 2013-11-26: Largest Expected Move — 6.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$100.12$98.08$101.41$99.08$100.57
Max Pain$99.89$97.00$101.00$97.00$101.00
ATM IV15.2%11.3%22.8%13.1%16.7%
Expected Move4.8%3.8%6.5%3.8%4.8%
HV 20d12.2%11.4%13.7%13.7%11.7%
HV 60d13.5%13.1%14.1%13.3%13.2%
IV Rank12.0%0.0%36.1%4.4%17.0%
IV Percentile23.5%0.0%69.4%2.0%44.4%
Term Structure-0.7%-1.9%3.6%3.6%-0.9%
VWIV16.6%14.2%21.0%14.2%17.6%
Skew 25d3.3%2.8%4.1%2.8%4.1%
Skew 10d6.7%4.6%12.4%7.9%7.7%
Call IV 25d14.6%12.1%16.2%12.1%13.4%
Put IV 25d17.9%14.9%19.9%14.9%17.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %49.9126.6794.2694.2664.50
Gamma HHI0.230.150.310.260.19
Net GEX11.0K-29.2K57.5K14.1K8.5K
Net DEX-538.1K-1.2M-112.0K-437.3K-349.9K
Net VEX-3.4K-4.7K-1.5K-1.7K-4.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio3.960.0041.501.002.00
Total Volume17.60851215
Total OI239.55165297179297

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-11-01$99.08$97.0013.1%3.8%13.7%4.4%14.2%2.8%3.6%14.1K-437.3K-1.7K1.0094.26N/AN/A669683
2013-11-04$99.72$0.0013.4%4.9%13.2%5.5%0.0%3.4%-1.0%11.2K-489.9K-1.6K0.0026.67N/AN/A009385
2013-11-05$99.03$0.0014.2%4.9%11.6%8.0%16.3%3.7%-1.0%6.9K-420.2K-1.6K1.0027.56N/AN/A119385
2013-11-06$99.56$101.0013.1%4.7%11.6%4.6%0.0%3.2%-0.9%9.4K-489.1K-1.5K0.0031.40N/AN/A309486
2013-11-07$98.08$101.0014.6%5.0%11.4%9.3%0.0%3.3%-1.1%211-284.0K-1.6K0.0332.48N/AN/A7929386
2013-11-08$99.90$101.0011.3%4.6%12.9%0.0%16.2%2.8%-1.0%33.0K-930.7K-3.5K1.0041.99N/AN/A1116988
2013-11-11$99.92$100.0012.2%4.6%12.9%2.9%17.0%2.9%-0.8%35.8K-985.1K-3.4K0.0037.55N/AN/A0317087
2013-11-12$99.59$98.0012.4%4.7%12.8%3.3%21.0%3.0%-1.0%30.6K-900.4K-3.4K0.8338.78N/AN/A6516790
2013-11-13$100.16$98.0013.0%4.6%12.6%5.3%16.1%3.0%-0.9%47.0K-1.0M-3.4K0.1541.40N/AN/A13216995
2013-11-14$100.91$98.0015.7%4.5%12.0%13.9%0.0%3.1%-0.5%57.5K-1.1M-3.5K0.0040.67N/AN/A44017891
2013-11-15$101.41$98.0015.3%4.4%12.1%12.5%14.2%4.1%0.3%34.6K-1.2M-3.5K0.0038.05N/AN/A27018091
2013-11-18$100.65$98.0015.6%4.5%12.5%13.5%16.3%3.7%-1.3%33.2K-516.1K-3.5K41.5066.75N/AN/A28312243
2013-11-19$100.49$101.0016.3%4.7%11.7%15.8%16.2%2.8%-1.1%-22.3K-208.9K-4.4K0.0049.68N/AN/A01124126
2013-11-20$99.85$101.0015.8%4.5%11.7%14.1%0.0%2.9%-1.2%-29.2K-112.0K-4.4K0.0046.91N/AN/A00124127
2013-11-21$100.72$101.0015.8%4.5%11.9%14.3%18.6%3.5%0.0%-26.7K-221.9K-4.4K0.0065.01N/AN/A011124127
2013-11-22$101.14$101.0015.2%4.4%12.0%12.3%0.0%3.3%-1.4%-17.7K-219.2K-4.5K0.0071.17N/AN/A00124133
2013-11-25$100.48$101.0022.6%6.5%12.0%35.5%15.0%2.9%-1.9%-24.5K-160.6K-4.4K0.0069.37N/AN/A400124133
2013-11-26$100.45$101.0022.8%6.5%12.0%36.1%0.0%4.0%-1.2%8.4K-324.8K-4.7K0.0060.78N/AN/A00164133
2013-11-27$100.65$101.0015.4%4.4%11.7%12.9%0.0%2.9%-1.5%10.5K-364.3K-4.6K0.0053.17N/AN/A00164133
2013-11-29$100.57$101.0016.7%4.8%11.7%17.0%17.6%4.1%-0.9%8.5K-349.9K-4.6K2.0064.50N/AN/A510164133