VOO Options History — September 2012

In September 2012, VOO traded between $128.88 and $134.76. ATM implied volatility averaged 12.0%, placing in the 5.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.7% (HV 20d: 10.2%). Max pain ranged from $120.00 to $134.00. Net GEX was positive for 18 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 3.06.

Notable Days

  • 2012-09-21: Highest Volume — 244 contracts
  • 2012-09-06: Largest IV drop — 24.5% change
  • 2012-09-05: Highest IV Rank — 9.2%
  • 2012-09-05: Largest Expected Move — 4.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$132.51$128.88$134.76$128.88$131.84
Max Pain$128.32$120.00$134.00$120.00$134.00
ATM IV12.0%9.9%15.4%15.1%12.0%
Expected Move3.5%2.8%4.4%4.3%3.4%
HV 20d10.2%5.9%12.2%6.1%11.9%
HV 60d13.1%11.6%14.1%14.0%11.8%
IV Rank5.2%2.8%9.2%8.8%5.2%
IV Percentile13.5%3.2%38.9%36.5%15.1%
Term Structure2.2%0.2%6.5%1.8%1.2%
VWIV15.2%10.1%22.6%12.0%11.0%
Skew 25d4.5%2.9%18.7%5.1%3.1%
Skew 10d7.8%3.3%11.1%11.1%7.9%
Call IV 25d10.6%8.4%13.0%11.6%10.4%
Put IV 25d15.1%12.3%28.1%16.7%13.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %50.9035.1976.9744.1568.98
Gamma HHI0.420.140.760.760.40
Net GEX77.4K-792206.9K204.9K32.4K
Net DEX-1.5M-2.2M-688.7K-1.1M-747.8K
Net VEX-3.1K-6.3K-1.5K-2.6K-6.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio3.060.0030.0030.000.00
Total Volume16.526024400
Total OI235.368200264212208

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-09-04$128.88$120.0015.1%4.3%6.1%8.8%0.0%5.1%1.8%204.9K-1.1M-2.6K0.0044.150016844
2012-09-05$128.88$120.0015.4%4.4%5.9%9.2%0.0%3.9%0.2%206.9K-1.1M-2.6K30.0035.1911516949
2012-09-06$131.56$120.0011.7%3.3%9.3%4.8%12.0%3.2%1.2%148.2K-1.6M-2.4K0.0038.318016964
2012-09-07$132.10$128.0010.5%3.5%9.4%3.5%0.0%4.1%2.9%133.2K-1.8M-2.2K0.0053.503017764
2012-09-10$131.32$128.0012.5%3.7%9.7%5.8%0.0%4.4%2.1%172.8K-1.6M-2.4K0.0050.900117964
2012-09-11$131.68$128.0012.8%3.7%9.7%6.1%14.1%4.2%2.5%154.9K-1.7M-2.3K0.0049.840617965
2012-09-12$132.10$128.0012.6%3.8%9.8%5.8%0.0%4.2%2.1%151.2K-1.7M-2.2K0.0044.850017970
2012-09-13$134.20$128.0012.2%3.5%11.0%5.4%20.9%3.5%1.8%30.3K-2.1M-1.5K0.2150.957217970
2012-09-14$134.76$128.0012.1%3.5%10.9%5.3%22.6%3.9%2.4%17.6K-2.2M-1.5K0.0044.232018571
2012-09-17$134.36$128.0012.2%3.5%11.1%5.4%0.0%3.9%2.2%4.0K-2.2M-1.5K0.0039.793018571
2012-09-18$134.22$128.0011.2%3.2%11.1%4.2%11.2%3.5%3.0%5.4K-2.2M-1.7K0.0039.290118871
2012-09-19$134.32$128.0011.3%3.3%10.9%4.5%21.7%3.0%2.9%-792-2.2M-1.7K0.0042.232018871
2012-09-20$134.30$128.0010.2%2.9%11.0%3.2%15.5%3.2%3.1%5.7K-2.2M-1.5K3.5044.131418971
2012-09-21$134.22$128.0010.1%2.9%10.4%3.0%10.1%18.7%6.5%74.6K-1.7M-1.9K0.0076.97244018975
2012-09-24$133.36$134.009.9%2.8%10.7%2.8%0.0%2.9%2.1%32.5K-836.1K-6.0K0.0059.896013862
2012-09-25$132.00$134.0011.8%3.4%11.5%5.0%12.5%3.6%1.3%33.2K-772.3K-6.3K0.0059.830214462
2012-09-26$131.16$134.0012.2%3.5%11.8%5.4%11.0%3.4%1.0%29.1K-688.7K-6.2K0.0058.166014463
2012-09-27$132.44$134.0011.4%3.3%12.2%4.5%0.0%4.3%1.4%34.3K-806.3K-6.2K0.0065.860014563
2012-09-28$131.84$134.0012.0%3.4%11.9%5.2%0.0%3.1%1.2%32.4K-747.8K-6.2K0.0068.980014563