VNQ Options History — November 2008

In November 2008, VNQ traded between $24.21 and $42.40. ATM implied volatility averaged 86.0%, placing in the 62.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 23.0%. IV traded below realized volatility by 32.1% (HV 20d: 118.1%). Max pain ranged from $35.00 to $55.00. Net GEX was positive for 13 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.76.

Notable Days

  • 2008-11-26: Highest Volume — 83 contracts
  • 2008-11-10: Largest IV spike — 51.6% change
  • 2008-11-12: Highest IV Rank — 99.7%
  • 2008-11-21: Largest Expected Move — 28.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$33.13$24.21$42.40$40.15$32.08
Max Pain$45.95$35.00$55.00$46.00$35.00
ATM IV86.0%64.0%127.7%78.3%85.2%
Expected Move23.0%18.4%28.6%22.4%24.4%
HV 20d118.1%102.6%140.1%112.6%128.5%
HV 60d92.5%80.3%105.7%80.3%105.7%
IV Rank62.7%43.4%99.7%55.9%62.1%
IV Percentile95.1%85.7%99.6%96.4%93.7%
Term Structure-6.2%-31.5%26.3%-7.1%1.0%
VWIV79.2%48.8%104.0%80.6%76.3%
Skew 25d12.1%-27.7%36.7%-16.6%28.2%
Skew 10d27.8%-11.4%68.6%1.8%58.3%
Call IV 25d76.6%42.0%107.6%88.1%61.9%
Put IV 25d88.7%69.0%113.5%71.6%90.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %108.3192.76127.73122.5292.76
Gamma HHI0.180.050.530.070.25
Net GEX4.0K-2.5K16.7K14.0K4
Net DEX805.1K473.9K1.2M941.4K473.9K
Net VEX-3.1K-6.3K-1.5K-4.9K-3.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.760.0010.003.730.00
Total Volume37.7890835215
Total OI1,525.2631,4381,6151,4811,579

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-11-03$40.15$46.0078.3%22.4%112.6%55.9%0.0%-16.6%-7.1%14.0K941.4K-4.9K3.73122.52N/AN/A11411,047434
2008-11-04$42.40$46.0073.6%21.1%111.1%51.8%80.6%3.4%-15.8%16.7K857.2K-6.3K1.67127.73N/AN/A12201,057475
2008-11-05$38.23$46.0083.6%24.0%116.4%60.7%0.0%3.6%-23.6%8.0K1.2M-4.6K0.00121.83N/AN/A021,069495
2008-11-06$36.44$46.0084.8%24.3%114.2%61.7%74.2%8.4%-15.1%7.4K967.4K-3.6K0.31118.13N/AN/A35111,069415
2008-11-07$38.75$55.0067.3%19.2%111.2%46.3%67.9%33.2%-8.7%8.2K1.0M-3.9K0.00114.35N/AN/A2001,079426
2008-11-10$35.28$55.00102.1%20.0%111.7%77.0%80.0%1.8%-7.8%6.0K995.5K-3.2K0.14115.56N/AN/A1421,099426
2008-11-11$34.79$55.00103.9%20.5%109.9%78.6%0.0%2.1%-12.7%5.3K1.0M-2.9K0.00115.29N/AN/A001,113427
2008-11-12$32.30$52.00127.7%23.9%102.6%99.7%94.0%5.6%-7.9%4.9K866.0K-2.7K10.00113.23N/AN/A2201,113393
2008-11-13$35.85$48.0071.6%20.5%108.0%50.0%48.8%13.7%23.8%8.7K643.9K-3.3K0.12108.32N/AN/A4251,115349
2008-11-14$31.81$47.0072.6%20.8%115.0%50.9%75.7%20.4%20.6%3.9K627.2K-2.7K0.92102.90N/AN/A13121,150353
2008-11-17$30.66$47.0086.5%24.8%114.9%63.2%75.0%-4.2%-27.2%2.4K680.7K-2.6K0.0099.91N/AN/A011,162364
2008-11-18$30.37$47.0084.7%24.3%114.7%61.6%84.6%26.9%-9.8%701785.5K-1.9K2.86103.32N/AN/A21601,162365
2008-11-19$26.29$45.0077.8%22.3%122.0%55.5%71.4%3.4%-6.0%-501690.5K-1.8K3.13104.25N/AN/A16501,183382
2008-11-20$24.21$45.0087.0%24.9%124.1%63.7%92.1%-27.7%-17.1%-2.2K791.3K-1.5K0.4899.15N/AN/A31151,171420
2008-11-21$25.99$44.0099.8%28.6%127.5%74.9%59.6%23.3%-31.5%-2.4K846.5K-1.5K0.65102.83N/AN/A17111,190425
2008-11-24$30.41$44.0090.9%26.1%140.1%67.1%103.8%36.4%-4.5%-2.5K692.1K-2.2K1.18100.22N/AN/A33391,048390
2008-11-25$30.89$35.0091.7%26.3%128.8%67.8%79.7%30.7%5.5%-2.4K616.0K-2.8K0.0897.22N/AN/A5951,075423
2008-11-26$32.56$35.0064.0%18.4%130.4%43.4%104.0%36.7%26.3%-105581.2K-3.0K2.9598.38N/AN/A21621,109428
2008-11-28$32.08$35.0085.2%24.4%128.5%62.1%76.3%28.2%1.0%4473.9K-3.1K0.0092.76N/AN/A1501,129450