VOO Options History — December 2011

In December 2011, VOO traded between $110.66 and $115.88. ATM implied volatility averaged 28.9%, placing in the 32.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.6% (HV 20d: 25.3%). Max pain ranged from $102.00 to $112.00. Net GEX was positive for 12 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.70.

Notable Days

  • 2011-12-23: Highest Volume — 10,007 contracts
  • 2011-12-12: Largest IV spike — 319.9% change
  • 2011-12-12: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2011-12-05: Largest Expected Move — 10.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$114.05$110.66$115.88$114.22$114.90
Max Pain$107.43$102.00$112.00$112.00$112.00
ATM IV28.9%17.9%93.9%23.9%20.0%
Expected Move6.7%5.1%10.1%6.9%5.7%
HV 20d25.3%18.7%28.9%28.9%18.7%
HV 60d28.0%25.7%29.2%29.2%25.7%
IV Rank32.5%15.4%100.0%31.3%17.8%
IV Percentile57.0%41.9%100.0%54.4%47.9%
Term Structure0.9%-14.2%3.6%-0.9%2.6%
VWIV21.4%9.0%42.1%42.1%12.7%
Skew 25d6.2%1.8%9.4%6.3%2.9%
Skew 10d15.4%5.9%26.1%19.2%8.5%
Call IV 25d22.2%14.3%44.2%21.2%19.2%
Put IV 25d28.4%21.0%46.4%27.4%22.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %64.0733.02149.6851.2475.17
Gamma HHI0.290.130.590.190.51
Net GEX628.5K-81.3K3.9M-2.9K3.6M
Net DEX-1.4M-9.1M178.9K2.0K-9.1M
Net VEX-9.1K-44.3K-2.0K-2.7K-43.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.700.005.000.000.04
Total Volume491.095010,0070156
Total OI2,058.47614010,14716210,140

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-12-01$114.22$112.0023.9%6.9%28.9%31.3%0.0%6.3%-0.9%-2.9K2.0K-2.7K0.0051.24008379
2011-12-02$114.16$112.0024.7%7.1%28.1%32.5%0.0%7.9%0.3%-2.8K6.2K-2.7K0.0054.69008379
2011-12-05$115.40$102.0059.6%10.1%28.3%87.6%42.1%2.4%-14.2%-2.7K-116.0K-2.8K0.00149.68308379
2011-12-06$115.50$102.0024.4%6.8%28.3%32.0%27.0%9.0%1.8%2.8K-91.1K-2.7K1.2534.01458579
2011-12-07$115.88$102.0065.2%7.7%28.0%96.4%0.0%1.8%3.6%9.7K-125.2K-2.7K0.00140.24008574
2011-12-08$113.38$102.0028.4%7.6%25.8%38.3%0.0%9.4%1.5%-3.8K14.7K-2.6K0.0034.42008574
2011-12-09$115.30$102.0022.4%6.8%26.3%28.9%0.0%8.5%2.2%897-94.7K-2.5K0.0038.76008574
2011-12-12$113.64$102.0093.9%9.6%25.9%100.0%30.0%2.2%-7.8%-10.7K-32.0K-2.6K0.00146.95208574
2011-12-13$112.56$102.0023.2%7.0%25.8%21.3%0.0%9.2%2.3%-23.4K65.7K-2.3K0.0035.91008774
2011-12-14$111.30$102.0018.1%6.8%26.0%15.7%0.0%8.5%2.8%-43.3K162.0K-2.2K0.0033.84008774
2011-12-15$111.72$102.0022.7%6.5%25.5%20.7%23.5%7.5%3.6%-81.3K135.3K-2.1K5.0038.18158774
2011-12-16$111.80$110.0023.1%6.6%24.8%21.1%0.0%8.0%3.2%-34.6K178.9K-2.2K0.0038.96208879
2011-12-19$110.66$110.0023.4%6.7%25.1%21.5%0.0%7.1%1.7%5.2K60.6K-2.0K0.0033.02008555
2011-12-20$113.96$110.0020.5%5.9%26.3%18.3%21.5%6.1%1.6%13.5K-71.3K-2.1K0.0041.21058555
2011-12-21$114.30$112.0019.3%5.5%26.1%16.9%16.6%5.1%2.0%12.3K-66.4K-2.1K0.0042.11208560
2011-12-22$115.38$112.0017.9%5.1%24.7%15.4%0.0%5.6%2.1%16.4K-86.5K-2.1K0.0048.53008360
2011-12-23$115.60$112.0018.3%5.2%24.5%15.8%9.0%6.0%2.3%18.6K-114.6K-2.1K0.0046.0810,00708360
2011-12-27$115.72$112.0018.7%5.4%22.7%16.3%0.0%4.9%2.2%3.9M-8.8M-44.3K0.0089.040010,08760
2011-12-28$114.30$112.0020.3%5.8%23.3%18.0%0.0%5.3%2.8%2.6M-5.6M-29.5K0.0087.500010,08760
2011-12-29$115.34$112.0018.6%5.3%18.7%16.1%9.7%7.2%2.1%3.2M-6.5M-33.8K0.0086.00121010,08760
2011-12-30$114.90$112.0020.0%5.7%18.7%17.8%12.7%2.9%2.6%3.6M-9.1M-43.1K0.0475.17150610,08060