VOO Options History — October 2012

In October 2012, VOO traded between $129.12 and $133.86. ATM implied volatility averaged 14.9%, placing in the 8.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.4% (HV 20d: 10.5%). Max pain ranged from $128.00 to $134.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.30.

Notable Days

  • 2012-10-24: Highest Volume — 13 contracts
  • 2012-10-31: Largest IV spike — 101.8% change
  • 2012-10-01: Highest IV Rank — 39.5%
  • 2012-10-01: Largest Expected Move — 11.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$131.67$129.12$133.86$132.08$129.26
Max Pain$132.19$128.00$134.00$134.00$128.00
ATM IV14.9%10.3%41.6%41.6%29.5%
Expected Move4.3%3.1%11.9%11.9%8.5%
HV 20d10.5%8.3%12.1%11.8%11.2%
HV 60d11.0%10.0%11.6%11.6%10.0%
IV Rank8.5%3.2%39.5%39.5%25.5%
IV Percentile31.6%4.4%94.4%94.4%92.9%
Term Structure-1.8%-30.0%1.9%-28.2%-30.0%
VWIV13.5%11.1%16.8%11.1%14.3%
Skew 25d5.7%1.7%34.3%16.2%34.3%
Skew 10d6.7%-0.5%16.0%-0.5%16.0%
Call IV 25d11.6%9.5%15.7%10.0%15.7%
Put IV 25d17.3%12.5%50.0%26.3%50.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %66.5633.55133.89128.77133.89
Gamma HHI0.400.340.490.400.43
Net GEX45.3K32.2K71.0K33.0K49.7K
Net DEX-783.8K-994.1K-583.8K-771.2K-655.2K
Net VEX-6.1K-6.2K-5.7K-6.1K-5.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.300.004.004.001.08
Total Volume2.8101330
Total OI220.095203242208205

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-10-01$132.08$134.0041.6%11.9%11.8%39.5%11.1%16.2%-28.2%33.0K-771.2K-6.1K4.00128.771214563
2012-10-02$132.26$134.0012.3%3.5%11.8%5.6%0.0%3.0%0.6%35.2K-782.0K-6.2K0.0068.330014565
2012-10-03$132.80$134.0011.6%3.3%11.8%4.7%11.1%1.7%1.7%37.7K-844.9K-6.1K0.0085.305014565
2012-10-04$133.82$134.0010.9%3.1%9.7%3.9%0.0%2.5%1.3%50.9K-959.9K-6.1K0.0053.861015065
2012-10-05$133.78$134.0010.3%3.4%9.7%3.2%0.0%3.6%1.9%54.3K-961.4K-6.1K1.0043.455515165
2012-10-08$133.38$134.0011.1%3.5%9.5%4.1%14.3%3.8%1.5%53.4K-966.8K-6.2K0.0042.840115670
2012-10-09$132.08$134.0012.5%3.9%10.1%5.8%0.0%3.4%1.1%46.3K-832.4K-6.2K0.0044.760015671
2012-10-10$131.18$134.0012.3%3.8%10.4%5.6%13.4%3.6%1.0%41.3K-734.7K-6.2K1.0041.431115671
2012-10-11$131.26$132.0012.9%3.7%8.4%6.2%12.9%3.5%1.4%42.8K-738.2K-6.1K0.0047.640515671
2012-10-12$130.80$132.0013.9%4.0%8.3%7.4%16.8%3.6%0.4%32.7K-656.8K-6.2K0.0033.550815676
2012-10-15$131.90$132.0012.9%3.7%8.9%6.3%0.0%4.1%0.9%40.1K-737.3K-6.1K0.0057.100015684
2012-10-16$133.24$132.0012.0%3.4%9.8%5.2%0.0%3.7%1.6%56.9K-902.7K-6.1K0.0087.230015684
2012-10-17$133.86$132.0012.0%3.4%9.9%5.2%0.0%5.0%1.6%64.1K-994.1K-6.0K3.0071.441215684
2012-10-18$133.52$132.0011.8%3.4%9.9%5.0%0.0%4.1%1.4%71.0K-949.7K-5.9K0.0072.030415682
2012-10-19$131.24$132.0012.5%3.6%11.6%5.8%13.7%4.0%1.5%32.2K-671.6K-6.1K0.3383.122115686
2012-10-22$131.32$132.0012.9%3.7%11.5%6.2%0.0%5.0%0.6%39.3K-759.5K-6.0K0.0061.050014558
2012-10-23$129.40$132.0015.2%4.4%12.1%8.9%0.0%3.5%0.1%37.5K-619.9K-5.9K0.0089.710014558
2012-10-24$129.12$132.0015.0%4.3%11.9%8.7%14.3%4.3%0.4%36.3K-583.8K-5.9K1.0849.976714558
2012-10-25$129.48$128.0014.7%4.2%11.3%8.3%0.0%3.8%0.4%48.3K-666.4K-5.9K0.0052.740115055
2012-10-26$129.38$128.0014.6%4.2%11.3%8.2%0.0%4.0%0.4%48.1K-672.3K-5.9K0.0049.430015055
2012-10-31$129.26$128.0029.5%8.5%11.2%25.5%0.0%34.3%-30.0%49.7K-655.2K-5.7K0.00133.890015055