VAW Options History — February 2017

In February 2017, VAW traded between $117.21 and $120.33. ATM implied volatility averaged 20.9%, placing in the 27.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 9.3% (HV 20d: 11.6%). Max pain ranged from $116.00 to $122.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.49.

Notable Days

  • 2017-02-17: Highest Volume — 163 contracts
  • 2017-02-03: Largest IV spike — 99.4% change
  • 2017-02-06: Highest IV Rank — 74.5%
  • 2017-02-28: Largest Expected Move — 8.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$118.93$117.21$120.33$118.49$119.01
Max Pain$121.68$116.00$122.00$116.00$122.00
ATM IV20.9%12.0%36.0%20.7%30.2%
Expected Move5.6%3.8%8.7%5.9%8.7%
HV 20d11.6%7.7%14.1%14.1%7.7%
HV 60d11.9%11.5%12.8%12.7%11.5%
IV Rank27.6%0.0%74.5%26.4%56.7%
IV Percentile59.8%0.0%98.0%73.4%94.8%
Term Structure-4.0%-11.0%2.5%-1.0%-10.6%
VWIV18.9%11.4%29.4%25.5%29.4%
Skew 25d0.5%-21.3%8.2%-6.7%-21.3%
Skew 10d1.9%-21.5%22.0%7.7%-21.5%
Call IV 25d22.0%7.8%34.3%33.8%34.3%
Put IV 25d22.5%12.9%34.0%27.1%12.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %122.5276.96153.27136.52146.10
Gamma HHI0.220.110.490.120.21
Net GEX-25.6K-63.1K-2.6K-23.4K-7.3K
Net DEX-215.5K-442.3K-80.6K-165.8K-80.6K
Net VEX-1.2K-1.6K-939-1.6K-1.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.491.141.671.671.29
Total Volume127.4746016315564
Total OI125.4745915715365

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-02-01$118.49$116.0020.7%5.9%14.1%26.4%25.5%-6.7%-1.0%-23.4K-165.8K-1.6K1.67136.52N/AN/A58975697
2017-02-02$117.98$122.0014.5%4.4%12.7%6.8%12.6%2.0%0.0%-41.9K-206.0K-1.4K1.6478.81N/AN/A59975697
2017-02-03$118.42$122.0028.9%4.2%12.5%52.0%18.7%3.4%1.0%-24.2K-164.0K-1.6K1.6483.57N/AN/A59975797
2017-02-06$118.03$122.0036.0%6.4%12.6%74.5%24.0%4.0%-5.1%-21.5K-181.6K-1.5K1.64129.66N/AN/A59975797
2017-02-07$117.21$122.0012.0%4.1%12.8%0.0%12.8%2.4%1.1%-53.3K-182.0K-1.3K1.6477.82N/AN/A59975797
2017-02-08$117.39$122.0019.2%5.5%12.8%22.4%16.7%6.7%-4.7%-23.3K-84.8K-1.6K1.64119.42N/AN/A59975797
2017-02-09$117.81$122.0022.9%6.6%12.7%33.9%25.3%3.7%-7.6%-21.7K-130.4K-1.5K1.64128.45N/AN/A59975797
2017-02-10$118.83$122.0013.6%3.9%12.9%4.9%13.0%3.8%1.3%-58.6K-314.5K-1.1K1.5676.96N/AN/A62975797
2017-02-13$119.84$122.0023.3%6.7%13.1%35.1%15.7%4.0%-11.0%-23.9K-442.3K-1.1K1.56127.51N/AN/A62976097
2017-02-14$119.70$122.0023.4%6.7%12.8%35.6%17.2%4.4%-10.7%-63.1K-426.2K-1.1K1.58127.31N/AN/A62985997
2017-02-15$119.89$122.0018.7%5.4%12.7%21.0%16.6%-1.1%-5.1%-23.2K-260.7K-1.2K1.58153.21N/AN/A62985998
2017-02-16$119.68$122.0018.3%5.3%12.2%19.7%16.4%-12.7%2.5%-39.8K-397.3K-1.1K1.58118.62N/AN/A62985998
2017-02-17$119.37$122.0013.4%3.8%12.2%4.5%11.4%1.7%1.7%-34.0K-420.8K-1.0K1.6399.06N/AN/A621015998
2017-02-21$120.33$122.0020.7%5.9%12.4%27.0%19.9%8.2%-7.0%-3.1K-144.1K-9691.14153.27N/AN/A28322930
2017-02-22$120.32$122.0021.1%6.1%8.4%28.4%24.1%5.8%-3.8%-5.1K-145.1K-9391.14147.16N/AN/A28322932
2017-02-23$119.22$122.0014.1%4.0%8.8%6.4%17.1%3.5%0.0%-8.1K-115.3K-1.0K1.14143.13N/AN/A28322932
2017-02-24$119.17$122.0027.4%7.9%8.8%47.9%23.4%1.8%-8.6%-2.6K-121.5K-1.0K1.21135.92N/AN/A28342932
2017-02-27$119.02$122.0019.0%5.4%8.8%21.8%18.8%-3.6%-8.0%-8.1K-111.2K-1.1K1.29145.37N/AN/A28362934
2017-02-28$119.01$122.0030.2%8.7%7.7%56.7%29.4%-21.3%-10.6%-7.3K-80.6K-1.1K1.29146.10N/AN/A28362936