VOX Options History — August 2013

In August 2013, VOX traded between $78.30 and $83.07. ATM implied volatility averaged 11.8%, placing in the 4.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.0% (HV 20d: 9.8%). Max pain ranged from $82.00 to $83.00. Net GEX was positive for 12 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.02.

Notable Days

  • 2013-08-09: Highest Volume — 8 contracts
  • 2013-08-15: Largest IV spike — 46.1% change
  • 2013-08-30: Highest IV Rank — 19.8%
  • 2013-08-30: Largest Expected Move — 4.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$80.58$78.30$83.07$82.75$78.45
Max Pain$82.91$82.00$83.00$82.00$83.00
ATM IV11.8%8.6%15.6%10.5%15.6%
Expected Move3.6%2.7%4.5%3.0%4.5%
HV 20d9.8%6.8%12.2%10.3%12.2%
HV 60d14.0%13.5%14.5%14.5%13.5%
IV Rank4.9%0.2%19.8%1.2%19.8%
IV Percentile36.9%1.2%79.0%12.3%79.0%
Term Structure0.5%-0.3%1.5%1.3%0.2%
VWIV13.2%11.4%15.3%11.8%14.6%
Skew 25d3.9%3.0%5.6%5.6%3.7%
Skew 10d8.3%3.0%11.3%5.9%8.6%
Call IV 25d10.8%6.7%13.0%6.7%13.0%
Put IV 25d14.7%11.7%16.8%12.4%16.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %85.5971.09114.89102.5079.44
Gamma HHI0.310.220.380.260.25
Net GEX-2.8K-33.0K23.3K-12.8K11.0K
Net DEX-21.4K-184.9K113.0K-145.2K68.8K
Net VEX-536-767-313-767-338
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.020.000.140.140.00
Total Volume1.1820800
Total OI75.636471029057

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-08-01$82.75$82.0010.5%3.0%10.3%1.2%0.0%5.6%1.3%-12.8K-145.2K-7670.00102.50N/AN/A004842
2013-08-02$82.74$82.009.5%2.7%10.0%0.7%0.0%4.6%1.5%-18.3K-151.5K-7150.00104.77N/AN/A004842
2013-08-05$83.07$83.008.9%3.1%10.0%0.4%0.0%3.3%1.1%-23.3K-184.9K-6810.0095.06N/AN/A004842
2013-08-06$82.62$83.0010.1%3.3%10.3%1.0%11.8%3.0%0.4%-21.2K-159.1K-6900.0081.52N/AN/A064842
2013-08-07$82.73$83.009.6%3.2%10.3%0.7%0.0%3.8%1.0%-25.4K-142.2K-7260.0071.09N/AN/A004846
2013-08-08$82.42$83.009.8%3.4%9.6%0.9%0.0%3.7%0.5%-33.0K-120.0K-7000.0074.65N/AN/A004846
2013-08-09$82.03$83.009.5%3.3%9.8%0.7%15.3%3.4%0.0%-30.4K-79.7K-6680.1481.84N/AN/A714846
2013-08-12$82.15$83.0010.9%3.5%6.8%1.5%0.0%3.5%0.1%-31.7K-117.3K-7410.0075.19N/AN/A005547
2013-08-13$81.36$83.008.6%3.5%7.3%0.2%0.0%3.4%0.7%-8.0K-39.6K-6930.0080.27N/AN/A005547
2013-08-14$81.23$83.009.2%3.5%7.2%0.6%11.4%3.7%0.9%-2.3K-26.4K-6680.0079.70N/AN/A205547
2013-08-15$80.36$83.0013.5%3.9%7.9%2.8%0.0%3.6%0.2%23.3K49.6K-5370.0076.50N/AN/A005047
2013-08-16$79.76$83.0013.1%3.7%8.1%2.6%0.0%4.2%0.3%16.7K113.0K-4950.0076.63N/AN/A005047
2013-08-19$78.79$83.0013.3%3.8%8.5%2.7%0.0%4.2%1.0%7.5K57.4K-3810.0077.37N/AN/A003017
2013-08-20$79.53$83.0013.5%3.9%9.5%2.8%14.1%3.4%-0.3%7.3K44.1K-4050.0095.84N/AN/A103017
2013-08-21$78.60$83.0013.5%3.9%9.9%2.8%12.0%4.3%-0.2%8.1K61.5K-3540.0080.44N/AN/A303117
2013-08-22$79.07$83.0013.5%3.9%10.1%2.8%0.0%5.3%0.7%11.1K47.0K-3910.00114.89N/AN/A023417
2013-08-23$79.95$83.0012.0%3.4%11.2%2.0%0.0%4.4%0.9%11.8K28.1K-4400.0082.01N/AN/A003419
2013-08-26$79.28$83.0013.1%3.8%11.4%13.3%12.0%3.1%0.7%11.9K46.5K-3780.0082.26N/AN/A103419
2013-08-27$78.46$83.0015.0%4.3%11.5%18.2%14.3%4.1%-0.1%11.4K62.4K-3370.0082.11N/AN/A103519
2013-08-28$78.30$83.0014.5%4.2%11.4%17.1%14.6%3.6%0.6%12.2K67.3K-3130.0084.96N/AN/A023619
2013-08-29$79.15$83.0013.2%3.8%12.0%13.5%0.0%3.4%0.5%12.7K48.9K-3810.00103.85N/AN/A003621
2013-08-30$78.45$83.0015.6%4.5%12.2%19.8%0.0%3.7%0.2%11.0K68.8K-3380.0079.44N/AN/A003621