VNQ Options History — January 2016

In January 2016, VNQ traded between $74.04 and $80.31. ATM implied volatility averaged 19.9%, placing in the 57.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.4% (HV 20d: 18.5%). Max pain ranged from $72.00 to $78.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 4.17.

Notable Days

  • 2016-01-14: Highest Volume — 19,357 contracts
  • 2016-01-07: Largest IV spike — 21.2% change
  • 2016-01-20: Highest IV Rank — 74.3%
  • 2016-01-20: Largest Expected Move — 6.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$76.92$74.04$80.31$78.65$76.99
Max Pain$75.47$72.00$78.00$72.00$75.00
ATM IV19.9%16.4%22.9%18.0%18.7%
Expected Move5.5%4.6%6.6%4.8%5.4%
HV 20d18.5%14.8%23.9%14.8%23.9%
HV 60d17.9%16.6%19.9%16.6%19.9%
IV Rank57.1%36.3%74.3%46.2%49.8%
IV Percentile86.4%66.3%96.0%79.0%77.8%
Term Structure0.3%-0.4%3.2%0.4%0.7%
VWIV21.2%17.0%25.5%19.2%22.1%
Skew 25d5.2%4.5%6.5%5.4%4.7%
Skew 10d10.8%8.6%13.7%11.9%10.0%
Call IV 25d17.0%13.8%20.1%15.0%16.8%
Put IV 25d22.3%18.6%26.7%20.3%21.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %58.7632.9674.0932.9657.26
Gamma HHI0.270.140.380.170.31
Net GEX-10.1M-14.0M-4.2M-7.1M-10.6M
Net DEX97.7M31.7M150.9M68.3M85.7M
Net VEX-696.3K-801.4K-480.3K-566.0K-689.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio4.170.467.720.491.86
Total Volume13,373.63241819,3576,077418
Total OI75,844.26369,66185,41569,66174,947

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-01-04$78.65$72.0018.0%4.8%14.8%46.2%19.2%5.4%0.4%-7.1M68.3M-566.0K0.4932.96N/AN/A4,0742,00312,57557,086
2016-01-05$80.31$74.0016.4%4.6%15.0%36.3%17.0%4.7%0.5%-4.2M31.7M-480.3K0.4634.95N/AN/A4,3661,99612,58357,239
2016-01-06$79.99$75.0016.7%4.7%15.1%38.1%17.8%5.1%0.6%-4.5M36.3M-506.6K0.4952.49N/AN/A3,3271,63013,54157,254
2016-01-07$78.73$75.0020.2%5.3%16.2%58.8%20.0%5.1%-0.1%-7.1M62.1M-536.9K3.7449.25N/AN/A3,46712,98113,56157,299
2016-01-08$77.38$75.0022.2%5.8%17.2%70.4%21.8%4.8%3.2%-10.5M100.5M-733.7K3.8353.21N/AN/A3,47813,32313,71368,666
2016-01-11$78.02$77.0021.8%5.3%17.2%68.1%22.1%5.0%-0.1%-9.9M96.1M-694.6K4.0954.93N/AN/A3,35613,71813,93669,200
2016-01-12$77.47$78.0020.9%5.2%17.4%62.9%19.2%4.5%-0.1%-11.0M102.7M-688.7K3.8566.41N/AN/A3,64314,04013,92069,581
2016-01-13$76.27$78.0019.7%5.6%18.1%55.9%19.1%5.0%0.2%-13.1M125.0M-732.6K4.3270.01N/AN/A3,35914,50713,94569,544
2016-01-14$76.13$76.0019.5%5.6%17.5%54.6%19.4%5.5%0.5%-14.0M130.5M-753.1K4.7869.30N/AN/A3,35116,00613,99369,972
2016-01-15$75.61$76.0020.5%5.9%15.7%60.4%20.9%5.6%-0.2%-11.0M150.9M-784.9K4.3966.54N/AN/A3,47615,27214,14671,269
2016-01-19$76.13$76.0020.0%5.7%16.1%57.9%20.2%5.1%-0.2%-10.9M104.1M-743.9K7.7264.28N/AN/A1,69313,0698,27062,078
2016-01-20$74.04$76.0022.9%6.6%18.3%74.3%25.5%6.5%-0.4%-12.7M137.0M-801.4K5.0062.57N/AN/A2,56012,8008,47762,077
2016-01-21$74.46$76.0022.3%6.4%18.5%71.1%24.1%5.9%-0.0%-12.5M130.0M-787.9K6.8857.54N/AN/A1,89313,0319,44662,778
2016-01-22$76.38$75.0019.4%5.6%21.0%54.0%22.1%5.0%0.2%-10.4M98.5M-750.9K6.0365.97N/AN/A2,19913,2539,85963,021
2016-01-25$75.90$75.0020.0%5.7%21.0%57.5%23.4%5.3%0.5%-10.8M103.8M-749.1K5.7762.43N/AN/A2,28313,17810,25063,424
2016-01-26$77.44$75.0019.5%5.6%22.4%54.7%22.2%5.4%0.2%-8.6M79.9M-722.2K6.5974.09N/AN/A2,05513,54010,42263,482
2016-01-27$76.02$75.0020.3%5.8%23.1%59.7%23.5%5.4%0.2%-10.9M103.7M-750.3K7.5269.09N/AN/A1,89114,22210,59763,899
2016-01-28$75.57$75.0019.6%5.6%22.6%55.1%23.2%5.2%0.4%-11.7M110.0M-757.5K1.4653.11N/AN/A1,8862,75510,59964,392
2016-01-29$76.99$75.0018.7%5.4%23.9%49.8%22.1%4.7%0.7%-10.6M85.7M-689.7K1.8657.26N/AN/A14627210,34864,599