VNQ Options History — February 2010

In February 2010, VNQ traded between $41.04 and $44.65. ATM implied volatility averaged 27.5%, placing in the 5.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.6% (HV 20d: 25.9%). Max pain ranged from $42.00 to $44.00. Net GEX was positive for 5 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.02.

Notable Days

  • 2010-02-08: Highest Volume — 351 contracts
  • 2010-02-08: Largest IV spike — 22.4% change
  • 2010-02-08: Highest IV Rank — 12.4%
  • 2010-02-08: Largest Expected Move — 9.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$43.01$41.04$44.65$43.04$44.63
Max Pain$42.42$42.00$44.00$44.00$42.00
ATM IV27.5%22.6%35.0%28.3%22.6%
Expected Move7.8%6.5%9.6%8.1%6.5%
HV 20d25.9%21.8%29.0%21.8%24.3%
HV 60d24.8%22.2%26.7%26.1%22.2%
IV Rank5.1%0.3%12.4%5.8%0.3%
IV Percentile9.9%0.8%29.0%10.3%0.8%
Term Structure2.0%0.3%3.6%1.4%0.9%
VWIV27.0%23.0%34.5%26.8%23.1%
Skew 25d6.0%1.5%10.9%3.4%8.3%
Skew 10d13.9%1.8%27.6%6.7%4.1%
Call IV 25d24.3%17.0%29.4%26.0%17.0%
Put IV 25d30.3%25.3%37.4%29.4%25.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %68.6454.3486.1260.9384.02
Gamma HHI0.200.170.340.180.20
Net GEX-133.2K-383.0K140.5K-146.3K140.5K
Net DEX1.1M-2.6M4.4M1.8M-2.6M
Net VEX-30.7K-33.3K-27.7K-27.7K-33.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.020.005.250.710.97
Total Volume159.8954335111671
Total OI5,015.0534,3485,7404,3485,130

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-02-01$43.04$44.0028.3%8.1%21.8%5.8%26.8%3.4%1.4%-146.3K1.8M-27.7K0.7160.93N/AN/A68481,5932,755
2010-02-02$43.63$44.0025.5%7.3%22.4%3.1%27.6%4.4%2.8%-143.7K1.1M-27.8K0.4571.19N/AN/A194881,6142,771
2010-02-03$42.92$44.0025.9%7.4%23.1%3.6%0.0%1.5%2.1%-162.1K1.7M-28.9K0.2176.66N/AN/A47101,7282,837
2010-02-04$41.33$44.0028.6%8.2%26.4%6.2%27.9%1.8%1.1%-153.6K3.1M-27.9K5.2573.12N/AN/A201051,7452,840
2010-02-05$42.09$42.0028.6%8.3%27.0%6.2%28.8%8.4%1.6%-183.5K3.4M-29.1K0.4972.62N/AN/A45221,7592,944
2010-02-08$41.17$42.0035.0%9.6%27.8%12.4%34.5%8.0%1.3%-145.3K3.5M-28.6K1.8354.34N/AN/A1242271,7612,952
2010-02-09$41.04$42.0034.2%9.3%27.6%11.6%30.1%9.2%0.9%-150.0K4.1M-30.2K0.8358.82N/AN/A47391,8803,146
2010-02-10$41.12$42.0034.4%9.1%27.3%11.9%32.1%10.9%0.7%-157.2K4.4M-29.4K0.4062.76N/AN/A63251,9183,162
2010-02-11$41.51$42.0028.4%8.1%26.3%6.0%30.1%6.1%3.3%-188.3K4.4M-28.8K0.0060.36N/AN/A32601,8953,183
2010-02-12$42.00$42.0028.5%8.2%26.9%6.1%27.8%5.8%3.1%-184.7K3.6M-30.7K2.0968.48N/AN/A901882,1213,183
2010-02-16$43.19$42.0026.7%7.7%29.0%4.3%27.0%5.4%3.2%-313.0K1.6M-32.1K0.7867.53N/AN/A1321032,1933,291
2010-02-17$43.58$42.0025.8%7.4%28.2%3.5%23.6%5.9%3.5%-347.6K637.5K-32.9K0.3766.60N/AN/A76282,2563,331
2010-02-18$44.23$42.0026.3%7.5%28.6%3.9%24.2%8.3%2.3%-383.0K-1.1M-31.8K0.5579.52N/AN/A88482,3153,341
2010-02-19$44.26$42.0025.9%7.4%26.5%3.5%25.9%5.2%3.6%-340.9K-1.2M-33.1K0.6868.36N/AN/A87592,3733,367
2010-02-22$44.37$42.0025.3%7.3%24.7%3.0%23.4%4.5%1.3%51.5K-1.5M-31.7K0.1864.09N/AN/A249451,9912,754
2010-02-23$44.03$42.0026.1%7.5%24.8%3.7%24.5%5.1%0.3%79.5K-1.6M-33.3K1.4386.12N/AN/A56802,2112,776
2010-02-24$44.48$42.0023.7%6.8%24.7%1.4%23.0%4.6%2.0%87.6K-1.9M-32.8K0.3361.70N/AN/A73242,2472,817
2010-02-25$44.65$42.0023.5%6.7%24.6%1.2%24.8%6.9%2.1%109.7K-2.2M-33.1K1.8766.91N/AN/A15282,3032,803
2010-02-26$44.63$42.0022.6%6.5%24.3%0.3%23.1%8.3%0.9%140.5K-2.6M-33.3K0.9784.02N/AN/A36352,3162,814