VNQ Options History — September 2018

In September 2018, VNQ traded between $79.53 and $83.87. ATM implied volatility averaged 11.6%, placing in the 31.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.4%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.7% (HV 20d: 12.2%). Max pain ranged from $81.00 to $85.00. Net GEX was positive for 1 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 3.75.

Notable Days

  • 2018-09-26: Highest Volume — 82,385 contracts
  • 2018-09-24: Largest IV spike — 16.2% change
  • 2018-09-24: Highest IV Rank — 36.0%
  • 2018-09-11: Largest Expected Move — 3.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$82.31$79.53$83.87$83.04$80.41
Max Pain$83.37$81.00$85.00$81.00$82.00
ATM IV11.6%10.7%12.4%11.5%12.3%
Expected Move3.4%3.1%3.6%3.3%3.5%
HV 20d12.2%10.0%16.4%10.0%16.4%
HV 60d11.4%10.5%12.9%11.4%12.7%
IV Rank31.0%26.1%36.0%30.4%35.1%
IV Percentile47.6%27.0%65.1%46.8%61.9%
Term Structure1.2%0.1%2.6%0.4%0.6%
VWIV12.0%10.9%13.9%11.6%11.5%
Skew 25d3.2%2.7%3.6%2.7%3.2%
Skew 10d6.3%4.3%9.0%4.3%5.5%
Call IV 25d10.6%9.9%11.2%10.4%11.0%
Put IV 25d13.9%12.9%14.6%13.1%14.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %19.379.2336.699.2315.33
Gamma HHI0.220.180.350.180.34
Net GEX-10.8M-35.2M852.2K-7.5M-30.8M
Net DEX74.5M7.5M229.2M42.0M191.5M
Net VEX-1.2M-1.7M-1.0M-1.2M-1.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio3.751.2436.901.611.34
Total Volume10,551.8424,46282,3854,8769,097
Total OI156,694.526138,817176,204153,892176,204

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-09-04$83.04$81.0011.5%3.3%10.0%30.4%11.6%2.7%0.4%-7.5M42.0M-1.2M1.619.23N/AN/A1,8703,00620,997132,895
2018-09-05$83.66$81.0010.9%3.1%10.3%27.3%11.3%2.9%0.4%-5.1M22.4M-1.2M1.9510.20N/AN/A1,5553,03921,132133,246
2018-09-06$83.87$85.0011.0%3.4%10.2%27.8%12.1%3.2%1.5%-4.5M15.1M-1.1M1.9817.42N/AN/A1,5373,04621,195133,305
2018-09-07$82.85$84.0011.5%3.5%11.2%30.8%12.6%3.6%1.2%-8.1M55.3M-1.2M2.8021.86N/AN/A1,5104,23121,364133,549
2018-09-10$83.38$84.0011.8%3.6%10.8%32.2%13.9%3.6%1.1%-3.3M15.9M-1.0M2.7630.24N/AN/A1,5524,29021,467134,843
2018-09-11$83.32$84.0012.0%3.6%10.8%33.6%13.1%3.5%1.2%-4.9M39.0M-1.2M2.2919.90N/AN/A1,7514,01121,486135,058
2018-09-12$83.23$84.0012.0%3.5%10.7%33.7%13.5%3.4%1.6%-4.6M38.3M-1.1M2.0422.11N/AN/A1,9283,93921,790135,122
2018-09-13$83.77$84.0010.9%3.1%10.7%27.2%11.8%3.3%2.1%852.2K7.5M-1.1M1.5336.69N/AN/A2,6414,03222,222135,113
2018-09-14$82.97$84.0011.4%3.3%11.0%29.9%11.0%3.2%1.9%-4.4M43.0M-1.1M1.4321.67N/AN/A2,9234,17323,319135,267
2018-09-17$83.35$84.0011.7%3.4%10.6%31.9%11.4%3.4%1.5%-39.8K25.9M-1.0M1.8323.40N/AN/A2,6934,92523,727135,202
2018-09-18$83.04$84.0011.2%3.2%10.6%29.0%11.1%3.0%1.4%-2.3M38.9M-1.0M1.8828.05N/AN/A2,6254,94523,707135,747
2018-09-19$81.96$84.0011.7%3.4%11.4%32.0%11.3%3.3%1.6%-18.3M87.1M-1.1M1.3416.36N/AN/A3,4014,55423,714136,093
2018-09-20$82.81$84.0010.7%3.1%11.8%26.3%11.6%3.3%2.2%-8.5M57.3M-1.1M2.3419.20N/AN/A3,4508,08124,193136,310
2018-09-21$82.81$83.0010.7%3.1%11.8%26.1%11.9%3.3%2.6%-4.0M67.9M-1.2M1.2418.83N/AN/A3,2714,05825,259139,787
2018-09-24$80.15$84.0012.4%3.6%16.3%36.0%12.8%3.2%0.1%-21.0M142.2M-1.3M1.7411.78N/AN/A2,4274,22613,159125,658
2018-09-25$80.27$83.0012.3%3.5%16.4%35.2%12.2%3.2%0.5%-20.9M139.5M-1.3M2.2012.01N/AN/A1,5163,33513,209126,505
2018-09-26$79.55$83.0011.9%3.4%15.7%32.7%10.9%3.3%0.5%-23.4M156.9M-1.3M36.9017.59N/AN/A2,17480,21113,074126,388
2018-09-27$79.53$82.0011.8%3.4%15.7%32.3%12.1%2.9%0.8%-35.2M229.2M-1.7M2.0116.20N/AN/A1,4812,98113,895161,995
2018-09-28$80.41$82.0012.3%3.5%16.4%35.1%11.5%3.2%0.6%-30.8M191.5M-1.6M1.3415.33N/AN/A3,8955,20214,094162,110