VOO Options History — April 2012

In April 2012, VOO traded between $124.26 and $129.78. ATM implied volatility averaged 14.6%, placing in the 11.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.8% (HV 20d: 12.8%). Max pain ranged from $122.00 to $132.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.31.

Notable Days

  • 2012-04-23: Highest Volume — 14 contracts
  • 2012-04-10: Largest IV spike — 19.9% change
  • 2012-04-10: Highest IV Rank — 16.1%
  • 2012-04-09: Largest Expected Move — 4.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$126.88$124.26$129.78$129.78$127.92
Max Pain$124.70$122.00$132.00$122.00$122.00
ATM IV14.6%11.9%18.5%12.2%14.8%
Expected Move4.1%2.6%4.8%3.5%4.2%
HV 20d12.8%9.7%14.8%11.5%14.8%
HV 60d10.8%9.2%11.8%9.2%11.7%
IV Rank11.7%8.7%16.1%9.1%11.9%
IV Percentile28.7%10.3%51.6%11.1%29.0%
Term Structure0.6%-5.6%12.2%1.5%0.3%
VWIV16.2%13.7%19.6%15.4%14.2%
Skew 25d5.3%-3.3%9.2%3.7%3.9%
Skew 10d6.8%-4.6%13.2%3.2%7.9%
Call IV 25d12.4%7.8%16.9%10.2%12.9%
Put IV 25d17.7%13.1%23.9%13.9%16.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %74.5619.61200.0077.4336.68
Gamma HHI0.350.140.570.470.14
Net GEX55.1K11.8K117.6K51.2K13.2K
Net DEX-291.5K-443.3K-137.9K-405.3K-186.9K
Net VEX-959-1.2K-765-847-1.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.310.002.500.000.00
Total Volume2.4501403
Total OI96.253714210563

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-04-02$129.78$122.0012.2%3.5%11.5%9.1%0.0%3.7%1.5%51.2K-405.3K-8470.0077.43004857
2012-04-03$129.28$122.0011.9%3.4%9.7%8.7%0.0%4.8%1.8%55.6K-383.8K-8620.0073.36104857
2012-04-04$127.92$122.0013.4%3.8%10.5%10.3%0.0%6.9%1.9%69.0K-377.1K-1.2K0.0068.80016152
2012-04-05$127.88$122.0013.1%3.7%10.0%10.0%0.0%6.8%2.1%63.5K-307.6K-9030.0069.68004952
2012-04-09$126.46$132.0015.4%4.8%10.9%12.7%0.0%7.4%1.5%71.8K-273.1K-1.1K0.0063.96006152
2012-04-10$124.26$132.0018.5%2.6%12.6%16.1%0.0%4.9%12.2%43.7K-137.9K-1.0K0.00200.00006151
2012-04-11$125.28$132.0015.8%4.4%11.1%13.1%15.4%-3.3%-1.3%59.1K-194.3K-1.1K0.00152.38106151
2012-04-12$127.00$128.0014.9%4.3%12.2%12.0%0.0%4.3%-0.9%96.7K-321.6K-9610.00130.48006022
2012-04-13$125.48$128.0015.7%4.5%12.7%13.0%0.0%4.0%-2.3%67.9K-313.8K-8750.00154.02506764
2012-04-16$125.34$128.0015.0%4.3%12.7%12.2%0.0%9.2%-5.6%58.7K-270.3K-7720.00125.00006464
2012-04-17$127.26$128.0015.8%4.5%13.9%13.1%19.6%6.1%1.5%107.2K-388.1K-9520.0069.871106676
2012-04-18$126.82$122.0015.4%4.4%13.9%12.6%0.0%7.8%-2.4%117.6K-443.3K-9410.0028.47007449
2012-04-19$126.00$122.0014.0%4.0%14.0%11.1%0.0%8.3%-4.7%70.2K-356.9K-8480.0043.33207449
2012-04-20$126.20$122.0013.7%3.9%13.8%10.7%13.7%0.0%2.0%71.7K-354.1K-8240.0041.03107247
2012-04-23$125.12$122.0014.5%4.2%14.0%11.6%18.8%6.4%2.0%19.6K-187.9K-7650.5635.1695352
2012-04-24$125.58$122.0016.4%4.7%13.6%13.7%15.3%6.6%0.2%19.1K-211.1K-9342.5026.9513417
2012-04-25$127.34$122.0014.2%4.1%14.7%11.3%14.2%6.5%0.4%17.6K-239.4K-9920.0019.61104210
2012-04-26$128.22$122.0013.8%4.0%14.8%10.8%0.0%3.6%0.2%17.8K-270.4K-9840.0036.47054310
2012-04-27$128.48$122.0013.8%4.0%14.8%10.9%0.0%2.9%0.9%11.8K-207.8K-1.1K0.0038.52004320
2012-04-30$127.92$122.0014.8%4.2%14.8%11.9%0.0%3.9%0.3%13.2K-186.9K-1.1K0.0036.68304320