VOO Options History — December 2012

In December 2012, VOO traded between $128.18 and $133.08. ATM implied volatility averaged 14.0%, placing in the 10.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.2% (HV 20d: 10.8%). Max pain ranged from $128.00 to $128.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.87.

Notable Days

  • 2012-12-31: Highest Volume — 126 contracts
  • 2012-12-28: Largest IV spike — 21.9% change
  • 2012-12-28: Highest IV Rank — 22.1%
  • 2012-12-28: Largest Expected Move — 5.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$130.63$128.18$133.08$129.54$130.38
Max Pain$128.00$128.00$128.00$128.00$128.00
ATM IV14.0%12.0%18.7%13.5%16.6%
Expected Move4.1%3.6%5.4%3.9%4.8%
HV 20d10.8%8.5%14.7%14.7%12.0%
HV 60d12.2%11.7%12.9%12.9%12.9%
IV Rank10.8%5.2%22.1%6.9%18.0%
IV Percentile45.0%16.7%87.7%38.5%75.0%
Term Structure0.9%-1.0%1.9%0.4%-0.7%
VWIV15.3%12.3%21.3%15.5%15.3%
Skew 25d3.4%-2.9%4.9%3.3%4.0%
Skew 10d9.3%3.5%14.9%7.2%13.5%
Call IV 25d12.8%11.7%16.5%12.0%14.2%
Put IV 25d16.2%9.8%20.5%15.3%18.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %48.5127.9881.4534.1648.48
Gamma HHI0.470.400.590.590.44
Net GEX89.7K56.2K129.5K84.7K76.7K
Net DEX-920.7K-1.3M-596.9K-804.2K-832.1K
Net VEX-5.3K-5.6K-4.9K-5.3K-4.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.870.0012.750.670.00
Total Volume11.201265126
Total OI254.55229271229254

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-12-03$129.54$128.0013.5%3.9%14.7%6.9%15.5%3.3%0.4%84.7K-804.2K-5.3K0.6734.163216861
2012-12-04$129.30$128.0013.7%3.9%14.6%7.2%0.0%2.5%0.8%81.8K-782.2K-5.4K0.0052.620117063
2012-12-05$129.58$128.0013.1%3.8%14.4%6.5%15.5%2.8%0.8%84.3K-784.6K-5.3K4.5039.2841817064
2012-12-06$129.98$128.0013.6%3.9%12.0%7.0%0.0%4.0%0.4%74.1K-772.1K-5.6K0.0027.980017480
2012-12-07$130.38$128.0012.7%4.0%10.7%6.1%0.0%3.4%1.0%79.9K-837.8K-5.6K0.0059.720017480
2012-12-10$130.46$128.0012.8%4.1%10.7%6.1%16.9%3.2%0.8%84.4K-874.1K-5.5K0.0058.470217480
2012-12-11$131.30$128.0012.2%3.7%10.9%5.5%14.8%3.5%1.7%86.9K-965.9K-5.4K2.0045.243617482
2012-12-12$131.40$128.0012.0%3.8%10.7%5.2%12.3%3.3%1.8%88.8K-1.0M-5.4K0.0042.694017787
2012-12-13$130.60$128.0014.0%4.0%9.8%7.5%12.7%-2.9%1.6%97.3K-936.5K-5.5K0.0046.462018187
2012-12-14$130.18$128.0014.3%4.1%9.7%13.5%0.0%3.3%1.2%95.0K-848.0K-5.4K0.0049.412018287
2012-12-17$131.74$128.0013.8%4.0%10.3%12.4%0.0%4.2%0.9%123.8K-1.1M-5.2K0.0049.422018287
2012-12-18$133.08$128.0012.5%3.6%8.5%10.0%12.6%3.4%1.3%107.9K-1.3M-5.2K0.0043.402018387
2012-12-19$132.10$128.0013.8%4.0%9.1%12.4%0.0%3.2%1.3%116.9K-1.2M-5.1K0.0035.630018287
2012-12-20$132.92$128.0014.0%4.0%9.3%12.9%13.7%3.9%0.4%103.4K-1.3M-5.1K2.0081.452418287
2012-12-21$131.68$128.0013.0%3.7%9.2%10.9%12.6%4.9%1.8%129.5K-1.1M-5.1K0.8849.224418289
2012-12-24$130.36$128.0015.2%4.4%10.0%15.3%0.0%4.9%1.9%75.2K-855.0K-5.2K0.0065.590116971
2012-12-26$129.74$128.0015.0%4.3%10.0%14.8%16.5%4.8%0.7%74.4K-798.8K-5.0K1.5055.971216971
2012-12-27$129.62$128.0015.3%4.4%9.6%15.5%21.3%4.5%1.0%73.0K-773.1K-5.0K12.7543.3022616972
2012-12-28$128.18$128.0018.7%5.4%10.3%22.1%18.6%4.0%-1.0%56.2K-596.9K-5.0K0.0041.760117182
2012-12-31$130.38$128.0016.6%4.8%12.0%18.0%15.3%4.0%-0.7%76.7K-832.1K-4.9K0.0048.48125117183