VOO Options History — February 2012

In February 2012, VOO traded between $121.18 and $125.86. ATM implied volatility averaged 15.3%, placing in the 12.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.8% (HV 20d: 8.5%). Max pain ranged from $116.00 to $124.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 3.07.

Notable Days

  • 2012-02-10: Highest Volume — 13 contracts
  • 2012-02-27: Largest IV drop — 18.2% change
  • 2012-02-15: Highest IV Rank — 15.2%
  • 2012-02-15: Largest Expected Move — 5.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$123.90$121.18$125.86$121.18$125.18
Max Pain$122.60$116.00$124.00$116.00$122.00
ATM IV15.3%12.7%17.7%14.5%13.7%
Expected Move4.5%3.9%5.1%4.2%3.9%
HV 20d8.5%7.4%9.1%7.4%8.5%
HV 60d17.1%12.6%20.0%19.9%12.7%
IV Rank12.5%9.6%15.2%11.6%10.7%
IV Percentile29.9%13.0%45.5%22.0%17.5%
Term Structure-0.1%-4.0%2.1%0.6%-2.7%
VWIV14.6%14.2%15.0%14.7%15.0%
Skew 25d5.7%3.0%7.9%3.4%7.7%
Skew 10d12.5%7.5%18.9%8.3%11.8%
Call IV 25d14.7%12.5%19.4%13.6%15.4%
Put IV 25d20.4%16.7%23.6%16.9%23.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %50.5528.00111.1133.0190.91
Gamma HHI0.160.130.210.150.21
Net GEX16.3K11.9K20.6K16.5K16.2K
Net DEX-285.1K-343.6K-202.3K-239.2K-249.0K
Net VEX-1.7K-2.0K-1.2K-1.7K-1.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio3.070.0021.000.000.00
Total Volume2.4501310
Total OI108.55861349793

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-02-01$121.18$116.0014.5%4.2%7.4%11.6%14.7%3.4%0.6%16.5K-239.2K-1.7K0.0033.01105740
2012-02-02$121.42$116.0014.5%4.2%7.4%11.6%0.0%3.3%0.9%16.9K-250.0K-1.7K0.0028.00105840
2012-02-03$123.14$124.0012.7%4.1%8.5%9.6%14.2%5.5%1.3%19.5K-330.5K-1.6K21.0031.901115840
2012-02-06$122.96$124.0014.7%4.5%8.5%11.8%0.0%5.0%1.0%16.2K-288.2K-1.8K0.0034.36005951
2012-02-07$123.34$124.0013.2%4.1%8.5%10.2%0.0%4.9%1.3%17.2K-305.6K-1.8K0.0034.74005951
2012-02-08$123.60$124.0012.8%4.3%8.2%9.7%0.0%5.0%1.0%17.6K-320.4K-1.8K0.0061.90005951
2012-02-09$123.74$124.0015.0%4.3%8.2%12.1%0.0%5.0%1.7%17.8K-343.6K-1.7K0.5065.72425951
2012-02-10$122.90$124.0017.1%4.9%8.8%14.5%0.0%5.9%2.1%17.8K-294.9K-2.0K0.0054.340136353
2012-02-13$123.84$124.0017.1%4.9%8.7%14.5%0.0%7.3%-0.1%16.0K-319.6K-2.0K0.0032.56006361
2012-02-14$123.66$124.0016.9%4.8%8.8%14.2%0.0%6.8%-0.4%15.7K-312.6K-2.0K0.0040.00006361
2012-02-15$123.12$124.0017.7%5.1%8.5%15.2%0.0%7.9%0.2%15.1K-284.9K-2.0K0.0037.840106361
2012-02-16$124.46$124.0017.2%4.9%9.0%14.6%0.0%7.2%-1.4%13.3K-337.2K-2.0K0.0038.30006371
2012-02-17$124.76$124.0016.4%4.7%9.0%13.8%0.0%7.3%-0.9%11.9K-322.5K-1.8K0.0038.30005771
2012-02-21$124.84$124.0017.0%4.9%9.0%14.4%15.0%6.8%-4.0%13.4K-342.9K-1.6K0.0036.85015571
2012-02-22$124.42$122.0016.3%4.7%9.1%13.6%0.0%7.7%-1.4%17.8K-202.3K-1.5K0.0053.08204652
2012-02-23$125.02$122.0015.8%4.5%8.8%13.0%0.0%6.6%-1.9%20.1K-249.0K-1.5K0.0041.28004752
2012-02-24$125.20$122.0016.6%4.8%8.5%13.9%0.0%3.5%-2.7%20.6K-257.4K-1.4K0.0055.85204752
2012-02-27$125.42$122.0013.6%3.9%8.4%10.6%0.0%3.4%0.0%12.9K-221.5K-1.2K0.0090.91103947
2012-02-28$125.86$122.0013.8%4.0%8.1%10.8%0.0%3.0%0.0%12.8K-229.8K-1.2K0.00111.11004047
2012-02-29$125.18$122.0013.7%3.9%8.5%10.7%0.0%7.7%0.0%16.2K-249.0K-1.4K0.0090.91004647