VAW Options History — February 2015

In February 2015, VAW traded between $105.36 and $113.90. ATM implied volatility averaged 15.9%, placing in the 32.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.6%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.1% (HV 20d: 17.0%). Max pain ranged from $104.00 to $115.00. Net GEX was positive for 16 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.40.

Notable Days

  • 2015-02-18: Highest Volume — 456 contracts
  • 2015-02-03: Largest IV drop — 19.0% change
  • 2015-02-02: Highest IV Rank — 49.5%
  • 2015-02-02: Largest Expected Move — 5.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$111.15$105.36$113.90$105.36$112.76
Max Pain$106.58$104.00$115.00$104.00$115.00
ATM IV15.9%13.4%19.5%19.5%13.6%
Expected Move4.6%3.8%5.6%5.6%3.9%
HV 20d17.0%13.1%19.7%19.6%13.2%
HV 60d18.2%17.2%18.7%17.2%17.6%
IV Rank32.0%19.8%49.5%49.5%21.0%
IV Percentile65.2%37.3%89.7%89.7%42.9%
Term Structure1.0%-0.2%2.1%0.4%0.6%
VWIV18.0%13.3%21.1%20.7%13.3%
Skew 25d4.7%3.4%5.5%5.5%3.9%
Skew 10d9.7%6.9%13.4%13.4%6.9%
Call IV 25d14.3%11.5%16.9%16.9%12.0%
Put IV 25d19.0%15.5%22.4%22.4%15.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %39.1313.0678.5364.9162.49
Gamma HHI0.140.120.170.170.15
Net GEX21.9K-37.7K52.6K36.6K-37.7K
Net DEX-1.1M-2.1M-333.0K-466.6K-333.0K
Net VEX-4.4K-5.9K-2.5K-4.2K-4.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.400.004.002.013.85
Total Volume314.78904560252
Total OI506.421270631443326

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-02-02$105.36$104.0019.5%5.6%19.6%49.5%0.0%5.5%0.4%36.6K-466.6K-4.2K0.0064.91N/AN/A00233210
2015-02-03$107.64$104.0015.8%4.5%18.6%31.6%20.7%4.4%1.5%29.2K-761.9K-5.7K2.0170.03N/AN/A138278240321
2015-02-04$107.08$104.0017.6%5.0%18.3%40.2%20.3%4.4%0.7%33.6K-691.2K-5.9K1.9278.53N/AN/A145278250321
2015-02-05$109.48$105.0016.7%5.1%19.7%35.8%19.5%4.8%0.5%51.9K-1.2M-5.4K1.9214.58N/AN/A145278257321
2015-02-06$109.24$105.0017.5%5.2%18.2%40.0%20.2%5.5%0.4%52.6K-1.2M-5.3K1.8813.06N/AN/A145272257321
2015-02-09$109.23$105.0018.2%5.3%18.1%43.2%20.4%5.5%-0.2%34.6K-1.2M-5.2K1.8915.13N/AN/A145274257345
2015-02-10$109.96$105.0016.5%5.0%18.1%35.0%20.2%4.6%1.0%37.2K-1.3M-5.0K1.8916.95N/AN/A145274256347
2015-02-11$109.78$105.0018.1%5.2%17.4%42.9%21.1%5.4%0.4%43.2K-1.3M-4.9K2.0816.76N/AN/A145302256347
2015-02-12$111.76$105.0015.8%4.5%17.7%31.8%20.1%5.4%2.1%36.0K-1.6M-4.9K2.1021.62N/AN/A145304256375
2015-02-13$112.77$105.0015.2%4.4%17.6%28.7%19.9%4.4%1.5%29.6K-1.8M-4.3K2.0925.12N/AN/A146305256372
2015-02-17$112.69$105.0015.8%4.5%17.1%31.5%20.9%4.6%1.4%30.1K-1.8M-4.1K2.1030.11N/AN/A146306257373
2015-02-18$112.98$105.0015.4%4.4%17.1%29.5%18.9%5.2%2.0%17.2K-1.9M-3.9K2.0437.87N/AN/A150306257374
2015-02-19$113.25$105.0015.7%4.5%17.0%31.0%0.0%5.2%1.0%38.1K-2.0M-2.6K0.0028.66N/AN/A00256263
2015-02-20$113.74$105.0014.2%4.1%16.6%24.0%13.5%4.7%1.5%34.8K-2.1M-2.5K0.0038.80N/AN/A20256263
2015-02-23$113.48$105.0014.9%4.3%15.2%27.4%16.1%4.7%0.4%8.1K-588.2K-3.6K3.2246.97N/AN/A50161106164
2015-02-24$113.90$108.0013.5%3.9%15.1%20.5%13.7%4.0%0.8%12.0K-647.8K-3.7K3.9449.73N/AN/A50197116169
2015-02-25$113.62$115.0013.4%3.8%14.8%19.8%13.6%3.4%1.0%-37.4K-402.1K-4.1K3.9458.90N/AN/A50197116205
2015-02-26$113.10$115.0014.2%4.1%13.1%23.8%14.2%3.7%1.4%-33.8K-347.1K-4.1K4.0053.34N/AN/A50200118205
2015-02-27$112.76$115.0013.6%3.9%13.2%21.0%13.3%3.9%0.6%-37.7K-333.0K-4.1K3.8562.49N/AN/A52200118208