VOO Options History — March 2012

In March 2012, VOO traded between $123.16 and $129.52. ATM implied volatility averaged 15.7%, placing in the 12.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.2% (HV 20d: 10.5%). Max pain ranged from $112.00 to $122.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.31.

Notable Days

  • 2012-03-20: Highest Volume — 19 contracts
  • 2012-03-07: Largest IV spike — 673.7% change
  • 2012-03-07: Highest IV Rank — 60.1%
  • 2012-03-27: Largest Expected Move — 10.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$127.40$123.16$129.52$126.00$128.74
Max Pain$116.00$112.00$122.00$122.00$122.00
ATM IV15.7%7.5%58.0%11.8%13.5%
Expected Move4.5%2.6%10.2%3.4%3.9%
HV 20d10.5%7.3%11.6%8.3%11.4%
HV 60d10.9%9.1%13.1%12.7%9.1%
IV Rank12.9%3.8%60.1%8.6%10.5%
IV Percentile21.8%0.4%97.2%6.0%22.6%
Term Structure1.3%-11.7%10.7%3.0%1.0%
VWIV15.0%10.8%19.7%19.7%12.5%
Skew 25d6.2%1.1%28.3%3.4%6.6%
Skew 10d5.0%-30.5%20.8%4.9%4.3%
Call IV 25d15.7%7.5%67.1%10.6%8.7%
Put IV 25d21.8%13.2%71.6%13.9%15.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %86.5952.19165.3252.1984.59
Gamma HHI0.320.150.570.180.50
Net GEX37.5K12.1K62.7K26.5K47.1K
Net DEX-441.4K-728.9K-287.1K-335.6K-322.4K
Net VEX-1.2K-1.6K-912-1.4K-1.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.310.003.000.000.00
Total Volume3.09101900
Total OI121.9097014499107

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-03-01$126.00$122.0011.8%3.4%8.3%8.6%0.0%3.4%3.0%26.5K-335.6K-1.4K0.0052.19005247
2012-03-02$125.66$122.009.1%2.6%8.4%5.6%0.0%5.6%3.6%27.7K-327.6K-1.4K0.0059.56005247
2012-03-05$125.12$118.0028.7%7.8%7.3%27.4%0.0%4.5%-11.7%30.0K-347.5K-1.0K0.00165.32405218
2012-03-06$123.16$114.007.5%4.6%9.4%3.8%0.0%9.9%2.8%30.9K-336.8K-1.5K0.0077.80006961
2012-03-07$124.14$114.0058.0%8.4%9.7%60.1%19.7%28.3%-9.9%22.9K-376.2K-1.6K0.00148.98016961
2012-03-08$125.34$112.008.9%4.0%10.3%5.3%19.4%8.2%3.5%51.1K-514.7K-1.2K0.0079.28016946
2012-03-09$125.82$112.009.1%4.0%10.3%5.6%0.0%8.9%3.4%52.6K-553.2K-1.1K0.0077.42106947
2012-03-12$125.88$112.008.5%3.8%9.9%4.9%0.0%7.8%3.5%62.7K-579.6K-1.0K0.0080.051306947
2012-03-13$128.14$114.0010.9%2.9%11.4%7.6%0.0%6.8%6.5%47.6K-728.9K-1.3K0.0078.81308262
2012-03-14$128.04$114.008.2%3.9%11.3%4.6%15.8%5.7%3.2%36.9K-621.1K-1.3K3.0076.54137267
2012-03-15$128.70$116.0013.8%3.9%11.2%10.8%0.0%4.8%3.2%39.7K-634.1K-1.3K0.0085.20007270
2012-03-16$128.88$116.0011.5%3.3%10.7%8.3%0.0%3.7%5.5%27.9K-530.6K-1.2K0.0088.29006270
2012-03-19$129.42$116.0012.6%3.6%10.7%9.5%15.6%3.4%1.7%24.3K-467.6K-9120.1158.781015269
2012-03-20$129.06$116.0012.7%3.6%10.8%9.6%13.7%2.6%1.3%12.1K-287.1K-9160.0053.981903776
2012-03-21$128.86$116.0012.8%3.7%10.7%9.7%10.8%4.2%1.6%37.8K-416.3K-1.2K0.0058.06015676
2012-03-22$127.86$116.0022.9%6.5%11.2%20.9%12.6%1.1%10.7%34.7K-391.3K-1.2K0.00142.90405676
2012-03-23$128.36$116.0012.4%3.6%11.2%9.3%0.0%4.6%1.9%39.1K-373.1K-1.1K0.0062.09005376
2012-03-26$129.52$116.0011.7%3.3%11.6%8.5%0.0%3.9%1.0%37.9K-403.4K-1.1K0.0058.67005176
2012-03-27$129.16$116.0035.5%10.2%11.6%35.0%0.0%1.3%-11.6%46.1K-399.3K-1.1K0.00151.35105176
2012-03-28$128.54$116.0012.3%3.5%11.6%9.1%12.5%4.9%2.2%39.6K-363.8K-1.1K0.0098.44505276
2012-03-29$128.32$116.0012.8%3.7%11.5%9.7%0.0%5.0%1.5%49.1K-400.1K-1.2K0.0066.59005876
2012-03-30$128.74$122.0013.5%3.9%11.4%10.5%0.0%6.6%1.0%47.1K-322.4K-1.2K0.0084.59005057