VAW Options History — May 2016

In May 2016, VAW traded between $100.24 and $104.30. ATM implied volatility averaged 18.9%, placing in the 25.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.6% (HV 20d: 16.3%). Max pain ranged from $95.00 to $104.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.32.

Notable Days

  • 2016-05-18: Highest Volume — 541 contracts
  • 2016-05-18: Largest IV spike — 12.8% change
  • 2016-05-18: Highest IV Rank — 32.6%
  • 2016-05-18: Largest Expected Move — 6.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$102.06$100.24$104.30$103.93$103.28
Max Pain$102.71$95.00$104.00$95.00$104.00
ATM IV18.9%16.6%20.8%19.3%18.1%
Expected Move5.4%4.8%6.0%5.5%5.2%
HV 20d16.3%14.3%17.2%14.3%16.4%
HV 60d17.1%16.2%18.8%18.5%16.2%
IV Rank25.3%16.3%32.6%26.9%21.7%
IV Percentile45.9%20.6%63.9%54.4%36.9%
Term Structure0.1%-0.8%0.7%-0.4%-0.2%
VWIV19.3%18.0%22.1%20.2%20.3%
Skew 25d4.1%3.2%5.0%4.1%3.6%
Skew 10d6.4%5.2%8.9%7.9%6.5%
Call IV 25d17.0%14.9%19.3%17.2%16.6%
Put IV 25d21.1%18.2%23.6%21.3%20.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %39.6523.4581.5976.6944.74
Gamma HHI0.190.160.210.200.16
Net GEX107.0K83.0K130.2K94.2K86.1K
Net DEX-4.9M-5.4M-4.5M-5.4M-5.1M
Net VEX-10.1K-11.4K-8.3K-10.4K-8.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.320.300.400.310.40
Total Volume501.429449541495482
Total OI793.143741835794747

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-05-02$103.93$95.0019.3%5.5%14.3%26.9%20.2%4.1%-0.4%94.2K-5.4M-10.4K0.3176.69N/AN/A377118667127
2016-05-03$102.09$95.0020.6%5.9%15.8%31.8%22.1%3.7%-0.8%110.8K-4.9M-11.1K0.3174.38N/AN/A377118667127
2016-05-04$101.30$95.0020.8%6.0%16.0%32.4%21.5%3.8%-0.4%113.6K-4.7M-11.4K0.3181.59N/AN/A377118667127
2016-05-05$100.69$104.0020.8%5.7%15.3%32.4%19.6%4.7%0.1%116.8K-4.6M-11.4K0.3326.02N/AN/A378125667127
2016-05-06$101.62$104.0018.6%5.4%15.3%24.4%19.1%4.6%0.6%113.2K-4.8M-11.0K0.3223.45N/AN/A386125668134
2016-05-09$100.25$104.0020.4%5.6%16.1%31.2%18.7%4.8%0.1%123.2K-4.5M-11.4K0.3229.52N/AN/A386125678134
2016-05-10$101.96$104.0018.7%5.3%16.8%25.0%18.6%4.1%0.2%116.3K-5.0M-10.7K0.3225.37N/AN/A386125678134
2016-05-11$101.74$104.0018.3%5.3%16.2%23.6%18.8%4.3%0.3%117.1K-5.0M-10.6K0.3324.40N/AN/A386127678134
2016-05-12$101.93$104.0018.6%5.3%16.2%24.4%18.7%4.1%0.3%111.7K-5.0M-10.0K0.3224.83N/AN/A401127668134
2016-05-13$101.08$104.0019.4%5.6%16.4%27.5%19.4%4.0%0.1%129.3K-4.8M-10.7K0.3136.05N/AN/A406127684134
2016-05-16$102.56$104.0017.9%5.1%17.2%22.2%19.0%4.5%0.5%111.9K-5.3M-9.8K0.3130.86N/AN/A408127689134
2016-05-17$102.03$104.0018.4%5.3%15.8%24.0%19.0%4.2%0.5%113.2K-5.2M-10.1K0.3130.42N/AN/A408127691134
2016-05-18$100.24$104.0020.8%6.0%16.9%32.6%19.6%5.0%-0.6%130.2K-4.7M-10.8K0.3137.55N/AN/A414127701134
2016-05-19$100.56$104.0020.3%5.8%17.0%30.8%20.2%4.5%-0.5%122.7K-4.8M-10.8K0.3133.08N/AN/A414127701134
2016-05-20$101.19$104.0018.8%5.4%16.9%25.2%18.6%3.9%0.7%100.9K-4.9M-10.2K0.3136.56N/AN/A414127700134
2016-05-23$102.27$104.0018.3%5.3%17.1%23.5%18.8%3.8%0.2%95.4K-4.7M-9.5K0.3035.86N/AN/A347105637104
2016-05-24$103.09$104.0017.4%5.0%16.4%20.3%18.5%3.7%0.7%87.2K-5.0M-9.0K0.3036.67N/AN/A348105639105
2016-05-25$104.30$104.0016.7%4.8%16.8%16.5%18.0%3.2%0.3%83.0K-5.3M-8.4K0.3039.57N/AN/A348105641105
2016-05-26$103.48$104.0017.4%5.0%16.5%19.2%18.0%3.4%0.3%85.8K-5.1M-8.5K0.3042.89N/AN/A348105641105
2016-05-27$103.57$104.0016.6%4.8%16.5%16.3%18.4%3.4%0.4%85.0K-5.1M-8.5K0.3142.21N/AN/A344105641105
2016-05-31$103.28$104.0018.1%5.2%16.4%21.7%20.3%3.6%-0.2%86.1K-5.1M-8.3K0.4044.74N/AN/A344138642105