VOX Options History — November 2012

In November 2012, VOX traded between $67.95 and $71.78. ATM implied volatility averaged 19.2%, placing in the 4.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.7% (HV 20d: 14.4%). Max pain ranged from $70.00 to $70.00. Net GEX was positive for 13 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 0 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.65.

Notable Days

  • 2012-11-14: Highest Volume — 14 contracts
  • 2012-11-30: Largest IV spike — 80.0% change
  • 2012-11-30: Highest IV Rank — 12.2%
  • 2012-11-30: Largest Expected Move — 9.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$69.82$67.95$71.78$71.78$71.23
Max Pain$70.00$70.00$70.00$70.00$70.00
ATM IV19.2%15.3%33.7%19.1%33.7%
Expected Move5.8%4.4%9.7%5.6%9.7%
HV 20d14.4%12.4%16.5%12.5%15.5%
HV 60d31.4%13.3%49.0%48.9%13.5%
IV Rank4.4%2.3%12.2%4.4%12.2%
IV Percentile22.4%17.1%46.0%19.8%46.0%
Term Structure-3.0%-13.1%-1.9%-2.2%-13.1%
VWIV20.4%17.8%23.8%23.8%18.1%
Skew 25d3.8%-2.0%5.6%5.3%-2.0%
Skew 10d7.2%-11.4%12.4%7.6%-11.4%
Call IV 25d20.2%17.2%48.3%18.3%48.3%
Put IV 25d23.9%21.2%46.3%23.6%46.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %48.9632.09148.9152.44148.91
Gamma HHI0.150.130.200.190.14
Net GEX1.0K-3.2K6.8K6.5K2.5K
Net DEX25.7K-25.5K74.1K-25.3K-10.0K
Net VEX-705-917-577-772-917
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.650.001.670.001.67
Total Volume2.15801400
Total OI7163816381

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-11-05$71.78$70.0019.1%5.6%12.5%4.4%0.0%5.3%-2.2%6.5K-25.3K-7720.0052.44N/AN/A004419
2012-11-06$71.73$70.0018.7%5.4%12.4%4.1%0.0%5.6%-1.9%6.8K-25.5K-7700.0059.01N/AN/A004419
2012-11-07$70.00$70.0019.1%5.9%14.5%4.4%0.0%5.4%-2.3%1.7K19.7K-6470.0054.01N/AN/A104419
2012-11-08$69.43$70.0018.3%6.1%14.3%3.9%0.0%4.9%-1.9%1.0K29.2K-6240.0036.04N/AN/A004519
2012-11-09$69.33$70.0018.3%6.2%13.8%4.0%0.0%4.8%-2.1%85530.5K-6200.0037.54N/AN/A004519
2012-11-12$69.51$70.0016.9%5.7%13.9%3.2%0.0%4.3%-2.3%38331.4K-6030.0037.23N/AN/A004519
2012-11-13$69.33$70.0016.3%5.8%13.5%2.8%0.0%3.2%-2.0%30833.4K-5770.0050.16N/AN/A054519
2012-11-14$68.53$70.0016.8%6.0%13.8%3.1%23.8%3.6%-1.9%-24153.1K-6000.4046.30N/AN/A1044524
2012-11-15$67.95$70.0021.5%6.2%12.7%5.6%0.0%3.2%-2.4%-2.0K73.3K-5940.0039.79N/AN/A004528
2012-11-16$68.04$70.0020.1%5.8%12.8%4.9%22.1%3.1%-2.0%-2.2K74.1K-5800.0035.80N/AN/A044528
2012-11-19$69.44$70.0019.1%5.5%15.5%4.4%0.0%3.8%-2.4%-2.5K47.5K-6401.0043.26N/AN/A113430
2012-11-20$69.01$70.0015.7%4.5%15.5%2.5%17.8%4.0%-2.0%-3.2K55.4K-6400.1749.40N/AN/A613531
2012-11-21$69.51$70.0015.3%4.4%15.6%2.3%18.1%4.5%-2.2%-12536.2K-7171.6750.04N/AN/A354132
2012-11-23$70.43$70.0018.8%5.4%16.5%4.2%0.0%4.0%-2.8%2.1K10.3K-8360.0032.09N/AN/A004437
2012-11-26$70.09$70.0018.8%5.4%15.3%4.2%0.0%3.2%-3.4%1.5K20.5K-8130.0042.53N/AN/A004437
2012-11-27$69.90$70.0019.4%5.6%15.2%4.5%0.0%3.6%-3.7%1.2K27.0K-8170.0038.96N/AN/A004437
2012-11-28$70.30$70.0019.6%5.6%15.1%4.6%0.0%3.5%-3.5%1.9K15.5K-8040.0040.32N/AN/A004437
2012-11-29$71.10$70.0018.7%5.4%15.7%4.2%0.0%3.5%-3.4%2.8K-7.2K-8280.0036.49N/AN/A004437
2012-11-30$71.23$70.0033.7%9.7%15.5%12.2%0.0%-2.0%-13.1%2.5K-10.0K-9170.00148.91N/AN/A004437