VOX Options History — October 2012

In October 2012, VOX traded between $71.73 and $76.16. ATM implied volatility averaged 14.6%, placing in the 2.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.8% (HV 20d: 11.8%). Max pain ranged from $71.00 to $76.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.00.

Notable Days

  • 2012-10-02: Highest Volume — 20 contracts
  • 2012-10-09: Largest IV spike — 19.4% change
  • 2012-10-24: Highest IV Rank — 3.7%
  • 2012-10-24: Largest Expected Move — 5.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$74.21$71.73$76.16$75.03$72.16
Max Pain$73.15$71.00$76.00$73.00$71.00
ATM IV14.6%11.5%17.9%13.4%17.5%
Expected Move4.3%3.3%5.1%3.8%5.0%
HV 20d11.8%10.6%12.7%11.5%12.5%
HV 60d49.9%49.0%50.4%50.4%49.0%
IV Rank2.0%0.3%3.7%1.3%3.5%
IV Percentile11.9%1.2%18.7%7.9%18.7%
Term Structure1.8%0.7%2.5%0.7%1.5%
VWIV15.7%12.6%17.7%12.6%16.9%
Skew 25d4.4%1.3%7.4%5.2%5.0%
Skew 10d9.9%1.5%15.2%11.0%12.9%
Call IV 25d12.7%9.3%15.6%10.0%14.3%
Put IV 25d17.1%12.4%20.7%15.2%19.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %64.2846.5399.2371.0481.44
Gamma HHI0.230.180.310.310.19
Net GEX7.9K3.5K13.3K5.4K7.3K
Net DEX-77.6K-132.8K-27.5K-46.5K-43.3K
Net VEX-766-911-291-296-857
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.000.000.000.000.00
Total Volume2.5502000
Total OI51.5524632463

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-10-01$75.03$73.0013.4%3.8%11.5%1.3%0.0%5.2%0.7%5.4K-46.5K-2960.0071.04N/AN/A00186
2012-10-02$75.17$73.0012.8%3.7%11.5%1.0%0.0%4.9%1.2%5.5K-49.2K-2910.0072.13N/AN/A200186
2012-10-03$75.37$73.0012.3%3.5%11.4%0.7%0.0%1.3%1.6%10.6K-119.1K-7110.0066.37N/AN/A00376
2012-10-04$75.72$73.0011.5%3.3%10.7%0.3%0.0%1.8%1.2%10.6K-125.2K-7000.0065.36N/AN/A00376
2012-10-05$76.16$0.0012.1%4.1%10.6%0.6%0.0%4.3%2.3%10.7K-132.8K-7080.0068.31N/AN/A010376
2012-10-08$75.51$0.0012.4%4.1%11.3%0.8%0.0%4.3%2.2%8.0K-103.0K-8420.0060.69N/AN/A003716
2012-10-09$74.49$0.0014.8%4.6%12.5%2.1%0.0%4.2%1.5%7.5K-83.5K-8360.0054.59N/AN/A003716
2012-10-10$74.26$0.0015.0%4.6%12.1%2.2%0.0%3.8%1.4%7.5K-79.3K-8350.0055.40N/AN/A003716
2012-10-11$75.06$0.0015.1%4.3%12.0%2.2%0.0%4.0%1.8%7.5K-92.8K-8210.0062.15N/AN/A003716
2012-10-12$74.38$0.0015.6%4.5%11.8%2.5%0.0%4.1%1.9%7.7K-81.7K-8220.0069.38N/AN/A003716
2012-10-15$74.39$0.0015.1%4.3%11.7%2.3%12.6%4.5%1.8%7.7K-83.8K-8020.0046.53N/AN/A403716
2012-10-16$74.20$76.0014.5%4.2%11.7%1.9%0.0%4.5%2.3%10.8K-84.2K-8140.0074.11N/AN/A504116
2012-10-17$74.65$76.0014.0%4.0%11.3%1.6%0.0%4.5%2.2%10.2K-109.5K-9110.0056.14N/AN/A004616
2012-10-18$75.01$76.0013.7%3.9%11.4%1.5%0.0%3.5%2.4%9.2K-115.8K-9090.0061.53N/AN/A004616
2012-10-19$73.57$76.0014.4%4.1%12.2%1.9%17.7%4.8%2.1%13.3K-74.6K-8700.0078.57N/AN/A024616
2012-10-22$72.92$71.0015.6%4.5%12.5%2.5%0.0%4.9%2.5%4.5K-42.6K-8510.0048.58N/AN/A303818
2012-10-23$72.16$71.0017.9%5.1%12.7%3.7%0.0%5.1%1.7%3.5K-27.5K-8170.0047.21N/AN/A003818
2012-10-24$72.24$71.0017.9%5.1%12.7%3.7%16.9%4.9%1.9%3.5K-28.4K-8140.0046.92N/AN/A603818
2012-10-25$71.73$71.0017.0%4.9%12.4%3.2%0.0%7.4%2.0%6.8K-30.2K-8160.0099.23N/AN/A014418
2012-10-26$72.16$71.0017.5%5.0%12.5%3.5%0.0%5.0%1.5%7.3K-43.3K-8570.0081.44N/AN/A004419