VAW Options History — May 2015

In May 2015, VAW traded between $111.31 and $113.40. ATM implied volatility averaged 13.9%, placing in the 22.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.1% (HV 20d: 11.8%). Max pain ranged from $106.00 to $112.00. Net GEX was positive for 16 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.07.

Notable Days

  • 2015-05-15: Highest Volume — 327 contracts
  • 2015-05-12: Largest IV spike — 20.6% change
  • 2015-05-12: Highest IV Rank — 40.0%
  • 2015-05-06: Largest Expected Move — 4.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$112.47$111.31$113.40$112.86$111.71
Max Pain$110.43$106.00$112.00$106.00$110.00
ATM IV13.9%11.8%17.5%13.3%13.4%
Expected Move4.0%3.4%4.6%3.8%3.8%
HV 20d11.8%9.9%12.7%10.1%12.5%
HV 60d12.0%11.7%12.5%12.5%12.2%
IV Rank22.4%12.3%40.0%19.4%19.9%
IV Percentile41.2%16.7%81.0%35.3%34.1%
Term Structure0.3%-0.4%1.1%1.1%-0.2%
VWIV14.5%13.2%15.3%15.3%14.7%
Skew 25d3.6%2.9%4.2%2.9%3.6%
Skew 10d5.8%4.8%6.8%5.8%6.1%
Call IV 25d12.3%10.6%13.9%12.1%12.0%
Put IV 25d15.8%13.6%17.9%15.0%15.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %20.7310.2680.4980.4926.47
Gamma HHI0.160.130.250.130.15
Net GEX31.5K-8.8K75.5K57.0K-8.5K
Net DEX-645.2K-1.5M51.7K-1.1M40.4K
Net VEX-1.8K-2.3K-1.6K-2.1K-1.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.070.003.242.942.19
Total Volume131.4332724867
Total OI217.87337434396

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-05-01$112.86$106.0013.3%3.8%10.1%19.4%15.3%2.9%1.1%57.0K-1.1M-2.1K2.9480.49N/AN/A63185149194
2015-05-04$112.67$0.0013.1%4.1%9.9%18.7%0.0%3.7%0.3%56.8K-1.1M-2.0K0.0012.46N/AN/A0314583
2015-05-05$111.31$0.0015.7%4.4%11.0%31.3%0.0%4.0%0.1%63.3K-861.5K-2.3K3.2412.45N/AN/A58188149197
2015-05-06$111.32$0.0016.6%4.6%11.0%35.4%0.0%4.0%-0.1%61.8K-847.8K-2.2K3.2410.26N/AN/A58188147197
2015-05-07$111.70$0.0015.4%4.5%11.0%29.7%0.0%4.2%-0.4%70.7K-910.9K-2.1K3.0811.50N/AN/A61188147197
2015-05-08$113.36$0.0012.5%4.0%12.0%15.5%0.0%3.3%0.6%54.7K-1.2M-1.6K0.0019.48N/AN/A25013986
2015-05-11$112.98$0.0014.5%4.1%12.0%25.6%14.7%3.4%0.4%61.1K-1.4M-1.7K0.0012.86N/AN/A6016386
2015-05-12$111.96$112.0017.5%4.2%12.6%40.0%14.6%3.8%0.5%68.8K-1.3M-1.9K2.2112.57N/AN/A85188175197
2015-05-13$111.92$112.0014.8%4.3%12.1%27.0%14.9%3.8%0.3%75.5K-1.3M-1.8K2.2112.00N/AN/A85188176198
2015-05-14$113.16$112.0013.9%4.0%12.6%22.5%14.3%3.7%0.8%71.4K-1.5M-1.7K2.1613.54N/AN/A87188176198
2015-05-15$113.40$112.0013.5%3.9%12.1%20.6%13.9%3.6%1.1%6.0K-1.5M-1.6K1.3913.67N/AN/A137190172198
2015-05-18$113.33$112.0013.7%3.9%12.0%21.5%15.3%3.3%0.5%3.5K-26.7K-1.6K0.0018.91N/AN/A033043
2015-05-19$112.75$110.0013.2%3.8%11.7%19.1%15.0%3.6%-0.2%790-1.5K-1.6K0.0016.33N/AN/A033046
2015-05-20$112.73$110.0012.4%3.6%11.7%15.4%13.7%3.2%0.5%1.8K-21.6K-1.7K1.9025.29N/AN/A20383549
2015-05-21$113.18$110.0012.1%3.5%11.7%13.5%13.2%3.1%0.3%3.4K-43.2K-1.7K1.9020.51N/AN/A20383649
2015-05-22$112.91$110.0011.8%3.4%11.7%12.3%13.6%3.0%0.4%3.4K-35.0K-1.7K2.0922.86N/AN/A22463649
2015-05-26$111.46$110.0014.1%4.0%12.5%23.3%14.7%3.9%-0.2%-8.8K51.7K-1.8K2.3026.88N/AN/A20463859
2015-05-27$112.29$110.0012.8%3.7%12.7%17.4%14.1%3.4%0.2%-6.7K18.4K-1.8K2.1923.81N/AN/A21463659
2015-05-28$112.38$110.0013.5%3.9%12.7%20.3%14.8%3.6%-0.0%-5.9K12.4K-1.8K2.1922.33N/AN/A21463759
2015-05-29$111.71$110.0013.4%3.8%12.5%19.9%14.7%3.6%-0.2%-8.5K40.4K-1.8K2.1926.47N/AN/A21463759