VOX Options History — April 2013

In April 2013, VOX traded between $74.25 and $80.27. ATM implied volatility averaged 12.5%, placing in the 1.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.2% (HV 20d: 10.3%). Max pain ranged from $71.00 to $79.00. Net GEX was positive for 13 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 21 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.04.

Notable Days

  • 2013-04-15: Highest Volume — 80 contracts
  • 2013-04-08: Largest IV spike — 298.0% change
  • 2013-04-08: Highest IV Rank — 19.3%
  • 2013-04-03: Largest Expected Move — 3.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$77.47$74.25$80.27$74.30$80.27
Max Pain$75.18$71.00$79.00$72.00$79.00
ATM IV12.5%9.2%45.5%11.9%9.8%
Expected Move3.2%2.6%3.7%3.4%2.8%
HV 20d10.3%6.5%15.2%6.8%15.2%
HV 60d10.3%9.4%11.7%9.9%11.2%
IV Rank1.7%0.0%19.3%1.4%0.4%
IV Percentile12.6%0.0%83.7%15.5%2.4%
Term Structure1.0%-0.4%4.8%1.4%0.6%
VWIV10.6%9.9%11.5%10.5%9.9%
Skew 25d2.4%1.0%3.8%3.7%2.6%
Skew 10d5.2%0.5%11.4%11.4%5.2%
Call IV 25d10.3%7.6%12.1%11.4%7.6%
Put IV 25d12.7%10.2%15.1%15.1%10.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %64.7438.83114.4790.3738.83
Gamma HHI0.530.290.830.500.30
Net GEX-10.2K-190.5K44.4K39.8K1.3K
Net DEX-206.9K-411.0K11.4K-170.5K-159.5K
Net VEX-357-565-110-529-354
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.040.000.200.000.00
Total Volume6.45508022
Total OI104.8184519110067

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-04-01$74.30$72.0011.9%3.4%6.8%1.4%0.0%3.7%1.4%39.8K-170.5K-5290.0090.37N/AN/A025644
2013-04-02$74.49$72.0012.4%3.6%6.5%1.7%0.0%2.9%1.2%42.3K-197.8K-5160.0059.00N/AN/A005646
2013-04-03$74.25$72.0013.0%3.7%6.5%2.0%0.0%3.1%0.5%42.0K-167.1K-5090.0057.81N/AN/A005646
2013-04-04$74.85$72.0012.8%3.7%6.9%1.9%0.0%3.2%0.3%41.6K-223.4K-4620.0047.50N/AN/A005646
2013-04-05$75.22$71.0011.4%3.7%6.9%1.2%0.0%2.7%1.0%43.4K-271.8K-4120.0042.87N/AN/A045646
2013-04-08$75.87$71.0045.5%3.4%7.1%19.3%0.0%1.2%4.8%44.4K-318.5K-2850.0067.82N/AN/A005646
2013-04-09$76.20$71.0010.8%3.3%7.1%0.8%0.0%1.7%1.5%38.6K-338.2K-2720.0043.79N/AN/A105646
2013-04-10$77.22$71.0010.1%3.2%8.1%0.5%0.0%1.3%1.2%17.7K-380.7K-1840.0062.28N/AN/A005546
2013-04-11$77.67$71.0010.7%3.1%8.1%0.8%0.0%1.4%1.3%10.9K-394.7K-1430.0065.42N/AN/A005546
2013-04-12$78.66$71.0010.0%2.9%8.7%0.4%10.5%1.0%1.5%6.4K-411.0K-1100.0079.89N/AN/A0105546
2013-04-15$77.68$78.0010.5%3.0%9.7%0.7%0.0%2.0%0.6%1.5K-355.9K-2060.0079.98N/AN/A0805556
2013-04-16$77.90$78.0010.3%3.0%9.7%0.6%0.0%3.1%1.3%-127.4K-268.7K-3550.0060.51N/AN/A16055136
2013-04-17$76.84$78.0012.1%3.5%11.4%1.5%0.0%3.8%0.3%-190.5K11.4K-5650.0050.07N/AN/A0055136
2013-04-18$77.62$78.0012.8%3.7%11.7%1.9%0.0%2.9%-0.4%-171.4K-189.5K-4480.0050.67N/AN/A0055136
2013-04-19$78.75$78.0010.4%3.0%12.2%0.6%0.0%2.3%1.1%-42.3K-122.1K-4300.0075.22N/AN/A0053136
2013-04-22$79.14$78.0010.9%3.1%12.2%0.9%11.5%2.6%0.4%-4.2K-60.5K-2490.0072.54N/AN/A0101431
2013-04-23$79.82$78.009.2%2.6%12.3%0.0%0.0%2.3%1.1%-7.8K-63.9K-2430.0064.09N/AN/A501436
2013-04-24$78.38$78.0010.4%3.0%14.6%0.7%9.9%2.5%0.6%-7.6K-47.3K-3640.2083.46N/AN/A1021936
2013-04-25$79.78$79.0010.2%2.9%15.0%0.6%0.0%2.1%0.6%202-138.0K-4210.00114.47N/AN/A002938
2013-04-26$79.60$79.009.5%2.7%15.2%0.2%0.0%2.5%1.3%-1.4K-134.7K-4190.0058.50N/AN/A002938
2013-04-29$79.93$79.009.5%2.7%15.2%0.1%0.0%1.8%0.8%-1.8K-148.8K-3830.0059.18N/AN/A002938
2013-04-30$80.27$79.009.8%2.8%15.2%0.4%0.0%2.6%0.6%1.3K-159.5K-3540.0038.83N/AN/A202938