VOX - Vanguard Communication Services ETF
The Vanguard Communication Services ETF (VOX) endeavors to replicate the investment returns of a specific benchmark index, which gauges the financial performance of companies within the communication services industry. This fund employs a passive management approach, typically utilizing a full-replication strategy to mirror the index's holdings directly. Should regulatory factors require it, a representative sampling strategy may be used instead.
As of Aug 14, 2026: spot at $189.12, ATM IV 17.9%, max pain $175.00, net GEX $95.5K.
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management - Bonds
- Market Cap
- $6.04B
- Beta
- 1.06
- 52-Week Range
- 172.37-200.77
- Dividend Yield
- $1.96
- IPO Date
- Sep 29, 2004
- Exchange
- AMEX
What VOX Looks Like to Options Traders Today
IV rank of 1.3% is subdued relative to the 1-year history, conditions that typically favor premium-buying or long-volatility structures (debit spreads, calendar spreads, long straddles); positive net gamma exposure ($95.5K) means dealers hedge against trend, damping realized volatility and biasing price toward heavy-OI strikes; the 25-delta skew (0.023) prices calls richer than puts, often reflecting upside speculation or squeeze risk.
What This Page Covers
The VOX overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks. Microstructure data is available on short interest, short volume, fail-to-deliver, and market structure.
Frequently asked VOX overview questions
- What is VOX?
- VOX is the ticker symbol for Vanguard Communication Services ETF, an listed exchange-traded fund. The Vanguard Communication Services ETF (VOX) endeavors to replicate the investment returns of a specific benchmark index, which gauges the financial performance of companies within the communication services industry. This fund employs a passive management approach, typically utilizing a full-replication strategy to mirror the index's holdings directly. Listed on AMEX. VOX is the ETF ticker shown on this page; ETF traders use the fund for diversified exposure to its underlying basket, for sector and factor rotation, and for hedging or replication strategies via the listed options chain.
- What does the VOX options snapshot look like today?
- As of Aug 14, 2026, the VOX options snapshot shows spot at $189.12, ATM IV 17.9%, IV rank 1.3%, max pain $175.00, net GEX $95.5K, expected move 5.13%. The full options chain, Greeks by strike and expiration, per-strike open-interest distribution, dealer gamma and delta exposure, and the volatility skew surface are linked from this overview page. Each per-metric route refreshes once per trading session and reflects the most recent close-of-business listed-options state.
- What are VOX's key statistics?
- Vanguard Communication Services ETF (VOX) carries a market capitalization of $6.04B, 52-week range of 172.37-200.77. Full holdings disclosure, expense ratio, and tracking-error history live on the per-ticker fundamentals page or the sponsor's site; daily NAV and premium/discount-to-NAV are accessible from the same view. These structural inputs frame how the ETF options market prices implied volatility relative to its constituents.
- What sector or industry does VOX belong to?
- Vanguard Communication Services ETF operates in the Financial Services sector, in the Asset Management - Bonds industry. Sector classification affects how the ticker correlates with sector ETFs, how it reacts to macro factors like rate moves and commodity prices, and how its options pricing compares to sector peers. Compare VOX's implied volatility and skew against sector benchmarks to gauge whether the options market is pricing single-name or systemic risk relative to the broader peer group.
- How current is the VOX data on this page?
- The options snapshot above is dated Aug 14, 2026 and refreshes once per session, with all per-strike Greeks and exposure aggregates recomputed at the daily close. Fund-level fields (sponsor, expense ratio, holdings concentration where available) refresh from the vendor feed nightly. ETF-specific filings (N-CSR, N-PX, N-CEN) update on the SEC EDGAR cadence. FINRA microstructure data refreshes on the source's cadence; for ETFs the off-exchange volume signal is dominated by authorized-participant creation and redemption rather than directional flow.