VNQ Options History — July 2016

In July 2016, VNQ traded between $88.31 and $92.46. ATM implied volatility averaged 12.8%, placing in the 17.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.6% (HV 20d: 12.2%). Max pain ranged from $85.00 to $88.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.46.

Notable Days

  • 2016-07-06: Highest Volume — 112,541 contracts
  • 2016-07-08: Largest IV drop — 17.9% change
  • 2016-07-07: Highest IV Rank — 31.0%
  • 2016-07-07: Largest Expected Move — 4.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$90.46$88.31$92.46$88.75$92.46
Max Pain$87.75$85.00$88.00$85.00$88.00
ATM IV12.8%11.0%15.7%12.7%11.4%
Expected Move3.7%3.2%4.4%3.6%3.3%
HV 20d12.2%10.5%13.0%11.0%11.9%
HV 60d13.8%13.2%14.5%13.8%13.2%
IV Rank17.0%8.2%31.0%16.3%10.0%
IV Percentile16.2%0.8%52.4%13.1%1.6%
Term Structure1.3%0.1%2.0%0.9%2.0%
VWIV13.3%11.6%16.7%16.1%12.5%
Skew 25d3.7%3.1%4.8%4.0%3.3%
Skew 10d8.3%6.0%11.4%11.0%8.2%
Call IV 25d11.4%10.1%13.7%11.6%10.8%
Put IV 25d15.1%13.3%18.0%15.7%14.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %33.7824.9842.7030.1530.17
Gamma HHI0.530.420.590.510.50
Net GEX21.5M15.6M24.1M23.2M23.9M
Net DEX-191.6M-238.8M-122.9M-210.9M-222.4M
Net VEX-1.4M-1.7M-1.3M-1.4M-1.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.460.037.491.580.80
Total Volume22,347.74,105112,5415,4194,588
Total OI111,823.9102,489127,329102,489127,329

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-07-01$88.75$85.0012.7%3.6%11.0%16.3%16.1%4.0%0.9%23.2M-210.9M-1.4M1.5830.15N/AN/A2,1033,31664,78237,707
2016-07-05$89.61$87.0014.4%4.2%10.5%24.6%16.7%4.5%0.4%24.0M-238.8M-1.4M1.3433.99N/AN/A2,3823,18164,99438,095
2016-07-06$89.32$87.0015.3%4.4%10.8%29.0%16.5%4.8%0.1%24.1M-233.8M-1.3M0.0333.81N/AN/A108,9373,60465,77138,340
2016-07-07$88.31$88.0015.7%4.4%11.7%31.0%14.4%4.3%0.9%15.6M-122.9M-1.3M0.0531.38N/AN/A74,4973,39673,00139,291
2016-07-08$89.81$88.0012.9%3.8%12.9%17.1%13.2%4.1%0.8%18.5M-167.1M-1.4M0.0633.69N/AN/A54,7463,48773,61439,658
2016-07-11$90.45$88.0014.1%3.8%12.6%23.2%13.5%3.8%1.5%19.9M-185.7M-1.5M0.0631.67N/AN/A54,3723,05473,78840,156
2016-07-12$90.40$88.0013.7%3.7%12.6%21.5%13.2%3.8%1.0%19.9M-185.6M-1.4M0.0533.54N/AN/A54,6312,94273,87040,277
2016-07-13$90.89$88.0011.9%3.4%12.5%12.7%12.4%3.2%1.4%21.6M-200.6M-1.4M1.2336.61N/AN/A2,1442,64074,19040,400
2016-07-14$90.09$88.0013.0%3.7%13.0%17.6%12.6%3.8%1.3%19.5M-183.4M-1.4M1.0442.70N/AN/A2,5672,66974,56540,442
2016-07-15$90.09$88.0012.2%3.5%13.0%14.1%12.7%3.6%1.7%19.4M-176.4M-1.4M1.4138.26N/AN/A1,9252,71074,72640,555
2016-07-18$90.35$88.0012.6%3.6%12.9%15.9%12.0%4.0%1.2%20.6M-163.0M-1.3M1.4438.27N/AN/A1,7292,48272,56437,420
2016-07-19$90.70$88.0012.0%3.4%12.9%12.7%11.7%3.5%1.4%21.7M-173.7M-1.4M1.4838.69N/AN/A1,6592,44772,71937,588
2016-07-20$90.73$88.0011.8%3.4%12.7%11.9%11.7%3.4%1.5%21.4M-185.5M-1.4M2.0634.51N/AN/A1,4022,88272,79037,655
2016-07-21$90.92$88.0011.9%3.4%12.6%12.5%11.6%3.6%1.6%22.1M-179.3M-1.4M2.0535.26N/AN/A1,4022,86972,95438,210
2016-07-22$91.79$88.0011.0%3.2%12.8%8.2%12.0%3.2%1.9%24.1M-220.9M-1.5M1.9833.52N/AN/A1,4812,93873,04738,241
2016-07-25$91.62$88.0012.1%3.5%12.4%13.3%12.7%3.3%1.3%23.3M-212.8M-1.4M2.1132.70N/AN/A1,3522,85773,19138,343
2016-07-26$91.17$88.0012.3%3.5%12.7%14.4%13.3%3.2%1.7%22.7M-201.9M-1.4M2.0124.98N/AN/A1,3632,74273,23238,413
2016-07-27$90.39$88.0013.0%3.7%11.8%18.0%12.8%3.4%1.6%21.0M-163.2M-1.3M0.9729.76N/AN/A2,3152,25773,26738,547
2016-07-28$91.32$88.0012.6%3.6%11.6%15.9%13.8%3.1%1.5%23.9M-204.6M-1.4M7.4931.95N/AN/A2,22516,66174,14238,604
2016-07-29$92.46$88.0011.4%3.3%11.9%10.0%12.5%3.3%2.0%23.9M-222.4M-1.7M0.8030.17N/AN/A2,5552,03374,12753,202