VAW Options History — February 2014

In February 2014, VAW traded between $96.16 and $105.43. ATM implied volatility averaged 14.7%, placing in the 13.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 3.0% (HV 20d: 17.7%). Max pain ranged from $91.00 to $102.00. Net GEX was positive for 5 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 11.35.

Notable Days

  • 2014-02-25: Highest Volume — 104 contracts
  • 2014-02-10: Largest IV drop — 18.5% change
  • 2014-02-03: Highest IV Rank — 29.8%
  • 2014-02-03: Largest Expected Move — 5.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$101.75$96.16$105.43$96.16$105.43
Max Pain$98.58$91.00$102.00$102.00$102.00
ATM IV14.7%11.7%20.1%20.1%14.6%
Expected Move4.3%3.8%5.8%5.8%4.2%
HV 20d17.7%14.9%19.3%17.0%15.1%
HV 60d14.1%13.6%14.3%14.0%14.3%
IV Rank13.4%4.2%29.8%29.8%12.9%
IV Percentile31.1%4.8%74.6%74.6%32.1%
Term Structure0.7%-0.8%1.9%-0.7%0.2%
VWIV15.9%13.4%19.1%19.1%15.6%
Skew 25d3.1%-3.9%4.7%4.7%3.1%
Skew 10d7.5%5.4%9.6%9.6%6.5%
Call IV 25d13.8%12.4%18.3%18.3%12.9%
Put IV 25d16.9%9.5%22.9%22.9%16.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %47.7121.6787.3028.5859.52
Gamma HHI0.200.130.350.160.13
Net GEX-18.1K-107.3K52.0K-14.4K46.7K
Net DEX-259.8K-980.1K692.0K692.0K-980.1K
Net VEX-5.6K-6.4K-3.0K-5.9K-3.0K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio11.350.00103.000.000.00
Total Volume17.105010480
Total OI362.895276471338276

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-02-03$96.16$102.0020.1%5.8%17.0%29.8%0.0%4.7%-0.7%-14.4K692.0K-5.9K0.0028.58N/AN/A08134204
2014-02-04$97.09$102.0018.1%5.2%17.6%23.9%19.1%3.9%-0.8%-18.6K646.9K-6.1K0.0069.48N/AN/A120134212
2014-02-05$97.18$102.0018.5%5.3%17.6%24.9%0.0%4.5%-0.4%-11.7K549.8K-6.2K0.0087.30N/AN/A00146212
2014-02-06$98.59$102.0016.4%4.7%18.5%18.5%0.0%4.2%0.2%-23.3K359.4K-6.4K0.0070.65N/AN/A30146212
2014-02-07$99.94$98.0014.4%4.4%19.2%12.3%0.0%3.7%1.2%-40.3K140.5K-6.4K0.0021.67N/AN/A30149212
2014-02-10$100.28$98.0011.7%4.5%19.2%4.2%14.2%3.9%0.8%-45.3K50.9K-6.4K0.0023.96N/AN/A20152212
2014-02-11$101.59$98.0013.4%4.2%19.2%9.4%16.6%3.5%1.2%-61.4K-218.8K-6.3K8.5053.02N/AN/A217154212
2014-02-12$101.60$98.0013.0%4.2%18.7%8.0%0.0%-3.9%1.4%-56.5K-226.6K-6.2K0.0060.96N/AN/A00154206
2014-02-13$102.66$98.0014.5%4.2%18.9%12.7%0.0%3.5%1.5%-59.6K-438.6K-6.0K0.0030.14N/AN/A00154206
2014-02-14$103.37$98.0014.2%4.1%19.0%11.9%0.0%3.3%1.4%-46.7K-580.2K-5.8K0.0043.09N/AN/A05154206
2014-02-18$103.57$98.0013.6%3.9%19.0%9.9%0.0%2.7%1.5%-46.6K-658.4K-5.5K0.0043.62N/AN/A0100154206
2014-02-19$102.72$98.0014.2%4.1%19.2%11.7%17.4%3.4%1.5%-107.3K-438.4K-6.3K0.3629.81N/AN/A145154306
2014-02-20$103.69$91.0013.4%3.8%19.3%9.4%13.4%3.0%1.9%-950-672.1K-6.0K0.0062.09N/AN/A170153311
2014-02-21$103.58$91.0013.5%3.9%18.7%9.7%0.0%3.1%1.6%-3.6K-459.7K-6.0K0.0063.79N/AN/A00160311
2014-02-24$103.05$91.0014.1%4.0%15.1%11.5%14.7%3.1%0.5%24.3K-416.6K-6.1K1.6739.73N/AN/A35138229
2014-02-25$103.39$102.0014.7%4.2%14.9%13.2%15.6%2.9%-0.1%19.6K-435.9K-6.0K103.0066.89N/AN/A1103139234
2014-02-26$104.32$102.0014.0%4.0%15.0%11.2%0.0%2.9%0.3%52.0K-897.8K-3.2K0.0023.43N/AN/A250140137
2014-02-27$105.02$102.0013.5%3.9%15.1%9.8%0.0%2.8%0.6%49.5K-952.2K-3.0K0.0028.76N/AN/A00139137
2014-02-28$105.43$102.0014.6%4.2%15.1%12.9%0.0%3.1%0.2%46.7K-980.1K-3.0K0.0059.52N/AN/A00139137