VNQ Options History — August 2015

In August 2015, VNQ traded between $73.00 and $80.66. ATM implied volatility averaged 16.0%, placing in the 51.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.3% (HV 20d: 12.8%). Max pain ranged from $78.00 to $82.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 4.92.

Notable Days

  • 2015-08-04: Highest Volume — 20,099 contracts
  • 2015-08-24: Largest IV spike — 38.2% change
  • 2015-08-24: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2015-08-24: Largest Expected Move — 7.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$77.96$73.00$80.66$79.44$74.19
Max Pain$81.38$78.00$82.00$78.00$81.00
ATM IV16.0%11.8%26.0%11.9%24.5%
Expected Move4.7%3.4%7.5%3.4%7.0%
HV 20d12.8%8.5%23.4%9.6%23.4%
HV 60d13.4%11.9%16.7%13.3%16.7%
IV Rank51.5%29.7%100.0%31.1%91.5%
IV Percentile56.4%23.4%100.0%23.8%99.2%
Term Structure0.6%-2.7%2.9%1.3%-2.7%
VWIV16.5%12.4%26.3%12.4%23.9%
Skew 25d3.8%1.8%7.4%1.8%5.6%
Skew 10d7.8%3.3%13.2%6.5%10.2%
Call IV 25d14.8%10.6%23.7%10.6%21.9%
Put IV 25d18.6%12.4%31.0%12.4%27.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %72.9947.4790.6690.6670.08
Gamma HHI0.210.140.360.170.32
Net GEX-4.0M-10.0M-469.2K-2.8M-8.3M
Net DEX58.7M9.6M136.5M39.8M120.2M
Net VEX-550.9K-769.1K-407.4K-509.3K-769.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio4.920.0912.240.091.77
Total Volume9,671.28679320,0992,2548,006
Total OI58,491.42951,27171,83551,27171,434

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-08-03$79.44$78.0011.9%3.4%9.6%31.1%12.4%1.8%1.3%-2.8M39.8M-509.3K0.0990.66N/AN/A2,06019410,33240,939
2015-08-04$78.75$78.0012.1%3.5%9.0%32.3%12.9%2.6%1.1%-2.4M39.4M-520.1K5.5786.42N/AN/A3,06017,03912,37641,082
2015-08-05$78.40$78.0012.0%3.4%9.1%32.0%12.6%2.6%1.3%-3.2M48.6M-501.2K7.6788.86N/AN/A2,16616,61912,39741,709
2015-08-06$78.52$82.0012.3%3.8%9.0%33.8%13.8%3.0%1.2%-3.2M48.6M-514.1K4.2173.08N/AN/A2,2379,41712,47341,737
2015-08-07$78.79$82.0011.8%3.8%8.7%30.9%13.3%3.1%1.1%-2.3M41.6M-487.3K3.9271.80N/AN/A2,3809,33612,69141,395
2015-08-10$78.43$82.0012.3%4.0%8.9%34.2%14.0%2.5%1.4%-2.8M44.9M-496.3K7.1874.48N/AN/A1,2749,14412,82241,595
2015-08-11$79.06$82.0012.4%3.8%9.3%34.8%12.8%3.0%1.0%-1.6M33.3M-450.3K1.0866.18N/AN/A38141212,85741,745
2015-08-12$79.31$82.0013.7%3.9%9.3%43.6%14.3%3.1%1.3%-1.9M36.5M-506.2K6.9669.95N/AN/A1,3559,43412,93341,775
2015-08-13$79.40$82.0013.3%3.8%8.9%40.3%13.7%2.8%1.5%-712.1K25.3M-423.0K7.6569.35N/AN/A1,2199,32013,03641,732
2015-08-14$79.77$82.0012.2%3.5%8.9%29.7%13.3%3.2%2.9%-1.1M28.5M-486.2K8.3980.52N/AN/A1,0789,04313,04541,651
2015-08-17$80.49$82.0012.6%3.6%9.3%32.5%12.6%2.7%1.7%-469.2K11.0M-448.0K4.9178.49N/AN/A1,9129,39513,08641,665
2015-08-18$80.66$82.0012.3%3.5%9.3%29.9%13.5%3.0%2.0%-1.4M9.6M-437.1K7.5653.48N/AN/A1,2379,35412,71441,810
2015-08-19$80.22$82.0013.1%3.7%9.6%35.5%12.4%2.4%1.3%-946.7K13.8M-432.6K0.7847.47N/AN/A45235212,75841,761
2015-08-20$79.66$82.0014.3%4.1%8.5%44.1%15.6%3.2%0.8%-1.1M20.3M-407.4K7.7681.79N/AN/A1,2039,33212,71642,035
2015-08-21$78.31$82.0018.8%5.4%10.5%76.4%17.9%4.4%-1.6%-3.9M48.5M-485.3K12.2471.16N/AN/A1,39017,00812,78942,037
2015-08-24$74.94$82.0026.0%7.5%18.9%100.0%26.3%7.4%-0.7%-8.2M127.9M-767.9K6.3871.78N/AN/A1,5479,86610,79555,339
2015-08-25$73.00$82.0024.7%7.1%20.6%92.9%23.9%6.7%2.3%-8.9M135.1M-735.0K1.5268.85N/AN/A1,4772,24311,13955,676
2015-08-26$74.40$82.0023.8%6.8%21.9%87.6%23.2%6.4%-1.9%-10.0M136.5M-747.9K2.3371.07N/AN/A2,4555,73011,28855,913
2015-08-27$75.71$82.0020.6%5.9%23.0%70.1%22.6%4.8%-0.8%-9.6M108.5M-703.6K3.1575.94N/AN/A1,3634,29612,36658,842
2015-08-28$75.66$82.0022.1%6.3%22.8%78.2%21.9%5.4%-1.9%-8.5M115.5M-740.9K2.1671.45N/AN/A2,3105,00112,54259,293
2015-08-31$74.19$81.0024.5%7.0%23.4%91.5%23.9%5.6%-2.7%-8.3M120.2M-769.1K1.7770.08N/AN/A2,8935,11313,67957,755