VNQ Options History — December 2021

In December 2021, VNQ traded between $106.07 and $116.66. ATM implied volatility averaged 17.6%, placing in the 49.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.9%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.8% (HV 20d: 18.4%). Max pain ranged from $95.00 to $113.00. Net GEX was positive for 9 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.26.

Notable Days

  • 2021-12-27: Highest Volume — 19,273 contracts
  • 2021-12-15: Largest IV drop — 28.7% change
  • 2021-12-03: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2021-12-03: Largest Expected Move — 7.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$111.75$106.07$116.66$106.07$116.66
Max Pain$104.36$95.00$113.00$108.00$113.00
ATM IV17.6%14.0%25.2%22.6%14.2%
Expected Move4.9%4.0%7.2%6.5%4.1%
HV 20d18.4%13.9%21.2%13.9%15.5%
HV 60d14.1%13.0%14.7%13.0%14.0%
IV Rank49.8%25.3%100.0%85.9%26.2%
IV Percentile61.3%23.0%100.0%97.2%25.8%
Term Structure0.6%-3.6%1.8%-3.2%1.0%
VWIV17.2%6.9%31.3%26.3%16.8%
Skew 25d5.1%2.7%8.9%6.4%4.7%
Skew 10d10.4%5.0%19.6%13.2%12.8%
Call IV 25d15.4%12.8%22.1%19.8%12.9%
Put IV 25d20.5%16.2%31.0%26.2%17.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %32.566.9465.3765.3730.36
Gamma HHI0.100.080.180.110.09
Net GEX-2.6M-13.1M4.5M-13.1M990.1K
Net DEX-45.3M-104.4M51.4M51.4M-69.4M
Net VEX-578.7K-890.5K-425.9K-830.4K-523.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.260.402.792.790.40
Total Volume7,315.3644,25319,27313,9136,347
Total OI88,536.54557,113108,035104,55069,124

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2021-12-01$106.07$108.0022.6%6.5%13.9%85.9%26.3%6.4%-3.2%-13.1M51.4M-830.4K2.7965.37N/AN/A3,66910,24422,51282,038
2021-12-02$108.19$108.0022.1%6.3%15.7%82.3%24.9%6.9%-2.5%-10.6M12.9M-807.9K0.8839.81N/AN/A3,6553,22222,65382,239
2021-12-03$107.20$108.0025.2%7.2%15.5%100.0%31.3%8.9%-3.6%-12.2M44.4M-890.5K1.1658.38N/AN/A2,8253,27822,78882,342
2021-12-06$109.60$95.0020.5%5.5%17.4%68.9%20.3%6.7%1.3%-8.1M-18.7M-771.5K1.2040.76N/AN/A3,0533,67822,86682,683
2021-12-07$110.94$95.0018.7%5.0%17.8%56.9%19.7%4.9%1.3%-5.4M-54.8M-651.4K1.2519.32N/AN/A2,5763,22023,11283,097
2021-12-08$112.15$95.0017.1%4.7%18.1%46.2%17.7%4.6%1.3%-2.6M-87.8M-549.1K1.4017.00N/AN/A2,1883,06023,46183,189
2021-12-09$110.89$95.0017.6%4.7%18.6%49.4%17.1%5.4%1.1%-4.3M-67.2M-580.6K1.0520.53N/AN/A2,1112,22023,65782,511
2021-12-10$110.60$95.0016.2%4.6%18.6%40.0%16.7%4.4%1.4%-5.1M-65.8M-560.1K1.0747.68N/AN/A2,0592,19423,92882,556
2021-12-13$112.18$95.0019.9%4.5%19.2%64.5%17.5%4.6%1.7%1.2M-104.4M-435.5K1.7552.00N/AN/A1,8313,21024,02582,643
2021-12-14$110.58$97.0023.0%4.9%19.9%85.5%16.8%5.5%1.2%-4.8M-65.2M-497.7K1.5117.99N/AN/A1,8972,87424,22183,435
2021-12-15$111.65$100.0016.4%4.7%20.1%41.1%15.4%4.8%0.9%-1.3M-83.5M-477.8K1.4762.85N/AN/A1,9162,82024,18483,851
2021-12-16$111.65$104.0016.3%4.7%20.1%40.7%16.5%4.6%0.7%1.4M-80.1M-425.9K1.0356.56N/AN/A2,4992,57323,10383,885
2021-12-17$112.09$104.0017.1%4.9%20.1%46.1%15.7%4.4%1.2%4.5M-88.4M-433.3K1.2343.55N/AN/A3,5054,31623,69084,008
2021-12-20$110.72$107.0017.2%4.9%20.6%46.8%12.9%5.3%1.0%-1.5M-25.8M-524.9K1.5243.30N/AN/A2,5063,81120,32637,630
2021-12-21$111.74$107.0016.0%4.6%20.8%38.7%13.2%4.2%0.6%306.3K-40.4M-467.9K1.7115.26N/AN/A2,4714,23220,58737,801
2021-12-22$113.26$109.0014.0%4.0%21.2%25.3%6.9%2.7%1.8%1.5M-56.6M-429.7K1.767.60N/AN/A1,8173,20720,66638,503
2021-12-23$113.29$109.0014.4%4.1%20.9%27.7%9.7%3.1%1.6%1.6M-57.1M-440.7K0.468.00N/AN/A6,8483,13320,66638,745
2021-12-27$113.55$113.0014.8%4.2%18.5%30.2%17.7%5.1%1.3%563.4K-22.6M-566.0K2.256.94N/AN/A5,92613,34718,32138,792
2021-12-28$114.40$113.0014.8%4.3%18.6%30.8%15.5%4.8%1.2%-880.8K-25.2M-668.5K0.627.59N/AN/A5,4923,38018,53848,958
2021-12-29$115.29$113.0014.9%4.3%17.6%31.4%15.8%4.9%0.9%-720.0K-37.1M-648.4K0.6745.70N/AN/A4,9453,32918,78749,305
2021-12-30$115.77$113.0014.8%4.2%16.5%30.4%14.4%4.7%0.8%441.3K-54.4M-549.6K0.509.74N/AN/A6,3053,14918,85049,528
2021-12-31$116.66$113.0014.2%4.1%15.5%26.2%16.8%4.7%1.0%990.1K-69.4M-523.8K0.4030.36N/AN/A4,5231,82419,47949,645