VAW Options History — December 2018

In December 2018, VAW traded between $104.67 and $122.82. ATM implied volatility averaged 28.1%, placing in the 41.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.7% (HV 20d: 22.4%). Max pain ranged from $110.00 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 0.13.

Notable Days

  • 2018-12-24: Highest Volume — 22 contracts
  • 2018-12-06: Largest IV spike — 27.8% change
  • 2018-12-06: Highest IV Rank — 53.7%
  • 2018-12-26: Largest Expected Move — 9.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$112.50$104.67$122.82$122.82$110.65
Max Pain$114.35$110.00$120.00$120.00$110.00
ATM IV28.1%22.6%33.6%22.6%30.0%
Expected Move7.7%6.5%9.4%6.5%8.6%
HV 20d22.4%19.2%26.0%19.2%25.7%
HV 60d21.6%19.6%23.6%19.6%23.6%
IV Rank41.2%28.5%53.7%28.5%45.5%
IV Percentile90.2%76.2%98.0%76.2%93.3%
Term Structure-1.5%-8.1%3.6%-3.7%-3.0%
VWIV24.5%18.9%34.7%23.7%34.7%
Skew 25d3.7%-8.0%12.8%3.9%8.7%
Skew 10d9.0%-9.5%27.5%27.5%4.2%
Call IV 25d27.4%19.4%38.1%24.8%27.5%
Put IV 25d31.1%24.0%42.4%28.7%36.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %111.3680.58133.33133.07129.62
Gamma HHI0.340.150.590.220.15
Net GEX7.2K4.0K12.0K12.0K4.0K
Net DEX-29.2K-107.1K7.9K-107.1K-14.5K
Net VEX-317-496-225-496-234
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.130.001.001.000.00
Total Volume6.202220
Total OI38.5534424035

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-12-03$122.82$120.0022.6%6.5%19.2%28.5%23.7%3.9%-3.7%12.0K-107.1K-4961.00133.07N/AN/A11346
2018-12-04$119.05$120.0025.5%7.3%22.3%35.2%18.9%12.8%-6.3%8.9K-75.3K-4060.17133.33N/AN/A61346
2018-12-05$118.88$120.0026.3%7.5%21.9%36.9%19.5%1.8%-8.1%9.1K-72.8K-3890.17132.60N/AN/A61346
2018-12-06$117.08$115.0033.6%6.9%20.8%53.7%27.7%-7.5%0.3%7.6K-35.6K-4010.00117.16N/AN/A20295
2018-12-07$116.67$115.0029.5%6.5%20.7%44.3%22.5%1.1%-3.1%9.4K-43.6K-4120.13131.19N/AN/A81366
2018-12-10$114.44$115.0032.5%8.1%21.3%51.3%0.0%-8.0%-0.1%6.9K-22.2K-3460.0094.48N/AN/A00315
2018-12-11$114.19$115.0028.3%7.5%21.0%41.7%0.0%6.1%-1.0%7.2K-20.1K-2970.0092.49N/AN/A80315
2018-12-12$115.35$115.0023.9%6.9%21.5%31.6%0.0%7.8%-1.4%9.5K-48.6K-4070.0080.58N/AN/A80355
2018-12-13$113.10$115.0023.1%6.6%22.3%29.8%0.0%6.0%1.9%9.1K-40.9K-3700.00113.51N/AN/A80355
2018-12-14$111.69$115.0025.0%7.2%21.7%34.2%0.0%4.8%0.7%8.2K-20.3K-3210.1392.02N/AN/A81355
2018-12-17$109.44$115.0025.0%7.2%21.8%34.1%0.0%3.0%2.1%5.3K-7.7K-2250.00114.50N/AN/A00314
2018-12-18$110.88$115.0026.4%7.6%22.2%37.2%0.0%7.9%1.1%5.9K-11.0K-2390.0083.39N/AN/A40314
2018-12-19$108.99$115.0026.4%7.6%22.4%37.3%0.0%-0.2%0.3%7.1K-14.0K-2850.00119.76N/AN/A40354
2018-12-20$107.64$115.0029.1%8.3%22.1%43.4%19.1%2.0%-0.9%5.3K-1.1K-2400.25103.31N/AN/A41354
2018-12-21$107.08$111.0029.9%8.6%22.0%45.2%19.5%4.0%-0.0%4.6K7.9K-2310.20107.18N/AN/A51355
2018-12-24$104.67$111.0030.4%8.7%22.1%46.4%30.4%5.7%3.6%4.6K-7.4K-2550.10104.03N/AN/A202354
2018-12-26$108.19$110.0032.7%9.4%26.0%51.6%29.9%3.7%-2.7%5.3K-5.0K-2480.00114.11N/AN/A70364
2018-12-27$109.64$110.0032.2%9.2%25.8%50.6%23.2%6.2%-5.3%5.7K-8.1K-2400.00110.97N/AN/A80364
2018-12-28$109.64$110.0030.4%8.7%25.3%46.5%34.7%4.0%-4.1%7.7K-36.6K-2910.00119.92N/AN/A80374
2018-12-31$110.65$110.0030.0%8.6%25.7%45.5%0.0%8.7%-3.0%4.0K-14.5K-2340.00129.62N/AN/A00314