VOO Options History — January 2012

In January 2012, VOO traded between $116.60 and $121.28. ATM implied volatility averaged 15.1%, placing in the 12.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.6% (HV 20d: 13.5%). Max pain ranged from $114.00 to $116.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.25.

Notable Days

  • 2012-01-20: Highest Volume — 10 contracts
  • 2012-01-30: Largest IV spike — 38.7% change
  • 2012-01-03: Highest IV Rank — 17.4%
  • 2012-01-10: Largest Expected Move — 7.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$118.96$116.60$121.28$116.60$120.04
Max Pain$115.57$114.00$116.00$114.00$116.00
ATM IV15.1%9.9%19.7%19.7%15.9%
Expected Move4.7%2.8%7.5%5.6%4.6%
HV 20d13.5%8.3%19.4%19.4%8.3%
HV 60d23.3%20.2%25.6%25.6%20.2%
IV Rank12.2%6.5%17.4%17.4%13.2%
IV Percentile26.6%2.6%46.8%46.8%34.0%
Term Structure2.2%-9.2%6.7%2.3%1.1%
VWIV19.9%19.9%19.9%19.9%19.9%
Skew 25d6.1%-1.1%15.4%6.1%5.1%
Skew 10d9.6%1.3%16.9%4.4%9.9%
Call IV 25d15.9%10.2%31.6%15.7%12.8%
Put IV 25d22.0%11.2%37.4%21.9%17.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %61.4519.51164.57116.9144.76
Gamma HHI0.560.140.970.570.15
Net GEX2.2M12.6K7.1M4.2M14.3K
Net DEX-3.0M-23.0M-161.9K-7.3M-195.3K
Net VEX-10.4K-55.0K-732-32.0K-1.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.250.002.000.000.00
Total Volume2.301030
Total OI6,606.053310,14810,13997

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-01-03$116.60$114.0019.7%5.6%19.4%17.4%19.9%6.1%2.3%4.2M-7.3M-32.0K0.00116.913010,07366
2012-01-04$116.80$114.0018.4%5.3%19.1%16.0%0.0%7.6%2.3%3.7M-5.8M-25.8K0.0098.280010,08266
2012-01-05$117.18$114.0014.8%4.2%19.1%11.9%0.0%7.0%4.9%3.5M-4.8M-21.7K0.00100.410010,08266
2012-01-06$116.94$116.0015.8%7.2%19.1%13.0%0.0%4.3%0.4%2.5M-3.0M-15.5K0.00164.570010,08266
2012-01-09$117.12$116.0015.4%5.3%17.2%12.7%0.0%6.8%-0.6%2.3M-2.4M-10.9K0.0068.651010,08266
2012-01-10$118.12$116.0016.7%7.5%16.5%14.1%0.0%6.0%-9.2%7.1M-23.0M-55.0K0.00160.022010,07666
2012-01-11$118.24$116.0015.0%5.2%15.4%12.2%0.0%2.8%2.2%3.5M-3.4M-12.5K0.0020.008010,07761
2012-01-12$118.50$116.0017.8%5.1%14.8%15.3%0.0%-1.1%2.5%3.1M-2.5M-9.2K1.0019.511110,07347
2012-01-13$118.00$116.0018.2%5.2%14.1%15.8%0.0%4.6%2.6%1.7M-1.4M-4.8K0.0021.050010,07429
2012-01-17$118.32$116.0018.6%5.3%14.1%16.1%0.0%7.6%1.7%877.6K-707.9K-1.8K0.0020.511010,07429
2012-01-18$119.64$116.0017.7%5.1%14.3%15.2%0.0%6.6%1.8%3.5M-1.9M-4.3K0.0035.790010,07228
2012-01-19$120.28$116.0015.8%4.5%13.4%13.1%0.0%6.6%3.3%6.3M-2.6M-4.7K0.0033.012010,06828
2012-01-20$120.28$0.0010.3%2.9%9.6%6.9%0.0%15.4%6.7%1.6M-723.0K-1.3K0.0069.3510010,07228
2012-01-23$120.40$0.009.9%2.8%9.6%6.5%0.0%6.4%5.4%17.1K-161.9K-7320.0039.0860321
2012-01-24$120.22$0.0010.3%2.9%9.4%6.9%0.0%6.7%4.5%21.7K-178.8K-8260.0037.7030381
2012-01-25$121.28$0.0012.5%3.6%9.7%9.4%0.0%5.6%2.7%24.2K-209.2K-9020.0057.9500411
2012-01-26$120.66$0.0010.7%3.1%10.0%7.4%0.0%6.6%4.3%12.6K-192.2K-1.6K2.0030.90115138
2012-01-27$120.50$0.0011.5%3.3%8.6%8.3%0.0%5.9%4.1%13.0K-176.8K-1.6K0.0038.47505140
2012-01-30$120.10$116.0016.0%4.6%8.5%13.2%0.0%5.9%1.0%14.9K-200.1K-1.8K0.0052.14015740
2012-01-31$120.04$116.0015.9%4.6%8.3%13.2%0.0%5.1%1.1%14.3K-195.3K-1.8K0.0044.76005740