VAW Options History — March 2019

In March 2019, VAW traded between $120.53 and $124.61. ATM implied volatility averaged 16.9%, placing in the 11.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.5% (HV 20d: 13.4%). Max pain ranged from $111.00 to $125.00. Net GEX was positive for 11 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.35.

Notable Days

  • 2019-03-21: Highest Volume — 38 contracts
  • 2019-03-21: Largest IV spike — 41.3% change
  • 2019-03-08: Highest IV Rank — 26.6%
  • 2019-03-08: Largest Expected Move — 6.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$122.87$120.53$124.61$123.60$123.08
Max Pain$117.90$111.00$125.00$125.00$122.00
ATM IV16.9%11.8%23.4%22.2%15.0%
Expected Move5.0%4.1%6.7%6.4%4.9%
HV 20d13.4%10.5%15.4%13.8%15.3%
HV 60d18.8%17.2%21.2%21.2%17.2%
IV Rank11.6%0.0%26.6%23.7%7.6%
IV Percentile26.8%0.0%72.6%63.1%12.7%
Term Structure0.3%-7.8%6.8%-7.8%1.9%
VWIV17.6%8.6%29.2%22.8%20.0%
Skew 25d5.1%1.8%9.3%2.3%2.8%
Skew 10d8.1%3.5%13.2%8.9%5.3%
Call IV 25d14.6%7.7%27.1%27.1%14.9%
Put IV 25d19.7%16.0%29.4%29.4%17.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %108.0375.79144.81144.5989.01
Gamma HHI0.200.150.260.170.22
Net GEX1.4K-15.0K39.6K13.0K-15.0K
Net DEX-110.7K-322.9K52.2K-176.1K-39.0K
Net VEX-912-1.2K-700-788-1.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.350.005.001.712.17
Total Volume12.095038191
Total OI68.61946845079

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-03-01$123.60$125.0022.2%6.4%13.8%23.7%22.8%2.3%-7.8%13.0K-176.1K-7881.71144.59N/AN/A7123911
2019-03-04$123.77$125.0014.9%4.3%13.8%6.2%0.0%4.3%-2.1%5.0K-122.3K-7000.00131.73N/AN/A0103612
2019-03-05$123.50$125.0014.4%4.1%13.8%4.8%15.6%4.7%-0.1%-4.1K-71.1K-8763.33130.71N/AN/A3103622
2019-03-06$123.07$125.0015.7%4.5%13.7%8.0%13.5%3.0%-1.0%-1.2K-81.7K-8603.33127.42N/AN/A3103922
2019-03-07$121.91$125.0019.9%5.7%14.1%18.3%20.8%7.8%0.4%6.8K-17.0K-8270.43134.51N/AN/A23103922
2019-03-08$121.64$120.0023.4%6.7%12.7%26.6%22.9%2.3%0.8%39.6K-120.9K-8340.43144.81N/AN/A23105422
2019-03-11$123.42$111.0018.4%5.0%13.4%14.5%15.3%5.6%0.5%-5.3K-229.1K-7330.0084.15N/AN/A105422
2019-03-12$124.13$111.0014.8%4.6%13.4%5.8%16.5%5.5%1.6%-8.9K-288.7K-7840.0092.07N/AN/A205522
2019-03-13$124.57$111.0014.5%4.4%11.7%5.1%14.8%4.4%1.0%176-322.9K-8200.0093.44N/AN/A505622
2019-03-14$123.38$111.0014.4%4.5%12.3%4.8%14.3%3.2%2.2%16.8K-267.6K-8580.0095.14N/AN/A505922
2019-03-15$123.18$111.0014.6%4.4%12.3%5.4%14.6%4.5%0.9%10.1K-247.4K-7800.0094.81N/AN/A705922
2019-03-18$124.10$111.0014.8%4.6%12.2%5.9%0.0%9.3%0.7%8.9K-122.7K-7775.00101.29N/AN/A153511
2019-03-19$123.36$111.0011.8%5.0%11.9%0.0%8.6%7.5%6.8%5.9K-140.2K-8650.86115.58N/AN/A763616
2019-03-20$123.69$111.0013.9%4.3%10.5%5.0%14.0%7.9%2.4%3.1K-113.6K-8620.75119.61N/AN/A864217
2019-03-21$124.61$111.0019.6%5.8%10.7%18.6%18.4%6.1%-4.2%11.1K-160.3K-1.0K2.17105.79N/AN/A12264317
2019-03-22$120.71$122.0018.5%5.4%15.4%16.0%17.6%5.8%0.8%-7.5K30.8K-1.2K2.1775.79N/AN/A12264737
2019-03-25$120.53$122.0020.6%5.4%15.1%21.1%0.0%8.5%-1.2%-9.6K52.2K-1.1K0.0092.46N/AN/A004137
2019-03-26$120.78$122.0017.0%5.2%15.2%12.4%15.9%4.5%2.5%-12.3K49.0K-1.1K0.0092.22N/AN/A014137
2019-03-27$121.21$122.0019.6%5.4%15.3%18.6%21.6%1.8%-0.7%-12.4K44.6K-1.1K0.00101.39N/AN/A014138
2019-03-28$122.12$122.0018.1%5.3%15.0%15.1%29.2%5.6%0.8%-14.0K19.5K-1.1K0.00102.14N/AN/A014138
2019-03-29$123.08$122.0015.0%4.9%15.3%7.6%20.0%2.8%1.9%-15.0K-39.0K-1.1K0.0089.01N/AN/A014138