VOO Options History — December 2017

In December 2017, VOO traded between $241.72 and $247.56. ATM implied volatility averaged 8.0%, placing in the 44.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 2.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.6% (HV 20d: 6.4%). Max pain ranged from $230.00 to $240.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.29.

Notable Days

  • 2017-12-22: Highest Volume — 2,341 contracts
  • 2017-12-07: Largest IV drop — 20.5% change
  • 2017-12-05: Highest IV Rank — 63.9%
  • 2017-12-05: Largest Expected Move — 2.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$244.90$241.72$247.56$242.90$245.36
Max Pain$231.75$230.00$240.00$240.00$235.00
ATM IV8.0%6.9%10.0%8.9%7.6%
Expected Move2.3%2.0%2.8%2.5%2.2%
HV 20d6.4%5.6%6.8%6.4%5.6%
HV 60d5.2%5.0%5.4%5.2%5.4%
IV Rank44.5%33.7%63.9%50.3%40.8%
IV Percentile35.7%7.5%82.5%56.7%26.2%
Term Structure1.6%-0.5%3.1%-0.5%0.9%
VWIV11.1%7.6%13.8%11.1%10.1%
Skew 25d3.2%2.4%4.5%3.4%2.9%
Skew 10d6.5%4.1%9.5%6.6%5.8%
Call IV 25d7.1%6.4%9.0%9.0%6.8%
Put IV 25d10.3%9.2%12.7%12.3%9.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %66.6117.8395.2995.2979.17
Gamma HHI0.300.220.550.250.29
Net GEX1.8M824.1K2.8M1.4M1.9M
Net DEX-31.1M-41.2M-21.6M-26.7M-25.2M
Net VEX-74.8K-90.5K-59.1K-90.5K-71.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.290.342.222.040.51
Total Volume1,245.958032,3419301,549
Total OI4,116.33,5004,7923,7344,538

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-12-01$242.90$240.008.9%2.5%6.4%50.3%11.1%3.4%-0.5%1.4M-26.7M-90.5K2.0495.293066241,9371,797
2017-12-04$242.81$230.009.7%2.4%6.4%59.4%13.6%4.5%1.6%913.4K-26.1M-90.2K1.5871.333615701,9591,947
2017-12-05$241.88$230.0010.0%2.8%6.7%63.9%11.8%4.4%1.9%876.4K-26.1M-86.0K1.6765.193475811,9841,946
2017-12-06$241.72$230.009.6%2.8%6.6%60.1%12.9%3.8%2.1%824.1K-25.8M-87.0K1.6571.273535811,9791,953
2017-12-07$242.55$230.007.7%2.2%6.7%40.9%13.8%3.9%2.5%994.4K-26.7M-84.6K1.9655.102955771,9781,954
2017-12-08$243.69$230.007.2%2.1%6.6%36.3%12.1%3.4%2.9%1.4M-32.3M-71.5K2.1555.452555481,9891,957
2017-12-11$244.64$230.007.8%2.1%6.7%42.7%8.9%3.5%2.6%1.7M-34.2M-65.9K2.0527.652735602,0011,953
2017-12-12$245.13$230.008.7%2.1%6.7%50.6%12.5%2.9%2.7%2.2M-36.6M-66.4K2.2264.062555662,0521,937
2017-12-13$245.00$230.007.5%2.1%6.6%39.3%13.8%3.5%2.5%2.7M-34.7M-74.2K1.6383.393525732,0781,938
2017-12-14$244.16$230.007.3%2.1%6.3%37.9%9.5%2.4%2.5%2.8M-35.2M-63.7K1.7082.363485912,1161,940
2017-12-15$245.87$230.007.1%2.0%6.1%36.1%10.2%2.6%3.1%1.2M-41.2M-59.1K1.4286.914296092,1411,965
2017-12-18$247.56$230.006.9%2.0%6.1%33.7%10.6%2.8%0.6%1.2M-35.5M-60.5K1.2775.953704711,8791,621
2017-12-19$246.83$230.008.1%2.3%6.4%46.3%7.6%2.6%0.5%1.3M-35.7M-61.0K0.4280.651,2325181,9271,674
2017-12-20$246.67$230.007.5%2.2%6.2%40.2%10.3%3.0%1.1%2.6M-36.1M-83.4K0.5889.399505492,8461,712
2017-12-21$247.03$230.007.5%2.2%6.2%40.4%11.2%2.7%1.3%2.7M-36.9M-82.8K1.1784.135346272,9441,737
2017-12-22$246.88$235.007.6%2.2%6.2%41.5%13.8%2.8%1.2%2.5M-34.0M-76.1K0.3483.021,7485932,9351,857
2017-12-26$245.42$235.007.8%2.2%6.8%43.2%9.3%2.9%0.9%1.9M-21.6M-71.5K0.4042.471,4715922,5161,862
2017-12-27$245.67$235.007.9%2.3%6.2%44.0%10.0%3.3%1.1%2.3M-25.9M-74.5K0.3821.481,4195412,5731,798
2017-12-28$246.15$235.007.8%2.2%6.2%43.4%8.9%3.3%1.0%2.5M-26.2M-75.2K0.6417.831,0987032,6111,795
2017-12-29$245.36$235.007.6%2.2%5.6%40.8%10.1%2.9%0.9%1.9M-25.2M-71.3K0.5179.171,0265232,6751,863