VAW Options History — January 2016

In January 2016, VAW traded between $81.05 and $92.62. ATM implied volatility averaged 29.0%, placing in the 62.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.4% (HV 20d: 22.7%). Max pain ranged from $100.00 to $106.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.40.

Notable Days

  • 2016-01-26: Highest Volume — 601 contracts
  • 2016-01-06: Largest IV spike — 18.9% change
  • 2016-01-11: Highest IV Rank — 77.7%
  • 2016-01-20: Largest Expected Move — 9.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$85.07$81.05$92.62$92.52$84.75
Max Pain$102.21$100.00$106.00$106.00$100.00
ATM IV29.0%23.3%33.3%25.1%24.1%
Expected Move7.8%6.0%9.3%6.3%6.9%
HV 20d22.7%21.1%27.4%22.7%27.4%
HV 60d19.9%18.2%22.1%18.4%22.1%
IV Rank62.3%41.5%77.7%48.1%44.3%
IV Percentile93.6%83.3%98.4%91.7%83.3%
Term Structure-0.9%-2.3%2.4%-0.3%0.2%
VWIV27.9%19.4%40.1%20.5%24.3%
Skew 25d6.2%4.9%7.9%6.8%4.9%
Skew 10d7.7%-19.3%13.3%12.7%9.9%
Call IV 25d24.0%18.2%28.4%19.4%22.2%
Put IV 25d30.2%24.8%34.1%26.3%27.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %79.2060.5696.8460.5686.43
Gamma HHI0.240.130.410.130.39
Net GEX36.1K6.6K103.8K14.3K103.8K
Net DEX-266.9K-1.5M243.8K206.4K-1.5M
Net VEX-4.9K-12.8K-1.2K-1.6K-12.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.400.110.760.740.20
Total Volume292.84266011326
Total OI298.526125624132618

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-01-04$92.52$106.0025.1%6.3%22.7%48.1%20.5%6.8%-0.3%14.3K206.4K-1.6K0.7460.56N/AN/A76567656
2016-01-05$92.62$106.0023.3%6.0%21.7%41.5%19.4%6.6%0.2%16.0K212.6K-1.5K0.7662.14N/AN/A76587756
2016-01-06$90.35$104.0027.7%6.9%22.4%57.5%21.6%7.2%-1.2%10.7K193.4K-1.4K0.7664.69N/AN/A76587748
2016-01-07$87.98$104.0032.5%7.4%23.4%74.7%24.5%6.9%-1.7%6.6K243.8K-1.2K0.4970.91N/AN/A118587748
2016-01-08$86.83$104.0031.9%7.6%21.8%72.8%23.1%6.7%-2.2%14.6K76.9K-2.2K0.5072.20N/AN/A1165812044
2016-01-11$85.72$103.0033.3%7.6%22.0%77.7%24.8%6.0%-1.7%12.6K100.5K-1.9K0.5074.50N/AN/A1165812042
2016-01-12$85.82$103.0031.6%7.3%21.1%71.5%28.6%6.1%-1.1%12.3K107.6K-1.9K0.5076.77N/AN/A1165812042
2016-01-13$83.83$103.0027.7%7.9%21.8%57.3%27.6%4.9%-1.9%9.8K140.6K-1.7K0.5082.61N/AN/A1165812042
2016-01-14$85.09$103.0027.2%7.8%22.6%55.6%32.3%5.9%-2.0%10.5K117.9K-1.9K0.4879.93N/AN/A1215812042
2016-01-15$83.23$103.0029.4%8.4%22.4%63.7%34.1%5.0%-2.3%9.9K135.1K-1.7K0.4882.38N/AN/A1215812542
2016-01-19$82.35$103.0030.3%8.7%22.2%66.8%33.3%4.9%-1.6%9.2K159.3K-1.6K0.5185.66N/AN/A1135811042
2016-01-20$81.86$100.0032.5%9.3%21.9%74.9%40.1%4.9%2.4%9.8K134.9K-1.7K0.5196.84N/AN/A1135811242
2016-01-21$82.33$100.0030.7%8.8%22.0%68.2%35.4%7.2%-1.8%10.2K142.1K-1.6K0.1184.63N/AN/A5355811242
2016-01-22$83.72$100.0027.1%7.8%21.9%55.1%24.9%7.9%-0.1%90.4K-1.3M-12.8K0.1176.09N/AN/A5355857442
2016-01-25$81.05$100.0030.7%8.8%22.2%68.3%28.7%6.5%-0.6%81.1K-980.8K-11.2K0.1186.42N/AN/A5376057442
2016-01-26$82.41$100.0030.2%8.7%23.8%66.6%30.8%6.9%-1.3%87.3K-1.1M-12.0K0.1184.05N/AN/A5416057644
2016-01-27$81.81$100.0028.5%8.2%23.8%60.2%29.1%6.5%-0.7%87.3K-1.1M-11.4K0.1190.18N/AN/A5416058044
2016-01-28$82.04$100.0028.0%8.0%23.3%58.6%27.9%6.6%0.1%89.4K-1.1M-11.3K0.1187.80N/AN/A5416058044
2016-01-29$84.75$100.0024.1%6.9%27.4%44.3%24.3%4.9%0.2%103.8K-1.5M-12.6K0.2086.43N/AN/A5158038