VAW Options History — November 2014

In November 2014, VAW traded between $106.59 and $112.67. ATM implied volatility averaged 15.5%, placing in the 30.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.4%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.4% (HV 20d: 16.9%). Max pain ranged from $107.00 to $112.00. Net GEX was positive for 15 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.77.

Notable Days

  • 2014-11-18: Highest Volume — 412 contracts
  • 2014-11-13: Largest IV spike — 22.6% change
  • 2014-11-28: Highest IV Rank — 42.4%
  • 2014-11-04: Largest Expected Move — 5.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$110.05$106.59$112.67$107.62$109.56
Max Pain$109.16$107.00$112.00$110.00$107.00
ATM IV15.5%12.9%18.0%16.8%18.0%
Expected Move4.4%4.0%5.2%4.9%4.5%
HV 20d16.9%10.7%24.5%24.5%14.3%
HV 60d16.5%16.2%17.4%16.2%17.4%
IV Rank30.4%17.6%42.4%36.6%42.4%
IV Percentile72.8%41.7%91.7%86.5%91.7%
Term Structure-0.1%-1.4%2.1%1.8%-1.4%
VWIV16.6%13.0%18.4%17.9%14.9%
Skew 25d3.7%2.8%5.6%4.0%3.7%
Skew 10d7.5%4.1%11.3%10.6%5.7%
Call IV 25d14.2%12.4%16.6%15.8%15.6%
Put IV 25d18.0%16.0%20.7%19.8%19.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %18.7515.3021.7816.2820.60
Gamma HHI0.220.100.350.330.13
Net GEX52.6K-75.8K118.1K101.3K-75.8K
Net DEX-1.4M-2.8M-115.3K-895.8K-115.3K
Net VEX-6.0K-7.5K-4.6K-7.5K-5.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.770.003.131.703.13
Total Volume269.368041235933
Total OI552.947317643575344

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-11-03$107.62$110.0016.8%4.9%24.5%36.6%17.9%4.0%1.8%101.3K-895.8K-7.5K1.7016.28N/AN/A133226328247
2014-11-04$106.59$110.0017.9%5.2%23.9%41.6%18.4%4.1%1.5%93.6K-569.4K-7.4K1.6715.30N/AN/A135226328247
2014-11-05$107.58$110.0016.2%4.9%23.6%33.4%18.0%4.0%2.0%118.1K-909.8K-7.3K1.8515.70N/AN/A135250330247
2014-11-06$108.50$110.0015.9%4.9%21.4%31.9%17.8%3.3%2.1%98.1K-1.2M-7.3K1.8515.82N/AN/A135250330271
2014-11-07$109.08$110.0014.1%4.7%20.1%23.6%17.6%4.0%-0.7%99.8K-1.4M-7.1K1.8517.03N/AN/A135250330271
2014-11-10$109.26$110.0014.3%4.4%17.3%24.6%16.6%3.8%-0.8%110.0K-1.6M-6.4K2.0419.30N/AN/A135275330271
2014-11-11$109.74$112.0012.9%4.3%17.0%17.6%16.7%3.5%-0.6%111.7K-1.6M-6.3K2.0419.00N/AN/A135275328271
2014-11-12$109.99$110.0013.1%4.3%17.0%18.4%16.7%3.4%-0.4%64.7K-1.7M-6.3K1.8219.30N/AN/A140255330296
2014-11-13$109.85$110.0016.0%4.3%16.9%32.6%16.9%3.6%-0.9%78.7K-1.6M-6.5K1.8818.77N/AN/A136255335298
2014-11-14$110.08$109.0015.8%4.3%16.6%31.6%0.0%5.6%-0.7%98.3K-1.9M-6.0K0.0019.27N/AN/A00336277
2014-11-17$110.07$110.0016.0%4.3%16.0%32.6%16.8%3.3%-0.4%51.8K-2.0M-5.5K1.8819.71N/AN/A136255336298
2014-11-18$111.22$110.0015.4%4.2%14.8%29.8%16.2%2.9%-0.5%33.3K-2.3M-5.0K1.6219.66N/AN/A157255336298
2014-11-19$110.80$109.0015.9%4.3%14.5%32.2%0.0%3.1%-0.2%11.3K-2.4M-5.2K0.0019.06N/AN/A00356287
2014-11-20$111.46$109.0015.6%4.3%14.6%30.7%16.2%5.1%-0.7%29.5K-2.5M-5.2K1.5118.52N/AN/A126190355283
2014-11-21$112.67$107.0015.0%4.0%14.8%27.9%16.1%3.1%-0.1%58.9K-2.8M-4.7K1.5419.72N/AN/A123190356283
2014-11-24$112.38$107.0015.2%4.2%12.3%28.8%0.0%3.5%-1.2%-4.3K-508.6K-5.1K2.0020.47N/AN/A12149168
2014-11-25$112.22$107.0015.7%4.2%11.7%31.0%16.4%2.8%-1.3%-31.6K-650.3K-4.6K1.6421.02N/AN/A61100150170
2014-11-26$112.21$107.0015.4%4.1%10.7%29.8%13.0%3.6%-0.4%-47.9K-602.7K-4.7K0.0021.78N/AN/A80150186
2014-11-28$109.56$107.0018.0%4.5%14.3%42.4%14.9%3.7%-1.4%-75.8K-115.3K-5.3K3.1320.60N/AN/A825158186