VNQ Options History — February 2007

In February 2007, VNQ traded between $80.90 and $87.27. ATM implied volatility averaged 16.5%. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.8% (HV 20d: 14.8%). Max pain ranged from $75.00 to $85.00. Net GEX was positive for 18 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.84.

Notable Days

  • 2007-02-26: Highest Volume — 68 contracts
  • 2007-02-05: Largest IV spike — 104.2% change
  • 2007-02-27: Largest Expected Move — 6.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$84.77$80.90$87.27$84.09$81.40
Max Pain$81.32$75.00$85.00$75.00$85.00
ATM IV16.5%11.8%25.0%12.8%20.7%
Expected Move4.7%3.7%6.1%3.7%5.9%
HV 20d14.8%9.4%20.5%12.6%20.5%
Term Structure-0.1%-5.4%3.0%3.0%-2.8%
VWIV16.8%13.2%24.1%13.2%13.5%
Skew 25d4.1%0.3%9.9%2.3%4.3%
Skew 10d2.8%-4.0%10.3%0.1%2.3%
Call IV 25d14.6%11.5%23.1%11.5%17.6%
Put IV 25d18.7%13.7%31.3%13.7%21.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %91.1877.88149.05100.99101.46
Gamma HHI0.200.160.300.300.19
Net GEX18.1K-45743.8K22.8K12.7K
Net DEX-469.9K-756.4K13.4K-351.4K-110.8K
Net VEX-2.0K-4.3K-555-555-4.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.840.0013.3313.331.50
Total Volume20.7370684325
Total OI162.8426432064320

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2007-02-01$84.09$75.0012.8%3.7%12.6%0.0%13.2%2.3%3.0%22.8K-351.4K-55513.33100.99N/AN/A3405410
2007-02-02$84.24$75.0012.2%4.1%12.6%0.0%14.1%2.2%1.0%15.7K-344.7K-5990.0077.88N/AN/A1105716
2007-02-05$84.24$75.0025.0%4.2%9.4%0.0%0.0%8.3%-5.4%20.0K-346.8K-7660.00149.05N/AN/A006616
2007-02-06$85.48$75.0011.8%4.1%9.9%0.0%0.0%0.9%0.7%12.5K-439.7K-5880.0089.67N/AN/A1106616
2007-02-07$87.27$75.0012.7%4.1%10.9%0.0%0.0%0.3%0.7%12.8K-561.5K-7060.0099.80N/AN/A037616
2007-02-08$86.60$75.0013.8%3.9%11.7%0.0%0.0%2.9%1.1%11.5K-534.5K-8160.0084.75N/AN/A907619
2007-02-09$85.60$75.0014.8%4.3%12.8%0.0%16.4%3.1%0.8%15.6K-545.0K-1.1K2.3381.11N/AN/A6148519
2007-02-12$84.05$85.0016.1%4.6%15.1%0.0%15.9%3.8%0.2%20.9K-408.3K-1.4K0.9180.56N/AN/A11109033
2007-02-13$85.68$85.0014.9%4.3%15.7%0.0%15.8%3.2%0.5%-457-552.0K-1.6K0.0082.82N/AN/A3010143
2007-02-14$85.07$85.0015.3%4.4%16.1%0.0%0.0%4.4%-0.7%3.0K-531.6K-1.7K0.0082.06N/AN/A2010443
2007-02-15$85.70$85.0014.8%4.3%16.0%0.0%13.2%3.1%0.4%2.0K-587.3K-1.7K0.3684.90N/AN/A14510643
2007-02-16$85.48$85.0016.4%4.7%16.0%0.0%16.3%3.8%0.8%4.1K-576.5K-1.9K0.2482.89N/AN/A461112048
2007-02-20$86.14$85.0017.5%5.0%15.5%0.0%20.5%4.4%0.7%24.8K-662.1K-2.6K0.0481.46N/AN/A27113647
2007-02-21$85.86$85.0017.5%5.0%15.7%0.0%18.4%4.0%0.4%40.4K-756.4K-2.9K1.3382.24N/AN/A121616348
2007-02-22$85.40$85.0018.1%5.2%15.5%0.0%0.0%4.1%0.6%43.8K-715.0K-3.3K0.0081.85N/AN/A0717556
2007-02-23$83.91$85.0018.6%5.3%16.9%0.0%18.4%4.2%0.3%39.3K-514.7K-3.5K0.9379.07N/AN/A151417569
2007-02-26$83.49$85.0019.5%5.6%17.1%0.0%18.2%7.8%-1.9%31.2K-404.1K-3.6K6.56103.70N/AN/A95917983
2007-02-27$80.90$85.0021.3%6.1%20.5%0.0%24.1%9.9%-1.5%11.7K13.4K-4.2K0.00106.19N/AN/A010188132
2007-02-28$81.40$85.0020.7%5.9%20.5%0.0%13.5%4.3%-2.8%12.7K-110.8K-4.3K1.50101.46N/AN/A1015188132