VOO Options History — August 2012

In August 2012, VOO traded between $125.04 and $130.16. ATM implied volatility averaged 13.3%, placing in the 6.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.0% (HV 20d: 12.3%). Max pain ranged from $120.00 to $124.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 22 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.06.

Notable Days

  • 2012-08-13: Highest Volume — 50 contracts
  • 2012-08-10: Largest IV spike — 307.1% change
  • 2012-08-10: Highest IV Rank — 39.8%
  • 2012-08-10: Largest Expected Move — 5.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$128.76$125.04$130.16$125.92$129.22
Max Pain$121.39$120.00$124.00$124.00$120.00
ATM IV13.3%8.8%41.9%14.7%12.7%
Expected Move3.7%3.2%5.6%4.2%3.6%
HV 20d12.3%6.0%15.5%14.3%6.0%
HV 60d15.9%14.0%17.0%16.5%14.1%
IV Rank6.7%1.5%39.8%8.4%6.0%
IV Percentile14.5%1.2%91.7%24.6%16.7%
Term Structure0.7%-15.6%2.8%0.6%1.3%
VWIV12.9%11.0%15.4%12.9%12.5%
Skew 25d4.5%2.2%8.0%4.2%4.2%
Skew 10d8.7%1.0%19.2%8.9%11.0%
Call IV 25d12.3%8.1%14.4%12.6%11.3%
Put IV 25d16.8%10.4%22.4%16.8%15.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %53.4217.3792.7851.0549.17
Gamma HHI0.700.120.830.790.76
Net GEX155.9K-2.4K212.6K140.3K197.3K
Net DEX-1.0M-1.4M-84.9K-740.4K-1.2M
Net VEX-3.0K-3.6K-1.0K-3.5K-2.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.060.000.500.000.00
Total Volume4.43505031
Total OI188.43567217198213

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-08-01$125.92$124.0014.7%4.2%14.3%8.4%0.0%4.2%0.6%140.3K-740.4K-3.5K0.0051.053017127
2012-08-02$125.04$124.0012.8%3.7%14.4%6.2%0.0%2.9%1.2%144.5K-590.2K-3.3K0.0053.333017327
2012-08-03$127.48$124.0011.4%3.3%15.5%4.5%0.0%2.3%1.2%173.2K-964.7K-3.6K0.0060.350017327
2012-08-06$127.82$122.0011.5%3.8%15.5%4.7%12.9%3.7%0.7%173.3K-1.0M-3.5K0.0860.9412117127
2012-08-07$128.40$122.0012.0%3.8%15.0%5.2%0.0%3.9%1.1%179.5K-1.1M-3.6K0.0059.460617727
2012-08-08$128.54$122.0010.9%3.7%15.0%3.9%15.4%3.5%1.1%187.1K-1.1M-3.6K0.0052.481017733
2012-08-09$128.68$122.0010.3%3.6%14.7%3.2%0.0%3.5%1.0%189.3K-1.2M-3.5K0.0055.500017733
2012-08-10$128.88$122.0041.9%5.6%13.7%39.8%0.0%3.1%-15.6%190.9K-1.2M-3.4K0.0043.020017733
2012-08-13$128.78$122.0011.0%3.5%13.7%4.0%0.0%4.2%1.0%212.6K-1.2M-3.3K0.0025.0305017733
2012-08-14$128.84$122.0012.0%3.7%13.5%5.2%0.0%4.5%1.4%201.2K-1.2M-3.5K0.0023.770017740
2012-08-15$128.98$122.008.8%3.7%13.4%1.5%0.0%5.4%1.2%205.4K-1.3M-3.3K0.0038.150017732
2012-08-16$129.86$122.0012.8%3.7%13.5%6.1%0.0%5.5%1.3%176.4K-1.4M-3.1K0.0017.371017332
2012-08-17$130.16$122.0011.7%3.4%12.9%4.9%11.0%2.2%1.8%164.0K-1.3M-3.0K0.0063.5401316432
2012-08-20$130.12$120.0011.7%3.4%12.1%4.9%0.0%2.3%1.5%166.1K-1.3M-2.9K0.0063.510016439
2012-08-21$129.72$120.0011.3%3.2%11.7%4.4%0.0%6.3%2.2%175.6K-1.3M-3.0K0.0063.100316439
2012-08-22$129.74$120.0012.0%3.5%11.7%5.3%0.0%6.4%1.8%165.2K-1.2M-3.2K0.0065.680016449
2012-08-23$128.72$120.0012.2%3.5%11.1%5.5%0.0%6.8%2.8%-2.4K-84.9K-1.1K0.0092.78102641
2012-08-24$129.52$120.0011.5%3.3%9.2%4.6%0.0%6.8%2.3%-509-118.3K-1.1K0.0076.09002741
2012-08-27$129.52$120.0011.8%3.4%9.2%4.9%0.0%8.0%1.7%-495-118.7K-1.0K0.5078.27112741
2012-08-28$129.40$120.0012.6%3.6%8.8%5.9%12.5%4.1%1.5%182.2K-1.2M-2.8K0.0043.694016541
2012-08-29$129.52$120.0012.9%3.7%8.8%6.2%0.0%5.0%1.6%178.7K-1.2M-2.8K0.0044.780016841
2012-08-30$128.54$120.0014.9%4.3%8.9%8.5%0.0%4.8%1.7%186.1K-995.2K-3.0K0.0047.591016849
2012-08-31$129.22$120.0012.7%3.6%6.0%6.0%0.0%4.2%1.3%197.3K-1.2M-2.8K0.0049.170116944