VNQ Options History — February 2014

In February 2014, VNQ traded between $66.25 and $70.73. ATM implied volatility averaged 11.6%, placing in the 21.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.4%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.0% (HV 20d: 12.5%). Max pain ranged from $67.00 to $69.00. Net GEX was positive for 16 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 3.37.

Notable Days

  • 2014-02-11: Highest Volume — 1,990 contracts
  • 2014-02-13: Largest IV spike — 24.8% change
  • 2014-02-03: Highest IV Rank — 47.9%
  • 2014-02-03: Largest Expected Move — 4.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$68.95$66.25$70.73$66.25$70.73
Max Pain$68.37$67.00$69.00$67.00$69.00
ATM IV11.6%9.1%15.7%15.7%10.7%
Expected Move3.4%3.1%4.5%4.5%3.1%
HV 20d12.5%9.5%14.0%13.4%9.5%
HV 60d12.6%11.9%13.2%12.9%12.0%
IV Rank21.4%5.8%47.9%47.9%15.8%
IV Percentile29.6%7.9%64.7%64.7%20.2%
Term Structure1.1%-0.1%2.2%0.3%0.2%
VWIV12.2%10.3%15.3%14.7%11.6%
Skew 25d3.5%2.3%4.8%3.6%2.3%
Skew 10d8.9%6.1%13.7%13.7%8.9%
Call IV 25d10.7%9.7%13.9%13.9%10.0%
Put IV 25d14.2%12.4%17.5%17.5%12.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %22.1116.1135.7718.4024.44
Gamma HHI0.260.160.470.200.23
Net GEX787.7K-472.0K3.4M-472.0K1.8M
Net DEX-11.3M-23.7M11.0M11.0M-17.6M
Net VEX-95.2K-101.6K-87.7K-95.8K-97.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio3.370.0549.861.380.05
Total Volume648.211691,9901691,821
Total OI14,702.78911,98617,22113,40113,727

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-02-03$66.25$67.0015.7%4.5%13.4%47.9%14.7%3.6%0.3%-472.0K11.0M-95.8K1.3818.40N/AN/A71986,0327,369
2014-02-04$67.05$67.0014.3%4.1%13.9%39.1%15.3%4.5%0.4%-195.4K5.1M-98.3K0.1722.09N/AN/A59106,0507,433
2014-02-05$66.91$67.0013.8%4.0%13.9%36.2%14.6%4.8%0.8%-171.5K6.6M-97.2K0.2017.15N/AN/A168346,0937,443
2014-02-06$67.40$67.0013.7%3.9%13.9%35.6%13.4%3.9%0.6%115.7K591.7K-96.0K1.0520.37N/AN/A93986,2367,473
2014-02-07$67.91$68.0010.4%3.6%14.0%14.0%12.3%4.8%2.1%469.7K-4.3M-92.3K0.0818.40N/AN/A1,3901136,3017,507
2014-02-10$68.55$68.009.9%3.3%13.7%10.9%12.5%4.2%2.2%859.5K-11.5M-93.8K0.2935.77N/AN/A149436,9957,561
2014-02-11$68.82$68.009.8%3.4%13.3%10.5%11.0%2.9%1.7%1.1M-17.6M-87.7K0.0823.15N/AN/A1,8391517,0847,572
2014-02-12$68.86$68.009.1%3.2%13.2%5.8%10.7%3.6%2.1%3.4M-23.7M-101.6K49.8620.97N/AN/A211,0479,5237,698
2014-02-13$69.12$69.0011.3%3.2%13.0%19.8%12.0%2.5%1.7%1.1M-18.2M-98.5K0.0923.82N/AN/A645558,0348,695
2014-02-14$69.39$69.0011.4%3.3%13.1%20.2%11.0%3.1%1.5%878.1K-19.1M-98.2K0.5026.26N/AN/A133677,9748,678
2014-02-18$69.73$69.0010.9%3.1%12.8%16.9%12.9%3.3%2.1%271.5K-22.6M-90.8K3.1526.17N/AN/A852688,0278,701
2014-02-19$69.69$69.0011.3%3.2%12.6%19.6%12.1%3.0%1.6%319.3K-22.5M-91.3K0.3819.43N/AN/A4751798,0708,924
2014-02-20$69.54$69.0011.2%3.2%12.6%19.1%13.4%3.7%1.7%471.7K-18.5M-95.8K0.3620.16N/AN/A5281908,0078,927
2014-02-21$69.71$69.0011.0%3.2%12.5%18.0%10.5%3.6%2.0%338.5K-18.0M-97.8K0.5625.95N/AN/A2121188,0309,054
2014-02-24$69.88$69.0010.8%3.1%11.3%16.9%10.3%2.9%0.4%1.1M-12.8M-95.8K4.0121.23N/AN/A1536146,8505,136
2014-02-25$70.11$69.0011.4%3.3%10.6%20.4%11.5%3.0%0.1%1.2M-10.7M-94.1K0.9216.11N/AN/A95876,9235,694
2014-02-26$70.27$69.0011.4%3.3%10.4%20.3%10.3%2.6%-0.1%1.2M-11.2M-93.7K0.7820.57N/AN/A85666,9495,768
2014-02-27$70.08$69.0011.4%3.3%10.2%20.1%11.6%3.5%-0.0%1.2M-9.4M-92.9K0.0819.56N/AN/A982747,0085,807
2014-02-28$70.73$69.0010.7%3.1%9.5%15.8%11.6%2.3%0.2%1.8M-17.6M-97.9K0.0524.44N/AN/A1,732897,8755,852