VAW Options History — January 2017

In January 2017, VAW traded between $113.13 and $119.61. ATM implied volatility averaged 18.5%, placing in the 19.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.7% (HV 20d: 12.8%). Max pain ranged from $111.00 to $117.00. Net GEX was positive for 2 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.25.

Notable Days

  • 2017-01-30: Highest Volume — 155 contracts
  • 2017-01-09: Largest IV spike — 187.5% change
  • 2017-01-09: Highest IV Rank — 76.1%
  • 2017-01-30: Largest Expected Move — 7.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$116.17$113.13$119.61$113.13$117.81
Max Pain$113.80$111.00$117.00$115.00$116.00
ATM IV18.5%12.3%36.6%26.2%12.3%
Expected Move5.0%3.5%7.6%7.5%3.5%
HV 20d12.8%11.0%14.7%11.9%14.2%
HV 60d12.0%11.6%12.8%12.1%12.7%
IV Rank19.0%0.0%76.1%43.3%0.0%
IV Percentile39.8%0.0%98.4%84.5%0.0%
Term Structure-2.5%-11.9%3.5%-8.0%3.4%
VWIV20.0%14.3%32.6%32.6%22.6%
Skew 25d5.2%-14.4%34.9%6.9%3.9%
Skew 10d11.4%0.6%39.1%9.8%2.8%
Call IV 25d18.8%8.8%35.6%35.6%31.4%
Put IV 25d24.0%14.5%43.8%42.5%35.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %122.8098.20154.13154.13132.01
Gamma HHI0.140.100.200.100.13
Net GEX-8.9K-33.9K4.7K-3.7K-33.9K
Net DEX-229.3K-405.8K-84.4K-104.6K-149.0K
Net VEX-1.5K-1.7K-1.2K-1.5K-1.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.251.001.671.131.67
Total Volume130.8111155111155
Total OI125.55104153104153

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-01-03$113.13$115.0026.2%7.5%11.9%43.3%32.6%6.9%-8.0%-3.7K-104.6K-1.5K1.13154.13N/AN/A52594559
2017-01-04$115.39$115.0021.5%6.2%13.3%28.4%32.5%34.9%-7.7%-3.1K-208.2K-1.6K1.13151.22N/AN/A52595059
2017-01-05$114.79$111.0021.4%4.6%13.4%28.2%20.0%6.1%2.0%-4.5K-184.0K-1.6K1.13109.20N/AN/A52595059
2017-01-06$114.76$111.0012.7%4.2%12.3%0.7%16.6%3.0%2.0%-1.6K-229.1K-1.4K1.03113.19N/AN/A58605559
2017-01-09$114.35$111.0036.6%6.6%11.9%76.1%23.4%5.0%-6.2%-323-204.3K-1.6K1.00120.64N/AN/A60605660
2017-01-10$114.88$111.0023.7%6.0%12.0%35.3%20.7%0.3%-7.3%3.6K-246.6K-1.5K1.02123.97N/AN/A60615860
2017-01-11$115.57$111.0014.2%4.1%12.1%5.5%15.3%3.1%1.2%4.7K-272.9K-1.4K1.2098.20N/AN/A60725861
2017-01-12$115.34$113.0014.9%4.3%12.1%7.6%16.9%3.7%1.6%-9.7K-161.5K-1.6K1.20114.37N/AN/A60725872
2017-01-13$115.45$113.0018.4%5.3%11.0%18.5%19.1%16.0%-0.7%-6.3K-193.6K-1.7K1.20132.46N/AN/A60725872
2017-01-17$114.70$113.0019.5%5.6%11.2%22.0%14.6%3.0%-9.2%-7.8K-171.2K-1.5K1.20105.48N/AN/A60725872
2017-01-18$115.57$113.0023.7%6.8%11.5%35.4%17.9%11.9%-10.3%-2.4K-228.7K-1.4K1.20125.95N/AN/A60725872
2017-01-19$114.64$113.0012.4%3.6%11.8%0.0%14.8%2.2%3.3%-8.6K-185.1K-1.4K1.20125.30N/AN/A60725872
2017-01-20$115.40$113.0013.3%3.8%12.0%2.8%14.3%6.0%3.5%-7.8K-230.9K-1.4K1.38104.88N/AN/A60835872
2017-01-23$115.88$117.0015.0%4.3%12.1%8.1%14.6%1.7%1.7%-27.2K-84.4K-1.4K1.24102.57N/AN/A62775075
2017-01-24$118.96$116.0015.8%4.5%14.7%10.6%22.8%-1.2%-6.1%-9.9K-284.0K-1.5K1.33127.25N/AN/A58775577
2017-01-25$119.61$116.0012.7%3.6%14.7%0.8%19.1%15.5%-1.9%-16.0K-382.2K-1.3K1.33130.91N/AN/A58775677
2017-01-26$119.61$116.0016.4%4.7%14.6%12.6%14.6%-3.5%1.8%-13.0K-381.6K-1.3K1.33129.17N/AN/A58775677
2017-01-27$119.43$116.0012.5%3.6%13.8%0.2%21.8%0.1%-2.0%-19.4K-405.8K-1.2K1.33122.33N/AN/A58775677
2017-01-30$118.05$116.0026.4%7.6%14.7%44.0%26.9%-14.4%-11.9%-10.5K-277.4K-1.4K1.67132.71N/AN/A58975677
2017-01-31$117.81$116.0012.3%3.5%14.2%0.0%22.6%3.9%3.4%-33.9K-149.0K-1.5K1.67132.01N/AN/A58975697