VNQ Options History — January 2010

In January 2010, VNQ traded between $42.27 and $45.50. ATM implied volatility averaged 26.8%, placing in the 4.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 8.4% (HV 20d: 18.5%). Max pain ranged from $44.00 to $45.00. Net GEX was positive for 5 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 5.32.

Notable Days

  • 2010-01-12: Highest Volume — 634 contracts
  • 2010-01-22: Largest IV spike — 19.7% change
  • 2010-01-22: Highest IV Rank — 9.3%
  • 2010-01-22: Largest Expected Move — 9.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$44.01$42.27$45.50$44.55$42.27
Max Pain$44.74$44.00$45.00$45.00$44.00
ATM IV26.8%23.1%31.8%26.7%29.8%
Expected Move8.0%6.8%9.1%8.5%8.6%
HV 20d18.5%15.6%21.6%20.3%21.1%
HV 60d28.6%26.0%30.2%30.2%26.0%
IV Rank4.4%0.8%9.3%4.3%7.4%
IV Percentile5.4%1.6%14.7%3.2%13.1%
Term Structure1.6%-4.2%5.6%2.5%-0.5%
VWIV27.7%22.7%31.1%30.4%29.2%
Skew 25d4.2%1.4%11.1%4.1%6.5%
Skew 10d5.0%1.5%13.9%4.1%4.3%
Call IV 25d24.5%16.5%28.6%28.6%22.8%
Put IV 25d28.7%24.8%32.7%32.7%29.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %42.1116.1773.8228.0273.07
Gamma HHI0.200.170.250.210.18
Net GEX-68.1K-147.3K30.1K30.1K-131.3K
Net DEX167.6K-1.4M2.2M-1.3M2.2M
Net VEX-20.3K-26.6K-12.8K-12.8K-26.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio5.320.2247.001.450.98
Total Volume184.47413634147206
Total OI3,312.0532,1914,1422,1914,142

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-01-04$44.55$45.0026.7%8.5%20.3%4.3%30.4%4.1%2.5%30.1K-1.3M-12.8K1.4528.02N/AN/A60871,0561,135
2010-01-05$44.50$45.0027.5%8.8%17.5%5.1%28.6%3.8%1.4%8.8K-1.1M-13.4K0.9827.34N/AN/A87851,1111,215
2010-01-06$44.42$45.0028.2%8.9%15.6%5.7%31.1%5.0%-0.8%15.4K-1.1M-14.0K1.0016.17N/AN/A26261,1571,271
2010-01-07$44.90$45.0027.2%8.4%15.8%4.8%30.4%5.8%1.5%26.0K-1.4M-13.8K0.9426.66N/AN/A50471,1821,293
2010-01-08$44.57$45.0026.2%7.9%16.0%3.8%27.3%2.1%1.6%20.9K-1.2M-14.4K12.2529.51N/AN/A202451,2151,339
2010-01-11$44.83$45.0026.1%7.9%16.0%3.7%27.0%1.9%2.1%-24.6K-997.8K-15.0K5.1422.79N/AN/A361851,2101,569
2010-01-12$44.08$45.0027.0%7.9%16.5%4.6%27.7%1.4%5.6%-56.2K-94.3K-16.5K10.1228.22N/AN/A575771,2291,744
2010-01-13$44.97$45.0023.1%7.6%16.8%0.8%25.9%4.5%1.4%-89.7K-252.5K-21.1K0.6731.70N/AN/A75501,2582,290
2010-01-14$44.93$45.0026.2%7.5%16.3%3.8%26.3%4.6%1.9%-124.9K-347.2K-22.2K0.8536.85N/AN/A59501,3152,340
2010-01-15$44.59$45.0025.0%7.2%16.4%2.6%27.4%3.3%4.1%-121.7K-39.0K-22.1K2.1026.66N/AN/A29611,3412,345
2010-01-19$45.50$45.0023.6%6.8%17.6%1.3%22.7%2.9%3.3%-59.4K-838.5K-19.7K0.8036.47N/AN/A1621291,0892,124
2010-01-20$44.99$45.0023.7%6.8%18.1%1.4%24.1%2.7%2.9%-54.5K-502.6K-21.0K47.0040.38N/AN/A2941,2112,154
2010-01-21$43.70$45.0026.5%7.6%20.3%4.2%27.4%4.6%2.3%-59.1K370.7K-21.6K2.7150.99N/AN/A1494041,2122,163
2010-01-22$42.60$45.0031.8%9.1%21.6%9.3%30.7%4.8%-4.2%-109.3K1.7M-26.1K0.8473.82N/AN/A1361141,3312,547
2010-01-25$42.90$44.0028.0%8.0%21.2%5.6%27.9%3.5%0.8%-138.0K1.9M-26.6K0.7266.24N/AN/A29211,4032,630
2010-01-26$42.50$44.0028.3%8.1%21.2%5.8%27.3%3.5%1.4%-134.0K2.0M-26.4K0.2764.63N/AN/A3081,4262,650
2010-01-27$42.88$44.0027.7%7.9%21.5%5.3%26.9%11.1%0.6%-145.0K2.0M-26.3K0.2261.14N/AN/A79171,4392,652
2010-01-28$42.51$44.0027.1%7.8%21.1%4.7%0.0%2.8%2.1%-147.3K2.2M-26.5K12.0059.33N/AN/A1121,4882,653
2010-01-29$42.27$44.0029.8%8.6%21.1%7.4%29.2%6.5%-0.5%-131.3K2.2M-26.3K0.9873.07N/AN/A1041021,4892,653