VOO Options History — April 2014

In April 2014, VOO traded between $166.26 and $173.09. ATM implied volatility averaged 12.1%, placing in the 38.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.5% (HV 20d: 12.6%). Max pain ranged from $166.00 to $170.00. Net GEX was positive for 14 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.73.

Notable Days

  • 2014-04-15: Highest Volume — 250 contracts
  • 2014-04-10: Largest IV spike — 35.4% change
  • 2014-04-11: Highest IV Rank — 74.0%
  • 2014-04-11: Largest Expected Move — 4.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$170.70$166.26$173.09$172.50$172.59
Max Pain$168.24$166.00$170.00$170.00$169.00
ATM IV12.1%10.0%15.8%10.5%11.1%
Expected Move3.5%2.9%4.5%3.0%3.2%
HV 20d12.6%9.4%14.2%9.4%13.3%
HV 60d12.5%11.0%13.3%12.0%11.0%
IV Rank38.9%18.6%74.0%23.5%29.5%
IV Percentile51.6%9.9%96.0%19.8%31.0%
Term Structure0.8%-0.9%2.2%1.5%1.1%
VWIV12.7%9.9%17.3%10.0%9.9%
Skew 25d3.9%2.1%5.0%3.1%3.8%
Skew 10d7.2%5.1%8.8%8.1%6.8%
Call IV 25d10.6%9.0%12.9%9.0%9.8%
Put IV 25d14.5%11.6%17.3%12.1%13.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %45.9828.6284.7682.1355.78
Gamma HHI0.160.110.310.140.19
Net GEX272.1K-1.0M2.1M-114.7K694.4K
Net DEX-441.5K-3.5M6.5M-2.7M-3.5M
Net VEX-24.7K-28.2K-17.2K-25.6K-25.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.730.0010.311.190.03
Total Volume93.42972503572
Total OI2,169.6197813,0072,8381,257

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-04-01$172.50$170.0010.5%3.0%9.4%23.5%10.0%3.1%1.5%-114.7K-2.7M-25.6K1.1982.1316196012,237
2014-04-02$173.09$170.0010.0%2.9%9.5%18.6%10.9%2.2%2.2%-6.6K-3.0M-23.0K0.0083.57075602,075
2014-04-03$172.82$170.0010.3%3.0%9.5%22.0%10.9%2.1%1.4%20.3K-2.6M-22.9K1.1284.7651575602,082
2014-04-04$170.74$170.0011.3%3.6%10.4%30.9%12.6%4.4%0.5%15.7K106.4K-26.1K10.3128.87131346102,085
2014-04-07$168.90$170.0013.5%3.9%11.0%51.8%12.9%4.4%0.3%-358.9K3.6M-28.2K1.3537.88961306232,185
2014-04-08$169.60$170.0012.1%3.7%11.1%39.1%13.5%4.6%0.7%54.0K1.3M-28.1K0.0034.243806742,173
2014-04-09$171.43$166.0010.5%3.5%11.8%23.6%0.0%4.1%0.8%415.5K-2.1M-25.9K0.0228.624316922,173
2014-04-10$167.77$166.0014.2%4.1%13.5%58.7%16.7%4.9%-0.2%-420.5K4.3M-28.2K0.4148.0129127112,173
2014-04-11$166.26$166.0015.8%4.5%13.8%74.0%13.8%3.7%-0.9%-1.0M6.5M-28.1K4.9050.81211037192,178
2014-04-14$167.60$166.0014.3%4.1%13.7%59.5%15.7%5.0%0.1%-33.9K3.3M-23.8K3.6342.8024877362,168
2014-04-15$168.76$166.0013.8%3.9%13.7%54.4%15.0%5.0%0.5%541.4K1.8M-25.3K0.2036.86208427582,249
2014-04-16$170.54$168.0012.3%3.5%14.2%40.4%13.9%4.2%1.0%2.1M-1.4M-21.1K0.7238.9074536962,200
2014-04-17$170.74$168.0011.6%3.3%14.0%33.6%10.8%3.9%1.5%1.3M-1.1M-20.0K0.6334.3132206632,230
2014-04-21$171.37$168.0011.8%3.4%14.1%35.6%11.6%4.2%0.9%-45.4K-85.5K-17.2K0.1035.419610249532
2014-04-22$172.12$168.0011.5%3.3%13.7%33.5%10.6%3.9%0.9%141.9K-1.3M-19.2K0.0643.6122413345532
2014-04-23$171.71$168.0011.5%3.3%13.7%33.0%12.7%3.3%1.3%452.3K-2.5M-25.0K2.5044.39615550540
2014-04-24$172.09$168.0011.7%3.4%13.4%35.3%10.6%3.5%1.0%482.0K-2.7M-25.3K0.0134.08701556555
2014-04-25$170.71$168.0012.3%3.5%13.7%41.2%14.0%3.9%0.7%445.5K-2.0M-26.9K4.2037.571042626556
2014-04-28$171.23$169.0012.4%3.6%13.7%41.7%17.3%4.0%0.5%516.5K-2.4M-26.4K2.6139.521847636587
2014-04-29$172.05$169.0012.0%3.4%13.5%37.5%10.6%3.4%0.6%596.9K-2.9M-25.4K0.6543.431711621609
2014-04-30$172.59$169.0011.1%3.2%13.3%29.5%9.9%3.8%1.1%694.4K-3.5M-25.8K0.0355.78702637620