VOO Options History — January 2015

In January 2015, VOO traded between $182.53 and $188.90. ATM implied volatility averaged 16.1%, placing in the 53.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.5% (HV 20d: 15.7%). Max pain ranged from $182.00 to $190.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.63.

Notable Days

  • 2015-01-08: Highest Volume — 1,774 contracts
  • 2015-01-05: Largest IV spike — 23.1% change
  • 2015-01-30: Highest IV Rank — 69.0%
  • 2015-01-30: Largest Expected Move — 5.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$185.78$182.53$188.90$188.62$182.85
Max Pain$183.20$182.00$190.00$190.00$183.00
ATM IV16.1%13.1%18.8%13.6%18.8%
Expected Move4.7%3.9%5.4%4.0%5.4%
HV 20d15.7%14.0%17.6%14.0%16.5%
HV 60d12.7%12.0%13.7%13.6%12.8%
IV Rank53.6%36.3%69.0%39.0%69.0%
IV Percentile89.9%76.2%98.0%82.1%98.0%
Term Structure0.1%-0.8%0.9%0.7%-0.6%
VWIV17.2%14.1%20.3%16.7%20.3%
Skew 25d6.6%5.2%10.5%6.4%6.4%
Skew 10d10.8%7.2%15.5%12.0%8.9%
Call IV 25d13.2%10.1%15.9%11.4%15.9%
Put IV 25d19.8%16.3%22.3%17.8%22.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %37.5220.5275.9120.5245.55
Gamma HHI0.130.060.210.070.11
Net GEX871.0K90.0K2.9M593.8K172.3K
Net DEX-4.0M-21.2M6.5M-9.9M6.5M
Net VEX-77.9K-86.2K-62.8K-62.8K-82.0K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.630.241.460.410.76
Total Volume951.1841,7741,3691,163
Total OI4,259.152,8675,5483,8983,747

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-01-02$188.62$190.0013.6%4.0%14.0%39.0%16.7%6.4%0.7%593.8K-9.9M-62.8K0.4120.529733961,9051,993
2015-01-05$185.09$182.0016.8%5.2%15.5%57.1%17.8%10.5%-0.5%669.6K-1.5M-66.5K0.5975.917984721,8531,991
2015-01-06$183.27$183.0018.4%5.0%15.7%66.8%19.0%7.0%0.2%772.6K2.9M-85.8K0.6238.582741702,4872,419
2015-01-07$185.56$182.0015.2%4.5%16.4%48.2%15.6%6.5%0.5%1.2M-6.1M-86.2K0.3431.2588302,6652,347
2015-01-08$188.69$182.0013.1%4.1%17.6%36.3%16.7%6.3%0.9%1.3M-21.2M-84.1K0.6722.951,0607142,9122,384
2015-01-09$187.41$183.0014.0%4.3%16.7%41.4%16.5%6.0%0.6%941.6K-16.2M-81.2K0.5126.591,0465302,7672,427
2015-01-12$185.95$183.0016.4%4.7%16.9%55.0%17.3%7.5%0.2%937.4K-11.5M-75.8K0.5030.311,0815422,7722,440
2015-01-13$185.08$183.0018.4%4.9%16.2%66.6%19.3%7.1%0.4%964.6K-8.8M-74.8K0.6233.908745412,7912,457
2015-01-14$184.23$183.0018.0%5.2%16.1%64.5%19.7%7.6%-0.3%1.4M-6.5M-74.8K0.6334.228225162,9312,499
2015-01-15$182.53$183.0018.5%5.3%16.2%67.2%20.2%6.6%-0.6%1.4M-923.1K-73.0K0.6645.148835862,9382,610
2015-01-16$184.80$183.0017.2%4.9%15.3%59.5%14.5%7.4%-0.1%2.9M-3.9M-74.2K1.4640.241141672,7582,623
2015-01-20$185.26$183.0017.3%5.0%14.0%60.1%15.5%6.9%0.0%90.0K2.9M-75.3K0.2436.59107261,2941,573
2015-01-21$186.23$183.0016.2%4.6%14.0%53.8%16.2%6.6%-0.0%259.3K967.5K-76.9K0.3934.44167651,3841,597
2015-01-22$188.90$183.0013.7%3.9%14.9%39.5%16.0%5.5%0.4%590.8K-5.3M-78.8K0.5732.126683821,5211,597
2015-01-23$188.02$183.0014.1%4.1%14.9%42.0%15.2%5.7%0.6%651.2K-3.7M-80.5K0.5133.938824521,5701,633
2015-01-26$188.41$183.0013.4%3.9%15.0%38.1%14.1%5.2%0.7%1.1M-5.1M-81.6K1.1833.7049581,7881,699
2015-01-27$185.94$183.0015.4%4.4%15.5%49.5%15.3%5.3%0.2%647.7K370.6K-81.7K0.6240.5952321,8201,746
2015-01-28$183.64$183.0017.7%5.1%16.0%62.4%19.0%6.2%-0.8%266.2K4.9M-80.0K0.6146.526894201,8221,774
2015-01-29$185.18$183.0016.6%4.8%16.3%56.2%18.7%5.8%-0.0%520.6K2.2M-82.2K0.6747.446794541,8441,805
2015-01-30$182.85$183.0018.8%5.4%16.5%69.0%20.3%6.4%-0.6%172.3K6.5M-82.0K0.7645.556625011,8821,865