VOO Options History — September 2018

In September 2018, VOO traded between $264.24 and $269.87. ATM implied volatility averaged 9.1%, placing in the 13.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 2.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.4% (HV 20d: 6.7%). Max pain ranged from $255.00 to $265.00. Net GEX was positive for 11 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.25.

Notable Days

  • 2018-09-06: Highest Volume — 1,615 contracts
  • 2018-09-26: Largest IV spike — 24.7% change
  • 2018-09-04: Highest IV Rank — 18.2%
  • 2018-09-06: Largest Expected Move — 3.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$266.87$264.24$269.87$266.24$267.02
Max Pain$256.84$255.00$265.00$265.00$260.00
ATM IV9.1%7.7%10.3%10.0%9.8%
Expected Move2.6%2.2%3.0%2.9%2.8%
HV 20d6.7%5.4%7.9%7.7%5.8%
HV 60d7.7%7.2%8.1%8.0%7.2%
IV Rank13.9%8.7%18.2%18.2%16.6%
IV Percentile39.9%18.3%58.3%53.2%49.2%
Term Structure2.1%0.4%3.1%0.4%1.2%
VWIV11.3%8.3%15.8%11.3%9.6%
Skew 25d3.9%2.4%5.0%3.9%3.7%
Skew 10d8.2%5.9%11.0%8.1%7.1%
Call IV 25d8.1%7.4%9.2%8.6%7.7%
Put IV 25d12.0%10.1%14.2%12.5%11.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %28.8910.6765.9121.5510.67
Gamma HHI0.310.250.520.280.28
Net GEX475.9K-1.4M4.2M942.6K1.1M
Net DEX-28.8M-50.6M-16.4M-28.5M-23.3M
Net VEX-163.9K-192.0K-136.2K-177.9K-148.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.250.771.991.141.99
Total Volume1,343.5791,2001,6151,2341,368
Total OI7,335.1586,3138,0747,0276,328

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-09-04$266.24$265.0010.0%2.9%7.7%18.2%11.3%3.9%0.4%942.6K-28.5M-177.9K1.1421.555766583,1523,875
2018-09-05$265.57$265.008.9%2.5%7.7%13.0%9.0%3.6%1.2%1.0M-27.3M-180.5K1.0041.786536563,1953,898
2018-09-06$265.01$255.0010.1%3.0%7.8%17.4%13.4%4.5%2.1%713.0K-24.2M-180.4K1.7132.625971,0183,2163,917
2018-09-07$264.24$255.0010.3%3.0%7.9%18.2%15.0%5.0%2.3%-1.2M-16.4M-192.0K1.0725.675916313,2484,229
2018-09-10$264.81$255.008.8%2.8%7.2%12.9%15.6%4.3%2.5%-1.3M-21.6M-180.9K0.9733.586246073,2614,244
2018-09-11$265.76$255.008.9%2.9%7.1%13.3%15.8%4.8%2.6%-1.0M-23.5M-184.4K0.9926.646266193,3034,256
2018-09-12$265.97$255.009.5%2.7%6.9%15.2%11.1%3.9%2.7%-667.7K-28.7M-174.4K1.2927.876338183,4044,252
2018-09-13$266.91$255.009.3%2.7%6.1%14.6%10.3%3.5%2.9%-603.4K-32.5M-170.3K1.0419.016226453,4734,382
2018-09-14$267.29$255.009.2%2.6%5.4%14.0%12.8%4.3%2.7%-605.0K-31.6M-172.7K0.8230.298086613,4584,393
2018-09-17$265.62$255.009.5%2.7%6.0%15.3%11.9%3.8%2.3%-1.4M-25.1M-164.9K1.0723.296056453,5644,430
2018-09-18$267.58$255.008.2%2.4%6.4%10.6%10.9%3.8%2.7%123.3K-36.1M-157.7K1.1220.555776443,5734,427
2018-09-19$267.73$255.007.7%2.2%6.4%8.7%11.3%3.8%3.1%-448.9K-33.6M-154.3K1.2122.825426583,5734,454
2018-09-20$269.87$255.008.2%2.4%6.8%10.6%9.3%2.4%3.1%3.4M-50.6M-136.2K0.9615.727016723,6024,460
2018-09-21$269.66$255.008.0%2.3%6.7%9.6%8.3%2.5%3.0%4.2M-46.8M-139.5K0.7722.578466533,5784,496
2018-09-24$268.65$255.008.4%2.4%6.7%11.3%9.2%3.3%1.4%1.3M-34.0M-147.5K1.4365.915718162,9343,379
2018-09-25$268.50$255.008.0%2.3%6.3%9.7%10.2%4.4%1.6%1.3M-26.3M-155.1K1.6325.085098312,9813,632
2018-09-26$267.21$260.0010.0%2.9%6.5%16.9%9.5%4.3%1.1%1.2M-18.7M-145.8K1.7532.465169052,6893,642
2018-09-27$266.94$260.0010.2%2.9%6.1%17.8%10.7%4.1%1.1%919.9K-17.8M-151.4K1.8850.894969302,7003,770
2018-09-28$267.02$260.009.8%2.8%5.8%16.6%9.6%3.7%1.2%1.1M-23.3M-148.8K1.9910.674579112,7343,594