VOX Options History — January 2013

In January 2013, VOX traded between $69.74 and $72.24. ATM implied volatility averaged 12.2%, placing in the 0.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.6%. IV traded below realized volatility by 3.4% (HV 20d: 15.6%). Max pain ranged from $70.00 to $73.00. Net GEX was positive for 15 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 21 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.25.

Notable Days

  • 2013-01-09: Highest Volume — 16 contracts
  • 2013-01-10: Largest IV spike — 19.1% change
  • 2013-01-31: Highest IV Rank — 1.5%
  • 2013-01-07: Largest Expected Move — 4.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$71.28$69.74$72.24$71.30$72.23
Max Pain$71.26$70.00$73.00$70.00$70.00
ATM IV12.2%10.8%13.6%12.9%13.6%
Expected Move3.6%3.1%4.1%3.7%3.9%
HV 20d15.6%11.7%17.6%16.3%11.7%
HV 60d14.6%14.1%15.0%14.6%14.4%
IV Rank0.7%0.0%1.5%1.1%1.5%
IV Percentile6.7%0.0%19.0%8.3%19.0%
Term Structure2.0%0.4%3.5%1.7%0.4%
VWIV13.0%13.0%13.0%13.0%13.0%
Skew 25d4.4%3.2%5.7%5.4%5.3%
Skew 10d7.1%2.8%10.9%5.1%4.6%
Call IV 25d10.1%7.5%12.5%9.0%9.6%
Put IV 25d14.5%12.9%16.2%14.4%14.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %70.6761.3379.7069.9663.40
Gamma HHI0.190.160.220.210.20
Net GEX3.0K-14.3K14.5K2.3K14.1K
Net DEX-20.9K-82.6K86.3K-21.8K-82.6K
Net VEX-734-838-677-698-766
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.250.003.330.000.00
Total Volume2.42901605
Total OI79.61970937076

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-01-02$71.30$70.0012.9%3.7%16.3%1.1%0.0%5.4%1.7%2.3K-21.8K-6980.0069.96N/AN/A003535
2013-01-03$71.37$70.0012.8%3.7%16.3%1.0%0.0%4.5%2.3%2.0K-22.4K-6960.0066.15N/AN/A003535
2013-01-04$71.84$0.0011.8%4.0%16.5%0.4%0.0%3.7%2.2%3.3K-36.7K-6910.0071.24N/AN/A003535
2013-01-07$72.01$0.0011.7%4.1%16.5%0.4%13.0%3.9%2.1%3.9K-40.7K-6770.0070.81N/AN/A303535
2013-01-08$70.86$73.0010.9%3.9%17.5%0.0%0.0%4.0%2.5%943-18.0K-6920.0074.70N/AN/A003835
2013-01-09$71.32$73.0011.0%4.0%17.6%0.1%0.0%3.8%2.7%2.1K-31.0K-6921.6777.70N/AN/A6103835
2013-01-10$71.67$73.0013.1%3.7%17.3%1.2%0.0%4.0%2.4%-5.5K-13.4K-7710.0077.29N/AN/A054245
2013-01-11$71.51$73.0012.7%3.7%17.0%1.0%0.0%3.9%2.7%-6.6K1.1K-8380.0071.93N/AN/A004250
2013-01-14$70.85$73.0013.6%3.9%17.2%1.5%0.0%4.3%2.2%-10.4K28.8K-7890.0062.62N/AN/A004250
2013-01-15$70.33$73.0013.2%3.8%17.4%1.2%0.0%4.0%2.8%-8.0K57.5K-7490.0072.09N/AN/A004250
2013-01-16$69.74$73.0012.7%3.6%17.3%1.0%0.0%5.0%3.2%-9.8K86.3K-7020.0072.73N/AN/A104250
2013-01-17$70.28$73.0013.0%3.7%17.4%1.1%13.0%3.5%2.6%-14.3K63.6K-7313.3369.11N/AN/A3104350
2013-01-18$70.61$70.0010.8%3.1%17.5%0.0%0.0%3.2%3.5%17910.8K-7302.5077.29N/AN/A254645
2013-01-22$71.32$70.0011.5%3.3%13.8%0.4%0.0%4.8%1.7%12.1K-54.0K-7540.0079.70N/AN/A014530
2013-01-23$71.42$70.0011.6%3.3%13.5%0.4%0.0%5.6%1.3%12.2K-54.0K-7420.0070.18N/AN/A004531
2013-01-24$71.49$70.0011.6%3.3%13.4%0.4%0.0%5.2%1.7%12.4K-56.7K-7410.0069.94N/AN/A004531
2013-01-25$71.34$70.0011.3%3.2%13.4%0.3%0.0%5.0%1.5%12.0K-51.4K-7330.0071.83N/AN/A004531
2013-01-28$71.47$70.0012.7%3.6%13.4%1.0%0.0%5.7%1.1%12.6K-59.8K-7450.0063.93N/AN/A004531
2013-01-29$72.24$70.0012.0%3.4%13.2%0.7%0.0%4.8%0.8%14.5K-80.4K-7460.0070.13N/AN/A004531
2013-01-30$71.63$70.0012.2%3.5%13.0%0.8%0.0%3.3%1.3%12.9K-63.4K-7380.0061.33N/AN/A004531
2013-01-31$72.23$70.0013.6%3.9%11.7%1.5%0.0%5.3%0.4%14.1K-82.6K-7660.0063.40N/AN/A504531