VNQ Options History — October 2019

In October 2019, VNQ traded between $91.78 and $95.13. ATM implied volatility averaged 12.5%, placing in the 20.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.2% (HV 20d: 10.4%). Max pain ranged from $92.00 to $93.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 23 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 3.90.

Notable Days

  • 2019-10-22: Highest Volume — 40,891 contracts
  • 2019-10-25: Largest IV spike — 9.8% change
  • 2019-10-02: Highest IV Rank — 34.7%
  • 2019-10-02: Largest Expected Move — 4.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$93.60$91.78$95.13$92.38$94.22
Max Pain$92.48$92.00$93.00$92.00$93.00
ATM IV12.5%10.9%14.9%13.9%11.1%
Expected Move3.6%3.1%4.3%4.0%3.2%
HV 20d10.4%7.2%12.9%12.5%7.2%
HV 60d11.9%10.7%12.5%12.4%10.7%
IV Rank20.2%10.5%34.7%28.6%11.1%
IV Percentile30.0%4.4%67.5%56.7%5.6%
Term Structure1.2%0.4%2.6%0.7%2.6%
VWIV13.0%11.3%15.3%13.5%11.3%
Skew 25d3.6%2.6%5.1%3.2%3.8%
Skew 10d8.3%5.9%13.8%7.9%6.2%
Call IV 25d11.3%9.4%13.3%12.7%9.5%
Put IV 25d14.8%12.9%18.0%15.8%13.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %21.9213.8331.2416.3019.32
Gamma HHI0.250.230.290.260.23
Net GEX-42.3M-56.9M-33.4M-37.4M-56.9M
Net DEX207.8M40.3M389.9M327.2M129.1M
Net VEX-3.3M-4.4M-2.2M-4.1M-2.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio3.900.1870.240.690.18
Total Volume2,833.26118340,8919151,652
Total OI262,563.913253,909277,647254,671277,647

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-10-01$92.38$92.0013.9%4.0%12.5%28.6%13.5%3.2%0.7%-37.4M327.2M-4.1M0.6916.30N/AN/A54137429,918224,753
2019-10-02$91.78$92.0014.9%4.3%12.3%34.7%14.6%4.7%0.7%-39.8M389.9M-4.4M0.4417.25N/AN/A1,46864430,242224,972
2019-10-03$92.67$92.0013.5%4.2%12.7%26.2%14.4%5.1%0.7%-36.8M312.4M-4.1M0.1818.96N/AN/A84015131,025225,530
2019-10-04$93.31$92.0012.4%3.8%12.9%19.2%13.1%4.0%1.3%-34.9M253.5M-3.8M0.3122.11N/AN/A1,06132531,476225,563
2019-10-07$93.19$92.0013.5%4.0%12.8%25.9%13.5%3.7%0.7%-34.9M265.9M-3.9M0.4925.46N/AN/A21210331,075225,576
2019-10-08$92.92$92.0014.4%4.1%11.9%31.5%15.3%3.3%0.4%-35.9M283.3M-4.0M0.5824.86N/AN/A29617331,071225,611
2019-10-09$92.92$92.0014.1%4.0%11.9%29.5%14.0%3.1%0.6%-34.8M284.8M-4.0M0.8331.24N/AN/A15312731,162225,667
2019-10-10$93.08$92.0013.9%4.0%11.7%28.3%13.6%3.5%0.8%-35.4M275.5M-3.9M0.3226.29N/AN/A1394431,216225,764
2019-10-11$93.15$92.0013.6%3.9%10.8%26.9%14.0%3.3%0.4%-33.4M262.6M-3.8M0.8031.19N/AN/A1,02982131,271225,783
2019-10-14$92.92$93.0013.1%3.8%10.4%23.9%14.7%4.1%1.0%-35.6M264.2M-3.7M1.0826.23N/AN/A23725631,197226,248
2019-10-15$93.06$93.0013.0%3.7%9.7%23.0%13.2%3.3%1.0%-41.5M234.6M-3.4M0.4229.45N/AN/A2,07988031,332226,439
2019-10-16$93.10$92.0012.3%3.5%9.7%18.6%12.8%3.5%1.0%-42.1M236.8M-3.3M0.6524.68N/AN/A18912331,397227,081
2019-10-17$93.74$92.0011.7%3.3%9.8%14.9%12.6%2.6%1.5%-34.3M172.5M-3.1M0.8925.82N/AN/A43138531,362227,118
2019-10-18$94.51$92.0011.1%3.2%10.3%11.3%11.4%2.6%1.8%-38.7M88.5M-2.6M0.2317.31N/AN/A1,63537231,294227,174
2019-10-21$95.13$93.0011.5%3.3%10.4%14.1%12.4%3.2%1.2%-42.4M40.3M-2.2M0.3918.00N/AN/A84132828,590225,319
2019-10-22$94.84$93.0011.4%3.3%9.3%13.0%12.9%3.2%1.7%-38.7M53.4M-2.2M70.2421.06N/AN/A57440,31729,266225,453
2019-10-23$94.94$93.0011.3%3.2%9.2%12.5%12.4%4.1%1.5%-49.7M108.3M-2.6M2.2019.37N/AN/A13329229,345245,636
2019-10-24$94.97$93.0010.9%3.1%8.9%10.5%11.5%2.9%1.5%-50.7M84.9M-2.4M2.8518.39N/AN/A7120229,387245,890
2019-10-25$94.03$93.0012.0%3.4%9.1%17.0%12.0%4.1%1.3%-53.9M173.4M-2.9M2.3213.94N/AN/A20347129,537246,032
2019-10-28$93.62$93.0012.0%3.4%9.0%17.1%12.6%3.9%1.7%-56.1M202.4M-2.9M0.9913.83N/AN/A67566529,788246,151
2019-10-29$93.88$93.0011.7%3.3%8.0%15.0%11.6%3.3%1.6%-54.9M196.9M-3.0M1.9116.77N/AN/A31660330,079246,208
2019-10-30$94.42$93.0011.2%3.2%7.7%12.1%12.3%4.0%2.3%-53.3M139.0M-2.7M0.8026.43N/AN/A1,5171,21730,111246,214
2019-10-31$94.22$93.0011.1%3.2%7.2%11.1%11.3%3.8%2.6%-56.9M129.1M-2.6M0.1819.32N/AN/A1,40324931,340246,307