VOX Options History — February 2014

In February 2014, VOX traded between $78.74 and $82.66. ATM implied volatility averaged 14.3%, placing in the 14.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.9% (HV 20d: 16.2%). Max pain ranged from $78.00 to $82.00. Net GEX was positive for 4 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 3.56.

Notable Days

  • 2014-02-03: Highest Volume — 28 contracts
  • 2014-02-20: Largest IV drop — 12.9% change
  • 2014-02-03: Highest IV Rank — 22.5%
  • 2014-02-03: Largest Expected Move — 5.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$80.79$78.74$82.66$78.74$80.80
Max Pain$79.42$78.00$82.00$82.00$81.00
ATM IV14.3%12.6%17.5%17.5%14.1%
Expected Move4.1%3.6%5.0%5.0%4.1%
HV 20d16.2%15.6%17.4%15.8%17.4%
HV 60d14.0%13.3%14.8%13.8%14.6%
IV Rank14.8%10.7%22.5%22.5%14.4%
IV Percentile73.1%51.6%92.1%92.1%75.0%
Term Structure1.5%-1.2%12.7%12.7%0.2%
VWIV12.9%9.4%14.7%14.3%11.4%
Skew 25d3.4%1.9%5.5%1.9%3.7%
Skew 10d7.0%4.4%9.1%4.4%7.7%
Call IV 25d12.9%11.7%15.5%15.5%12.9%
Put IV 25d16.3%14.5%18.4%17.5%16.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %56.3637.8483.6083.2171.27
Gamma HHI0.190.150.230.160.18
Net GEX-3.9K-11.7K18.7K4.6K-5.6K
Net DEX23.8K-68.9K93.5K14.3K26.3K
Net VEX-723-913-463-463-884
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio3.560.0020.008.330.00
Total Volume5.211028280
Total OI123.2638915689128

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-02-03$78.74$82.0017.5%5.0%15.8%22.5%14.3%1.9%12.7%4.6K14.3K-4638.3383.21N/AN/A3256326
2014-02-04$79.30$82.0016.6%4.8%16.1%20.4%0.0%3.5%12.4%-7.3K82.3K-7200.0083.60N/AN/A006051
2014-02-05$79.39$82.0016.1%4.6%15.7%19.2%9.4%3.5%-0.4%-8.8K80.7K-6890.0039.51N/AN/A016051
2014-02-06$79.27$82.0015.6%4.5%15.7%18.0%0.0%3.2%0.1%-10.0K93.5K-6880.0063.36N/AN/A006052
2014-02-07$80.08$78.0014.2%4.3%15.6%14.7%0.0%3.9%0.2%-8.4K64.1K-6850.0050.42N/AN/A006052
2014-02-10$79.95$78.0014.6%4.3%15.6%15.5%14.7%3.8%0.1%-9.1K70.5K-6470.0047.52N/AN/A306052
2014-02-11$80.90$78.0013.3%4.1%16.0%12.5%0.0%3.0%0.1%-3.7K18.6K-6560.0037.84N/AN/A0256252
2014-02-12$81.20$78.0013.2%4.0%15.7%12.0%0.0%5.5%0.9%-5.6K21.7K-7670.0072.50N/AN/A106272
2014-02-13$82.26$78.0013.4%3.8%15.9%12.6%0.0%3.0%0.2%5.1K-36.8K-7170.0047.50N/AN/A006372
2014-02-14$81.76$78.0013.1%3.8%16.0%11.9%0.0%3.0%0.4%-2.8K-7.4K-7020.0044.24N/AN/A006372
2014-02-18$81.38$78.0014.0%4.0%16.1%14.0%0.0%3.1%0.2%-8.5K13.1K-6700.0046.74N/AN/A106372
2014-02-19$81.49$78.0014.9%4.3%16.1%16.3%0.0%3.5%-1.2%-8.0K6.3K-6680.0053.86N/AN/A006472
2014-02-20$82.66$78.0013.0%3.7%17.0%11.6%13.9%2.7%0.7%18.7K-68.9K-59220.0048.01N/AN/A1206472
2014-02-21$81.89$78.0012.6%3.6%17.3%10.7%0.0%3.6%0.7%2.4K-18.5K-8050.0065.77N/AN/A026492
2014-02-24$81.39$78.0013.6%3.9%16.3%13.1%12.7%2.9%0.6%-7.4K8.1K-7140.1848.90N/AN/A1122586
2014-02-25$80.80$80.0013.6%3.9%16.5%13.0%13.6%3.3%0.3%-6.1K26.8K-8870.0064.16N/AN/A013688
2014-02-26$80.28$81.0014.6%4.2%16.6%15.4%0.0%3.8%0.1%-11.7K66.4K-9130.0055.63N/AN/A103689
2014-02-27$81.45$81.0013.8%4.0%17.2%13.6%11.4%3.4%0.0%-2.0K-8.7K-8610.0046.71N/AN/A203789
2014-02-28$80.80$81.0014.1%4.1%17.4%14.4%0.0%3.7%0.2%-5.6K26.3K-8840.0071.27N/AN/A003989