VOX Options History — March 2013

In March 2013, VOX traded between $71.62 and $74.15. ATM implied volatility averaged 11.3%, placing in the 1.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.7% (HV 20d: 8.6%). Max pain ranged from $72.00 to $73.00. 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

  • 2013-03-07: Highest Volume — 10 contracts
  • 2013-03-18: Largest IV spike — 29.4% change
  • 2013-03-18: Highest IV Rank — 2.2%
  • 2013-03-04: Largest Expected Move — 3.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$73.28$71.62$74.15$71.62$74.15
Max Pain$72.05$72.00$73.00$73.00$72.00
ATM IV11.3%9.2%13.4%13.1%11.7%
Expected Move3.4%2.9%3.9%3.7%3.4%
HV 20d8.6%6.1%10.6%10.6%6.8%
HV 60d12.2%10.5%13.1%12.9%10.5%
IV Rank1.1%0.0%2.2%1.6%1.3%
IV Percentile10.0%0.0%27.8%20.6%13.1%
Term Structure1.7%0.2%3.1%1.0%1.0%
VWIV12.3%11.9%13.3%13.3%11.9%
Skew 25d4.3%3.1%8.3%8.3%3.1%
Skew 10d9.4%5.0%13.3%6.7%8.7%
Call IV 25d10.2%6.7%11.8%8.4%10.5%
Put IV 25d14.5%12.1%16.8%16.8%13.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %73.9641.5696.5690.2148.09
Gamma HHI0.470.340.550.340.51
Net GEX26.1K11.5K38.0K11.5K38.0K
Net DEX-103.7K-168.1K-11.9K-11.9K-168.1K
Net VEX-662-748-580-748-580
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.000.000.000.000.00
Total Volume1.301000
Total OI96.459510095100

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-03-01$71.62$73.0013.1%3.7%10.6%1.6%0.0%8.3%1.0%11.5K-11.9K-7480.0090.21N/AN/A005342
2013-03-04$72.16$72.0012.4%3.9%9.6%1.2%0.0%5.4%2.1%14.7K-35.6K-7340.0077.30N/AN/A005342
2013-03-05$72.59$72.009.2%3.5%9.4%0.0%0.0%4.6%2.2%17.6K-54.5K-7230.0084.92N/AN/A105342
2013-03-06$72.53$72.0010.0%3.5%9.4%0.4%0.0%4.6%2.2%17.4K-54.7K-7350.0084.94N/AN/A005442
2013-03-07$72.80$72.009.9%3.4%9.5%0.4%13.3%4.3%2.6%19.3K-72.4K-7390.0085.25N/AN/A0105442
2013-03-08$73.29$72.009.4%3.5%9.7%0.1%0.0%4.0%2.6%24.3K-103.4K-7360.0093.77N/AN/A005442
2013-03-11$73.20$72.009.3%3.4%9.7%0.0%0.0%4.0%2.5%24.1K-100.2K-7100.0078.69N/AN/A005442
2013-03-12$73.44$72.0011.9%3.3%9.7%1.4%0.0%4.0%2.4%26.8K-111.5K-6700.0085.58N/AN/A005442
2013-03-13$73.35$72.0010.5%3.2%9.8%0.7%0.0%3.5%2.5%26.1K-100.1K-6550.0084.49N/AN/A005442
2013-03-14$73.84$72.0010.1%2.9%10.0%0.5%0.0%3.9%2.9%31.3K-136.0K-6420.0088.24N/AN/A005442
2013-03-15$73.31$72.0010.4%3.0%8.6%0.6%0.0%5.7%3.1%27.2K-103.5K-6200.0089.60N/AN/A005442
2013-03-18$73.35$72.0013.4%3.9%8.6%2.2%0.0%3.7%0.2%26.0K-109.5K-6500.0059.01N/AN/A005441
2013-03-19$73.55$72.0012.6%3.6%8.3%1.8%11.9%3.4%0.6%26.9K-119.7K-6440.0096.56N/AN/A1005441
2013-03-20$73.58$72.0011.8%3.4%7.6%1.4%11.9%3.4%0.8%29.7K-120.3K-6150.0053.39N/AN/A105441
2013-03-21$73.39$72.0013.3%3.8%7.6%2.2%0.0%4.0%0.6%28.4K-118.8K-6310.0049.79N/AN/A005541
2013-03-22$73.81$72.0011.4%3.3%7.2%1.2%0.0%3.9%1.3%32.5K-136.6K-6080.0064.79N/AN/A035541
2013-03-25$73.85$72.0012.1%3.5%6.1%1.6%0.0%4.5%1.0%32.2K-134.2K-6010.0041.96N/AN/A105544
2013-03-26$74.14$72.0011.6%3.3%6.1%1.2%0.0%3.5%1.1%35.7K-158.5K-5990.0041.56N/AN/A005644
2013-03-27$73.66$72.0011.6%3.3%6.7%1.2%0.0%4.3%1.2%32.8K-124.4K-6000.0081.00N/AN/A005644
2013-03-28$74.15$72.0011.7%3.4%6.8%1.3%0.0%3.1%1.0%38.0K-168.1K-5800.0048.09N/AN/A005644