VOO Options History — January 2016

In January 2016, VOO traded between $170.43 and $184.65. ATM implied volatility averaged 22.0%, placing in the 49.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.2% (HV 20d: 19.7%). Max pain ranged from $170.00 to $187.00. Net GEX was positive for 8 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.16.

Notable Days

  • 2016-01-25: Highest Volume — 1,865 contracts
  • 2016-01-07: Largest IV spike — 23.3% change
  • 2016-01-11: Highest IV Rank — 71.5%
  • 2016-01-20: Largest Expected Move — 6.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$175.76$170.43$184.65$184.02$177.75
Max Pain$179.79$170.00$187.00$187.00$172.00
ATM IV22.0%17.2%27.4%21.3%17.2%
Expected Move5.9%4.9%6.8%5.2%4.9%
HV 20d19.7%17.0%23.2%18.6%23.2%
HV 60d16.6%14.9%18.4%15.0%18.4%
IV Rank49.3%30.0%71.5%46.6%30.0%
IV Percentile90.9%75.0%98.8%93.3%75.0%
Term Structure0.3%-1.1%1.8%1.2%1.0%
VWIV19.1%15.6%22.5%16.1%19.4%
Skew 25d6.5%4.6%9.5%7.1%4.8%
Skew 10d9.6%6.4%14.2%9.2%10.3%
Call IV 25d17.5%14.2%20.1%14.6%15.6%
Put IV 25d24.0%20.3%28.3%21.7%20.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %57.0043.9669.7744.9069.77
Gamma HHI0.070.050.140.050.07
Net GEX23.5K-432.0K565.6K388.2K491.8K
Net DEX11.2M4.1M19.0M6.4M4.1M
Net VEX-64.2K-72.6K-54.9K-69.7K-71.0K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.160.784.111.084.11
Total Volume1,584.2634651,8651,548465
Total OI3,629.5262,5864,3133,7243,500

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-01-04$184.02$187.0021.3%5.2%18.6%46.6%16.1%7.1%1.2%388.2K6.4M-69.7K1.0844.907458031,7291,995
2016-01-05$184.65$186.0018.3%4.9%17.0%34.6%15.6%6.2%0.9%565.6K4.9M-68.5K1.0943.967708361,7702,015
2016-01-06$182.01$186.0020.5%5.3%17.5%43.3%16.6%4.8%1.8%294.1K7.4M-72.6K1.0651.087758211,8582,043
2016-01-07$178.60$185.0025.3%5.9%18.4%62.7%17.9%4.6%-0.1%-77.6K11.4M-66.8K0.9756.028348111,8862,045
2016-01-08$175.82$184.0026.4%6.4%18.9%67.3%19.8%6.4%-0.8%-196.8K13.1M-65.5K0.7945.389297351,9762,065
2016-01-11$176.32$184.0027.4%6.0%18.9%71.5%17.8%8.0%0.7%-335.7K15.3M-61.1K0.7853.389367342,1122,097
2016-01-12$177.65$184.0023.2%5.3%18.3%54.4%17.1%7.8%0.9%-288.7K13.8M-63.4K0.8754.778637472,1182,105
2016-01-13$173.22$184.0021.7%6.2%19.9%48.1%18.7%5.2%0.3%-323.8K16.4M-58.6K0.8761.508607452,1372,115
2016-01-14$175.92$184.0020.3%5.8%20.3%42.4%18.0%6.3%0.5%-432.0K15.2M-57.4K0.8659.908787562,1692,109
2016-01-15$172.27$184.0023.4%6.7%20.0%55.0%20.8%6.3%-0.3%-85.0K19.0M-55.0K1.1361.727928972,1952,118
2016-01-19$172.69$181.0022.0%6.3%19.9%49.4%19.5%9.5%-0.1%-180.8K12.2M-55.8K1.0354.167337531,2291,357
2016-01-20$170.43$177.0023.8%6.8%19.6%56.9%21.9%7.7%-1.1%-110.9K13.2M-54.9K1.0958.987217851,3821,402
2016-01-21$171.62$175.0023.1%6.6%19.9%54.0%22.5%9.3%-0.5%-78.9K12.3M-56.5K1.2658.246758521,4161,434
2016-01-22$174.60$175.0019.3%5.5%20.8%38.6%19.2%7.4%1.1%-107.6K10.8M-66.3K0.9560.509278811,4481,571
2016-01-25$171.94$174.0021.5%6.2%20.3%47.5%20.7%4.6%0.3%109.6K10.6M-66.4K0.8958.829868791,7041,570
2016-01-26$174.10$172.0020.5%5.9%21.2%43.3%20.1%6.5%0.2%227.2K8.2M-69.8K0.9561.789228761,7921,571
2016-01-27$172.36$170.0021.9%6.3%21.3%48.8%20.7%4.8%-0.2%269.6K8.9M-70.7K1.1064.378118901,8751,569
2016-01-28$173.56$172.0020.2%5.8%21.0%42.1%20.5%6.7%-0.1%318.9K8.5M-68.7K1.1363.797888901,8951,589
2016-01-29$177.75$172.0017.2%4.9%23.2%30.0%19.4%4.8%1.0%491.8K4.1M-71.0K4.1169.77913741,9181,582