VAW Options History — April 2017

In April 2017, VAW traded between $116.32 and $121.70. ATM implied volatility averaged 19.8%, placing in the 24.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 7.8% (HV 20d: 12.0%). Max pain ranged from $104.00 to $118.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.31.

Notable Days

  • 2017-04-27: Highest Volume — 72 contracts
  • 2017-04-11: Largest IV spike — 162.2% change
  • 2017-04-11: Highest IV Rank — 75.5%
  • 2017-04-26: Largest Expected Move — 6.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$118.80$116.32$121.70$118.35$120.19
Max Pain$107.47$104.00$118.00$118.00$110.00
ATM IV19.8%12.9%36.3%14.7%22.2%
Expected Move5.4%3.8%6.6%4.2%6.4%
HV 20d12.0%9.6%13.5%13.5%11.8%
HV 60d12.3%11.7%12.7%12.5%12.1%
IV Rank24.5%3.0%75.5%8.3%31.7%
IV Percentile55.3%4.4%97.2%18.7%78.2%
Term Structure-3.3%-16.5%4.7%-0.6%-5.0%
VWIV20.8%13.7%31.3%15.8%31.3%
Skew 25d2.5%-15.9%21.0%-15.9%1.4%
Skew 10d8.5%-0.7%25.3%1.6%12.3%
Call IV 25d22.5%12.3%32.0%30.4%32.0%
Put IV 25d25.0%13.1%35.1%14.5%33.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %116.9486.76142.22125.37136.52
Gamma HHI0.180.130.260.150.23
Net GEX20.5K13.0K29.8K16.1K26.4K
Net DEX-325.3K-418.2K-249.6K-319.2K-414.9K
Net VEX-1.2K-1.3K-1.1K-1.3K-1.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.310.290.320.320.29
Total Volume67.21166726672
Total OI70.10567766976

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-04-03$118.35$118.0014.7%4.2%13.5%8.3%15.8%-15.9%-0.6%16.1K-319.2K-1.3K0.32125.37N/AN/A50165316
2017-04-04$118.67$118.0013.6%3.9%13.1%5.0%16.6%-2.1%4.7%20.0K-309.1K-1.3K0.32134.46N/AN/A50165316
2017-04-05$118.44$118.0018.4%5.3%13.1%19.9%24.2%-11.7%2.0%18.8K-318.5K-1.3K0.32142.22N/AN/A50165316
2017-04-06$118.95$104.0012.9%4.8%13.0%3.0%14.7%-3.5%-2.7%19.5K-306.1K-1.2K0.3299.00N/AN/A50165316
2017-04-07$118.99$104.0029.5%6.1%13.0%54.5%20.0%12.2%-6.9%18.8K-302.0K-1.3K0.32121.12N/AN/A50165316
2017-04-10$119.06$104.0013.8%4.1%12.9%5.7%15.0%2.1%1.1%19.3K-326.9K-1.2K0.3288.33N/AN/A50165316
2017-04-11$119.02$104.0036.3%6.2%12.7%75.5%17.0%-0.4%-5.0%18.9K-312.0K-1.3K0.32105.16N/AN/A50165415
2017-04-12$117.36$104.0020.3%5.8%11.8%25.9%26.4%2.3%-0.2%18.4K-291.0K-1.3K0.32120.91N/AN/A50165415
2017-04-13$116.32$104.0022.4%6.4%12.0%32.5%25.9%4.3%-2.9%17.7K-256.1K-1.3K0.32122.01N/AN/A50165415
2017-04-17$116.40$104.0016.4%4.7%11.8%13.6%14.7%2.6%-0.2%14.3K-249.6K-1.1K0.3293.38N/AN/A50165415
2017-04-18$116.90$104.0019.2%5.5%11.9%22.3%18.3%3.3%-1.1%13.0K-256.9K-1.1K0.3186.76N/AN/A51165415
2017-04-19$116.88$104.0022.6%6.5%9.6%33.1%19.0%3.1%-3.3%18.3K-278.2K-1.2K0.31121.45N/AN/A51165615
2017-04-20$118.69$104.0019.2%5.5%11.1%22.4%18.6%17.2%-10.5%22.3K-299.6K-1.1K0.31114.49N/AN/A51165615
2017-04-21$118.47$104.0020.6%5.9%11.1%26.8%27.9%0.6%-3.6%18.4K-323.8K-1.2K0.31131.76N/AN/A51165615
2017-04-24$120.15$104.0013.2%3.8%11.1%3.9%13.7%2.3%1.1%29.0K-376.3K-1.1K0.31100.12N/AN/A51165611
2017-04-25$121.70$110.0022.6%6.5%11.8%33.0%18.1%21.0%-10.0%23.2K-410.5K-1.1K0.30126.16N/AN/A53165615
2017-04-26$121.60$110.0023.1%6.6%11.4%34.7%30.0%4.5%-16.5%27.0K-418.2K-1.1K0.30125.99N/AN/A53165815
2017-04-27$121.05$110.0016.1%4.6%11.5%12.7%27.5%3.7%-2.7%29.8K-411.4K-1.1K0.29126.65N/AN/A56165815
2017-04-28$120.19$110.0022.2%6.4%11.8%31.7%31.3%1.4%-5.0%26.4K-414.9K-1.3K0.29136.52N/AN/A56166115