VAW Options History — May 2017

In May 2017, VAW traded between $117.59 and $120.36. ATM implied volatility averaged 19.3%, placing in the 22.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 7.0% (HV 20d: 12.3%). Max pain ranged from $110.00 to $115.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.25.

Notable Days

  • 2017-05-01: Highest Volume — 72 contracts
  • 2017-05-23: Largest IV spike — 96.0% change
  • 2017-05-04: Highest IV Rank — 54.2%
  • 2017-05-03: Largest Expected Move — 7.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$119.22$117.59$120.36$120.30$119.45
Max Pain$113.33$110.00$115.00$110.00$115.00
ATM IV19.3%12.3%29.4%24.0%21.3%
Expected Move5.1%3.5%7.2%6.9%6.1%
HV 20d12.3%11.2%14.2%11.8%11.2%
HV 60d12.5%11.9%13.0%12.1%11.9%
IV Rank22.8%1.0%54.2%37.4%28.8%
IV Percentile53.5%0.8%90.9%84.5%72.6%
Term Structure-1.2%-11.9%5.2%-4.9%5.2%
VWIV25.4%12.5%37.1%31.4%36.3%
Skew 25d7.5%-0.2%28.0%2.6%6.1%
Skew 10d10.9%-3.8%40.8%13.9%20.2%
Call IV 25d18.2%7.0%33.7%33.7%32.4%
Put IV 25d25.8%14.6%38.9%36.4%38.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %132.2796.19164.36140.17161.72
Gamma HHI0.220.190.260.220.23
Net GEX26.1K17.9K32.8K27.2K24.9K
Net DEX-333.8K-416.5K-223.7K-408.1K-267.9K
Net VEX-1.0K-1.2K-847-1.2K-847
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.250.170.290.290.17
Total Volume61.95540727242
Total OI65.59141767645

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-05-01$120.30$110.0024.0%6.9%11.8%37.4%31.4%2.6%-4.9%27.2K-408.1K-1.2K0.29140.17N/AN/A56166115
2017-05-02$120.00$110.0013.7%3.9%11.5%5.3%12.5%11.0%1.1%32.0K-416.5K-1.2K0.29117.45N/AN/A56166115
2017-05-03$118.78$110.0025.1%7.2%12.1%40.9%26.2%28.0%-10.5%25.6K-364.1K-1.2K0.29143.24N/AN/A56166115
2017-05-04$118.90$0.0029.4%4.4%12.1%54.2%0.0%20.2%0.3%28.0K-359.6K-1.2K0.29151.19N/AN/A56166115
2017-05-05$120.36$0.0022.3%4.7%12.7%32.2%0.0%21.5%-4.0%32.8K-398.6K-1.1K0.29129.28N/AN/A56166115
2017-05-08$119.30$0.0025.8%5.3%13.2%42.9%0.0%2.2%-0.2%30.5K-377.9K-1.1K0.2996.19N/AN/A56166115
2017-05-09$118.57$0.0020.1%4.6%13.4%25.3%0.0%2.1%-0.9%28.8K-370.8K-1.2K0.29157.38N/AN/A56166115
2017-05-10$119.38$0.0015.8%4.5%13.6%11.8%0.0%6.7%1.0%30.2K-369.1K-1.0K0.29122.73N/AN/A56166115
2017-05-11$119.11$0.0015.3%4.4%12.6%10.2%0.0%-0.2%1.5%30.1K-363.4K-9800.29112.53N/AN/A56166115
2017-05-12$118.90$0.0017.0%4.9%12.1%15.5%0.0%2.8%-2.0%29.2K-363.4K-1.1K0.29154.41N/AN/A56166115
2017-05-15$119.91$0.0017.6%5.1%12.4%17.6%0.0%8.4%-4.6%32.8K-397.2K-1.0K0.29141.76N/AN/A56166115
2017-05-16$120.16$0.0018.1%5.2%12.3%18.9%0.0%9.2%1.9%32.6K-404.9K-9770.29129.58N/AN/A56166115
2017-05-17$117.96$0.0018.9%5.4%14.2%21.5%0.0%4.5%-1.6%27.9K-334.1K-9990.29142.79N/AN/A55166115
2017-05-18$117.59$0.0014.6%4.2%13.1%8.0%0.0%2.7%0.8%24.5K-313.2K-9290.2999.84N/AN/A55166115
2017-05-19$118.47$0.0021.8%6.2%13.4%30.5%0.0%3.4%-11.9%19.6K-356.3K-9290.29125.42N/AN/A55166115
2017-05-22$118.61$0.0012.3%3.5%12.3%1.0%15.0%2.3%1.2%20.3K-237.2K-9000.18116.49N/AN/A346383
2017-05-23$118.96$115.0024.1%6.9%11.3%37.7%30.3%13.2%-2.9%17.9K-223.7K-9200.18133.45N/AN/A346385
2017-05-24$119.55$115.0022.7%6.5%11.6%33.2%35.1%6.6%-0.1%21.4K-249.9K-8980.18141.61N/AN/A346385
2017-05-25$119.43$115.0013.7%3.9%11.5%5.2%14.3%3.2%0.9%18.2K-251.7K-9060.18120.64N/AN/A346385
2017-05-26$119.59$115.0017.6%5.1%11.2%17.5%37.1%6.9%2.6%19.5K-256.5K-8510.17164.36N/AN/A366385
2017-05-30$119.63$115.0013.8%4.0%11.2%5.7%16.1%2.8%0.1%19.9K-259.3K-9260.17107.66N/AN/A366405
2017-05-31$119.45$115.0021.3%6.1%11.2%28.8%36.3%6.1%5.2%24.9K-267.9K-8470.17161.72N/AN/A366405