VAW Options History — December 2017

In December 2017, VAW traded between $132.33 and $137.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 12.4%, placing in the 5.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.7% (HV 20d: 10.7%). Max pain ranged from $129.00 to $135.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.60.

Notable Days

  • 2017-12-26: Highest Volume — 173 contracts
  • 2017-12-13: Largest IV drop — 13.0% change
  • 2017-12-04: Highest IV Rank — 12.9%
  • 2017-12-01: Largest Expected Move — 4.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$134.77$132.33$137.00$133.48$136.84
Max Pain$132.67$129.00$135.00$129.00$135.00
ATM IV12.4%10.3%15.5%14.3%11.3%
Expected Move3.4%3.0%4.1%4.1%3.2%
HV 20d10.7%9.3%11.6%9.7%10.8%
HV 60d8.8%8.2%9.5%8.2%9.1%
IV Rank5.9%1.0%12.9%10.2%3.3%
IV Percentile15.2%1.2%35.7%29.4%7.9%
Term Structure1.1%-1.0%1.7%-1.0%1.2%
VWIV13.3%11.8%14.2%14.2%13.6%
Skew 25d2.4%2.0%3.0%2.7%2.3%
Skew 10d4.8%3.9%6.6%5.1%5.2%
Call IV 25d11.1%9.9%13.2%13.0%10.5%
Put IV 25d13.5%12.0%15.7%15.7%12.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %35.0719.9662.8062.8046.73
Gamma HHI0.160.120.300.120.14
Net GEX55.0K33.0K94.5K45.2K41.5K
Net DEX-672.6K-907.9K-508.5K-537.8K-907.9K
Net VEX-3.4K-5.6K-2.2K-2.5K-5.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.600.330.940.480.90
Total Volume125.36917393167
Total OI164.95105215145215

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-12-01$133.48$129.0014.3%4.1%9.7%10.2%14.2%2.7%-1.0%45.2K-537.8K-2.5K0.4862.80N/AN/A633010639
2017-12-04$134.78$0.0015.5%3.8%10.3%12.9%0.0%2.1%1.1%72.8K-662.4K-2.4K0.4625.87N/AN/A723310634
2017-12-05$134.04$0.0014.5%3.7%10.4%10.5%0.0%3.0%1.1%69.3K-626.0K-2.7K0.4621.82N/AN/A723311737
2017-12-06$133.02$0.0014.5%3.7%10.8%10.7%0.0%2.5%1.1%58.7K-537.6K-2.6K0.4619.96N/AN/A723311737
2017-12-07$133.95$0.0013.6%3.5%11.1%8.5%0.0%2.3%1.0%74.2K-604.3K-2.6K0.4624.97N/AN/A723311737
2017-12-08$133.93$0.0012.7%3.4%10.4%6.4%0.0%2.3%1.3%79.3K-598.9K-2.6K0.4627.39N/AN/A723311737
2017-12-11$134.12$0.0013.5%3.4%10.3%8.4%0.0%2.0%1.1%85.9K-613.9K-2.4K0.4627.52N/AN/A723311737
2017-12-12$134.13$0.0012.9%3.2%10.2%7.0%0.0%2.4%1.4%84.8K-605.5K-2.3K0.4629.96N/AN/A723311737
2017-12-13$134.49$0.0011.2%3.2%9.3%3.1%0.0%2.2%1.5%94.5K-632.3K-2.3K0.4632.85N/AN/A723311737
2017-12-14$132.33$0.0011.5%3.3%11.1%3.6%0.0%2.5%1.7%48.2K-508.5K-2.2K0.4724.38N/AN/A723411737
2017-12-15$133.03$0.0011.1%3.2%10.2%2.7%0.0%2.4%1.1%36.0K-539.4K-2.3K0.4327.49N/AN/A793411740
2017-12-18$135.19$0.0011.6%3.3%11.6%3.9%12.6%2.0%0.9%33.0K-644.3K-2.5K0.3333.91N/AN/A52178520
2017-12-19$135.08$130.0011.2%3.2%11.6%3.1%12.5%2.1%1.1%34.4K-647.4K-2.5K0.8835.58N/AN/A76678622
2017-12-20$135.50$130.0011.3%3.2%11.5%3.2%12.5%2.1%1.1%36.1K-670.1K-4.9K0.8351.21N/AN/A816711072
2017-12-21$135.73$130.0010.3%3.0%11.5%1.0%11.8%2.1%1.5%41.1K-719.8K-5.0K0.7746.38N/AN/A886811572
2017-12-22$136.14$135.0011.7%3.3%11.4%4.1%13.3%2.2%1.2%42.0K-797.3K-5.3K0.7237.10N/AN/A946812473
2017-12-26$136.15$135.0012.4%3.6%11.2%5.8%14.2%2.6%1.2%45.2K-851.6K-5.5K0.8444.65N/AN/A947913073
2017-12-27$136.38$135.0012.1%3.5%10.7%5.1%14.0%2.6%1.4%39.2K-843.2K-5.6K0.8438.24N/AN/A947913084
2017-12-28$137.00$135.0011.6%3.3%10.8%4.0%14.1%2.8%1.4%38.8K-904.3K-5.4K0.9442.66N/AN/A847913084
2017-12-29$136.84$135.0011.3%3.2%10.8%3.3%13.6%2.3%1.2%41.5K-907.9K-5.4K0.9046.73N/AN/A887913184