VAW Options History — September 2017

In September 2017, VAW traded between $123.77 and $129.01. ATM implied volatility averaged 19.9%, placing in the 23.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 10.4% (HV 20d: 9.5%). Max pain ranged from $120.00 to $120.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.15.

Notable Days

  • 2017-09-01: Highest Volume — 42 contracts
  • 2017-09-11: Largest IV spike — 169.7% change
  • 2017-09-12: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2017-09-28: Largest Expected Move — 6.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$126.90$123.77$129.01$125.26$128.49
Max Pain$120.00$120.00$120.00$120.00$120.00
ATM IV19.9%11.0%53.3%19.0%22.8%
Expected Move4.9%3.2%6.8%5.5%6.5%
HV 20d9.5%8.2%11.4%10.5%8.2%
HV 60d9.9%9.3%10.7%10.6%9.3%
IV Rank23.5%2.6%100.0%23.0%29.8%
IV Percentile41.7%0.8%100.0%48.0%68.7%
Term Structure-4.2%-15.0%1.5%-15.0%-9.0%
VWIV37.3%37.3%37.3%37.3%37.3%
Skew 25d1.0%-16.1%15.5%1.4%-16.1%
Skew 10d3.8%-12.8%19.9%7.6%8.4%
Call IV 25d19.8%10.1%36.0%36.0%26.2%
Put IV 25d20.8%10.1%37.4%37.4%10.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %130.2772.01158.09156.23150.38
Gamma HHI0.210.180.250.180.22
Net GEX25.5K21.6K30.3K23.3K27.5K
Net DEX-339.7K-413.6K-250.1K-275.7K-413.3K
Net VEX-1.1K-1.3K-948-1.2K-1.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.150.120.180.170.13
Total Volume38.533424236
Total OI50.2547544954

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-09-01$125.26$120.0019.0%5.5%10.5%23.0%37.3%1.4%-15.0%23.3K-275.7K-1.2K0.17156.23N/AN/A366436
2017-09-05$123.77$0.0030.0%4.6%11.4%50.4%0.0%3.8%0.7%22.5K-270.6K-1.2K0.17139.70N/AN/A366436
2017-09-06$124.03$0.0011.2%3.7%10.9%3.3%0.0%4.0%0.6%24.1K-250.1K-1.1K0.1777.21N/AN/A366436
2017-09-07$124.32$0.0012.3%3.7%10.9%6.1%0.0%2.9%0.4%24.7K-261.0K-1.1K0.1772.01N/AN/A366436
2017-09-08$124.34$0.0011.1%4.3%10.1%3.0%0.0%7.6%-2.9%21.6K-257.0K-1.1K0.17114.83N/AN/A366436
2017-09-11$125.70$0.0029.9%4.6%10.5%50.1%0.0%12.3%-9.5%25.4K-297.1K-1.1K0.17126.70N/AN/A366436
2017-09-12$126.70$0.0053.3%5.5%10.5%100.0%0.0%-0.2%-5.3%23.7K-315.1K-1.1K0.18123.44N/AN/A346436
2017-09-13$126.52$0.0013.9%4.0%10.6%9.3%0.0%2.1%0.0%23.1K-309.2K-1.1K0.18158.09N/AN/A346436
2017-09-14$126.79$0.0012.6%3.6%10.4%6.3%0.0%1.9%-0.2%25.7K-321.0K-1.1K0.18104.88N/AN/A346436
2017-09-15$126.93$0.0016.4%4.7%8.8%15.1%0.0%15.5%-8.3%25.1K-337.9K-1.0K0.18157.25N/AN/A346436
2017-09-18$127.87$0.0016.7%4.8%8.9%15.7%0.0%-9.0%-2.0%23.5K-338.9K-1.0K0.12135.69N/AN/A344434
2017-09-19$128.35$0.0011.5%3.3%8.8%3.7%0.0%-10.5%0.6%30.3K-364.9K-9910.12112.12N/AN/A344434
2017-09-20$129.01$0.0019.3%5.5%8.2%21.6%0.0%1.4%-6.6%23.7K-368.2K-9480.14136.13N/AN/A294434
2017-09-21$128.75$0.0018.1%5.2%8.4%18.8%0.0%-14.0%1.5%27.0K-403.1K-1.1K0.14126.51N/AN/A294484
2017-09-22$128.46$0.0011.0%3.2%8.4%2.6%0.0%2.1%0.9%29.9K-413.6K-1.1K0.13111.68N/AN/A324484
2017-09-25$128.47$0.0022.9%6.6%8.5%29.9%0.0%6.1%-2.7%25.8K-383.4K-1.3K0.13147.90N/AN/A324504
2017-09-26$128.17$0.0019.4%5.6%8.6%21.9%0.0%8.3%-7.8%26.9K-411.5K-1.2K0.13157.90N/AN/A324504
2017-09-27$127.68$0.0021.9%6.3%8.7%27.5%0.0%1.1%-10.2%30.2K-401.8K-1.2K0.13155.13N/AN/A324504
2017-09-28$128.42$0.0023.8%6.8%8.7%31.9%0.0%-0.9%-9.3%25.2K-400.9K-1.2K0.13141.53N/AN/A324504
2017-09-29$128.49$0.0022.8%6.5%8.2%29.8%0.0%-16.1%-9.0%27.5K-413.3K-1.2K0.13150.38N/AN/A324504