VOX Options History — April 2014

In April 2014, VOX traded between $82.42 and $86.09. ATM implied volatility averaged 15.9%, placing in the 18.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.7% (HV 20d: 12.3%). Max pain ranged from $79.00 to $85.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.96.

Notable Days

  • 2014-04-15: Highest Volume — 21 contracts
  • 2014-04-24: Largest IV spike — 79.7% change
  • 2014-04-25: Highest IV Rank — 55.2%
  • 2014-04-25: Largest Expected Move — 8.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$84.43$82.42$86.09$85.87$84.42
Max Pain$84.14$79.00$85.00$79.00$85.00
ATM IV15.9%10.4%31.0%10.8%14.0%
Expected Move4.6%3.0%8.9%3.1%4.0%
HV 20d12.3%9.9%14.4%10.1%14.4%
HV 60d13.9%12.9%14.5%13.7%12.9%
IV Rank18.7%5.5%55.2%6.3%14.0%
IV Percentile65.9%17.1%99.2%23.4%65.5%
Term Structure-2.5%-21.0%1.8%1.6%0.4%
VWIV16.5%10.3%28.8%10.3%12.9%
Skew 25d2.2%-13.9%6.2%1.6%3.8%
Skew 10d4.6%-18.9%10.3%3.4%10.3%
Call IV 25d14.6%9.6%43.2%10.2%11.8%
Put IV 25d16.9%10.5%44.5%11.9%15.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %79.6039.47166.86111.8794.64
Gamma HHI0.430.190.700.420.64
Net GEX40.9K6.0K84.3K50.1K28.3K
Net DEX-177.7K-352.2K-21.3K-332.8K-87.8K
Net VEX-753-1.1K-567-837-602
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.960.005.004.500.00
Total Volume3.857021118
Total OI116.5715515614668

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-04-01$85.87$79.0010.8%3.1%10.1%6.3%10.3%1.6%1.6%50.1K-332.8K-8374.50111.87N/AN/A296185
2014-04-02$86.09$79.0010.4%3.0%9.9%5.5%0.0%2.5%1.8%49.8K-352.2K-8290.00106.27N/AN/A006383
2014-04-03$85.88$79.0010.8%3.1%10.1%6.3%0.0%2.6%1.5%51.7K-337.5K-8250.00107.15N/AN/A016383
2014-04-04$84.95$85.0012.0%3.8%10.9%9.2%0.0%3.5%0.7%58.5K-263.4K-8920.0039.47N/AN/A406384
2014-04-07$84.27$85.0014.2%4.0%11.4%14.7%16.1%3.6%0.4%61.3K-220.5K-9270.0040.19N/AN/A016784
2014-04-08$85.21$85.0012.4%3.9%11.7%10.3%0.0%3.3%0.7%64.4K-302.4K-8940.0042.72N/AN/A006785
2014-04-09$85.17$85.0011.5%3.8%11.7%8.0%13.0%3.4%0.8%71.5K-298.9K-8760.0044.08N/AN/A506785
2014-04-10$84.23$85.0014.2%4.1%12.4%14.6%13.6%3.2%0.3%69.3K-212.1K-8740.0048.14N/AN/A206785
2014-04-11$83.17$85.0024.0%6.9%13.4%38.3%24.3%-13.9%-5.9%12.6K-132.2K-1.1K1.00165.80N/AN/A226985
2014-04-14$83.56$85.0014.8%4.2%12.8%16.0%0.0%4.0%-0.0%70.4K-133.5K-8200.0049.27N/AN/A006987
2014-04-15$83.71$85.0014.8%4.2%12.5%15.9%13.5%3.3%-0.2%84.3K-136.5K-7970.0560.96N/AN/A2016987
2014-04-16$84.46$85.0020.4%5.8%12.7%29.5%21.1%-3.3%-7.7%39.2K-230.3K-6615.00125.07N/AN/A156279
2014-04-17$85.16$85.0013.7%3.9%11.4%13.4%0.0%3.4%0.7%29.6K-247.5K-6720.0055.43N/AN/A056382
2014-04-21$85.19$85.0022.4%6.4%11.4%34.4%28.8%4.5%-16.4%13.5K-94.0K-5670.0065.73N/AN/A602926
2014-04-22$85.72$85.0012.8%3.7%11.5%11.1%15.7%3.2%0.8%23.3K-143.1K-5900.0062.01N/AN/A013526
2014-04-23$84.25$85.0014.0%4.0%13.2%14.1%0.0%3.1%0.3%21.8K-76.0K-6190.0069.10N/AN/A003527
2014-04-24$83.17$85.0025.2%7.2%13.9%41.1%13.6%4.0%-21.0%16.1K-32.2K-6050.0075.40N/AN/A103527
2014-04-25$82.42$85.0031.0%8.9%14.0%55.2%0.0%1.4%-11.6%6.0K-38.2K-6690.00166.86N/AN/A303627
2014-04-28$82.72$85.0015.8%4.5%14.1%18.5%16.5%3.7%-0.6%15.7K-21.3K-5830.0066.52N/AN/A013927
2014-04-29$83.45$85.0015.4%4.4%14.2%17.5%15.4%6.2%-0.2%21.2K-40.1K-6010.0075.01N/AN/A013928
2014-04-30$84.42$85.0014.0%4.0%14.4%14.0%12.9%3.8%0.4%28.3K-87.8K-6020.0094.64N/AN/A803929