VOX Options History — May 2013

In May 2013, VOX traded between $77.28 and $81.77. ATM implied volatility averaged 10.7%, placing in the 1.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.2%. IV traded below realized volatility by 4.4% (HV 20d: 15.1%). Max pain ranged from $78.00 to $79.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.00.

Notable Days

  • 2013-05-16: Highest Volume — 10 contracts
  • 2013-05-31: Largest IV spike — 80.6% change
  • 2013-05-31: Highest IV Rank — 8.3%
  • 2013-05-31: Largest Expected Move — 6.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$80.05$77.28$81.77$79.17$77.28
Max Pain$78.14$78.00$79.00$79.00$78.00
ATM IV10.7%8.2%23.9%10.6%23.9%
Expected Move3.2%2.5%6.9%3.0%6.9%
HV 20d15.1%13.0%16.8%16.2%14.0%
HV 60d12.0%11.5%13.1%11.5%13.1%
IV Rank1.3%0.0%8.3%0.7%8.3%
IV Percentile13.6%0.0%75.0%8.7%75.0%
Term Structure-0.0%-8.8%1.0%0.7%-8.8%
VWIV10.8%9.3%11.6%11.3%11.1%
Skew 25d3.1%1.5%12.0%2.8%12.0%
Skew 10d5.0%-27.6%9.9%3.7%-27.6%
Call IV 25d9.4%7.1%11.1%8.5%7.1%
Put IV 25d12.4%9.8%19.1%11.3%19.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %69.4732.38160.61118.12160.61
Gamma HHI0.200.160.370.370.19
Net GEX13.1K-2.5K22.5K-2.5K21.3K
Net DEX-179.7K-250.8K-63.9K-123.5K-113.1K
Net VEX-423-604-251-433-604
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.000.000.000.000.00
Total Volume2.501050
Total OI69.81858846984

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-05-01$79.17$79.0010.6%3.0%16.2%0.7%11.3%2.8%0.7%-2.5K-123.5K-4330.00118.12N/AN/A053138
2013-05-02$79.56$79.009.5%2.7%16.1%0.1%0.0%3.4%0.9%-833-141.8K-4030.0047.91N/AN/A103138
2013-05-03$79.84$79.008.8%2.5%16.1%0.0%0.0%1.5%1.0%2.0K-159.7K-3900.0070.49N/AN/A003238
2013-05-06$79.52$78.008.2%2.8%16.2%0.0%0.0%2.0%0.4%-5-151.8K-3870.0057.12N/AN/A003238
2013-05-07$80.37$78.008.8%2.8%16.4%0.3%0.0%2.1%0.7%7.9K-188.2K-3030.0069.64N/AN/A003238
2013-05-08$81.14$78.008.6%2.8%16.1%0.2%0.0%2.1%0.9%10.4K-209.2K-2540.0056.92N/AN/A003238
2013-05-09$80.24$78.009.8%3.2%16.8%0.8%0.0%2.2%-0.1%6.6K-181.2K-3200.0044.50N/AN/A053238
2013-05-10$80.97$78.008.4%3.0%16.5%0.1%0.0%1.8%0.9%15.7K-206.9K-2510.0048.11N/AN/A003233
2013-05-13$80.44$78.0010.0%3.1%16.0%1.0%0.0%1.9%0.3%11.5K-193.0K-2750.0048.27N/AN/A803233
2013-05-14$81.20$78.009.7%3.1%16.2%0.8%0.0%1.6%0.1%17.5K-236.6K-3930.0055.46N/AN/A004033
2013-05-15$81.77$78.008.4%3.0%15.2%0.1%0.0%1.7%0.6%15.7K-250.8K-3690.0065.87N/AN/A004033
2013-05-16$81.36$78.0010.8%3.1%15.2%1.4%11.6%3.0%0.4%12.0K-234.4K-3960.0077.94N/AN/A0104033
2013-05-17$81.64$78.0010.1%2.9%14.5%1.0%0.0%1.8%0.7%7.3K-220.6K-4210.0063.95N/AN/A004033
2013-05-20$81.02$78.0010.7%3.1%14.8%1.3%0.0%3.5%0.3%13.8K-220.9K-4190.0080.66N/AN/A804018
2013-05-21$81.01$78.0010.8%3.1%14.6%1.4%0.0%2.1%0.6%19.7K-244.9K-5150.0058.61N/AN/A004818
2013-05-22$79.67$78.0010.8%3.1%14.3%1.4%0.0%3.0%0.6%22.3K-189.8K-5140.0052.24N/AN/A024818
2013-05-23$80.16$78.0010.3%3.0%13.0%1.1%0.0%3.4%0.4%21.7K-199.4K-5520.0092.63N/AN/A004820
2013-05-24$79.77$78.0011.2%3.2%13.1%1.6%0.0%4.4%0.1%21.7K-182.6K-5470.0071.41N/AN/A004820
2013-05-28$79.13$78.0011.6%3.3%13.4%1.8%9.3%3.4%0.2%22.5K-160.4K-5220.0051.41N/AN/A064820
2013-05-29$77.79$78.0012.0%3.4%14.5%2.0%0.0%3.7%0.2%21.0K-63.9K-5010.0032.38N/AN/A004826
2013-05-30$78.06$78.0013.2%3.8%13.8%2.7%11.1%3.9%-1.4%20.3K-81.0K-5270.00104.08N/AN/A1004826
2013-05-31$77.28$78.0023.9%6.9%14.0%8.3%0.0%12.0%-8.8%21.3K-113.1K-6040.00160.61N/AN/A005826