VNQ Options History — July 2015

In July 2015, VNQ traded between $75.83 and $78.95. ATM implied volatility averaged 14.0%, placing in the 45.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.3% (HV 20d: 12.7%). Max pain ranged from $74.00 to $78.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 21 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 7.31.

Notable Days

  • 2015-07-23: Highest Volume — 32,780 contracts
  • 2015-07-10: Largest IV drop — 11.6% change
  • 2015-07-09: Highest IV Rank — 64.6%
  • 2015-07-08: Largest Expected Move — 4.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$77.92$75.83$78.95$75.83$78.95
Max Pain$75.64$74.00$78.00$78.00$77.00
ATM IV14.0%11.2%16.9%16.5%11.2%
Expected Move4.0%3.2%4.8%4.7%3.2%
HV 20d12.7%9.4%14.8%13.8%9.6%
HV 60d14.8%13.7%15.3%15.0%13.7%
IV Rank45.2%26.7%64.6%62.0%26.7%
IV Percentile54.2%17.1%88.9%86.9%17.1%
Term Structure1.0%-0.3%1.7%-0.3%1.5%
VWIV14.7%12.0%17.9%15.4%12.0%
Skew 25d3.0%2.3%3.9%3.0%2.4%
Skew 10d6.5%4.1%9.6%7.9%7.2%
Call IV 25d12.8%10.5%15.1%15.1%10.5%
Put IV 25d15.8%12.9%18.6%18.0%12.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %70.0532.8289.1732.8289.17
Gamma HHI0.270.180.440.440.18
Net GEX-4.5M-7.1M-3.1M-7.1M-3.2M
Net DEX54.3M32.6M92.8M92.8M47.1M
Net VEX-526.5K-599.4K-448.8K-580.8K-515.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio7.310.4327.910.4312.10
Total Volume10,052.6362,74832,7805,12718,068
Total OI52,744.31848,83656,00953,11350,966

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-07-01$75.83$78.0016.5%4.7%13.8%62.0%15.4%3.0%-0.3%-7.1M92.8M-580.8K0.4332.82N/AN/A3,5901,53712,00341,110
2015-07-02$76.15$77.0016.0%4.6%14.0%58.7%15.2%2.4%0.3%-5.8M80.8M-599.4K0.6757.82N/AN/A2,4251,62512,67241,140
2015-07-06$76.60$74.0016.1%4.5%13.8%59.3%16.7%3.9%0.4%-6.0M78.2M-560.9K0.7053.84N/AN/A2,3831,67012,83141,271
2015-07-07$77.74$74.0015.2%4.4%14.8%53.1%16.0%3.2%0.9%-5.4M53.0M-536.7K2.0664.25N/AN/A1,2882,64912,93741,289
2015-07-08$77.50$74.0016.6%4.8%14.4%62.8%17.9%3.9%0.4%-4.9M60.0M-578.6K1.5167.42N/AN/A1,1751,76913,01841,457
2015-07-09$77.24$74.0016.9%4.6%14.2%64.6%16.3%3.5%0.2%-5.3M62.4M-555.1K1.3645.41N/AN/A1,4201,93713,04641,475
2015-07-10$77.79$75.0014.9%4.3%14.3%51.4%16.8%3.1%0.5%-4.9M52.4M-527.8K1.6956.34N/AN/A1,1381,92013,19841,546
2015-07-13$77.93$75.0015.6%4.1%14.3%55.9%14.5%3.6%0.9%-4.6M48.0M-513.5K1.3661.65N/AN/A1,3991,90113,23141,469
2015-07-14$78.04$74.0013.9%3.8%14.1%44.8%13.7%3.0%1.1%-4.0M45.0M-497.3K1.4268.16N/AN/A1,4072,00013,53741,908
2015-07-15$78.14$74.0013.6%3.9%13.9%42.5%15.5%3.1%1.1%-4.4M47.7M-502.4K1.5469.85N/AN/A1,2451,91613,64242,253
2015-07-16$78.82$75.0012.2%3.5%13.9%33.1%14.7%3.1%1.6%-3.1M32.6M-487.2K1.5279.08N/AN/A1,3192,00713,72942,280
2015-07-17$78.55$75.0012.2%3.5%13.0%33.1%14.5%3.4%1.7%-4.0M40.8M-477.9K1.4280.01N/AN/A1,4842,10113,57842,364
2015-07-20$78.59$75.0012.6%3.6%12.7%35.9%13.4%2.5%1.3%-3.7M40.7M-454.1K1.3076.60N/AN/A1,2261,5919,56539,271
2015-07-21$78.47$76.0013.1%3.8%12.6%39.5%13.8%2.7%1.3%-4.0M46.2M-480.8K1.2274.94N/AN/A1,2361,5129,80339,486
2015-07-22$78.68$76.0012.4%3.6%11.4%34.5%13.5%2.7%1.5%-3.8M38.2M-448.8K24.7279.23N/AN/A1,26731,3199,96139,497
2015-07-23$77.63$76.0013.3%3.8%12.3%40.5%14.0%3.5%1.2%-4.2M59.7M-576.6K27.9177.14N/AN/A1,13431,64610,02940,538
2015-07-24$78.08$77.0013.6%3.9%11.7%42.6%14.7%2.8%1.6%-5.0M52.9M-533.0K16.2976.53N/AN/A1,03116,79610,06640,711
2015-07-27$78.11$77.0014.7%4.2%11.6%50.0%15.4%3.0%1.2%-4.5M55.7M-547.3K16.0078.10N/AN/A1,04416,70410,07240,696
2015-07-28$78.26$77.0013.2%3.8%9.9%40.1%14.4%2.9%1.0%-3.8M57.6M-558.5K15.8980.76N/AN/A1,04916,66410,04240,818
2015-07-29$78.75$77.0011.9%3.4%10.0%31.3%13.5%2.3%1.3%-3.7M51.9M-535.1K15.0185.46N/AN/A1,10916,64710,06140,843
2015-07-30$78.39$77.0011.9%3.4%9.4%31.3%12.5%2.3%1.5%-4.0M50.8M-514.9K14.7886.46N/AN/A1,12916,68110,07940,887
2015-07-31$78.95$77.0011.2%3.2%9.6%26.7%12.0%2.4%1.5%-3.2M47.1M-515.8K12.1089.17N/AN/A1,37916,68910,08440,882