VAW Options History — January 2026

In January 2026, VAW traded between $210.70 and $230.96. ATM implied volatility averaged 20.2%, placing in the 16.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.8% (HV 20d: 16.4%). Max pain ranged from $195.00 to $230.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.68.

Notable Days

  • 2026-01-30: Highest Volume — 23 contracts
  • 2026-01-14: Largest IV drop — 43.8% change
  • 2026-01-13: Highest IV Rank — 34.2%
  • 2026-01-27: Largest Expected Move — 6.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$223.90$210.70$230.96$210.70$224.97
Max Pain$200.25$195.00$230.00$200.00$220.00
ATM IV20.2%14.2%29.4%18.2%20.4%
Expected Move5.4%4.7%6.5%5.2%5.8%
HV 20d16.4%14.0%18.5%14.0%18.5%
HV 60d16.3%15.6%16.7%15.6%16.2%
IV Rank16.9%5.7%34.2%13.3%17.3%
IV Percentile69.6%8.3%96.8%62.3%75.4%
Term Structure1.4%-1.6%3.2%-1.6%3.0%
VWIV20.7%16.9%24.1%16.9%21.4%
Skew 25d2.5%-4.0%9.6%3.9%0.3%
Skew 10d2.1%-5.8%5.0%0.2%2.7%
Call IV 25d16.7%11.8%22.1%16.8%21.2%
Put IV 25d19.1%15.8%23.4%20.7%21.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %104.14101.83110.24110.24103.97
Gamma HHI0.220.160.290.170.23
Net GEX32.4K8.7K57.7K22.9K11.5K
Net DEX-653.5K-907.5K-298.7K-298.7K-402.6K
Net VEX-1.8K-3.0K-1.2K-1.3K-2.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.680.005.000.500.00
Total Volume6.45023023
Total OI92.26313863136

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2026-01-02$210.70$200.0018.2%5.2%14.0%13.3%0.0%3.9%-1.6%22.9K-298.7K-1.3K0.00110.24N/AN/A003528
2026-01-05$213.88$195.0014.2%4.7%14.4%5.7%0.0%4.6%2.0%24.7K-397.9K-1.2K0.50103.62N/AN/A213628
2026-01-06$218.65$195.0017.8%5.0%15.8%12.5%0.0%5.8%0.3%22.5K-473.5K-1.2K0.00103.60N/AN/A203829
2026-01-07$214.73$195.0022.1%5.0%16.7%20.6%16.9%2.2%2.1%25.2K-429.5K-1.3K0.08103.78N/AN/A1214029
2026-01-08$217.72$195.0018.9%5.0%17.0%14.4%0.0%9.6%1.1%41.4K-570.2K-1.7K0.00101.83N/AN/A205230
2026-01-09$222.05$195.0019.5%4.8%17.2%15.6%0.0%6.4%2.9%40.2K-709.3K-1.6K0.00106.11N/AN/A005430
2026-01-12$224.15$195.0025.5%4.7%16.0%26.8%0.0%1.9%2.4%37.4K-780.0K-1.5K0.50105.87N/AN/A215430
2026-01-13$224.05$195.0029.4%4.7%15.9%34.2%0.0%1.5%2.6%36.9K-773.0K-1.5K0.00104.69N/AN/A205531
2026-01-14$224.55$195.0016.5%4.7%15.9%10.0%0.0%4.1%2.1%37.5K-830.1K-1.6K0.67104.07N/AN/A325731
2026-01-15$225.49$195.0018.6%5.3%15.8%13.9%0.0%4.1%0.5%36.3K-854.5K-1.7K0.00103.81N/AN/A016031
2026-01-16$224.62$195.0018.9%5.4%15.7%14.6%0.0%-0.5%0.9%38.0K-808.1K-1.8K0.00104.01N/AN/A306032
2026-01-20$223.30$195.0019.4%5.6%16.2%15.4%18.3%2.5%0.8%31.5K-614.6K-1.7K0.00104.25N/AN/A205030
2026-01-21$227.39$195.0019.5%5.6%16.9%15.6%18.5%2.1%2.7%31.1K-693.4K-1.7K0.00102.08N/AN/A205230
2026-01-22$229.56$195.0018.3%5.3%16.9%13.4%22.8%-2.9%3.2%30.0K-776.8K-1.6K0.00102.76N/AN/A1805430
2026-01-23$230.96$195.0019.1%5.5%16.9%14.9%0.0%2.6%1.1%56.6K-878.4K-2.1K0.00103.78N/AN/A507230
2026-01-26$230.74$195.0022.6%6.5%17.0%21.4%24.1%0.3%0.7%57.7K-907.5K-2.1K5.00102.88N/AN/A2107330
2026-01-27$230.30$200.0022.7%6.5%17.1%21.7%23.0%1.1%-1.0%47.1K-780.1K-2.5K0.00103.69N/AN/A0217539
2026-01-28$230.38$230.0020.6%5.9%16.5%17.7%20.5%3.6%0.6%10.0K-565.0K-2.9K3.50103.22N/AN/A277560
2026-01-29$229.82$230.0021.1%6.0%16.7%18.6%0.0%-4.0%1.1%8.7K-527.1K-3.0K0.00104.58N/AN/A307761
2026-01-30$224.97$220.0020.4%5.8%18.5%17.3%21.4%0.3%3.0%11.5K-402.6K-2.9K0.00103.97N/AN/A0238056