VOX Options History — October 2013

In October 2013, VOX traded between $79.76 and $87.18. ATM implied volatility averaged 12.4%, placing in the 11.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.1% (HV 20d: 11.3%). Max pain ranged from $76.00 to $85.00. Net GEX was positive for 14 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.66.

Notable Days

  • 2013-10-15: Highest Volume — 89 contracts
  • 2013-10-09: Largest IV spike — 117.7% change
  • 2013-10-09: Highest IV Rank — 70.4%
  • 2013-10-08: Largest Expected Move — 4.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$83.42$79.76$87.18$81.31$86.51
Max Pain$82.31$76.00$85.00$76.00$85.00
ATM IV12.4%8.6%34.5%13.3%9.0%
Expected Move3.3%2.5%4.3%3.8%2.6%
HV 20d11.3%8.2%13.4%8.5%12.6%
HV 60d11.3%10.2%12.0%10.8%12.0%
IV Rank11.4%1.2%70.4%13.7%2.2%
IV Percentile35.0%2.0%99.6%59.5%3.6%
Term Structure2.6%-0.5%5.5%-0.2%4.9%
VWIV10.3%8.8%12.1%12.1%10.6%
Skew 25d3.5%1.7%6.3%6.0%1.7%
Skew 10d7.5%3.0%11.1%7.7%3.0%
Call IV 25d9.9%7.6%13.2%8.3%9.5%
Put IV 25d13.4%10.4%17.7%14.3%11.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %70.0738.18112.6698.5894.45
Gamma HHI0.500.360.900.450.53
Net GEX42.0K-32.3K126.0K88.8K-17.6K
Net DEX-211.6K-583.7K78.9K-375.9K-8.4K
Net VEX-363-612-89-598-262
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.660.0012.500.000.80
Total Volume7.609089118
Total OI82.52271889539

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-10-01$81.31$76.0013.3%3.8%8.5%13.7%0.0%6.0%-0.2%88.8K-375.9K-5980.0098.58N/AN/A10896
2013-10-02$81.24$76.0013.5%3.9%8.2%14.3%12.1%6.3%-0.5%87.4K-370.7K-6120.00112.66N/AN/A20906
2013-10-03$80.66$76.0013.6%3.9%8.6%14.4%0.0%4.6%1.3%86.4K-325.1K-6050.0096.31N/AN/A00926
2013-10-04$80.77$0.0013.2%4.0%8.5%13.5%0.0%3.8%1.6%90.5K-319.3K-5770.0062.32N/AN/A10926
2013-10-07$80.91$0.0014.2%3.8%8.3%16.2%0.0%2.8%2.2%89.5K-356.8K-5590.0075.32N/AN/A00936
2013-10-08$79.76$0.0015.8%4.3%9.2%20.5%0.0%5.0%0.7%76.4K-209.0K-4420.0051.16N/AN/A00936
2013-10-09$79.98$0.0034.5%4.3%9.1%70.4%0.0%4.3%-0.1%75.2K-237.1K-4630.0066.82N/AN/A010936
2013-10-10$81.39$0.0012.9%3.7%10.9%12.6%0.0%3.5%2.2%111.7K-399.5K-4760.0038.18N/AN/A009316
2013-10-11$82.04$0.0011.9%3.4%11.2%10.0%0.0%3.3%2.4%115.0K-513.5K-3850.0039.05N/AN/A009316
2013-10-14$81.93$0.0012.3%3.5%11.2%11.0%0.0%3.4%2.1%126.0K-498.9K-3220.0038.38N/AN/A009316
2013-10-15$81.55$0.0012.9%3.7%11.2%12.7%0.0%4.1%1.3%120.2K-432.2K-3320.0060.25N/AN/A0899316
2013-10-16$82.76$0.0011.4%3.3%12.1%8.7%0.0%3.5%2.6%57.8K-583.7K-1360.0041.42N/AN/A2083105
2013-10-17$84.24$0.0010.7%3.1%13.4%6.9%8.8%3.1%2.9%13.3K-429.5K-1000.0058.00N/AN/A16054105
2013-10-18$85.16$81.0010.1%2.9%13.1%5.3%0.0%2.2%3.1%-32.3K32.1K-2120.0080.61N/AN/A0016105
2013-10-21$85.40$81.0010.3%3.0%13.1%5.8%10.8%3.3%-0.2%525-19.8K-8912.5097.39N/AN/A22543
2013-10-22$85.66$85.009.4%2.7%13.0%3.4%9.5%2.6%4.5%-29.6K78.9K-2940.0091.00N/AN/A90228
2013-10-23$85.50$85.0010.4%3.0%13.1%5.9%0.0%2.6%4.1%-19.6K55.4K-3670.0085.04N/AN/A001128
2013-10-24$85.54$85.009.2%2.6%13.1%2.8%0.0%2.5%4.8%-20.1K52.5K-3600.0053.11N/AN/A001128
2013-10-25$85.96$85.009.8%2.8%12.8%4.3%0.0%2.7%4.0%-16.5K27.6K-3400.0054.50N/AN/A001128
2013-10-28$86.32$85.009.6%2.7%12.6%3.8%0.0%2.6%5.5%-15.6K13.0K-3120.0054.49N/AN/A001128
2013-10-29$87.18$85.009.2%2.6%12.8%2.7%0.0%2.8%4.7%-10.2K-29.5K-2480.0062.72N/AN/A001128
2013-10-30$86.79$85.008.6%2.5%13.0%1.2%0.0%2.6%5.0%-11.6K-18.6K-2570.0099.87N/AN/A001128
2013-10-31$86.51$85.009.0%2.6%12.6%2.2%10.6%1.7%4.9%-17.6K-8.4K-2620.8094.45N/AN/A1081128