VAW Options History — September 2018

In September 2018, VAW traded between $131.13 and $137.53. ATM implied volatility averaged 16.5%, placing in the 16.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.2% (HV 20d: 12.4%). Max pain ranged from $133.00 to $136.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.25.

Notable Days

  • 2018-09-21: Highest Volume — 79 contracts
  • 2018-09-26: Largest IV spike — 41.6% change
  • 2018-09-04: Highest IV Rank — 28.4%
  • 2018-09-04: Largest Expected Move — 6.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$134.20$131.13$137.53$133.12$131.13
Max Pain$134.16$133.00$136.00$135.00$136.00
ATM IV16.5%12.4%22.3%22.3%18.3%
Expected Move4.7%3.5%6.4%6.4%5.2%
HV 20d12.4%10.6%14.9%14.4%10.6%
HV 60d12.8%11.9%13.5%13.4%12.6%
IV Rank16.5%6.5%28.4%28.4%22.1%
IV Percentile48.0%15.5%81.7%81.7%62.3%
Term Structure-1.7%-8.8%3.7%-6.2%-8.8%
VWIV16.9%13.2%30.6%30.6%16.5%
Skew 25d5.8%0.5%16.5%1.0%3.6%
Skew 10d7.7%-3.4%17.7%9.5%17.4%
Call IV 25d16.2%11.5%34.4%34.4%19.0%
Put IV 25d22.0%15.2%35.4%35.4%22.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %124.3192.65151.58150.05132.96
Gamma HHI0.150.110.730.110.11
Net GEX37.5K19.0K218.3K22.3K27.1K
Net DEX-316.3K-484.8K-236.4K-247.2K-236.4K
Net VEX-1.3K-1.5K-1.2K-1.4K-1.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.250.180.290.270.20
Total Volume67.57962796266
Total OI70.26365796572

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-09-04$133.12$135.0022.3%6.4%14.4%28.4%30.6%1.0%-6.2%22.3K-247.2K-1.4K0.27150.05N/AN/A49135213
2018-09-05$134.16$135.0018.3%5.3%14.7%19.3%16.8%0.6%-2.4%20.2K-261.1K-1.4K0.26128.68N/AN/A50135213
2018-09-06$134.41$134.0017.0%4.9%14.7%16.4%15.2%9.7%-3.2%25.5K-277.4K-1.4K0.26112.98N/AN/A50135313
2018-09-07$133.38$134.0016.6%5.1%14.9%15.3%15.4%3.7%-1.0%20.0K-241.7K-1.3K0.2692.65N/AN/A50135313
2018-09-10$133.52$134.0017.9%4.7%13.9%18.3%15.5%5.6%-0.8%22.3K-259.7K-1.3K0.25107.25N/AN/A51135313
2018-09-11$133.53$133.0016.5%4.4%13.4%15.2%15.5%4.3%0.6%20.7K-254.2K-1.3K0.2994.40N/AN/A51155413
2018-09-12$133.71$133.0015.7%4.5%13.3%13.2%14.3%4.8%0.3%19.0K-256.5K-1.3K0.29108.70N/AN/A51155415
2018-09-13$134.07$133.0015.1%4.3%11.7%13.7%17.1%7.5%0.9%26.1K-274.2K-1.3K0.29110.78N/AN/A51155415
2018-09-14$134.41$133.0015.2%4.4%11.4%14.0%14.9%4.8%1.6%21.6K-275.3K-1.2K0.29112.07N/AN/A51155415
2018-09-17$134.52$133.0013.3%3.8%11.2%8.8%15.5%10.1%1.9%24.6K-292.2K-1.2K0.27127.53N/AN/A56155415
2018-09-18$135.14$133.0014.6%4.2%11.1%12.5%15.0%2.2%0.4%34.9K-341.2K-1.3K0.26138.29N/AN/A57156015
2018-09-19$136.10$133.0012.4%3.5%11.2%6.5%14.3%4.1%3.7%48.1K-390.3K-1.3K0.25112.81N/AN/A59156015
2018-09-20$137.53$133.0016.4%4.7%11.5%17.2%18.2%15.1%-7.6%38.2K-474.3K-1.4K0.25151.58N/AN/A59156415
2018-09-21$136.95$133.0016.1%4.6%11.0%16.4%17.6%0.5%-3.4%218.3K-484.8K-1.4K0.25136.63N/AN/A63166415
2018-09-24$134.77$136.0017.9%5.1%12.0%21.0%15.4%16.5%-6.5%34.3K-421.1K-1.4K0.18133.61N/AN/A5710619
2018-09-25$134.29$136.0013.4%3.8%11.0%9.1%13.2%2.7%1.7%31.6K-379.0K-1.4K0.18121.15N/AN/A57106110
2018-09-26$133.15$136.0018.9%5.4%11.3%23.9%21.2%7.0%-5.4%29.4K-356.1K-1.5K0.18149.01N/AN/A57106110
2018-09-27$131.82$136.0018.2%5.2%11.4%21.9%18.5%5.7%1.0%28.9K-286.7K-1.4K0.19140.83N/AN/A57116111
2018-09-28$131.13$136.0018.3%5.2%10.6%22.1%16.5%3.6%-8.8%27.1K-236.4K-1.3K0.20132.96N/AN/A55116111