VOX Options History — May 2014

In May 2014, VOX traded between $84.65 and $87.69. ATM implied volatility averaged 13.1%, placing in the 11.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.4% (HV 20d: 12.7%). Max pain ranged from $83.00 to $85.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.46.

Notable Days

  • 2014-05-21: Highest Volume — 27 contracts
  • 2014-05-29: Largest IV spike — 62.7% change
  • 2014-05-29: Highest IV Rank — 29.6%
  • 2014-05-29: Largest Expected Move — 5.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$86.28$84.65$87.69$85.00$87.69
Max Pain$83.19$83.00$85.00$85.00$83.00
ATM IV13.1%11.3%20.7%12.3%11.8%
Expected Move3.8%3.4%5.9%3.5%3.4%
HV 20d12.7%9.7%14.7%14.6%9.7%
HV 60d12.6%11.6%13.1%12.9%11.6%
IV Rank11.3%6.9%29.6%10.0%7.8%
IV Percentile45.7%21.8%94.4%37.7%24.2%
Term Structure-0.2%-9.7%1.0%1.0%0.1%
VWIV13.1%8.6%15.3%12.4%14.5%
Skew 25d3.8%1.7%14.1%3.2%2.9%
Skew 10d6.4%2.1%15.1%8.5%7.5%
Call IV 25d11.3%3.8%12.8%11.3%11.1%
Put IV 25d15.1%12.1%17.9%14.5%14.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %49.9819.46100.9499.9696.76
Gamma HHI0.440.280.650.580.40
Net GEX33.7K8.6K52.6K40.3K22.2K
Net DEX-232.8K-398.0K-153.3K-154.5K-257.4K
Net VEX-728-1.1K-453-662-935
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.460.004.400.000.00
Total Volume5.048027141
Total OI83.61956997699

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-05-01$85.00$85.0012.3%3.5%14.6%10.0%12.4%3.2%1.0%40.3K-154.5K-6620.0099.96N/AN/A1404729
2014-05-02$85.27$85.0012.2%3.5%14.7%9.8%0.0%3.0%1.0%46.4K-209.4K-7610.00100.94N/AN/A0105629
2014-05-05$85.56$83.0012.2%3.7%14.2%9.6%0.0%3.5%0.1%48.7K-236.2K-6770.0022.59N/AN/A005623
2014-05-06$84.65$83.0013.6%3.9%14.4%13.1%12.9%3.3%0.0%47.7K-164.6K-6780.0019.46N/AN/A305623
2014-05-07$85.16$83.0013.7%4.0%14.0%12.9%15.3%3.5%0.0%52.6K-213.6K-7030.0027.70N/AN/A075923
2014-05-08$85.66$83.0012.3%3.8%14.2%9.4%0.0%3.6%0.1%46.8K-245.7K-6970.0022.49N/AN/A005930
2014-05-09$86.36$83.0012.2%3.8%13.8%9.2%0.0%3.1%0.1%45.8K-303.6K-6390.0026.80N/AN/A305930
2014-05-12$86.90$83.0011.3%3.7%12.9%6.9%0.0%3.0%0.2%34.0K-398.0K-5570.0029.16N/AN/A006230
2014-05-13$86.41$83.0012.7%3.8%13.1%10.3%0.0%3.3%0.2%35.4K-260.2K-5880.0029.53N/AN/A005030
2014-05-14$86.31$83.0012.6%3.9%13.1%10.1%14.8%3.2%0.2%44.6K-275.8K-5510.0040.69N/AN/A015030
2014-05-15$86.45$83.0013.3%3.8%12.9%12.0%13.2%3.2%0.3%34.1K-256.6K-5780.0043.98N/AN/A1805031
2014-05-16$87.16$83.0012.9%3.7%12.8%10.6%0.0%3.0%0.5%26.6K-261.0K-6020.0038.07N/AN/A004831
2014-05-19$87.27$83.0012.6%3.6%12.8%9.9%8.6%1.7%-0.2%27.1K-221.7K-4530.0076.02N/AN/A013917
2014-05-20$85.92$83.0013.9%4.0%14.0%13.0%14.5%3.8%-0.1%24.9K-153.3K-6070.2242.57N/AN/A923918
2014-05-21$85.87$83.0013.5%3.9%12.4%12.0%0.0%3.3%0.3%31.8K-186.2K-7244.4042.14N/AN/A5224820
2014-05-22$86.31$83.0013.5%3.9%11.3%11.9%0.0%3.1%0.0%21.7K-174.1K-1.1K0.0037.95N/AN/A005342
2014-05-23$86.74$83.0012.2%3.5%10.6%8.8%0.0%3.1%0.6%22.9K-193.3K-1.0K0.0059.73N/AN/A035342
2014-05-27$86.68$83.0012.9%3.7%10.7%10.5%0.0%6.3%0.2%22.6K-184.1K-1.0K0.0050.62N/AN/A305345
2014-05-28$87.14$83.0012.7%3.7%10.5%10.1%0.0%2.7%0.3%23.1K-218.8K-1.0K0.0059.63N/AN/A105345
2014-05-29$87.41$83.0020.7%5.9%9.9%29.6%0.0%14.1%-9.7%8.6K-321.2K-7560.0082.81N/AN/A305445
2014-05-30$87.69$83.0011.8%3.4%9.7%7.8%0.0%2.9%0.1%22.2K-257.4K-9350.0096.76N/AN/A105445